News - Software - March 2009

The second product in the V-Studio line is an all-in-one recorder, mixer, interface and DAW controller.

Beatbox by 9 Soundware is a multi-format set of human beatbox loops.

Edirol and Cakewalk will be announcing new products at the forthcoming Musikmesse / Prolight + Sound show, which will take place in Frankfurt on April 1st-4th.

The SONAR V-Studio 700 production system is now available separately as a control surface for SONAR.

DirectBass 2.0 is a direct recorded bass sample library for Kontakt 2 or 3 with a remarkable bass sound for any musical style.

The name changes are effective immediately, and all their great services and products remain the same, just as before.

SPL presents two new high-end units, a three-in-one box for guitarists, a bundle of its award-winning Analog Code plug-ins… and a new collaborative project.

Jody Wisternoff "Future House" is a fresh collection of Dance samples from one of the pioneers of the UK House and breaks scene.

Hard Dance Vocals features over 440MB of 24-Bit Vocal Loops and Samples at 150 BPM ideal for use in styles like Hardcore, Hardstyle, Trance, Techno, Electro, House, Minimal and more.

These plug-ins can be loaded into any audio host application that conforms to the VST or AudioUnit plug-in specification.

This multi-format set of turntable loops are intended to complement the scratching found in DJ Shiftee: Extreme Turntablism.

This sample package contains 50 mixed beats with their corresponding layers and tracks isolated by drum instrument.

One Shot Recorder sample capture utility detects, samples and classifies sounds while you play them, making the task less tedious and much faster.

OTR88 is an electric piano physical emulation which offers in a few drags and clicks what used to take hours with a screwdriver on a real electric piano.

Live Pack features ultra low latency, superior sonic flexibility and seamless integration with the Digidesign VENUE live sound system.

The company will highlight the latest versions of FL Studio music production suite, Deckadance DJ-Mixing application and latest instrument and effect software plug-ins

Specifically programmed for Ableton Live Drum Racks, Kontakt and Logic, B-System: Percussives includes over 650 24-bit samples and looped content

"Baby Grand Piano" Sample Library captures a wonderful sounding baby grand piano full of history

Frame Synthesis lets you analyse a sound sample to obtain a special movie file that Krishna Synth will use as an oscillator.

These two new DJ solutions that bring the quality and creative functionality of the acclaimed TRAKTOR PRO platform into a new price range.

Characterized by the triste tone, GuanZi (literally means Pipe) is a one-of-a-kind double-reed instrument from China.

Diamonds of the Orient includes grooves recorded on instruments such as Nagara, Gosha, Hi and Bass Darbuka, Davul, Bendir, Bongo, Tef, Shaker, Tumba, Zil, Hollo, Udu and Middle Anatolian Spoons.

Moogalicious Funk Loops is a colourful blend of authentic synthesizer loops for Urban and Dance Producers and DJ's.

Quantum Leap Symphonic Choirs, the first virtual instrument to offer complete control over a choir's words and sound.

These New Mastering, Production and Studio Complete bundles offer Pro Tools users exceptional plug-ins at incredible prices.

Equinox Sounds releases 'Electronic Rhythm Construction', a loop pack designed to produce custom electronic drumloops.

The Mixer Feedback WAV Sample Pack showcases DJ Shiftee's innovative techniques, in which he uses nothing but a mixer to create an astonishing variety of textures.

ABYSS FM8 Sounds is a collection of highly original sounds for Native Instruments FM8 synthesizer and Native Instruments KORE2 Workstation.

The PEQ6 is a high performance digital equalization algorithm that simulates the sound and feel of the world-renowned parallel parametric equalizers.

This essential volume with its hundreds of loops and samples are going to boost your spirits.

Horeseman once again rips into his favorite grooves from old Studio One classics to heavyweight Dub.

JC has produced a consummate collection of Deep, Chunky, Funked up and Glitched out House samples for dance producers looking for some fresh House inspiration.

The flagship VS-700 was undoubtedly one of the biggest products of 2008, lifting hardware and software integration to new levels of sophistication.

Go directly to the world of musical interpretation, and share the pleasure of playing with other musicians, friends or family.

Stylus RMX® version 1.7 features 'Time Designer™' which intelligently transforms RMX audio loops into different time signatures.

Diversity is a massive collection of 1,024 presets in FXP format.

Mixosaurus DAW Drums KIT A is a behemoth 122 Gigabyte sampled acoustic drum library featuring over 80,000 stereo samples organized into 1,800 programmable Kontakt Player instruments.

The Noteflight 1.0 platform includes the free Noteflight.com Web site, alongside the newly announced subscription-based service Noteflight Learning Edition for music educators.

Precisionsound releases Retro Gadgets vol. 4, continuing the popular SampleSet series with yet another bunch of rare and unique sounding instruments.

The BassysM-S bass Library has all the basics you can find in a bass Library plus a lot of articulations like legato, hammers, slides and even autoSlides.

TH1 implements both revolutionary features and a user interface that appeals to every level of player and producer.

Topics including recording, mixing, using DSP effects, adding automation, and using MIDI are covered in detail.

Downtempo Synths BeatMaker BeatPacks is a collection of 4 separate beatpacks that equal to 64 royalty free loops.

A whole set of new features and models.

HighLife R3 beta now has greatly improved SFZ import, more in line with the official SFZ specs.

Voxformer is a multi-functional vocal channel strip plug-in for professional audio applications.

Prime Loops have teamed up with well-known producer, DJ, Promoter and Label CEO Lee Coombs for their latest sample pack.

The Sat 8 and Sub 212's sealed-box design, combined with sophisticated bass management electronics, provides a seamless transition between sat & sub.

Textured Guitars features over 500 loops designed to spark ideas and create new textural and rhythmic foundations for tracks of varied musical genres.

BigSeq2 is a massive extension to the feature set of the popular BigSeq gate effect.

The Industrial EBM sample package contains 27 Drum One Shots, 10 Construction Kit Sessions, 213 Loops, and 79 Synth Riff MIDI files.

'Eargasm' consists of over 300 sounds, smartly categorized in 16 folders.

Prima Delay is an AU and VST audio effect plugin capable of producing a myriad of echo types and a compelling array of reverbs.

SoniqWare SG-1 is a stereo spectral noise gate with parametric control over noise profile, spectral resolution control and graphical editor.

Apogee has completed a full test procedure for all its Mac-compatible audio interfaces.

Xor is a Variable Wave synthesizer, and Mojo is an ultra dynamic guitar amp emulation.

In a North American premiere at this year's NAB show in Las Vegas, Lawo, the internationally renowned manufacturer of digital mixing consoles, will present its first Plug-in Collection.

Professional DJ software with unique features for Mac and PC.

This collection of percussion instruments from around the world can be used as stand-alone replacement sounds, or can be mixed with your existing drum tracks

Tone Set #6 Dualtones features 128 patches sorted into 4 categories — Alternative, Blues, Clean, and Metal.

Producer and session musician James Davis has created two SoundBlocks for Samplebase, House Guitar — 127 BPM and House Guitar — 130 BPM.

The world's most influential guitar and bass tones on your desktop!

This virtual Instrument for Windows combines the anlouge sound of the eighties with the digital sound ot the 21 century.

The Planet X and Planet F Sound Expansions include a stunning variety of sounds, perfect for modern music production and live performance.

SongFrame provides expert help in developing interesting chord progressions, melodies, lyrics, rhythm, and overall song structure.

Digital sound Factory has re created the sounds of one of the first modular synthesizers to ever exist, the E-MU Modular.

Energy XT challenges the existing OEM offers in the DAW market with a highly compatible and more user friendly product for a better price.

The Andromeda is an advanced sample library including Presets Bank for the UX3 VST and ws5-engine compatibles like Wusikstation, etc..

Club KIKI:::ELEKTRO has over 1200 samples and 1.24Gb of the freshest elektro, elektro-house & electroklash drum loops.

The new engine allows to create wider and deeper soundstages while, of course, maintaining the excellent mono compatibility DrMS.

TAPE Drums is a collection of fresh synth drums recorder from analog, FM and wavetable software synthesizers.

Urbanic collection includes 30 Construction Kits providing 3.8 GB of full-range HipHop music as well as surrounding styles.

Vinyl has an unmistakable sound that is dripping with personality and warmth.

AVS visual effects will be free to you as your score advances within the player.

With the Fretlight Video Player, guitar players will now get their very own teacher at their disposal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Dark Project Music offers tracks for the up and coming experimental film director/producer/sound engineer.

Fusing styles of electro, progressive and minimal house, the new Wave Alchemy sample pack Electro House Progressions offers over 500mb of cutting-edge 24bit material.

House Guitar Loops - Volume 1 contains a wide variety of styles including funky guitar riffs, latin jams, jazz progressions, acoustic, and motown.

MPC5000 OS 2.0 includes more than 25 improvements to the functionality and workflow of the MPC5000.

Space! is aimed at producers who wish to severely manipulate audio in a fashion that suits modern production.

Each product features fifteen complete Style Kits, complete with full rhythm track and instrument breakdowns.

Bender comes packed with over 100 phrases of looped madness, 5 percussive kit menus and various other squelching, squealing sonic elements.

These audio analysis plugins offering original interaction capabilities are available as a single bundle.

Sawer's filters have been modeled on the rare 1980s 'Soviet era' analog synthesizer, Polivoks.