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Mac and Music News
Ueberschall today announced the availability of Liquid Guitar, the 3rd Instrument from the Liquid Instrument Series for Mac for usage with VST, Audio Units or RTAS compatible host applications. Liquid Guitar offers the collected power of the entire guitar universe ready to use for individual compositions. Liquid Guitar (L.I.S. Vol.3) contains a broad stylistic spectrum of guitar licks recorded with acoustic (nylon/steel) and electric guitars. From Funk, RnB, Pop, Rock, Blues, Fusion, Jazz, Western, Beat all the way to Sound FX. Liquid Guitar contains rhythmically and soloistically played licks and phrases recorded as: Clean-direct input and Real Amp Recording with crunch, distortion including feedback, tremolo and Wah-Wah sounds.
Liquid Guitar (L.I.S. Vol. 3) is available for $200.
Metasonix the infamous and overdrived manufacturer of weird tube effects for synths and guitars is currently finishing the last jobs on an all tube synth based on his own designs. It's not the first time Eric Barbour is going along the synthesizer way but it's his largest to date : 2 all tubes VCO, a waveshaper, a multimode VCF (Low Pass, treble/mid bandpass, and bass bandpass) all tubes (there must be somme idea behind that), 2 enveloppes A(S)R and AR, which can be combined as ADSR, a VCA featuring a Pentode, 2 LFO, and 2 modulation busses, a joystick and multiple patch points as the S-1000 is half-modular.
Korg has announced that microKONTROL and KONTROL49 USB-MIDI controllers are now being bundled with a variety of popular software products suited for dance music creation and performance — Ableton Live Lite 4 Korg Edition; SampleTank 2 Korg Edition; Korg MDE-X effects; Reason Adapted for KORG and UVI Korg Edition — collectively known as the Creative Kontrol Pack, Volume 2.
This promotion is valid for all new microKONTROL and KONTROL49 units purchased from November 15, 2005 until March 31, 2006
Garritan has announced that 'Jazz and Big Band Garritan Collection' is now shipping. Garritan Jazz and Big Band Collection features Trumpets, Trombones, a Comprehensive Saxophone Collection, Keyboards, Rhythm Section and more (over 50 individual instruments), all accessible via the included Native Instruments Kontakt Player in VST, AU, DX, RTAS and standalone formats on Mac OS X.
Garritan Jazz and Big Band Collection is now available for $299, but you can save some bucks with the introductory price of $259 (but order soon!).
If you want a bit of fun in your studio, LaCie in collaboration with designer Ora-Ito, has just released a new range of USB hard-drives looking like Lego bricks. Four models are now available : 160 GB (in white) for $119.99, 250 GB (in red) for $149.99, 300 GB (in blue) for $199.99 and 500GB (in red) for $399.99. Please note that Ora-Ito is a French designer, with prestigious collaborations like L'Oréal, Vogue Magazine, Heineken, Adidas, Kenzo, electronic musicians AIR, Honda, Guerlain, Swatch and Nike.
I'm waiting for the FireWire version...
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