Making Music: 2009-09-27

2009-10-07

Synthesizer: TubeOhm - Pure-Pten 1.5

Related: pc, synth, synthesizer, Virtual Studio Technology

TubeOhm launches Pure-Pten 1.5, a VSTi synth plugin for Windows.

NEW FEATURES:

- Chorus

- Enhanced waveforms with PW

- fixed some small bugs

Features:

- 10 voices

- 3 Oscillator per Voice / Oscillator 3 with super Wave function

- 1 Multi-mode Filter 12/24dB, -TP/HP-BP

- 1 Filter-ADSR / times stretch Function T*1,T*5,T*10

- 1 VCA-ADSR / switch from linear to log

- 2 LFO's / LFO 1 phase-sync

- 1 noise generator

- 6 Cannel mixer

- 1 soft Limit

- Mono/poly mode

- Glide function

- 1 Arpeggiator with modulate Gate-Time

- Host tempo sync stereo Delay with live function

- Ring-modulator

- Oscillator-sync

- Oscillator FM

- Wave distortion function

- 2 modulations-buss with 6 source, 9 destination and 5 controller, intensity adjustable with 2 x amount

- Quick tune oscillator

- Line or log damping for the filter-signals if Q- is high

- Velocity VCA

- Velocity VCF

- Midi-learn function / move mouse to a knob, press right mouse-button, set midi-learn and move a knob on your hardware controller

Price: 49 Euro

TubeOhm

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Sequencer: PowerFX - Soundation Studio

Related: mac, pc, sequencer, web service, web site

PowerFX launches a public beta of Soundation Studio, a web based sequencer that enables you to make music, ringtones and audio clips directly from the internet without downloading any software.

Looks awesome!

It features 400 royalty FREE audio loops, 9 different effects, track automation, basic loop editing, loop audition, master channel control and mix down to desktop.

PowerFX

2009-10-06

Effect: Virsyn - KLON

VirSyn unveils KLON, a vocal designer effect plugin for both PC and Mac.

KLON takes your voice and adds up to 16 different copies of your voice in realtime. This lays the ground for an impressive amount of applications like:

- Choir generator
- Harmonizer
- Voice doubler
- Change voice's gender
- Pitch corrector
- Extreme voice manipulation

Introductory price: 99 Euro

Find more effects here.

"a harmonic pitch shifter for natural pitch and formant manipulation of vocal sounds in realtime" VirSyn

Effect: MeldaProduction - MMultiBandDelay

Related: delay, effect, filter, pc, plugin

MeldaProduction launches MMultiBandDelay, a multiband delay effect plugin for Windows.

Features:
1-6 fully configurable independent bands
4 global modulators
Full randomization
MIDI controllers with MIDI learn
Automatic synchronization to host tempo
Fully automatable depth
Global preset management

Introductory price - 10 EUR (Normal Price: 25 EUR)

Find more effects here.

"a powerful multiband automatical delay featuring 2 synchronizable taps per band" MeldaProduction

2009-10-05

Synthesizer: de la Mancha - dirty harry

de la Mancha launches dirty harry, a lofi synth for Windows.

Features:
• 20 unique waveforms sampled from two homemade lofi synths, the Atari Punk Console and the BugBrand WOM
• 3 oscillators, syncable to osc1 and ring modulatable with each other
• Each osc can be routed to the filter independently
• 2 tempo sync LFOs with many waveforms, can modulate filter cutoff, each osc pitch and the contact depth and wet level
• LFO 2 can modulate the depth and speed of LFO 1
• 2 envelopes for volume, filter or pitch, with various contours and options to modulate up/down
• Tempo sync arpeggiator
• Dodgy contact emulation
• Pitch instability
• Low quality, dirty, lo-fi options
• 89 presets covering Lead, Bass, Arp, Drone, Fx and Basic styles

Price: $15

Find more synths here.

"For extra grit the oscillators can be sync’d or ring modulated" de la Mancha

Synthesizer: Opulent Audio - Tenacity / Pc / Free

Opulent Audio releases Tenacity, a FREE VSTi synth for Windows.

Features:
- Two sample-based oscillators with 35 available waveforms

- Two parallel multi-state SV filters

- Ring modulation of the two oscillators

- Stereo delay with normal or cross mode available

- Two phrase arpeggiators

- Three tempo synced LFOs with 20 waveforms

- Two (up to) 8 stage envelopes

- Eight slot modulation matrix with 11 sources and 39 targets

- Monophonic synth with retrigger option and portamento.

Find more synths here.

"Opulent Audio's 2 Osc Monophonic Monster!" Opulent Audio

2009-10-04

Weekly Software Wrapup 09/27 - 10/04 (9)

Ok. Here we go. This is the weekly software wrapup of all the Music Making Software posted this week:

2009-10-03

Sounds: Splurgo Audio - Ambient Pads & Spheres Vol. 2 / Punk Guitar Loops

Related: GarageBand, guitar, loops, mac, pc, samples, Samples and Loops, Sound Files, sounds, WAV

Splurgo Audio unveils two new sample packs.

Ambient Pads & Spheres Vol. 2 - The second set of eerie and tense rising soundscapes is available for sale now. The pack contains 30 samples and is available in Sony Acid WAV and Apple Garageband AIFF for $9.95.

Punk Guitar Loops – Crank up your mix with these palm muted guitar riffs and chord progressions. The pack contains 44 loops all beatmapped at 160 bpm in the key of A, D and E and is available in Sony Acid WAV and Apple Garageband AIFF for $6.95.

Splurgo Audio

Find more sounds here.

2009-10-01

Effect: Softube - Tube-Tech CL 1B

Related: compressor, effect, filter, mac, pc, plugin

Softube launches Tube-Tech CL 1B Native, a compressor effect plugin for both PC and Mac.

You get this:

* Classic Tube-Tech sound in your computer
* Created together with the designers at Lydkraft/Tube-Tech
* Each and every component carefully modeled
* Fix./man. mode for breaking traditional compression boundaries
* External sidechain control
* A seriously great looking GUI!
* Very CPU friendly

Price: USD 329

"This version requires no DSP hardware but uses the same outstanding modeling technology and algorithms" Softube

Effect: Brainworx - bx_digital V2

Brainworx unveils bx_digital V2, a digital mastering processor effect for both Pc and Mac. Looks cool.

Features:
# 3 Modes (M/S mastering, M/S recording, L/R stereo)
# new and unique "SixPack" Master Section
# 11-band EQ (TDM, RTAS, VST, AU) incl. Shifter EQs up to 22 kHz
# built-in M/S De-Esser / dynamic EQ (20 Hz - 22 kHz)
# precise Correlation- and Balance-Metering
# individual Bypass and Link for every feature
# 4 Presets, Copy/Paste, Undo/Redo for all functions
# new Auto-Solo and Auto-Listen modes for TDM & Native
# individual PAN for Mid and Side Signals
# Phase-corrected SOLO-Buttons for L/R/M/S signals
# Intelligent EQs: Bass-Shift & Presence-Shift
# Mono-Maker: makes bass frequencies mono only!
# Extensive metering, individual L/R and M/S LEDs
# Touch-sensitive AUTO SOLO: interactive with ICON for solo modes
# 7-band EQ perfectly matches the center section ICON-EQ
# Mousewheel control supported for MAC & PC

Price: 334.45 Euro for the native version, and 586.55 Euro for the TDM version.

"works in 3 modes (!) including a sophisticated "M/S Mastering" mode" Brainworx