Step into the Chiller's Joint. New from the pristine Ueberschall Nouvelle series comes a distinctive downtempo collection. Chillers Joint is heavily influenced by 60s and 70s soundtracks, Soul, Funk, Dub and Jazz. Garnished with modern Downtempo Hiphop and electronic flavours. Highlights include 20 relaxed c-kits, each over a minute long, all including intros/outros verses and refrains with over 1,100 loops. Tonal diversity is accented by custom recordings of pure vintage drum and instrumental phrases, grooves as well as atmospheric terrains.
This collection contains a lavish variety of :
• vintage drum grooves,
• electric piano licks,
• live played basslines, guitars,
• vibes,
• percussion,
• strings,
• horns,
• synths,
• soundscapes, ambiances, air and fx.
Also included in the set are divided drumloops (bassdrum, snare, hihat loops) and a wealth of single sounds to aid in easy assembly of fresh, organic, chillout styled mixes. Design with peace of mind using the bundled Elastik players powerful mix and match options. Fine tune, filter, tempo sync, chop and re-sort, reverse and other effect essentials come standard.
Chillers Joint is available now for Mac OS X and Windows in VST, AU and RTAS formats at a retail price of $119/€99/£69.
ReFX has just released Nexus² which comes with over 70 new features and improvements. Here are most important ones :
- Expansion Dance Vol.2 already included! - 128 new presets, 500 MB of new samples
- Three skins (Black 'evil', Black 'good' and Cobalt) included for free
- New FX: analog phaser from Arts Acoustic - up to 16 stages. Smooth as silk
- New FX: stereo enhancer - widen or narrow the stereo field
- Feature Matrix: layers can be switched on/off separately
- New section: oscillator mix level
- Oscillators can be switched on/off separately
- Volume- and pan-control for each oscillator
Nexus² is available now for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU and RTAS formats at a price of €299.99 / $349.99. Upgrades are available. Note that a Syncrosoft eLicenser (dongle) is now required and can be purchased from reFX if you don't already have one.
Behringer unveils the new U-CONTROL UMA25S, a super-slim controller keyboard with a fully fledged USB audio interface.
Features :
- Ultra-slim design
- 25 velocity-sensitive keys
- 8 assignable rotary controllers, pitch bend, mod wheel and transport controls
- Stereo USB audio interface with mic and line level inputs
- Headphone with boom mic included
- Gig bag and strap included
- DC, battery or USB powered
- Ships with energy/XT2 Compact BEHRINGER Edition DAW software and 100 plug-ins
- Mac and Windows (XT and Vista) compatible
Tone2 has just released a Mac version for Warmverb Multi-FX, its modular multi effect plug-in with routable modules and 35 types of effects.
Do you want to flange a feedbacked reverb tail and pass it through a vocoder ? Warmverb is a multi effect unit which gives you the flexibility to create unique custom effects in high-end sound quality.
Puremagnetik has released Big Bertha for Ableton Live, Kontakt and Logic. Big Bertha is a custom built 6-string Maillet electric bass with a classic, deep and funky tone. Recorded through both a Jensen transformer and an original tube buffered AMB DI, Big Bertha includes detailed multilayer velocity sampling of every note across 3 octaves and a collection of over 60 looped clips played in various styles and tempos. The loop library includes funk, rock, RnB, fusion and many other stylings.
Propellerhead has announced the release of three new software bundles : Reason Premium Edition, Studio Combo, and Rhythm Combo.
The Reason Premium Edition ($599/€499) includes a full version of Reason, bundled together with the four complete Hypersampled ReFills (Reason Drum Kits, Reason Pianos, Abbey Road Keyboards and Reason Electric Bass sound libraries).
The Propellerhead Studio Combo ($299/€249) bundles the four Hypersampled Reason sound libraries — Reason Drum Kits, Reason Pianos, Abbey Road Keyboards and Reason Electric Bass ReFills — in one package.
The Propellerhead Rhythm Combo ($149/€149) bundles the Reason Drum Kits and Reason Electric Bass ReFills into one package.
All three packages will be available in Europe and Asia on August 5, 2008 and in North America on August 25, 2008.
Tascam has launched the GT-R1, a new portable recorder for guitar and bass players.
Based on the DR-1 recorder, the GT-R1 features a pair of built-in condenser microphones which allows to capture rehearsals and live shows. Musicians can also plug directly into the instrument input to record with amp simulation and effects. The GT-R1 includes a rhythm player for instant inspiration, and a 1GB SD Card and rechargeable battery are included to get started right away.
Features :
- Portable stereo recording with built-in condenser microphones
- MP3 or WAV file recording, up to 48kHz/24-bit
- 1/4" Instrument input for Guitar or Bass
- Amp simulation and multi-effects
- Over 80 rhythm tracks in a variety of styles
- Overdub function allows users to record over an existing track
- Powered microphone input
- Low cut filter and analog limiter on input
- Loop and change the speed of music playback without changing the pitch to learn and transcribe new music
- Guitar and Bass canceller allows musicians to play along
- Includes 1GB SD Card and rechargeable battery
- USB 2.0 Connection to computer for file transfer and charging
- Optional AK-DR1 includes a tabletop stand, microphone clip and windscreen
For more information, please visit the link below :
Waves Audio announces the latest in its series of educational events, The Waves Logic Studio Tour.
The Tour will feature legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer, along with Waves Product Specialists, demonstrating Waves' plug-ins in conjunction with Logic Studio and other Apple professional audio applications. These events, presented in association with Apple Pro Audio Resellers, are free and open to the public. The Waves Logic Studio Tour will take Kramer and the Waves crew to several cities across the U.S. throughout September.
Latest tour date updates and news are available online at the Waves website.
Sonoris Audio Engineering has just announced the release of Sonoris Dither, a professional, high quality audio plugin for mastering purposes.
With this plugin you can quantize audio to a lower bitdepth with dither and/or noiseshaping. The dithertype is selectable between TPDF and High Pass (HP) TPDF. TPDF is short for Triangular Probability Densitity Function, a form of dither that eliminates non-linear distortion during re-quantization and has no signal modulation artifacts.
The noiseshaping can be set to three flavors: Curve A, B and C or "Off". It is also possible to set noiseshaping without dither.
The output bitdepth can be set to 16 and 20 bit or "Off" for no quantization.
Sonoris Dither is available now for both Mac OS X and Windows in VST format and is priced at $75.
Perimeter Sound Arts has released Tone Set #5, a collection of 128 newly created Gearbox patches.
Sorted into 4 categories, 'Alternative', 'Blues', 'Clean', and 'Metal', with a focus on mixing and matching guitar & bass pres and cabs, and bringing out the truer tone of the amps, with fewer effects added and almost no compression used.
Tone Set #5 is available now and is priced at $20. Note that a free no-restrictions-on-use (and no email sign up of any kind required) free demo pack of 16 patches from Tone Set #5 is also available.
McDSP has extended its offer on the "Create Your Own Native Bundle" special for the month of August. You may purchase any one native plug-in for $295, two native plug-ins for $495, three native plug-ins for $695 or four native plug-ins for $795
All McDSP native plug-ins are included in this one-time-deal of creating your own bundle – Analog Channel, Channel G, Chrome Tone, CompressorBank, DE555, FilterBank, FutzBox, MC2000, ML4000, NF575, Revolver and Synthesizer One.
The McDSP Native product line supports RTAS and AudioSuite formats, and operates on Pro Tools HD, LE, and M-Powered. Special available only via electronic delivery. All plug-ins purchased within a bundle must be deposited to the same iLok account. Note that this offer ends August 31, 2008.
Tascam has announced three recording bundles designed to "supply musicians with the tools they need to make great recordings".
The Track Pack T1 combines the US-122L audio interface with a dynamic microphone, headphones and Cubase LE4 recording software. The Track Pack T2 matches the US-144 interface with Tascam's new TM-78 condenser microphone. The Field Pack pairs the DR-1 portable recorder with the TM-ST1 stereo microphone.
Pricing :
- Track Pack T1 sells for $299 MSRP/$179 street.
- Track Pack T2 sells for $369 MSRP/ $199 street
- Field Pack sells for $498 MSRP/$349 street.
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