News - Software - August 2009

Redline Equalizer, the mastering-quality EQ plugin with unique features, has been updated to version 1.0.2.

RTW has released a software upgrade for its flagship SurroundControl 31900/31960 and SurroundMonitor 11900.

The Hit Factory is perfect for Producers and Keyboard Players creating Hip Hop, R&B, Techno, Rave, Trance, Industrial & Dance Tracks.

Mac users received exciting news this week when Apple announced that Mac OS X 10.6, better known as Snow Leopard, would ship to customers on Friday, August 28, 2009.

This comprehensive tutorial DVD covers all aspects of the Propellerheads Record audio recording software.

The G-Player is a Gigastudio file player for Mac OS X available as a stand alone application, RTAS, Audio Unit and VST plugins.

The SCARBEE PRE-BASS is a new software instrument that provides a meticulous, highly musical rendition of the iconic Fender Precision bass.

Cubase Essential 5 completes transition to version 5 for Cubase product family as the ideal entry production system into the world of Cubase.

Cubase and Cubase Studio 5.1 update released simultaneously with new version 1.5 firmware, drivers and extensions for MR816 CSX/X and CC121 offering new features and capabilities.

ISR has now entered the Sound Design arena bringing together our experienced producers and musicians from around the world to bring you a plethora of sounds spanning all genres.

discoDSP Vertigo is a 256 oscillators additive synth with resynthesis and sound morphing.

A.R.T. pickup system designed for nylon string guitars delivers clarity of sound.

Vienna Symphonic Library's suite of nine audio processing tools, Vienna Suite, has just been released as a boxed edition.

Caribbean Flavors. A versatile and very colorful production tool with a pristine sound which is focused on 32 live-recorded Construction Kits from the Caribbean.

"ETHNIC HORNS" is a sampler instrument made from sampled full set of ancient wooden Lithuanian horns.

'Dirty Sexy South 2' is a 3.6GB collection of construction kits for RnB and Hip Hop producers from their content partner Bunker 8.

AES Convention Historical Committee Chair, Harry Hirsch has collaborated with co-chairs and AES members to insure that history will reveal itself in a lively fashion at the 127th AES Convention at NY's Javits Center, October 9-12.

Essential House Drumworks is a collection of exquisitely recorded and produced single drum samples dedicated to producers of all four to the floor genres.

Instructor Ben Rosser will walk you through the how-to steps with iZotope's Ozone to give your mixdown that commercial CD quality.

The Meatscience Convolution Reverb AU matches or exceeds Altiverb 6 and IR-1 on accuracy and low-latency while offering similar performance on Intel Macs.

Starting where it all began "Twisted Electro Beats" roots itself around the StreetSounds Electro 80's sound.

Looptastic Gold, the first iPhone music-production app to take advantage of OS 3's e-commerce features has a built-in Loop Store that enables music enthusiasts to audition, buy, and download new Loop Sets on the go, and then mix them in Looptastic's familiar interface which is an Apple Staff Favorite.

Legendary producer/engineer will tour in support of the new Waves plug-in bundle, The Eddie Kramer Collection, discussing and demonstrating how it works.

Oliver Schmitt, AKA Sounds Of Revolution, continues his in-demand Revolution soundset series with this multi-format DVD full of punching drums, powerful synth and bass sounds, catchy vocals and inspiring grooves.

Suitable for Minimal, Tech, Electro, Deep, Soulful, Funky, Fidget, Progressive and Disco House, along with Techno and Trance — this is one hell of a large collection of hand-picked sounds which have been produced by Andy Lee of Barcoda with the dancefloor firmly in mind.

Originally known for solo accompaniments, recent additions to the SmartMusic repertoire library have focused on the music that bands and orchestras rehearse and perform.

Pure Minimalist principles have gone into the creation of this original collection, including much micro-processing and software manipulation.

Legendary producer/engineer collaborates with Waves to create five Application-Specific Audio Plug-ins.

The advanced DCAM analogue modelling technology carefully reconstructs the unmatched sound of vintage hardware on your computer at a fraction of the cost.

Recorded in various keys at 120 BPMs at 24-bit 44.1kHz stereo, this collection features hundreds of carefully programmed minimal production elements as heard in almost every current dance tunes. It includes 412 loops, 224 one shots, 20 MIDI basslines and 3 ACID Pro starter files (WAV only).

With bleepBOX! you have an analogue synthesizer / drum machine for your iPhone or iTouch allowing you to arrange synthesizer melodies, program drum beats, and edit dozens of parameters in real time.

This downloadable sound library, created for sound designers who use Pro Tools, Soundminer, NetMix, iTunes, and other sound library search engines features 500 sounds recorded at 24-bit/96k and cover a wide variety of areas, from Cartoon Effects to Sports sound effects.

Tune your Pro Tools® room to perfection with the world's first, and only, Advanced Room Correction TDM plug-in.

Nitro: Remix Synths is Prime Loops' largest sample pack release to date.

JAYZEN SOUND announced today the release of the final volume of their Legacy GOLD Series of multi-sampled Sound Libraries in Soundfont and WAV Audio formats.

MOJO: Horn Section, which offers the most flexible and innovative approach to pop, funk, jazz, and big band horns ever created in a virtual instrument.

For the first time since the start of the company Toontrack Music have agreed to allow a 3rd party producer to independently produce and sell an audio expansion for a Toontrack software platform.

Haas is a delay based plugin which is used to give audio tracks a larger stereo image.

String by 9 Soundware is a collection of presets for the Sculpture synthesizer within Apple Logic Pro.

MetaSynth 5 is a universal binary, multi-processor update of software pioneer Eric Wenger's award-winning electronic music and sound design software for Mac OS.

Developed in partnership with EMT Studiotecknick GmbH, the EMT 250 plug-in delivers iconic, lever-driven reverb sounds for MAC and PC

Cycler is a totally new approach to looping on computers, designed to simplify creating music, with or without your screen!

Ambient Glitch collection features some of the darkest and most atmospheric loops and samples ever committed to a Sample Pack!

Smash Up The Studio 'MIDI Keys Gold: Synths RnB & Hip Hop' is a collection of RnB & Hip Hop synth progressions in MIDI format.

BRAZIL CHILLOUT contains over 650 samples and 1.6Gb of 24bit South American sunshine!

This new volume continues using the innovative instruments from PRO Combinators V1 by providing a new array of cool and fresh sounds.

San Francisco-based GC Pro Account Manager Vince Bedford has supplied Metallica's pro audio needs for a decade now, creating a long-term professional relationship.

"FLOW: Pure Urban Construction Kits" features 20 top quality Hip Hop, RnB, Soul and Funk flavoured Construction Kits plus 200 drum-hits.

Now supporting 64-bit Windows® Vista/XP.

The Garritan Personal Orchestra 4 is now powered by the ARIA Instrument Engine and adds new features, new instrument sounds and updated programming at a lower price.

Kings of Swing Present: Downtown House features Chicago House grooves, '95 style house, and garage riffs, as well as solid 50-strong drum hits kit that compliment the sounds in this sample pack, as well as a selection of stabs/chords, FX and solid bass instruments. Razor FX contains over 300 industry SFX samples carefully organized.

The Redline Equalizer, a mastering-quality EQ plug-in with unique features, is now available in native RTAS/VST/AU format for Windows and Mac OS X.

IRIS-Net V2.1.1 continues to expand the rich feature set already available to users by offering new features developed for both live audio and installation markets alike.

SONIKA is a new cyberspace starlet who will hit those high notes every time with perfect accuracy.

Small but punchy variation of X-plosion crash arrives.

Celt-Islam uses a fusion of music from Dub/Electro/Drum and Bass and collaborates it with Islamic/world grooves to create a unique and mighty Dub driven dance crossover sound.

Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst Pro spectrum analyzer and Blue Cat's StereoScope Pro stereo field analyzer now include 3D waterfall representations of the audio signal.

Rockster+ music software provides the final touch to studio or home digital recordings, adding live sound ambiance and controllable heat and drive.

With the Tron-5 extension DETUNIZED.COM has preserved these nice original sounds but also demonstrates that the original CAN sound like a tank.

Elevation is a state-of-the-art music practice and recording software designed so musicians, students, and educators have the essential tools needed to learn, practice, and teach.

Signature Piano is a KONTAKT-format virtual C7 designed with a focus on sound quality and playability, its sample data recorded and edited at 176.4kHz, 24 / 32 bits, then converted to 44.1kHz, 24 bits.

Aggro Electro Boom is a virtual instrument plug-in for MAC and PC designed for fast and professional contemporary beat creation for hip hop and electronic music producers.

'Ambient Glitch Volume 1' is a collection featuring some of the darkest and most atmospheric loops and samples.

Xylote.com offers a large variety of exclusive soundware in 20 subcategories.

The Alto and Baritone Sax are completely new instruments, designed and programmed for the new NI Kontakt 3.5 Player.

DPA Microphones unveils a number of exciting innovations at this year's IBC exhibition on Stand 8.C90 of the RAI.

'Deconstructed Rhythm features 496 original drum samples heavily influenced by the production style on Dilla albums such as Ruff Draft, Donuts, Champion Sound and The Shining.

Fast, brutal, and relentless drum tracks for all styles of extreme metal, Double Bass Mania III: Extreme Metal unleashes the fury of 666+ neck-snapping REX2 drum loops for Stylus RMX, Reason, and many major DAWs.

Urbanic Producer Pack II is a massive, high-quality sample library which fits every urban producer's needs.

Piano Trilogy is a new unique piano collection that includes three piano instruments based on sampling, synthesis, and physical modeling techniques.

The analog circuitry of the OctaveDrone reacts to the frequencies and harmonics from your guitar to create a massive array of crazy psychedelic sounds.

Catanya is a POLYPHONIC PATTERN BASED ARPEGGIATOR (VSTi MIDI Plugin) which helps those who loves the music and would like to compose it themselves.

EVOLVE MUTATIONS is a powerful new instrument for movie, TV and game composers that was ceveloped in collaboration with renowned sound design house Heavyocity.

The KONTAKT PLAYER provides universal playback functionality for the vast range of available KONTAKT libraries, and is also the basis for a new category of "KONTAKT-Powered" instruments.

MASCHINE DRUM SELECTION is a versatile resource of hard-hitting drum and percussion sounds for modern electronic and club music styles.

This new App Features Original Music And Artwork Along With Ability To Remix Underworld Classics on iPhone and iPod touch

The JR Hexatone Pro is a next-generation 6-directional loop generation tool that uses artificial intelligence and advanced randomization algorithms to produce constantly changing sonic structures on your iPhone.

ABYSS PRO-53 Sounds V2, a collection of 32 highly original sounds for Native Instruments PRO-53 synthesizer and KORE 2 Workstation.

Blue Tubes Plug-Ins are a suite of eighteen plug-ins processors that were until now only available as bundled version.

Phazeform for Ableton Live, Kontakt and Logic comes loaded with a captivating library of instruments and phrases based on Casio's classic Phase Distortion technology.

'Ultra Minimal Beats' is an outstanding collection of the finest and grooviest minimal drum loops to date.

Designed for track and program compression and limiting, the PSP oldTimer plug-in is inspired by vintage circuits and is designed to emulate some favorite characteristics of classic compressors.

The Analog Synthesis collection contains 1.1gb's of phat & classic analogue synth samples.

ESSENTIAL BASS is a new KORE-Powered instrument that provides a comprehensive arsenal of visceral, production-ready bass sounds at an extremely favorable price.

The stunning Arturia Origin modular synthesizer is for the keyboarder who is looking for cool lead synths, evolving pads, fat bass, vintage classics, smart polysynths.

The sounds are created from recordings of unusual real-world objects and instruments which undergo extensive processing to create unusual elements for soundtrack design.

Polysquasher is best used as a finishing compressor inserted in the chain before the final mastering limiter.

The FATSO Jr. & Sr. Powered Plug-Ins for the UAD-2 recreate the warm sound of magnetic recording tape, class A transformers, and tube circuits with stunning accuracy.

Created to work exclusively with Ableton Live, Wave Drum Kits (WDK) features 138 waveforms, 700 electronic drum and percussion sounds, 40 drum racks, 150 drum clips, and is compatible with Ableton Live7 and Live 8 (including LE versions).