KTGranulator 1.2 is a delay line granulator in VST and AU fomrats for Mac OS X. It works like this: incoming (mono) sound is fed into a delay line from which small pieces of various durations and at different moments in the past are selected. Each of these pieces is then amplified, transposed and enveloped to form a "grain". This new version has a new parameter "split pitch" that when enabled will make the plugin choose either the maximum or minimum value for the pitch (and nothing in between). The AU version also had a few internal changes and a little bug fix.
Avid Technology, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Midiman, Inc., doing business as M-Audio – a leading provider of digital audio and MIDI solutions for electronic musicians and audio professionals. At closing, Avid will pay approximately $80 million in cash, issue approximately 2 million shares of Avid common stock, and assume all outstanding M-Audio stock options. Under the terms of the agreement, M-Audio will become a business unit of Avid's Digidesign audio division and market its line of computer audio peripherals, PCI sound cards, keyboard controllers and control surfaces, microphones, speakers, and distributed software and proprietary sound libraries alongside Digidesign's award-winning digital audio workstations for the professional and home/hobbyist markets.
Raw has announced a new update (v.1.6.0.1) of its Audio-Midi sequencer Tracktion. this new version feaures : authorizes in the presence of Onyx Firewire card, and demo period is now unrestricted use for 2 weeks, after which periodic bursts of white noise are presented until properly registered.
Info and download on the MacMusic softwares section.
Submersible Music has released DrumCore, the company's software for creating drum tracks. DrumCore is targeted at producers, composers, and musicians who need drum parts in a multitude of styles. It consists of two (2) DVDs containing the DrumCore application and content (audio and MIDI) by renowned drummers. DrumCore provides a search engine for easily finding content; a MIDI drum module for playing the drummers' sounds via MIDI; ReWire and Core Audio support; and a way to easily export content to popular applications including ProTools, Logic, Digital Performer and Cubase/Nuendo.
DrumCore for the Macintosh is available immediately via the DrumCore website and selected dealers for $249.00, U.S. suggested retail price.
Faderfox has just released two control surfaces, micromodul LV1 and micromodul LX1, designed for use with Ableton Live software. The first one, LV1,is dedicated to work with sequences, and the second one, LX1, is dedicated to work with samples. You can connect two or more modules of these small sized surfaces to set up your desired configuration.
Steinberg Gmbh has posted a new update of its virtual sampler HALion, for Mac OS X in VST and AudioUnit. This new version 3.0.1.512 (please note...) features : caching category of fxp files, HSB Content: added "Remove from HALion Content" right-click command and bugfixes.
Info and download from the MacMusic softwares section.
The L3 Peak Limiter by Waves consists of two plug-ins - Multimaximizer and Ultramaximizer, which are "Multi-Band Auto-Summing Limiters". Like its predecessors, the L1 and L2 limiters, the L3 is destined to become an indispensable tool for mixing and mastering. The L3 first uses linear phase crossover filters to divides the audio spectrum into five bands and the PLMixer then uses psychoacoustic criteria to intelligently decide how much attenuation to apply to each band so that all available headroom is used.
Available both on VST and AudioUnit, L3 Peak Limiter costs $600.
Philipp Haselwander works on new musical instruments and creates FRONT, a specialized hardware interface that enables musicians within the live-electronic range to play such software-synthesizers using a standard connection (usb/midi). With a unique design, Front consists of a knob which can be rotated and moved along a slit and a bendable plastic flap.
All info on this project available on industrial design "Stay Focused!" web site.
Native Instruments has posted three new demos on the NI website. Alongside the recently released INTAKT demo for Mac OS X, NI. has the following Mac OS X demo debuts on offer: The classic B4 organ, the PRO-53 virtual analog synth and the modern FM7 synthesizer. The demos can be played live as stand-alones or integrated, via VST, Audio Units or RTAS.
For more info and download, visit the N.I. web site.
Few days after the release of fLow, Karlheizn Essl has announced an update 3.0.1 for REplay PLAYer. This granular synthesis software de-constructs a given sound file and re-composes it by using realtime composition algorithms. REplay PLAYer can be used as a tool to generate an infinite and every-changing sonic stream from a single sound file for artistical, compositional or mere recreational purposes.
Info and download available on MacMusic softwares section.
It's update saison for Tom Erbe's softwares and today Spectral Shaper goes to version 1.05 for Mac OS X. Just remenber that Spectral Shaper is a group of four plugins (spectralcompand - morphfilter -binaural - spectralgate) based on the famous SoundHack program.
All info and dowload on the MacMusic softwares section.
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It's update saison for Tom Erbe's softwares and today Spectral Shaper goes to version 1.05 for Mac OS X. Just remenber that Spectral Shaper is a group of four plugins (spectralcompand - morphfilter -binaural - spectralgate) based on the famous SoundHack program.
