Ultimate Sound Bank has announced the release of a new UVI Soundpack dedicated to pianos, Grand Piano Collection.

Grand Piano Collection highlights five instruments :

• Steinway D Concert Grand
• Fazioli F278 Concert
• Erard Baby Grand Piano
• Seiler Upright Grand
• Japanese Upright

For everyone of them the same method was used:
First, the right instrument had to be found. Two different classical and jazz pianists, both outstanding concert performers, gave a hand finding the ideal one. After some research and like dozens of pianos reviewed, the amazing sounding models that all the consultants loved appeared obvious. Then there were several days of booking in some of the best recording studios in Europe, for example Studio Guillaume Tell for the Steinw ...

Cycling '74 has just updated its Max/MSP media development tools to version 5.0.8.

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Audio-Technica unveils the AT4047MP Multi-Pattern Condenser Microphone, developed in direct response to end users requesting a multi-pattern version of the AT4047/SV.

The AT4047MP delivers vintage sound in a multi-pattern design with selectable omnidirectional, cardioid, and figure-of-eight polar patterns. The microphone's transformer-coupled output and specially tuned element provide sonic characteristics reminiscent of early F.E.T. studio microphone designs. With a wide dynamic range, incredibly low self-noise and high SPL capability, this versatile microphone excels on vocals, strings, acoustic guitar, instrument ensembles, small vocal groups and voiceovers.

Features :

• Three switchable polar patterns: cardioid, omnidirectional, figure-of-eight
• Engineered to meet ...

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"On September 23rd, Avid is set to unveil a revolutionary new solution designed specifically for guitar players. Years of research and development is about to culminate in one killer product."

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Spectrasonics has released Stylus RMX(r) version 1.9, the company's first 64-bit native Mac software.

The new version of the famous groove software is now compatible with Apple's recently released 'Snow Leopard' 64 bit operating system and the emerging 64-bit native host applications for music production on the OS X platform. Since native Windows 64-bit compatibility has been available since version 1.7, Stylus RMX is now fully cross-platform 64-bit native software and is also compatible with 32-bit Mac and Windows systems and hosts. The new 1.9 version also includes various technical fixes and compatibility updates with other recent software releases such as Apple's Logic 9.

Stylus RMX v1.9 is a free download for all registered users of Stylus RMX and is available now from the Spectrasonics website.