FXpansion has just released BFD B.O.M.B (Big Orchestral Marching Band), a new expansion pack for BFD 1.5 and BFD2 delivering a heavy payload of orchestral and marching drum instruments to your percussive arsenal.
Highlights :
- Expansion pack for BFD1.5 & BFD2 with 38GB of new sounds.
- Set of four timpani covering 1.5 octaves, each pitch recorded with felt and wood mallets.
- Full set of orchestral chimes covering 1.5 octaves.
- 4 tonal bass drums with multiple beaters.
- Concert bass drums including a 40" played with three different beaters.
- Marching quad toms played with sticks, mallets, and hotrods.
- 7 marching and orchestral snares played with sticks, brushes, mallets, and hotrods.
- Groove suite featuring drum-corps and marching performances, hip-hop street beats and more.
BFD B.O.M.B is available now and is priced at $199 / €149 / £99.
AudioWarrior has just released Studio Organ Donor, a sample library for Steinberg's HALion 3. It includes samples from a B3, a church organ and the "Wurly piano organ" which mixes a piano sound with gritty organ tones with optional Flange, Rotary, and Pan-Tremolo.
Studio Organ Donor is available now for Mac OS X and Windows XP | Vista, it costs $49. Note that HALion 3 is required.
BIAS has announced the release of the Peak Pro 6 little brother : Peak LE 6.
New Features in Peak LE 6 :
- Podcasting — fully-integrated audio podcast publishing, no additional software required
- Voiceover Ducking DSP — automatically lowers the music level during a voiceover
- iTunes Integration — send audio to iTunes directly from the playlist or document
- Extra plug-in insert — supports two simultaneous real-time AU/VST effects/instruments
- Record Timer— automates recording stop time
- Record Notepad — enters marker cues during recording
- Metadata support — read and write "tags" (artist, album, etc.) for major file types
- Sleek new user interface — includes global contrast control, magnetic windows, improved meters, hide windows, and more
Ueberschall has released the Urbanic Producer Pack, a massive library dedicated to Hip Hop & RnB Sounds.
With more than 1120 individual single drum sounds consisting of punch filled: kick drums, claps, snare, hi hats, percussion, cymbals and shaker samples. This superabundant collection also consists of loops from: hi hat, percussion and FX as well as bassline, synth, guitar, rhodes, piano, string sequences. BPM information and root key (key signatures) are embedded in most loop file names, simplifying selection and direct use.
Ueberschall fortified this library with bass and lead instrument sounds, sampled with lengths of up to 8 sec. With tone captured form top trusted and tested brands like: Moog, Studio Electronics, Oberheim, and Roland, to name a few.
As usual the Elastik Player is included, which means that no sampler is required.
The Urbanic Producer Pack is available now for Mac OS X and Windows in VST, AU and RTAS formats at a retail price of €99.
VirSyn has just updated its plug-in suite VTAPE to version 1.2 which is now VST3 compatible.
New multi-channel capabilities have laid the basis for a new kind of Surround effect delay - imagine what you can do with up to 16 tempo sync'd delay taps for each audio channel with independent level control. The new multichannel capabilities in VST3 makes the handling of VTape much easier, apparently.
New Features :
- Surround effect delay.
- VST3 compatibility.
- Multichannel capabilities up to 10.2 (VST3 / AU / RTAS).
- Independent level control for each tap.
- Delay: Multichannel Mixer.
- Delay: Input link function for multichannel delay.
- Saturator: automatic gain compensation.
Time+Space launch a competition : to celebrate the forthcoming release of Rob Papen's new virtual synth RG, they have 3 complete sets of Rob Papen products to give away. All you have to do is answer a "very simple question".
Each winner will receive a boxed copy of Albino 3, Blue and Predator as well as a copy of RG when it is released. You'll also get a limited edition Rob Papen t-shirt.
Puremagnetik has released 3 new library bundles for Ableton Live, Kontakt, Logic and GarageBand. All bundles are available directly from the Puremagnetik website for immediate download at a price of $60 each.
Vintage Collection
Vintage Collection contains 7 Puremagnetik's old-school synthesizer Micropaks sourced directly from the classics of the 1970s and 80s :
- TeeBee - Roland® TB-303 instrument and loops
- Circuit:30 - "Circuits" based on Moog® synthesizers and effects
- Analog Bass Volume 1 - Assortment of deep analog bass instruments
- P-50 Linear - Sounds from Roland's® classic 1980's D-50 synthesizer
- String Machines - A collection of the great string synths from the 1970s
- Eight Bit - Classic Commodore 64 SID chip sounds
- Vintage 80's Classics - assortment of ...
PSP Audioware has just announced the release of the successor to the PSP MixPack bundle. PSP MixPack2 not only updates both the usability and the processing algorithms of the original PSP MixPack plug-ins, but adds a new processor: PSP MixGate2.
PSP MixPack2 is a collection of five high-resolution, high quality audio processors designed to improve the quality of your digital audio tracks and mixes. It consists of: PSP MixBass2, PSP MixTreble2, PSP MixSaturator2, PSP MixPressor2 and PSP MixGate2.
The new PSP MixGate2 is described as an high precision noise gate. The gate is fully configurable and can operate fast enough for special effects (such as "stuttering audio") and smoothly enough to gate unwanted noise without sounding artificial. It includes both high and low pass filters so as to tailor the control signal. By filtering out unwanted frequencies, you can ensure that only the desired frequency can trigger the gate.
PSP MixPack2 is available for both Mac OSX and Windows at $199 in VST, AU and RTAS formats. Owners of the PSP MixPack can get the new plug-in at discounted price of $49.00 until May 1st, 2008. After this date the upgrade price will be increased up to $79.00. All users who bought PSP MixPack bundle on August 1st 2007 or later get the new PSP MixPack2 for free. Note that a full-featured 2 week demo version is also available.
After the beautiful Olga, Schwa has just released Oligarc, a collection of four virtual analog FX, tied together by a modulation nerve center that converts the input audio into control signals that can be routed to most of the effect knobs. Oligarc can be an LFO-driven filter, an envelope-controlled phaser, a gate-triggered saturation effect, or anything else you can think up, including mad combinations of linked modulation of multiple effects at once.
In addition, the Oligarc package contains standalone versions of the Drive, Phaser, and Chorus effects, for more traditional usage - although there's nothing traditional about these effects.
Oligarc is available in for Windows (VST) and Mac OS X (AU) and costs $60 (All hosts, commercial use license) / $40 (Reaper-only, non-commercial use license).
Mixosaurus has just announced the release of Kit A v1.1 which brings a huge usability improvements and significantly expands its range of possible applications:
"ECO" Instrument Patches:
These have lower RAM requirements and faster loading times (down to 1/7 of the full patches). They will work even on "average" computers, and all programming you do with them will be 100% compatible with the full patches.
MIDI Translations:
Built-in ability to understand and play MIDI tracks of all major MIDI drum formats: Addictive Drums, BFD, DFH, EZ Drummer, General MIDI. Also included are dedicated Translations for Roland's TD-3, TD-10 and TD-20, and ...
Today at NAB in Las Vegas, iZotope unveils the ANR-B Adaptive Realtime Noise Reduction Unit, bringing the company's renowned audio algorithm for adaptive noise reduction to a dedicated hardware unit for use in real-time broadcast applications.
ANR-B uses iZotope's advanced noise reduction technology to intelligently identify and suppress environmental broadband noise, hum, phone line artifacts and more. Unlike other noise reduction solutions, this unit actually detects noise in real-time and adapts to changing noise over time, allowing for automatic operation with little to no input required from the user.
Key Features:
- Automatically removes noise from audio in real-time
- Two channels can work independently or as a stereo pair
- Includes presets for specific scenarios
- Residual Noise switch lets user quickly preview the noise being removed
- Single knob controls noise suppression on each channel for fast operation
- Learn button allows for manual operation by capturing a noise profile
- PC/Mac interface for managing presets and designing advanced programs
- Remote control capability
ANR-B will be available in Summer of 2008 at a retail price of $4995.
Sonnox has just released the Mac OS X version of its new plug-in - Oxford SuprEsser.
The Oxford SuprEsser is both a very highly-featured professional De-Esser and a Dynamic EQ. There is a simple mode for quick fixes, but also an advanced mode for increased functionality and fine-tuning. The combination of an intuitive FFT display and three listen modes enables the user to easily see and hear exactly where the problem frequencies are, allowing the rapid reduction or removal of the offending audio. As well as being able to trigger the full band compression, only the offending frequencies can be carefully carved out. Since the SuprEsser can operate at all frequencies, 'plosives' and other annoyances can also be removed effortlessly, making it more than a simple De-Esser. Additional features include Automatic Level Tracking, Linear Phase Filtering and a Wet/Dry blend control for final balancing.
The Oxford SuprEsser is available for Mac OS X in VST, AU and RTAS formats at a retail price of £180 but if you purchase it before June 30th 2008 you will receive a 10% discount (£162). A 15-day demo version is available. Note that Windows version will follow in a few weeks.
Synesthesia has released the second version of Mandala which is now an USB Drum trigger pad packed with a Virtual Brain software control module. The Mandala Drum pad is able to detect where and how hard you hit it and translates that information into sound and sound controllers.
Features :
- Every hit gives you a Note with Velocity AND a Strike Position for HD sound control
- Surface detects 128 strike positions from center to edge
- 128 strike velocities from soft to hard with no false triggers
- Multizone configuration allows mapping of up to 7 zones per pad
- USB interface with easy, yet powerful 'Virtual Brain' software for Mac or PC.
- Includes original sound library with scores of instruments, or load your own samples
- Tons of out-of-the-box presets to get you playing right away
- Connect multiple Mandalas to your computer to form a kit
- Also works seamlessly with Logic, Battery, BFD, Live, Reason, GarageBand, etc.
Each Mandala is hand-crafted and thoroughly tested before it is shipped. The Mandala 2.0 retails for $349, and is available online.
AMS - Neve also presents the 4081 Quad Mic Preamp.
Build on the success of the 1081 and 1081R modules, the 4081 is a four independent Mic/Pre or Line input channels in a 3U high robust desktop mounting design with external PSU. 2 x 4081 units can be fastened together, to give 8-channels of Mic/Pre or Line inputs in a 19" wide unit.
Features :
- Gain control per channel (+20dBu to +70dBu in 5dBu steps)
- Signal Presence and Clip LED indication
- XLR Mic input can be switched between Mic and electronically balanced Line
- Line level up to 20dB gain in 5dB steps
- Phantom Power source for microphones
- 20dB pad, Phase and Low Z functions per channel
- Optional Digital output/Sync card (available Q2 2008), with selectable sample rate and Sync Source
Unit can be controlled from front panel or all functions controlled remotely by Mac or PC computers, using a USB connection and the dedicated Neve Remote Control software – or remote control via midi from ProTools. Up to 16 boxes can be connected together off one daisy-chained control cable.
AMS - Neve unveils the Digital Multimedia Console (DMC) at the 2008 NAB Show.
The DMC builds on the legendary success of the Academy Award winning DFC film mixing console. It has been designed to deliver comprehensive mix and DAW control capabilities at an incredible price. The standard package adds the legendary AMS Neve sound, EQ and Dynamics to all your mixes and provides the full stereo and 7.1 surround monitoring modes featured on our Hollywood-dominating DFC Gemini consoles.
After the announcement in March, Antares has finally released AVOX 2 - the second generation of the Antares Vocal Toolkit.
AVOX 2 is available for native plug-in formats including RTAS (Mac and PC), VST (Mac and PC) and Audio Units (Mac) at a retail price of $599. It will be available shortly at your local Antares dealer and you can already purchase a copy from Antares' online store. Note that a fully functional 10 day trial version is also available. Upgrades to AVOX 2 are available for purchase and download by current owners of the original AVOX, AVOX AT, and Harmony Engine. See the Antares Software Upgrade page for details.
Last but not least, if you purchased and registered a copy of AVOX or AVOX AT after March 12, 2008, you are entitled to a free upgrade to AVOX 2.
Sound Devices is about to unveil the 788T eight-track recorder at this year NAB Show.
Designed specifically for multi-track on-location productions, the eight-track 788T features a significant expansion of input and output capability — eight full-featured microphone inputs and eight tracks of recording. In a stainless-steel and aluminum chassis weighing less than 4 pounds and roughly the size of a hard-backed mystery novel, this unit accommodates individual controls and connectors for each of its eight inputs, plus numerous additional I/O and data connections.
The 788T comes equipped with a 160 GB 2.5-in. internal SATA hard disk drive. This on-board storage provides up to 30 hours of 8-track, uncompressed 24-bit audio recording of industry-standard Broadcast Wave files. Additionally, CompactFlash cards with UDMA support and external FireWire mass storage volumes can be used for recording and playback. All three storage mediums can be selected for simultaneous, redundant recording.
The 788T is powered by 7.2 V Li-ion batteries or external DC (10-18 V) and offers an on-board Li-ion battery charger.
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