A software Tenori-On? My first thought was “meh”, but since I didn’t find any fun news to update with (which was what I was supposed to do) I figured I’d put blogging aside for this morning and instead try this version of the Tenori-On called Weepr… And also speculate a little about what we can use from this.
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… And I’m semi-interested. But first things first – have you heard of Receptor? It’s a box made by Muse loaded with plug-ins, sort of a hardware plug-in deal. I’ve kept an eye on it since I heard about it the very first time. Since then things have happened and you can get pretty cool workstations with it.
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Digidesign has announced that the full version of Transfuser is now available. Transfuser includes nearly 2 GB of loops and phrases to get you started with, but as you know if you’ve used the public beta you can also load your own loops to it.
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OK, I admit it, I’m moving towards becoming a ‘plug-in list junkie’. Despite my efforts of reducing my plug-in count and simplifying things I can’t help but think of new setups. Fortunately for me, I’m not only a plug-in list junkie, I’m also a music and recording junkie with more projects going at a time than a crossbreed of Frank Zappa and Samuel L Jackson. This abnormality opens up a new dimension to things.
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M-Audio has launched a new user forum. Could be good if you have problems with your hardware. Clicking on the Pro Tools section however takes you to the DUC.

M-Audio user forum

M-Audio has announced the availability of a new driver (1.7.2) for KeyStudio 49. This new driver supposedly enhances overall performance and offers several bug fixes. The update is available for Mac computers running OS X 10.5.3 and 10.4.11. The driver also automatically updates the KeyStudio 49i firmware to version 1.31.

With this latest driver release, KeyStudio 49i is also compatible with Pro Tools M-Powered 7.4.2 software on systems running Mac OS X 10.5.3.

M-Audio

Sibelius has announced ‘First’. Powered by Sibelius 5, First is a notation application aimed towards singer/songwriters, keyboard players and guitarists.
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Kenny is still going strong with his music videos. The latest is a so called ‘Pro Tools Power Pak’ and as usual released by Groovebox Music. It features 14 video tutorials (over 2.5 hours of material) on elastic audio. I haven’t had the time to see the entire video yet, but by now I think you know what to expect from Kenny’s videos.

Groovebox Music

If you purchase the The Complete Composers Collection by June 30, 2008 you can save $300. This offer is one week only. Normally priced at $1,195, the Complete Composers Collection is already over 60% off the prices of the individual products.
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Modartt has released Pianoteq 2.3, a free upgrade, with improved reverberation.

Modartt also continue on their physically modeled piano add-ons to Pianoteq. The latest is a copy of a harpsichord by Grimaldi dating from 1697, copiedby Andrew Wooderson (Bexley, 2007).

From the Modartt press release:

Typical of a short-scaled Italian instrument it has a crispness of attack and transparency of tone that makes it ideal for continuo use, and is also well suited to 17th and 18th Century Italian and German solo repertoire. Its two registers can be played separately or combined together. The Grimaldi harpsichord is part of the KIViR project with the aim tocreate virtual copies of historical keyboard instruments.

As always it’s available for free to customers of Pianoteq.

Modartt