Today we are glad to publish an article about Spectrasonics' Omnisphere. This epic 'Power Synth' breaks completely new sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of remarkable 'Psychoacoustic' sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer.

Another great deal at DontCrac[k] : until January 5th, 2009, buy the AAS Modeling Collection for only $319 ! (over 75% reduction on the separately purchased price of $1 235)

The AAS Modeling Collection includes five great instruments from Applied Acoustics Systems : Tassman 4, Lounge Lizard EP-3, Ultra Analog VA-1, String Studio VS-1, and Strum Acoustic GS-1.

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Groovebox Music is giving Ableton users free access to a collection of high-quality Ableton Live tutorials running over three hours in length via the Ableton Web Pass.

This collection of tutorials covers topics such as how to record and edit, virtual instrument basics, warping, designing electronic drums and much more. The videos are hand-picked from the extensive Ableton Live tutorial collection available at grooveboxmusic.com.

This offer provides seven days of access from the day you sign up and enter your access code. Offer valid until December 31, 2008.

Here's a picture found on the web... it seems like McDSP is about to release new plug-ins called Retro Plug-ins. In the bottom of this advert we can read :

"The Retro plug-in line from McDSP is new class of plug-ins with vintage style and completely original design backed by McDSP's reputation for superior reliability and customer support.

See McDSP's Retro Plug-ins at the Winter NAMM 2009 show (...) and find out how a software plug-in is better than hardware"

Better than hardware... wait and see !

SampleModeling has released Mr. Sax T., its new Kontakt Player-based Tenor saxophone plug-in instrument, created by Stefano Lucato in cooperation with Giorgio Tommasini & Peter Siedlaczek.

Mr. Sax T. is a sample-based virtual instrument relying on a completely new technology, developed and patent-pending by Stefano Lucato. The saxophone is probably the most difficult instrument to emulate. Despite several attempts, using different technologies ranging from traditional sampling to sophisticated physical modeling, the results obtained so far fell short of the expectations. This is particularly true if real time use is concerned.

Synchronous Wave Triggering
This entirely new technology was developed by Stefano Lucato when it became clear that all the previously applied approache ...