Monthly archives: July 2009
Wavelore group buy
Wavelore is running a group buy to purchase their Kontakt instrument Pedal Steel Guitar. The group buy ends August 6th and it will be possible to reach a 50% discount. Check out the group buy or read more about Pedal Steel Guitar.
Sonic Reality and Toontrack announce EZplayer pro bundled with Ocean Way Drums and Drum Masters
Sonic Reality and Toontrack has announced a bundle of Toontracks EZplayer pro with Sonic Reality’s Kontakt Player based drum products.
Antares introduces Harmony Engine Evo and AVOX Evo
Antares has announced Evo versions of Harmony Engine and AVOX. Starting with Harmony Engine Evo, the news is of course the incorporation of Antares Evo technology, promising “faster, more accurate pitch detection, smoother, artifact-free pitch shifting, and seamless, natural-sounding throat modeling” Also added are 5 channels of CHOIR Vocal Multiplier, to help you create vocal [...]
McDSP iPhone/iPod Touch contest and sale
Well, to be clear, the sale is for iPhone software, not the hardware itself. For a limited time, McDSP’s Retro Recorder iPhone/iPod Touch Application will be on sale for $1.99. If you buy it you can participate in their contest as well. From the McDSP press release: Got an audio clip that shows how awesome [...]
Altiverb 6.3.3 promises lower CPU useage
Audio Ease has released a free update to their reverb plug-in Altiverb, promising as much as 30-50% lower CPU useage. I wish more plug-in companies optimized their products like this. Kudos to Audio Ease. Audio Ease
Tutorial DVD on Auto-Tune from ASK Video
It seems like Auto-Tune is getting the most attention it had since it came into the publics eye right now, even if it’s been discussed to death before in the mainstream and of course on every audio forum on the world. Not long ago it was the topic on NOVA ScienceNOW and Jay-Z rapped about [...]
Competitive pricing
The picture of this crazy character was honestly borrowed from acspotlight.net. When I read the latest press release from audioMIDI, where they announce they’re selling PSP Nitro for $10, I started thinking about pricing.
Akai presents new Nano-like controllers and studio monitors
Akai has presented three new MIDI controllers as well as a pair of new studio monitors.
Modartt releases a Rock Piano add-on for Pianoteq
Modartt continues to expand Pianoteq, their non-samplebased piano virtual instrument, with Rock Piano, “modelled from a famous Japanese modern grand piano”. From the Modartt press release: The Rock piano instrument YC5 comes with three variants: Stage, Chamber and Studio. • YC5 Stage has a percussive and bright tone suitable for pop/rock mixes and fits alsovery [...]
Native Instruments Releases Kontakt 3.5
Native Instruments has released Kontakt 3.5, a free update for current Kontakt 3 users.
