Mac and Music News
Through Sunday February 27, 2011
May 3 - 11:05 AM | Virtual Instrument > Puremagnetik |
The Ableton Live 8 version of Microtron Tape 3 builds upon Live's rack features to create the blending effects between tape sounds as can be achieved with a physical Mellotron. Native Live effects are completely integrated with multisample mode racks so that any Live 8 user can instantly load these sounds.
In addition, Microtron Tape 3 includes over 60 Live Clips performed by professional st ...
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May 1 - 10:47 AM | Misc > 9 Soundware |
Thrash (Instruments of face melting aggression.)
The theme behind Thrash is HEADROOM DECIMATING AUDIO. Extreme waveforms were created with one goal and one goal only: To see how gut-wrenchingly jarring and intense sound could be. These eardrum-bashing anomalies are not metalhead-friendly sounds. They are not even sound system-friendly sounds. The 30 instruments in this category are based on 75 samples. The source sounds for the samples include performed noise, synthesis, mixer feedback, screaming, and a drum machine.
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Apr 30 - 06:23 PM | Virtual Instrument > FXpansion |
Highlights include fat, lush OB-style brass sounds and classic analogue leads and basses of all kinds, full of weight, vibe and inspiration. Deep, evolving pads, shimmering bells, funky arps, powerful keyboard and polysynth sounds and too much more to list. As well as evoking the heavy physics and playability of old-school analogue subtractive and FM sounds, Antiquity brings new dimensions to these classic tones with Synth Squad's modern luxuries like precise tuning, tempo-synced LFOs and envelopes, and advanced mod ...
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Apr 30 - 05:12 PM | Plug-ins > Elysia |
Add punch to muffled snares, reduce the harshness from active pickups, create some wonderful Dub and LoFi sounds... there are so many ways to benefit from this little tool.
This filter is a specialist in changing the overall sonic character of a signal with ease. It features two comprehensive controllers and is capable of producing convincing results in no time at all. Whenever a classic shelving filter would be too limited and a fully parametric filter would be too much, the niveau filter is the perfect tool.
Its main function is to change the proportions between high and low frequencies. The principle is quite simil ...
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Apr 30 - 04:14 PM | Plug-ins > Slate Digital |
Trigger Platinum ($299) comes with the entire Steven Slate Drums library, including a sneak peak at some of the upcoming Deluxe series drums. Available for both Mac and PC in VST, AU and RTAS formats.
If you are a Steven Slate Drums 3.0 customer or above, or a Drumagog 4.0 or above user, you are entitled to a limited time, special promotion for Trigger Platinum. Visit this link to get 50% off of Trigger Platinum. You will need either the last four digits of your Slate Drums serial number, OR, your registered Drumagog email address. This promo is only offered for 30 days.
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