Mac and Music News
Through Tuesday March 1, 2011
Dec 17 - 10:03 AM | Audio Hardware > Lexicon |
Lexicon announces that their brand new PCM92 Stereo Reverb/Effects Processor is now shipping.
Features :
• Lexicon studio-standard reverbs, delays, and modulation effects
• Comprehensive library of over 700 finely crafted factory presets, including recognizable classics from Lexicon's immense library of sounds
• Lexicon's flexible Room algorithm used to generate a vast array of room-related effects for music and post
• Multi-voice pitch shift to enhance vocals
• Mono and stereo versions of all algorithms
• Full system configuration and control with HiQnet System Architect
• 44.1 to 96 kHz sample rate, 32-bit floating point processing
• Two channels balanced analog I/O (XLR and Ľ")
• Two channels XLR digital AES/EBU I/O
• External BNC Wordclock
• MIDI in, out, and thru
• Ethernet connectivity
• Foot controller inputs make it easy to change presets and adjust parameters during live performances
• High-resolution OLED display is easy to read in all light conditions
The PCM92 has a suggested retail price of $2,699 and is now available at authorized Lexicon dealers.
Features :
• Lexicon studio-standard reverbs, delays, and modulation effects
• Comprehensive library of over 700 finely crafted factory presets, including recognizable classics from Lexicon's immense library of sounds
• Lexicon's flexible Room algorithm used to generate a vast array of room-related effects for music and post
• Multi-voice pitch shift to enhance vocals
• Mono and stereo versions of all algorithms
• Full system configuration and control with HiQnet System Architect
• 44.1 to 96 kHz sample rate, 32-bit floating point processing
• Two channels balanced analog I/O (XLR and Ľ")
• Two channels XLR digital AES/EBU I/O
• External BNC Wordclock
• MIDI in, out, and thru
• Ethernet connectivity
• Foot controller inputs make it easy to change presets and adjust parameters during live performances
• High-resolution OLED display is easy to read in all light conditions
The PCM92 has a suggested retail price of $2,699 and is now available at authorized Lexicon dealers.
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Dec 16 - 03:19 PM | Virtual Instrument > SoundsDivine |
SoundsDivine has announced the release of 'Vinatge Electronic' for D-CAM:Synth Squad Strobe.
This new bank for Strobe contains 128 patches. 'Vintage Electronic' features old keyboard sounds, big poly unison pads, squelchy basses, dub style sequences, textured leads, trance arpeggios and a whole lot more... Like the 'New Retro' presets, each patch is designed to be highly dynamic and expressive, featuring many aftertouch / mod wheel / velocity & pitch tracking modulations.
Available now for $25. 40% Discount for owners of SoundsDivine's 'New Retro' Bank for Strobe.
This new bank for Strobe contains 128 patches. 'Vintage Electronic' features old keyboard sounds, big poly unison pads, squelchy basses, dub style sequences, textured leads, trance arpeggios and a whole lot more... Like the 'New Retro' presets, each patch is designed to be highly dynamic and expressive, featuring many aftertouch / mod wheel / velocity & pitch tracking modulations.
Available now for $25. 40% Discount for owners of SoundsDivine's 'New Retro' Bank for Strobe.
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Dec 16 - 02:13 PM | Plug-ins > BIAS |
Berkley Integrated Audio Software, Inc. ("BIAS") today releases PitchCraft EZ, a new pitch correction and special effects tool. As a plug-in for popular audio host applications on Mac and Windows computing platforms, PitchCraft EZ is both easy to use and highly effective.
"Super-natural" sonic quality with ease
BIAS first developed advanced pitch correction and modification technologies for their Master Perfection Suite — a professional plug-in suite for Mac and PC that includes PitchCraft (also available in the company's flagship Peak Pro XT audio editing, processing, mastering, and delivery software application exclusive for Mac). Using essential algorithms from PitchCraft, PitchCraft EZ offers many core features while focusing on ease of use and quick, pro-quality results. The pitch, transposition, and formant preservation DSP algorithms employed ensure natural-sounding, pitch-correction and transposition, while offering additional options not found in other low-priced solutions.
"Super-natural" sonic quality with ease
BIAS first developed advanced pitch correction and modification technologies for their Master Perfection Suite — a professional plug-in suite for Mac and PC that includes PitchCraft (also available in the company's flagship Peak Pro XT audio editing, processing, mastering, and delivery software application exclusive for Mac). Using essential algorithms from PitchCraft, PitchCraft EZ offers many core features while focusing on ease of use and quick, pro-quality results. The pitch, transposition, and formant preservation DSP algorithms employed ensure natural-sounding, pitch-correction and transposition, while offering additional options not found in other low-priced solutions.
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Dec 16 - 12:11 PM | Audio Hardware > Mackie |
LOUD Technologies Inc. (parent company of Mackie) today announced it has signed an agreement with Avid that licenses the use of Mackie's new Onyx-i Series FireWire Recording Mixers with Avid Pro Tools M-Powered 8 software.
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.
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 |
As a Christmas gift to all Pianoteq customers, Modartt is glad to offer a cimbalom add-on, the latest addition to the KIViR family of virtually restored historical instruments.
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.
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.
Cimbalom - A free add-on for Pianoteq | Post a comment ? |