FXpansion is proud to present BFD Heavy, a BFD2 expansion pack containing a pair of immaculately recorded Yamaha birch drumkits, supplied with a set of presets perfect for heavy rock, metal and other styles that require powerful, weighty drums.

The Recording Custom is the kit that signalled Yamaha's arrival as one of the dominant forces in the world of drumming. This all-time classic birch kit comprises 2 powerful kicks, played with felt and wood beaters, alongside 4 toms featuring superb attack and sustain, and played with sticks. The Birch Custom Absolute, meanwhile, is the culmination of Yamaha's 25 years of experience in crafting birch shells. Offering a great alternative to maple, birch shells feature excellent mid and low end, with a sharp and vibrant attack. The 5 toms are played ...

FlexiKnobs are a set of slick wireless controllers for multipoint interaction with audio software. Each FlexiKnobs that is connected to the computer spawns a dedicated on-screen cursor. Each cursor can be temporarily locked to any on-screen control by a tap on the knob.

Custom driver software allows the output to be mapped to just about anything: MIDI, OSC, keystrokes, mouseevent, etc...


Public release is scheduled for late summer 2010.

Sound Skulptor unveils the STS - Stereo Tape Simulator, an analog processor that recreates the sonic imprint of vintage tape recorders. The effect aims to provide the roundness, the punch, the compression and the saturation of magnetic tape.

The STS includes the electronics of a classical tape recorder with the variable gain input stage, the pre-emphasis stage, the recording amplifier, the constant current driven tape head, the playback amplifier with 6dB per octave attenuation, the NAB de-emphasis stage, a filter emulating the effect of head gap and the differential output stage.

The heads and magnetic tape behavior is simulated by the magnetic core of several coupled coils. The STS can simulate the tape recorder rolling at 3 different speeds: 7.5 ips, 15 ips and 30 ips. The tape sp ...

Applied Acoustics Systems releases the Strum Acoustic GS-1 v1.0.1 Update for Mac OS X and Windows.

This is a maintenance update containing the following changes:

• Authorization now works with non-admin user accounts;
• Fixed browser focus crash on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard;
• Fixed drag-and-drop in Logic 9 but now have a separate edit window;
• Fixed MIDI Links behavior on On/Off buttons;
• Fixed "Fatal Error 417" during authorization on Mac OS X

The Strum Acoustic GS-1 v1.0.1 Update is available now, free of charge to all Strum Acoustic GS-1 registered users.

MixMeister announces MixMeister Express 7, a DJ software described as "the fastest way for aspiring and professional music producers, fitness instructors, dance choreographers or DJs to create professional-quality mixes". This is the first version that is compatible with Mac OS X and Windows.

MixMeister Express 7 enables virtually any user to mix and transition between songs, creating custom music mixes that sound like they were put together by a professional DJ. The software program is intuitive and easy to learn, requiring no DJ or audio-software experience. MixMeister Express 7 enables users to create full-length mixes for up to 80 minutes of seamless music. Users can record their mixes to CD and transfer them to their iPod and other portable devices for playback just about anywhere. ...