Mac and Music News
Through Saturday April 25, 2015
Apr 30 - 04:16 PM | Virtual Instrument > Producer Loops |
Commercial Dance Elements Vol 3 is the third volume in this outstanding series created specifically for serious Dance and Commercial RnB producers looking for premium quality rhythmic and FX one-shots, synth loops, bass loops, and more.
This pack was created and produced exclusively for Producer Loops by Simon Rudd of "The Fliptones" and this 'toolbox' approach has been designed with versatility in mind, allowing you to slot these samples and loops into your tracks instantly, for fast creativity.
Featuring over 190 discrete files, 'Commercial Dance Elements Vol 3', combines one-shots with a number of melodic and rhythmic loops to give you that professional edge you need for commercial Dance and commercial RnB productions.
This pack was created and produced exclusively for Producer Loops by Simon Rudd of "The Fliptones" and this 'toolbox' approach has been designed with versatility in mind, allowing you to slot these samples and loops into your tracks instantly, for fast creativity.
Featuring over 190 discrete files, 'Commercial Dance Elements Vol 3', combines one-shots with a number of melodic and rhythmic loops to give you that professional edge you need for commercial Dance and commercial RnB productions.
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Apr 30 - 09:22 AM | Music Software > Propellerhead |
Propellerhead released for sale today Reason 7 and Reason Essentials 2, major updates to its award-winning music software line. The latest versions inspire musicians to create more and better music with deep, streamlined mixing and a complete rack for all types of instruments.
Reason's renowned music-centric design focuses around a virtual rack of software instruments, effects and processors connected to a world-class mixing console. Users can go from ideas to music, literally in minutes, designing their of the dreams in the process while never stopping their creative flow. Now, version 7 offers integration of all instruments—in and out of the "box"—with MIDI out. Automatic audio slicing and audio quantize enable quick fixes or style changes of recorded performances—even conversion of those recordings into REX loops for further creative possibilities in the rack. For mixing, Propellerhead adds a spectrum analyzer with visual EQ controls to "see" the audio and tweak equalization settings of any tracks in mixer.
Reason's renowned music-centric design focuses around a virtual rack of software instruments, effects and processors connected to a world-class mixing console. Users can go from ideas to music, literally in minutes, designing their of the dreams in the process while never stopping their creative flow. Now, version 7 offers integration of all instruments—in and out of the "box"—with MIDI out. Automatic audio slicing and audio quantize enable quick fixes or style changes of recorded performances—even conversion of those recordings into REX loops for further creative possibilities in the rack. For mixing, Propellerhead adds a spectrum analyzer with visual EQ controls to "see" the audio and tweak equalization settings of any tracks in mixer.
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Apr 29 - 05:48 PM | Virtual Instrument > Toontrack |
This Wednesday sees the return of Toontrack's annual Songwriter's Month celebrations and the Swedish developers are kicking things off early by offering you FREE software!
From now until 31st May, you can download EZdrummer Lite and/or EZmix 2 Lite absolutely free and get a taste for how these acclaimed plugins can make a difference to your music productions.
The Lite plugins are stripped down versions of the full software and, once you've tried them out, if you want to get your hands on the full version, you can upgrade for a great value price!
So, whether you're looking for an easy to use drum sampler or a mixing tool that delivers professional results in just a few clicks, download EZdrummer Lite or EZmix 2 Lite now.
From now until 31st May, you can download EZdrummer Lite and/or EZmix 2 Lite absolutely free and get a taste for how these acclaimed plugins can make a difference to your music productions.
The Lite plugins are stripped down versions of the full software and, once you've tried them out, if you want to get your hands on the full version, you can upgrade for a great value price!
So, whether you're looking for an easy to use drum sampler or a mixing tool that delivers professional results in just a few clicks, download EZdrummer Lite or EZmix 2 Lite now.
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Apr 29 - 01:41 PM | Music Software > Laurent Colson |
The Midi arpeggiator StepPolyArp is updated to version 2.1 and provides compatibility with Audiobus.
It is now possible to record the StepPolyArp audio output directly into other applications supporting Audiobus, but also provides the transport commands to control other applications from StepPolyArp.
Price : $11.99.
It is now possible to record the StepPolyArp audio output directly into other applications supporting Audiobus, but also provides the transport commands to control other applications from StepPolyArp.
Price : $11.99.
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Apr 29 - 11:31 AM | Virtual Instrument > Detunized.com |
Detunized Piano translates the spirit of a pretty old and battered Upright Piano into digital realms.
The Live Pack delivers the multi-sampled and velocity-layered Piano with separately adjustable sustain and release levels plus 7 additional instruments that push the classic piano sound far beyond the original.
- Arper adds some heavenly arpeggios
- Damped sounds like a huge piano behind a wall
- Looped introduces random patterns during performance
- Morph combines formant-shifting with interesting side-noises
- Piano is the pure velocity-layered piano sound
- Peak brings in the taste of a prepared piano
- Remember 2133 can be tweaked from Grand to Honky Tonk
- Synth is a polyphonic stereo synthesizer
Specifications
- Ableton Live Pack, compatible with Live 8/9
- 8 Ableton Instrument Racks
- 121 samples, 24 Bit/44.1 kHz
- 240 MB Sample content
- 2 pre-configured Instrument Patches
- SFZ, NKI, SXT, EXS, FXP files included
- 119 samples, 24Bit/44.1 kHz
- 233 MB Sample content.
The Live Pack delivers the multi-sampled and velocity-layered Piano with separately adjustable sustain and release levels plus 7 additional instruments that push the classic piano sound far beyond the original.
- Arper adds some heavenly arpeggios
- Damped sounds like a huge piano behind a wall
- Looped introduces random patterns during performance
- Morph combines formant-shifting with interesting side-noises
- Piano is the pure velocity-layered piano sound
- Peak brings in the taste of a prepared piano
- Remember 2133 can be tweaked from Grand to Honky Tonk
- Synth is a polyphonic stereo synthesizer
Specifications
- Ableton Live Pack, compatible with Live 8/9
- 8 Ableton Instrument Racks
- 121 samples, 24 Bit/44.1 kHz
- 240 MB Sample content
- 2 pre-configured Instrument Patches
- SFZ, NKI, SXT, EXS, FXP files included
- 119 samples, 24Bit/44.1 kHz
- 233 MB Sample content.
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