2009-04-07

Effect: RNDigital Labs - Uniquel-izer 2

 Uniquel-izer 2

RNDigital Labs launches Uniquel-izer 2, an equalizer effect plugin for both Mac and Pc. Looks great.
Features:

Spectagram Analyzer 
FFT Spectrum Analyzer
Unlimited Filter Bands
Parametric Filters
Low Shelf Filters
High Shelf Filters
Low Pass Filter
High Pass Filters
Band Pass Filters
Notch and Harmonic Filters
Independent Left/Right Parameters
Stereo and Mono

Price: $249
Here are more Effects, Plugins and Filters.

“A new approach to Equalization, Build the EQ you Need on the Fly” RNDigital Labs

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Effect: Terry West - Easy-NY / Pc / Free

Easy-NY

Terry West launches Easy-NY 1.1, a free Compressor effect for Windows.
Features:

Dry~Wet dial.
Volume dial.
Special Motown EQ effect for vocals + boost.
Global bypass.
Stereo and mono versions.

Here are more Effects, Plugins and Filters.

“The famous Parallel Compression (NewYork) effect in one plugin” Terry West

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

2009-04-06

Effect: AZ Audio – Stempel / Pc / Free

Stempel

AZ Audio unveils Stempel, a free  vocoder VST effect plugin for Windows.
Features:
A smooth sound and a high analysis definition
Two states morph-able spectral equalizer
A linear frequency shifter on each input channel
A saturator effect
A chorus effect

Here are more Effects, Plugins and Filters.

“Stempel operates in the frequency domain to print the magnitude of an input into the other, giving the vocoder effect” AZ Audio

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

VST Host: Topten Software – Cantabile 2.0 / Pc / Free / Pro

Cantabile

Topten Software launches Catabile 2 and the new Cantabile Performer. A new version of the FREE Cantabile Lite has also been released. Looks cool.
Cantabile Lite. Price: Free
A free host designed for use as a quick VST scratch pad, or for users just getting started.

Cantabile Solo. Price: $40
Intended for home hobbyists and casual users who need a more flexibility, including unlimited plugins and racks, preset morph and randomize tools, MIDI filters, MIDI controller assignments and session lists.

Cantabile Performer. Price: $150
Designed specifically with live performance in mind, Performer adds features like sub-sessions, partial sends, MIDI Clock, MIDI routing tables and triggers.

Changes since 1.2:

All Editions

Audio file playback support. (wave and mp3)
Support for multiple triggerable audio/MIDI players. (maximum of 2 in Lite)
Recordings list panel, shows all recordings in a session with options to auto-delete unwanted recordings.
Inplace plugin editor.
Ability to import and export racks.
Separate bypass and suspend settings on plugins.
Save Plugin Selector Preset command.
Ability to record audio input and output simultaneously.
Constant Latency MIDI.
External Tools.
Musical time MIDI recording.
Enforce program change option on plugins.
Null Audio Driver.
Improved synchronization between metronome and media files.
Ability to capture keyboard even when other applications are active and keyboard capture now automatically disables when on a text box.
Support for Wave64 audio files.
Faster session switching.
Office 2007 style “Fluent” user-interface.
Customizable Quick Access toolbar and Status bar.
Pinnable recent session menu keeps favorite sessions handy.
Undo/redo, drag/drop and clipboard support
Ability to hide, resize and maximize panels on the main window.
Ability to automatically run Cantabile when Window's starts.
Tray icon and ability to minimize to tray.
GUI for managing plugins to include/exclude during plugin scan.
Manually loading a plugin now automatically adds the plugin to the plugin selector.
New file format considerably reduces size of saved sessions.
Improved options dialog.
Improved usability from PC keyboard.
Improved performance on multi-core CPUs.
x64 build.
Integrated jBridge support allows use of x86 plugins in x64 version of Cantabile.
New 100+ page printable PDF user-guide.
many other miscellaneous improvements.

Cantabile Solo

Everything from above, plus:

Per rack keyboard split and transpose settings.
Session lists (replace Quick Sessions, new UI)
8 customizable on-screen MIDI controllers.
Support for Unloaded plugins - plugin is unloaded, but Cantabile maintains its state.
Ability to create per-session MIDI controller assignments for global items.
Ability right click most UI elements to assign MIDI controller.
New MIDI filters - Suppress Events, Button Bank, Key Range, Velocity Gate, Pitched Base Velocity Ramp.
More flexible MIDI Controller Assignments - assign MIDI notes, RPN/NRPN events, Real-time Sysex Volume and Balance and MMC commands.
MIDI Controller Assignments user-interface improvements.

Cantabile Performer

Everything from above, plus:

Sub-sessions - allows saving multiple named states within the one session.
Session lists support loading session/sub-session pairs.
MIDI routing table - easily route MIDI events from input ports to racks or external devices.
Triggers - send MIDI configuration events on session load, sub-session load, transport play etc.
Partial sends - two optional partial sends per rack allow routing part of an audio signal to another rack.
Large Status Panel - large font display of current song, next song, transport position etc.
Ability to send and receive MIDI clock.
Support for 64-bit audio processing and recording.
Off-line Renderer.

What's Been Removed

Plugin Organiser.
MIDI controller assignments (removed from Cantabile Lite only)
MIDI filters (removed from Cantabile Lite only)

Read more about the previous version here.

“Topten Software is proud to announce the release of Cantabile 2.0 and a new edition – Cantabile Performer.” Topten

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

2009-04-05

Weekly Software Wrapup 03/29 - 04/05 (13)

tmpE6EA

Once again I will publish the Weekly Wrapup with new and updated Music Making Software!

Here it is:

Instrument: Rob Papen - SubBoomBass

Sounds: Sample Logic - WaterHarp
Instrument: DSK Music - DSK ChoirZ (beta) / Pc / F...
DAW: PreSonus - Studio One
Effect: WOK – RackTube / Pc / Donationware / Free
Instrument: Steinberg – The Grand 3
Effects: IK Multimedia - T-RackS 3 Singles
Sampler: discoDSP - HighLife R3 / Pc / Linux / Fre...
Effect: Attackease from SKnote is available
Synthesizer: RBR VST PLUGINS - Trance Blizzard / P...
Instrument: Knobster - PLASTIC PIANO / Pc / Free
Effect: Jeroen Breebaart - Red Phatt Pro 1.0.1
Weekly Software Wrapup 03/22 - 03/29 (11)



Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

2009-04-03

Instrument: Rob Papen - SubBoomBass

SubBoomBass

Rob Papen unveils SubBoomBass, a virtual bass instrument for both Pc and Mac.
Features:

2 Oscillators with Analogue types waveforms and tuned percussion waveforms.
Oscillator waveform Symmetry control for each oscillator.
Free running option for each oscillator and Oscillator Syncing of oscillator 2 to oscillator 1.
Extended semitone range going from -48 semitones up to +48 semitones.
Separate octave control and fine-tuning.
Keyboard tracking on/off for each oscillator.
Each Oscillator offers Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) using an independent LFO for each oscillator with individual speed
and amount controls.
FM and Ring modulation modes for Oscillator 2.
Each oscillator has a (PWM) square wave or sinus wave Sub-oscillator .
Volume control for each oscillator and output on/off for Oscillator 1.

Main filter is an analogue modelled stereo Multimode Filter.
Pre-filtering distortion.
Easy Filter control by pre-defined Cutoff Frequency modulation controllers: Envelope, Velocity, Key-tracking, LFO and Modulation Wheel.
Built-in Filter Envelope with Attack, Decay, Sustain, Fade and Release.
Build in Filter LFO with various waveforms, modulation amount control and tempo sync option with speed settings between 16/1 and 1/32t.
LFO Poly, free or mono mode options.

Additional Filter with cutoff control offering 6dB, 12dB and 24dB LowPass or HighPass setting.

Additional Filter 1 and Filter 2 path selector.
Serial mode, Parallel mode and Split mode

Built-in Amp/Volume Envelope with Attack, Decay, Sustain, Fade and Release.
Volume control. Velocity> Volume amount.
Panning control.

1 Envelopes with Attack, Decay Sustain, Fade and Release.
Option to control the Envelopes times using "velocity" or "key played".
Modulation Amount Envelope and amount control for this Envelope.
48 modulation destinations.

1 LFO's with various waveforms.
Tempo sync option with speed settings between 16/1 and 1/32t.
Poly, free or mono mode options.
Modulation Amount and amount control for this LFO.
48 modulation destinations.

4 free modulation routings.
32 modulation sources.
48 modulation destinations.
Secondary modulation source & control.

Mono/Legato/Sequencer/Poly Play modes
Unison2/Unison4/Unsion6/ and Octave modes with Unison detune
Portamento featuring constant rate/constant time or held(legato) constant rate/constant time.
Adjustable Analogness setting to simulate the instability of vintage analogue synthesizers.
Demo C2 button to preview sounds.
Global Tuning.
Decay/Release Shape. This Changes the curvature of Predator's envelopes decay and release stages. From exponential to linear to logarithmic.

Tempo sync-able global Pitch LFO. You can set the amount and also which wave is used for this LFO.
Pitch bend with separate settings for up and down pitch-bends.

16 step sequencer.
Sequencer patterns can be 1-16 steps long.
Speed setting of 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 1, 3/2, 2, 3 and 4x BPM.
Overall step length.
Swing amount.
Slide amount for sliding steps.
Velocity control knob which mixes between keyboard (midi) velocity input and the steps velocity settings.
Each step has on/off, Tie, Slide, Tune, Velocity, Free, Osc1 waveform, Osc2 waveform row.
Tie modes normal and special which allows Slide, Tune, Velocity and Free settings inside a step if that step is set to Tie. Toggle modes 1 and 2 which toggle between normal and special.
Sequencer Latch which can be controlled by the midi sustain pedal.
You can load, save, copy, paste and clear sequencer, so you can reuse them in different presets. .

HQ effects blocks in serial mode and split mode option if Filter 1/2 are in 'Split' mode
Available effects: Mono Delay, Stereo Delay, Comb, Reverb, Chorus, Chorus/Delay, Flanger, Phaser, Wah/Delay, Distort, Low-Fi, Amp Sim,WaveShaper, Stereo Widener, Auto Pan, Gator, Bass Enhancer, FX Filter, Equalizer, Compressor, Ensemble Cabinet, MultiDistort, Auto Wah.
Midi tempo based settings in most effects.
2 FX modulation sources for connecting midi or synth controls to FX parameters.

Uses sound banks composed of 128 presets.
Preset handling with copy, paste, clear and compare function.
'Quick Browser', 'Recently Browsed' and 'Favorite' functions.
Presets are stored in clear categories banks.

6-voice polyphony.
Parameter read-out field inside preset section.
Quick Manual build inside preset section.

Price: Euro 99 / USD 119

“SubBoomBass is filled with excessive amounts of low end ammunition to detonate your tracks” Rob Papen

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Sounds: Sample Logic - WaterHarp

WaterHarp

Sample Logic launches WaterHarp, a Kontakt sample library.

WaterHarp is a collection of 300 instruments. Weighing in at almost 1.8 Gigabytes, includes ready-to-play, acoustically sampled Waterphone ensembles, but also dives heavily into the world of score-ready morphed instruments.

Categories:

Ambience (68)

Impacts (67)

Tempo-Synced Rhythms (83)

Stingers (35)

Transitions (27)

Untreated Ensembles (14)

Bonus Material (7)

Includes:

- 300 Instruments

- Audio Samples 

Requirements:

The WaterHarp is a Kontakt formatted sample library for Mac/PC.  You must own the latest version of Kontakt 2, or 3.

Operating System: (Windows XP/ Vista / Mac OS X / Mac OS X Universal Binary)

Instrument: .NKI format with samples,  requires Kontakt 2, or 3 

Copy Protection: None

Cost: $49.99

Availability: Released and available as direct download

Url http://www.samplelogic.com/waterharp.html

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

2009-04-02

Instrument: DSK Music - DSK ChoirZ (beta) / Pc / Free

DSK ChoirZ

DSK Music unveils a beta version of DSK ChoirZ, a free Choirs and Pads sound module for Windows.

Features:
- 3 Layers with 32 Choir & Pad sounds
- ADSR, Fine-tuning and Pan control
- 3 Advanced Filters
- 3 LFO routing to Cut, Pan, Level and Pitch
- Chorus effect
- Reverb Effect
- Velocity response
- Midi automation

“DSK ChoirZ (beta) released” DSK Music

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

DAW: PreSonus - Studio One

Studio One

PreSonus launches Studio One, a music creation and production application for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista. Looks really cool and innovative!
Features:

Elegant single-window work environment
Powerful drag-and-drop functionality
Unlimited audio tracks, MIDI tracks, virtual instruments, buses, and FX channels
Content browser with convenient sort options and preview player
Integrated mastering solution with automatic mix updating, waveform editing, effects, Red Book CD burning, and digital release
Automatic delay compensation
Advanced automation
64-bit processing
Easy-to-use sidechain routing
Awe-inspiring 64-bit effects suite
Stunning virtual instruments
User-friendly sampler
Most intuitive MIDI-mapping system available
Real-time audio timestretching and resampling
AU, VST2, VST3, and ReWire support
K System metering
Gigabytes of inspiring content
Compatible with any ASIO-, Windows Audio-,or Core Audio-compliant audio interface

No information of price or availability yet.

“makes audio recording, MIDI sequencing, and audio mastering ridiculously simple right out of the box, yet provides a wealth of professional features.” PreSonus

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Effect: WOK – RackTube / Pc / Donationware / Free

RackTube

WOK unveils RackTube, a simple free (donationware) a tube-emulator effect plugin for WIndows.
The plugin gives some saturation or distortion to your audio.
The free version has a nagscreen. Donate to get rid of it.

Here are more Effects, Plugins and Filters.

“Use it as an insert on single tracks or master.” WOK

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

2009-04-01

Instrument: Steinberg – The Grand 3

Steinberg unveils The Grand 3, a Virtual Piano Suite for both PC and Mac.
Some features:

Five top-flight piano models in one VST instrument
Authentic piano sound that comes courtesy of three of the world’s finest, most expensive concert grand pianos
Full-length sustain samples, no loops, with every key sampled individually at varying velocities
Unrivaled dynamic response
Authentic sustain pedal resonance, damper and hammer emulations, velocity adapts individually to suit your touch, style of play and keyboard’s response
Powerful options for tweaking tone and variable room simulations

No info of price yet.

The Grand 3 will be available in Q3 of 2009.

“With The Grand 3 Steinberg is presenting a premium collection of virtual pianos. Including three concert grand pianos, one electric grand and one upright piano plus a range of enhanced details” Steinberg

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

Effects: IK Multimedia - T-RackS 3 Singles

T-RackS 3 Singles

IK Multimedia announces T-RackS 3 Singles, a Single Effects Processor series containing 10 different modules.
Modules:

Vintage Tube Compressor/Limiter model 670
Vintage Tube Program Equalizer
Opto compressor
Intelligent, multi-algorithm Brickwall limiter
Linear Phase Equalizer
Classic T-RackS Compressor
Classic T-RackS Multi-band Limiter
Classic T-RackS Clipper
Classic T-RackS Equalizer
Complete metering suite

Other Features:

VST, Audio Unit and RTAS plug-ins for any compatible DAW on Mac or PC.
New high-fidelity oversampling with crystal clear transparency, for high quality audio processing.
A-B-C-D quick comparison settings allow to compare various processor set-ups with one click.
New “SCC” technology coupled with IK’s “DSM” technology provides realistic software emulation of vintage gear.
Can be integrated within T-RackS 3 Standard Mastering & Mixing Suite plug-in or standalone.
Presets can be read within module presets in T-RackS 3 Deluxe or Standard Mastering & Mixing Suite.
Extremely affordable: each plug-in are available for a fraction of what comparable sound quality plug-ins cost.

Price: $99.99 / €74.99 Each Module

Here are more Effects, Plugins and Filters.

“T-RackS 3 Single Effects Processor series offers each of the 10 modules included in the award-winning T-RacKS 3 Deluxe Mastering & Mixing Suite” IK Multimedia

Reblog this post [with Zemanta]

The Most Popular Posts of All Time:

Informatory Sites: Music, Tech, Gadgets, Tablets, Android