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When I first heard that BBE were to release their Sonic Maximizer (again) in plug-in format I got interested. I have never had the chance to try the Sonic Maximizer, neither in hardware or software form, and wanted to know what the fuzz was about.
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Ueberschall has announced the availability of the follow-up to Trance ID. Trance ID2 incorporates elements from Neo-, Electro-, and Tech-Trance, as well as Progressive and Minimal.
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M-Audio has released new drivers for both Windows and Mac for many of their interfaces. The drivers for Windows offer support for XP SP3 and Vista (32-bit), while the Mac drivers offer support for 10.5.3 and 10.4.11.
Head over to M-Audio to see if your interface has got updated.
Time+Space is running a summer special with “buy one, get one free” on selected products.
Check out the full list at Time+Space website.
The wait is over, Superior Drummer 2.0 is now finally shipping. The same day I asked the good people at Toontrack when it starts shipping I also happened to get a press release from Time+Space that it has started shipping.
Overloud has released version 1.5 of Breverb, and I haven’t even tried the first version yet! Here’s the new features (according to their website).
The Airpiano MIDI interface has been all over the web recently and since all I do is ride the waves I thought I should post about it too. I like interfaces like this.
Or perhaps I should say, I like instruments like this, the kind that breaks new ground and lets musicians, composers or just whacked out sound designers do something in a new way. It has a lot of similarity to Rolands D-beam found on a number of synths from said company.
But I would say the roots can be traced back to far older instruments. Perhaps you’ve heard of the Theremin?
Pettinhouse has annonced WarmJazz guitar, the a guitar sample library dedicated to Jazz, smooth jazz, bossanova and old funk for Kontakt 2 or 3.
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Blue wants you to buy their microphones so badly they’ll pay you. Purchase a Dragonfly microphone between July 1st and August 31, 2008, from an authorized Blue retailer within the US and Canada and you’ll be eligible to receive a $200 rebate from Blue. The offer is additive, so if you purchase two you’ll get $400 cash back.
Native Instruments has announced the release of Urban Arsenal, a collection of sound aimed for contemporary hip-hop and similar music styles. Urban Arsenal provides a assortment of hip-hop grooves, drum kits and instrument sounds for use in Kore 2 and the free Kore Player.
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