RealGuitar is available as a VSTi version for OS X. In RealGuitar, new features are : added special 'RnC' mode providing the direct access for Rhythm'n'Chords Pro 2.5 MFX plug-in to RealGuitar multi-sample architecture. RealGuitar is now Mac compatible (OSX VSTi only).
A demo version is also available from the MusicLab web site.
SoundField has announced the new Surround Zone plug-in for Digidesign's Pro Tools software. The Surround Zone brings all the control of SoundField's surround and stereo processing to the digital domain. It combines the hardware features of both the SP451 surround processor and the MKV System.
IDrum by Bitshift Audio is a drum machine for Mac OS X. This update adds support in Japanese, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. It also fixes bugs.
Obsession by E-Lab is a RNB & Hip-hop Loop Player. It now comes to version 1.1 and features 3000 Loops, 5000 drumsamples with possibility to import external Rex2 files and 8 tracks of simultaneous loop playback with millions of loop combinations.
Obession is now available on RTAS, VST and AudioUnit formats.
MOTU has just posted on its support page 2 updates for Reverse and Phase plugins for Digital Perfomer on Mac OS X. These versions of the Reverse and Invert Phase are v.1.0.1 and works on DP 4.12.
Five Line Skink 1.2a3 by Toronto Celtic Music Page is an abc music editor, score display and player. The abc notation is a compact, human and machine readable notation that can be used to produce scores, and has more than 20K tunes available. Five Line Skink is a Java application that runs on Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows and can be used to edit, play and display abc file.
Info on this freeware available from the MM Softs section.
Bitcartel announces an update to RadioLover, the MP3 radio song recorder, bringing it to version 1.3, build 63. The update brings improved iTunes integration, options for re-connection, improved multi-threading in the application and many bug fixes.
Kreativ Sounds releases Analog BASStard Refill for Reason 2.5. Analog BASStard is a complete collection of dirty, fat, warm and vintage analog basses. Analog BASStard features: 51 analog bass multisamples recorded from Minimoog, Juno 106, TB303, Pro One and Prophet 5, 128 NNXT Advanced Sampler Patches, 150 NN19 Sampler Patches, 158 Analog Bass Loops and 5 ReDrum analog kits.
The full version of Analog BASStard has 142 Mb. It's available to purchase online via the website for the introductory price 23.5 EU / 29.50$.
The AudioUnit versions of MHC's Studio Setup plugins have been updated to version 2.0.3. The plugins reported falsely that they had two output busses. They have one stereo output and not two. The Studio Setup contains the Space Synth, Fatsondo, Voxynth, Vox FX, Space Effect and Flex FX plugins.
NEO Sounds announces Active MultiMedia, which is is a new SFX Library that contains 500 sound effects and musical effects for use in different multimedia projects (Flash and Web projects, computer games, Video, Radio and more). Sound files on the CD are in different categories: clicks, hard, electronic signals, High Tech, noise FXs, musical effects and more.
The CD version ot Active Multimedia is priced at $69 and the downloadable version is $65.
If your dream is to sell your musics on the Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple has updated the iTunes section of its web site for independant artists, groups and labels. If you're interested in selling your music on the iTunes Music Store, you can complete the online application available from this section.
The Oxford Reverb plug-in is a flexible stereo reverberation generator, designed to complement existing Oxford applications in providing the user with the highest technical and sonic performance coupled with artistic and creative facility. As well as providing stunning presets, the user has full control over all of its many parameters, including a very comprehensive early reflections section, and integrated 5-band EQ.
The Oxford Reverb is available in TDM for Pro Tools HD/HD Accel and in RTAS for pro Tools LE 6 or higher.
The free Soundflower audio routing utility for OS X is just updated. It now works with a new application called Soundflowerbed that allows you to choose any connection and send it to your audio output.
Hartmann the infamous guys behind the Neuron, one of the very few breaktrough in synthesis since VA came on earth, is releasing anytime soon a virtual instrument based on the Neuron technology. The Neuron VS will come:
- with a little USB knob box (which is the dongle in case you wonder…)
- a dongle with a joystick and 4 knobs for a change;
- 250 models to use on the…
- 2 resynators (each with 3 spheres and 3 scapes levels);
- 8 blender types to blend these;
- a multimode filter (24dB lowpass, 12dB lowpass, 6dB lowpass, 6dB highpass, bandpass);
- 7 enveloppes (2 per resynator, 2 freely assignable, one for the filter);
- a Frequency FX Module (EQ / Compressor, Distortion, Ring Modulator, Decimator and SP Warp);
- a Time FX Module (Stereo Spread, Left/Right Delay, Flanger, Phaser and Chorus);
- a Slicer module for "multidimensional" (whatever it is) modulation (12 waveforms), and a LFO;
- if you're the lazy type, there's 300 sounds already programmed,
- and YES the joystick is recorded and automated (nice touch).
For the ones who would have like to twiddle a neuron here is at least a less (compared to the price of the full Neuron) expensive way to do so.
The plug-in is VST and AU compatible, price is set at about 700 € and the dong…controler is called the nuke!
SoundEngine just announced a new collection of keyboards patches for the Korg Triton, "101 Keys" which includes 101 Acoustic Pianos, Electric Pianos and Organs. Theses patches are also available in SoundDiver, Unisyn, and MIDIQuest formats.
We open the english book and documentation section on macmusic.org with "Mixing with your Mind" from Michael Paul Stavrou.
Well, you know on MM we not only comment books but we read them ! It's the truth! Mixing with your Mind is an encounter with tips and techniques comming from Michael Stavrous engineering experiences. And this man has done a lot. The purpose of this book is not to teach the basics, but to make you award of how your ears and your magnificent right brain can make a huge difference in dealing with sound recording and mixing. Let the tech specs on the side and try to do like Michael does, you shall be a winner. You will discover what a speaker "flame" is, how to avoid ribbon effects between 2 speakers, how to go on advanced microphone techniques (the drum and piano section is really usefull), get the best of lead vocals, find the secret combination of compressors, and finally get immerged in the best part revealed : the Mix process. Did you ever know that mixing is a real kind of meditation state ? Learn how to communicate with the gohsts beetween the speakers. A very intersting book, easy to read and usefull for all kind of composers.
SoundShuttle by PowerFX is now available as RTAS plugin for Mac OS X. Made for ProTools based systems, SoundShuttle allows users to search for sounds and preview them. More than 40,000 sounds in the PowerFX database can be previewed and downloaded directly.
SoundShuttle is compatible with Pro Tools 6.4 and costs $19.95, including ten free sound from PowerFX website.
PolyRingtone by Andy Drabble is a polyphonic ringtone converter for mobile phones. You can use it to create SP_Midi compatible files, as used for ringtones in modern mobile phones, from standard Midi files which are freely available on the Web.
PolyRingtone is a shareware and is available from the MM Softs section.
Best Service have just released Artist Grooves, available for Mac OS X as a VST and AU plug-in. Artist Grooves is a sound module for Native Instruments Intakt that features original drumkits : Tama Drumkit, Pearl Drumkit, Yamaha Drumkit, Paiste Cymbals, Zildjian Custom Cymbals and Zildjian K-Series Cymbals.
Symbolic Composer is one of the most advanced and largest music composition language available with over 1000 music algorithms, suitable for modern, dance, classic, electronic, ambient and experimental styles.
Info on this 5.1 version and dowload available from our softwares section.
Digidesign has posted the version 6.4.1 for Pro Tools Mix 24 systems. This version is the final Pro Tools software release to officially support the Pro Tools|24 MIX product line, which are now "legacy products". Pro Tools d24 and hybrid systems (d24 and Mix Farm) have not been tested, and therefore are not supported. However, Digidesign have no reason to believe that it will not work.
This version features : support for Command 8, +12 dB fader support, 23.976 fps support for HD video, hot wap SCSI support and more.
There is a new update (v 1.1.4.9) for Chuck, an audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, and performance. This version features new examples, minor bug fixes, improved online documentation and more.
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Digidesign has posted the version 6.4.1 for Pro Tools Mix 24 systems. This version is the final Pro Tools software release to officially support the Pro Tools|24 MIX product line, which are now "legacy products". Pro Tools d24 and hybrid systems (d24 and Mix Farm) have not been tested, and therefore are not supported. However, Digidesign have no reason to believe that it will not work.
There is a new update (v 1.1.4.9) for Chuck, an audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, and performance. This version features new examples, minor bug fixes, improved online documentation and more.
