So 7.4 and elastic audio have been available for some time now. As you might know, my initial feelings about it was great. After several days of working in it and with it my opinion is unchanged.
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If you fall into this category, please take a look at www.dawstuff.com. It’s Jason Staczeks attempt to start a searchable database of information about all three DAWs in one place. Anyone can contribute. If you find yourself bouncing between the DUC, Unicornation, and the Logic Users Group, please have a look.

DAWStuff

Amp simulators is nothing new. IK Multimedia was early out with their Amplitube which most Pro Tools LE users probably have used, and HD users have been blessed with Amp Farm. Native Instruments, Waves and others have taken up the battle with their own amp simulators. I guess Digidesign got tired in seeing people shell out money for other plug-ins than their own, because now they’ve released Eleven.
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The latest CS fix is for Pro Tools 7.4 here, and with it what we all have been waiting for! That’s right folks! Color coding now behaves as in 7.3.x! Read the rest of this post to see what else is new, or just go grab it at Digidesigns website.
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Sonart Audio begins a new era of sample libraries with the release of 20 collections of sounds and with the start of 2008 will launch its own download shop. Each library in the series contains more than 1Gb of new material. Libraries contain samples, loops and new virtual instruments (bass, guitars, pianos, electro pianos, synths, symphonic strings, drums) in all popular formats! Full size of all 20 libraries over 37 GB! This is over 37 GB newest material for your creativity!

All libraries are available for immediate purchase and download only from the Sonart website. Listening demos are also available. The price of each library is $ 39.95

Sonart

Waves is pleased to announce that Version 5 now supports Windows Vista Business 32 bit and Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit. Details can be found here at Waves website.

The basic function of a Vocoder is characterized by an analysis of the input signal, usually speech but other type of inputs can also be very interesting. In a special filter bank, a spectral analysis is performed and signals are developed which follows the amount of spectral energy in each channel. Another part of the analyzer tests if there are unvoiced or voiced sounds at any particular time and extracts the pitch of the voiced sounds. The output section of the vocoder consists of a stereophonic synthesis filter bank which assembles the new synthetic speech from the characteristic filter envelopes from the analysis stage together with an external or internal replacement signal.
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You probably know that the Roger Nichols Digital plug-ins are one of a kind. They’ve come to the conclusion that ordinary terms for dynamic processing can’t rightfully explain their products so they’ve come up with a white paper that does it! You can read it here (PDF).

More news from RND:

Owners of the RND Pro Bundle can now upgrade to the Signature Bundle.

RNDigital now offers academic discounts to current students and teachers and schools in the field of audio processing and recording.

Roger Nichols Digital

I hope you all had a good yule, Christmas or whatever you call your holiday. I did. I also took a few days of. There really aren’t much time off for me these days but at one point I just said to myself “today my vacation starts”. Well folks, today it ends. I’m back again with full force. Actually, I think with even greater force than before.
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… That’s what we say here in Sweden. The word “jul” derives from an old tradition that predates Scandinavian Christianity. “Jul” (sometimes written “yule”) is a time of food, drink and feasting. Yesterday we took a bite of the traditional “Jul” ham which some scholars believe is an old sacrifice to the old Scandinavian god Freyr.

That’s enough history/religion for one day. Loopmasters has been sending out a special loop pack in case your running low on inspiration this holiday.

Here’s the link: Loopmasters Xmas Loops