Mac and Music News
Through Wednesday February 16, 2011
Feb 16 - 07:40 PM | Virtual Instrument > FXpansion |
BFD Remix combines pristine acoustic sounds with fat-sounding FX treatments within Geist to provide a versatile set of drum sounds that range from subtle kits to cutting edge, aggressive sounds that tear through a mix.
The samples in BFD Remix can also be used in any software that supports WAV and REX2 format samples.
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Feb 16 - 04:31 PM | Virtual Instrument > Sonokinetic |
Another reason is that, for all the work that's has been put into recreating this kind of instrument, playing the real thing always tickles us in a way that the sampled counterpart just doesn't. So what is the big differentiator? We think much lies in the imperfection of a real instrument…and that's what we tried to capture in this sampled EMP.
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Feb 16 - 12:02 PM | Music Hardware > Empress Effects |
The multidrive allows you to blend Overdrive, Distortion and Fuzz together, creating a full and rich array of tones that would not be available otherwise. Let the sustain of fuzz, the bite of distortion and the clarity and note definition of overdrive all work together! Do what would normally take 3 amps in a 4x3" box.
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Feb 16 - 09:37 AM | Misc > Ear Machine |
The application learns the user's preference by analyzing ratings of example microphones. myMicSound then returns a list that ranks microphones by the probability that the user will like their sounds. Users can either submit their own recording, or use one from myMicSound's collection. myMicSound removes the sound of the microphone used to make that recording, and then simulates the sound of new microphones. myMicSound carefully considers factors influencing the sound of the microphone, such as the proximity to the sound source, the polar pattern, and whether filters are active.
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Feb 15 - 08:33 PM | Virtual Instrument > Audjoo |
Bug-fix:
- Some filters could freak out with very high cutoff-frequency
- 100+ new cycles included (for wave-type oscillator)
- New and improved re-sampling algorithm for the rompler
- Slightly quicker startup time
- LFO free-phase, to feel more analog
- More Global LFOs
- Global LFO can retrigger each time a new key is pressed
- Step-sequencer can start at a new step with each key-press
- Chorus stereo-flip
- New modulation destination (shaper-postgain)
- Bugfix when saving patches on mac: properly ask before overwriting
- Reverb dry-level
- Support tuning in sfz-files
- A bunch of new presets
- Support for "zen" preset manager
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