Mac and Music News
Through Sunday January 30, 2011
Dec 16 - 12:11 PM | Audio Hardware > Mackie |
To enable use with Pro Tools M-Powered 8, users will need to purchase the Mackie Universal Driver upgrade ($49.99 USD) at Mackie - Home. Once the driver is downloaded and installed, the Onyx 820i, 1220i, 1620i and 1640i mixers can be used with Avid Pro Tools M-Powered 8 software.
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Dec 16 - 11:06 AM | Virtual Instrument > Modartt |
This is a physically modelled virtual copy of cimbalom Balázs Kovács (2007).
The cimbalom belongs to the ancestor psaltery, quoted in the bible. The psaltery was later developed into different variants which differed in sound but were similar in their constructive concept. One of these, the cimbalom, was a constant member of gypsy orchestras. Legs and a damper pedal were soon added to the instrument and it reached the status of concert instrument in the 19th Century, thanks to Ferenc Erkel and Franz Liszt.
Contrarily to the piano, pressing down a key does not lift the corresponding damper. Hence, unless the pedal is depressed, all notes are immediately dampened.
This add-on is free for all registered users of Pianoteq.
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Dec 15 - 03:15 PM | Industry > Crysonic |
All available Crysonic plug-ins are reduced by 50% and bundles are reduced by 60% . Demo versions of all their plug-ins can be downloaded from the crysonic web site. All current crysonic customers are also entitled to substantial discounts until the 18th of December.
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Dec 15 - 02:14 PM | Music Software > Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL) |
The software offers a comprehensive cross-platform LAN solution that can incorporate both Macs and PCs into one network using a simple Ethernet cable. Furthermore, the 9 GB Epic Orchestra sample pack is included as a free bonus. Both the download product and the physical product contain exactly the same software.
Vienna Ensemble PRO retails at €195/$315 and is now available from the company's worldwide network of distributors and dealers.
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Dec 15 - 11:47 AM | Plug-ins > 112dB |
"Redline Preamp livens up any "too clean" signal with a customizable combination of even and odd harmonics, saturation, and soft clipping. Redline Preamp is a vintage console channel, a musical grunge machine, and everything in between.
Unique and concise editing options allow for anything from subtle coloration to high-class grunge, from vintage emulation to fattening of digital mixes. A showcase selection of carefully constructed presets ranging from the American Vintage to the full-blown Beyond Repair is included.
Highlight features include proprietary tube modelling with detailed harmonics control, three individual frequency bands with solo listening, and mid/side processing."
Redline Preamp is expected to release on Jan 8.
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