XILS-lab has announced the availability of a dongle-free, limited-features demo version of its XILS 3 synthesizer plug-in. This version outputs silence periodically (every 3-4 seconds) and limits the following features :

• No preset or project saving
• No bank import or export
• No automation
• Features the 1.0.2 version of the XILS 3 and won't be updated
• No time limit
• No dongle or serial number required

Apple has updated MainStage to v2.0.1. This update improves overall performance and provides numerous fixes and enhancements, especially to Loopback and Playback plug-ins.

Issues addressed include (but are not limited to) :

• The memory usage display is now more accurate and shows MainStage and total system memory combined.
• Feedback protection is now disabled if not in use resulting in a significant CPU performance improvement for audio channels.
• The Reverse option for Loopback now behaves consistently.
• Pitchbend is now transmitted properly to external instruments.
• The I/O plug-in is now available in Mainstage.

Enhancements include :

• Loopback can now be started by a Play action.
• Loopback now has an option to transfer its tempo ...

Celemony is proud to announce two new products: Melodyne assistant, which offers the well-known Melodyne technology for the editing of vocals and monophonic instruments in a more affordable yet nonetheless improved format, and Version 2 of the bundle edition Melodyne essential, which now runs directly as a plug-in in the Pro Tools environment and brings with it numerous improvements over Version 1.

Melodyne assistant is the most affordable entry into the world of Melodyne and ideal for the correction and optimization of monophonic and rhythmic audio material. The user can with Melodyne assistant correct intonation or timing problems by hand, transposing notes, moving them forwards or backwards in time, deleting them, adjusting their amplitude and their formants, as well as copying them ...

Digidesign unveils Eleven Rack, a new guitar recording system designed to solve the challenges guitarists face in the studio.

Eleven Rack combines studio-standard Pro Tools software with a high-resolution, dual DSP-powered audio interface so you'll never have to worry about latency when recording with its built-in amp/effects tones -- nor will your computer have to carry the processing burden. Eleven Rack also takes re-amping to the next level by recording both dry and processed guitar signals simultaneously, allowing you to re-amplify later without patching a single cable. Digidesign even found a way to embed the Eleven Rack amp and effects settings into the audio tracks you record, enabling you to automatically recall those settings from your audio files on any Pro Tools system with E ...

Vir2 Instruments is proud to announce World Impact: Global Percussion.

Featuring a massive collection of varied percussion samples, World Impact spans the globe featuring percussion instruments from large to small, west to east, north to south, and traditional to rare. Sampled in meticulous detail and programmed for maximum and instant musical usability, the collection includes hundreds of varied percussion instruments from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and more. A massive 4.2-gigabyte collection of Japanese Taiko drums recorded from multiple microphone positions forms a central part of the library. Each instrument has been recorded with numerous alternate takes and velocity layers, assuring realistic and dramatically expressive sonic results.

Beyond the instrument collec ...