Mac and Music News
Through Wednesday August 26, 2009
Aug 4 - 12:11 PM | Virtual Instrument > Ultimate Sound Bank |
Univers-Sons/Ultimate Sound Bank introduces Hip Hop Planet.
Hip Hop Planet from the brand new EKOLOOPZ series isn't another Urban sample library... Why ?
• First of all : sound quality
This library was produced the same way the best Hip Hop and R'n B tunes are. From creating and mixing the construction kits - with a unique way to analyse and process the sounds -, to the mastering, done at Sterling Sounds in New York by top mastering engineer Chris Gerhinger. The result is that punchy sound you won't find anywhere else. All recorded at 24-bit 96 kHz resolution.
• Unprecedent flexibility, compatible with MOTU BPM
Even if the library can be used right away with the included UVI Workstation, it also contains datas for the new MOTU BPM format, making the library complet ...
Hip Hop Planet from the brand new EKOLOOPZ series isn't another Urban sample library... Why ?
• First of all : sound quality
This library was produced the same way the best Hip Hop and R'n B tunes are. From creating and mixing the construction kits - with a unique way to analyse and process the sounds -, to the mastering, done at Sterling Sounds in New York by top mastering engineer Chris Gerhinger. The result is that punchy sound you won't find anywhere else. All recorded at 24-bit 96 kHz resolution.
• Unprecedent flexibility, compatible with MOTU BPM
Even if the library can be used right away with the included UVI Workstation, it also contains datas for the new MOTU BPM format, making the library complet ...
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Aug 4 - 11:02 AM | Virtual Instrument > FXpansion |
FXpansion is proud to introduce the Maple Custom Absolute Expansion Kit for BFD2 which features a high-end Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute drum kit and a bonus Yamaha FHP (fiberglass) snare.
This download-only BFD v2.1 expansion kit includes toms played with sticks, brushes, mallets, and rods. The bass drums were hit with both a wood and felt beater. The snare drum is played with sticks and hot-rods, with the snare wire on and off for both.
New articulations include rim shots and rim clicks on the toms. The snare also offers rim clicks, as well as support for positional sensing for use with electronic drums.
• Maple Custom Absolute 7"x8" Tom
• Maple Custom Absolute 7.5"x10" Tom
• Maple Custom Absolute 8"x12" Tom
• Maple Custom Absolute 14"x14" Floor Tom
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This download-only BFD v2.1 expansion kit includes toms played with sticks, brushes, mallets, and rods. The bass drums were hit with both a wood and felt beater. The snare drum is played with sticks and hot-rods, with the snare wire on and off for both.
New articulations include rim shots and rim clicks on the toms. The snare also offers rim clicks, as well as support for positional sensing for use with electronic drums.
• Maple Custom Absolute 7"x8" Tom
• Maple Custom Absolute 7.5"x10" Tom
• Maple Custom Absolute 8"x12" Tom
• Maple Custom Absolute 14"x14" Floor Tom
...
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Aug 3 - 06:29 PM | Plug-ins > Voxengo |
Voxengo is happy to announce the release of version 2 of Polysquasher - a mastering compressor plug-in for professional audio and sound production applications, for Mac OS X and Windows pro audio software that supports VST and AudioUnit plug-ins.
New Features :
• Compressor mode editor
• Linear-phase oversampling
• Multi-channel support
• Multi-platform support
• Undo/redo
• Routing matrix
• Preset manager
• User interface coloration
• User interface re-scaling
• Channel grouping
• Plug-in instance naming
• Bypass switch
Polysquasher was designed with a main goal: to be transparent. Polysquasher achieves its goal by using a unique compression algorithm which requires a small number of parameters – basically thr ...
New Features :
• Compressor mode editor
• Linear-phase oversampling
• Multi-channel support
• Multi-platform support
• Undo/redo
• Routing matrix
• Preset manager
• User interface coloration
• User interface re-scaling
• Channel grouping
• Plug-in instance naming
• Bypass switch
Polysquasher was designed with a main goal: to be transparent. Polysquasher achieves its goal by using a unique compression algorithm which requires a small number of parameters – basically thr ...
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Aug 3 - 05:11 PM | Music Hardware > Fairlight |
Peter Vogel, Fairlight co-founder, has posted some teaser information on a new, 30th Anniversary Limited Edition of the Fairlight CMI.
Well there's only a pre-production mockup for now but we hope there will be more information soon, so stay tuned !
Well there's only a pre-production mockup for now but we hope there will be more information soon, so stay tuned !
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Aug 3 - 04:47 PM | Plug-ins > PSP Audioware |
PSP Audioware is happy to announce their latest release: PSP oldTimer - a vintage-style compressor designed for track and program compression and limiting.
The goal in developing this plug-in is to provide a simple compressor that offers an exceptionally musical sound while requiring a minimum of tweaking. This plug-in is not based on any specific hardware, rather it is inspired by vintage circuits and is designed to emulate some favorite characteristics of such compressors. PSP oldTimer is so simple and is easy to use, it's difficult to make it sound bad even at extreme settings! This compressor offers soft and smooth compression in most applications, however it may slightly color the sound with its tube emulation on transients when heavily driven internally by high compression values. ...
The goal in developing this plug-in is to provide a simple compressor that offers an exceptionally musical sound while requiring a minimum of tweaking. This plug-in is not based on any specific hardware, rather it is inspired by vintage circuits and is designed to emulate some favorite characteristics of such compressors. PSP oldTimer is so simple and is easy to use, it's difficult to make it sound bad even at extreme settings! This compressor offers soft and smooth compression in most applications, however it may slightly color the sound with its tube emulation on transients when heavily driven internally by high compression values. ...
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