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Expert Sleepers has released a plug-in client for NINJAM which is a program to allow people to make music together via the Internet. Every participant can hear every other participant. Each user can also tweak their personal mix to his or her liking. NINJAM is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac OS X and Windows.
There are various NINJAM client applications already in existence. Generally though these are designed around the assumption that you're just using the computer to send and receive audio, and that your instruments are just fed into your computer's audio interface. If however your instrument is your computer, it's not really possible to get audio in and out of the Ninjam system in a convenient way. By having the Ninjam client in a plug-in, it makes it very easy to combi ...
Apogee Electronics Corporation have announced that its Mini-Me, Mini-DAC and Mini-MP will now be available for sale at $795.00 retail through authorized dealers and distributors worldwide. Here's Apogee's own brief list of features for each unit...
Mini-Me:
* Two channels of Apogee 24-bit, 96 kHz A/D conversion, top-quality mic/instrument preamps and line-level inputs
* Headphone outputs
* AES/EBU, S/PDIF digital outputs
* Low-current, low-voltage-Ideal for location/ENG
* Optional USB Card available, $195.00 retail
Mini-MP:
* Superb two-channel microphone preamplifier with 75 dB of gain, phantom power and Hi-Z instrument inputs.
* Mid Side matrix processing
Mini-DAC:
* Two channels of Apogee 24-bit 192kHz D/A conversion
* High current headphone output
* I ...
VSL has announced the release of two brand new Vienna Instruments Collections, Saxophones and Elements. These two new products are the first of many upcoming releases to complement the existing 10 Collections of the Symphonic Cube.
The Vienna Instruments Saxophones Collection includes five instruments: Soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophone, with a total of over 35 GB of samples in 24bit/44.1kHz.
Vienna Instruments Elements is a showcase for water, metal, glass, and stone, Elements is a major expansion (18 GB) on the well-known Horizon Series Glass & Stones edition. It offers new instruments such as the bass waterphone, an unusual, evocative instrument with a diameter of 14 inches.
The Saxophones Collection retails for €395/$475 (Standard Library) and €345/$415 (Extended Li ...
Roland Corporation US is proud to announce they are now offering the vintage Roland CR-78 sound set for a limited time, exclusive for MV users. One of Roland's first COMPURHYTHM drum machines, the CR-78 featured 34 different preset rhythms and unique analog drum sounds that are second to none. This MV-8000 download package joins the TR-808 sound set and the TR-527 sound set, which are also available for free on their web site.
MOTU has just updated Digital Performer to version 5.1.1. This maintenance release includes numerous program enhancements and optimizations. The 5.11 update also includes hundreds of new presets for DP5's six included virtual instrument plug-ins. Of course this is a free update for all DP 5.x owners.
Best Service is now shipping Chris Hein - Guitars which is a Kontakt Player 2 based virtual guitar library offering thousands of samples, many articulations and dynamics all in one preset per instrument. It includes 40,000 samples and 18 GB of sample content.
Main Features:
* Kontakt player 2 included.
* ~40,000 Samples, 18 GB content.
* 3,000 - 6,000 samples per instrument.
* Over 30 articulations in one preset.
* Up to 13 velocities.
* 70 intelligent MIDI controllers.
Instruments:
* E-Guitar Clean
* E-Guitar Blues
* E-Guitar Chorus
* Jazz Guitar Plectrum
* Jazz Guitar Finger
* Steel Guitar Plectrum
* Nylon Guitar Finger
* Banjo
* Mandolin
Chris Hein - Guitars has an MSRP of €399 / $499 and is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU, DX, RTAS and stand-alone formats. Videos and audio demos are available on this web site :
After the recent announcement of BassLine Pro 2, AudioRealism now announces Drum Machine, a new plug-in for Windows and Mac OS X that contains two modeled vintage drum machines with additional features such as a Pattern controlled filter and a distortion unit.
Features:
* Two realtime switchable drum machine models, 11 sounds for Model A and 8 for Model B.
* Internal 32 step sequencer with global accent per step, four pre-scale selections per pattern.
* Various pattern transformation functions.
* Full MIDI CC with learning function.
* MIDI Output.
* Rebirth pattern import.
* Two MIDI modes (Pattern and Note).
* Integrated distortion unit.
* Pattern controlled filter (PCF).
* Sample accurate sync to host.
Drum Machine is expected to be released in Q1 2007 for Mac OS X in Audio Units format with pricing to be announced. ABL and ABL Pro registered users will receive a cross-grade offer.
Universal Audio have launched two major worldwide fall promotions for UA's Hardware and Software products. The Universal Rack Rebate offers up to $200 cash back from UA on hardware purchases through UA's worldwide dealer network. The Holiday Season plug-in sale offers discounts of up to 50% on the UAD plug-in collection at UA's online store. Both promotions are limited-time and will run until December 31st 2006.
Universal Rack Rebate Details:
* $50 Cash back for: LA-3A, SOLO.110, SOLO/610
* $100 Cash back for: 1176LN, 2-610, LA-610
* $150 Cash back for: Dual LA-3A, 2-1176, 6176
* $200 Cash back for: LA-2A, 2192
Steinberg has made Pre-Release version of HALion available for download for registered users. While preliminary testing carried out with this version indicates that it is stable and reliable, it has not gone through Steinberg's full QA testing cycle. Therefore, this pre-release version is not officially supported.
Improvements:
* Keyboard: visualisation of used Key Ranges (Megatrigg).
* Instantiation of HALion has been improved regarding the loading time.
Fixes:
* Mapping Chromatic of imported samples failed when activating "Use included Root Keys".
* Send FXs were not correctly load in projects and in banks (fxb).
* Crash could occur when loading a program (fxp) where velocity crossfade were used.
* Crash could occur when loading a bank (fxb) which uses FX and a diff ...
QuikQuak has just updated its reverb and acoustic room simulator RaySpace to version 2.5. New features include a new super-smooth diffusion engine, 90 categorized presets (including production settings), stereo impulse export options and Rename, Load and Save single FX presets.
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