Peter Dines unveils ParamDrum, a Reaktor drum machine. Some Features:
Note velocity represents probability a step will trigger Enter and delete notes with a MIDI keyboard Record per-step automation with MIDI CCs Independent sequence length for each of the three sequencers Extremely low CPU usage - 1 to 3 percent CPU on my four year old laptop Fun beat sequences practically fall out of it
Ruin & Wesen launches Synevo, a freedrumVST instrument for Windows. Some features: filter, full ADSR, two kinds of modulation, FM and Phase Modulation, bit crusher and VCF.
“Synevo gives you all the niceties that you perhaps wish that Drummm had” Ruin & Wesen
Algorithmix unveils LP SplitComp, A Linear-Phase Split CompressorEffect for Windows. Looks great, but has a bit hefty price... Features:
High-resolution linear-phase split filters allowing perfect band reconstruction after processing: low-cut, high-cut, band-pass, band-cut Different modes: full-band, split-band, full-band parallel, selective parallel Smoothly tunable between compressor and limiter character Adjustable soft knee Intelligent auto-release Side-Chain EQ Parameterized soft clipper Reliable operation with up to 384 kHz sampling frequency, thus perfectly suitable for high-resolution DSD post-production Oversampling to avoid unwanted alias-frequencies typical in digital compressors All internal calculations in double floating-point accuracy (80 bits) Exact parameter editing via numerical fields Three fast accessible presets for quick setup comparison Several instances can be simultaneously opened Complete setup exchange among simultaneously opened instances
LMMS - Linux MultiMedia Studio 0.4.4 has been released. It’s a free DAW for Linux and Windows. Looks great! Features:
Song-Editor for composing songs A Beat+Bassline-Editor for creating beats and basslines An easy-to-use Piano-Roll for editing patterns and melodies An FX mixer with 64 FX channels and arbitrary number of effects allow unlimited mixing possibilities Many powerful instrument and effect-plugins out of the box Full user-defined track-based automation and computer-controlled automation sources Compatible with many standards such as SoundFont2, VST(i), LADSPA, GUS Patches, and full MIDI support Import of MIDI and FLP (Fruityloops Project) files
Voxengo launces version 2 of PHA-979, a Phase Audio Plugin for both Mac and Pc. Features:
Arbitrary signal phase control Linear-phase design Positive/negative time delaying Delay time calculator Mid/side channel balance control Stereo output panning Stereo and mono processing 64-bit floating point processing Preset manager Undo/redo history A/B comparisons Contextual hint messages
AcmeBarGig launches Red Shift, a free Guitar Pickup Replacer effect for Windows. Features: 3 knobs and 2 bypasses. Each knob controls a volume level. Pickup Volume, Material Volume and Master volume. Here are more Effects, Plugins and Filters.
“allows you to replace the tone of your guitars pickup with a huge list of different alternatives” AcmeBarGig
- lots of stability improvements - completely changed equalizer for much better audio quality and precision - greatly improved audio latency (Windows only) - minor performance optimizations - video stability improved - improved drag&drop - click on BPM value to edit - crossfader curve setting in config window - option to disable scratching when playing for some controllers - changed structure of saved data/playlists/settings - disabling screensaver while running - several bugs corrected related to all controllers - Hercules controllers can now be used to browse/load songs - fixed loading OGG vorbis files - fixed loading of very large files - fixed a very serious crash when analyzing/loading files
Price: 99 $ / 79 € / 59 £ Read more about FutureDecks Pro here.
“Beat-matching is just a click away and also are seamless beat-aware loops, effects and many other things.” Xylio