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| 07-31-08 / 10:59 PM : discoDSP Discovery / Nord Lead 2 emulation (cjed) |
 Discovery is a virtual analog plugin (AudioUnit and VST, universal binary) for OSX, that provides 2 oscillators per voice (4 layers/8 oscillators total), an arpeggiator, an FM modulation mode (that is 2 operators then), 8 filter types, an unison mode, effects. We can download a demo version here and listen to audio examples. It can import Nord Lead 2 sysex, but without guarantee it will sound identical.It is priced 99$ and we can read a review at soundonsound about Disco DSP Discovery version 2 (2004). |
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| 07-29-08 / 11:42 PM : RealSamples/BestService/EW Early pianos (cjed) |
| BestService, EastWest and RealSamples announced 8 new samples libraries they developed together : Dulcitone Celesta, Early Pianoforte, English Harpsichord, English Spinet, Grand Piano, Italian Harpsichord, Dutch Harpsichord and Pianoforte. Each is priced 179$ and audio demos are available. |
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| 07-27-08 / 07:38 PM : EastWest PLAY 1.0.079 update (cjed) |
| EastWest released some days ago a 1.0.079 update to PLAY (173 Mb). Among the bug fixes it it said to bring better performance. We can suppose that, as since the latest public version (1.0.056) there was indeed 23 development versions and many months. We hope this improvement also applies for the PowerPC macs. |
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| 07-27-08 / 12:25 PM : Attention à la marche TV game : D-50 jam ? (cjed) |
| In the TV game Attention à la marche at TF1 channel (France) we can listen to (while the ask jingle) a jam type sound that reminds a lot a jam sequence from the D-50 (a jam is a short samples sequence, there are about ten in the D-50 PCM memory, from position 90 to 100. There is also even greater jams in the D-20, used in the famous patchs OneNoteJam and IronWorks). As the D-50 samples are caracteristic (and have a strong aliasing) it shouldn't be a wave sequence from the Wavestation (copied years later the Roland idea - with very similar jams but less warm sounding) nor a brand new sequence created from scratch. |
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| 07-26-08 / 11:31 PM : Tascam stops GigaStudio (cjed) |
| Tascam announced they have decided to stop GigaStudio development (software sampler for Windows). The support will end late 2008. An open source movement emerged, Open Giga Studio. Then Kontakt is the cross platform virtual sampler reference. |
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| 07-21-08 / 10:41 PM : Lennardigital Sylenth1 v2.0 (cjed) |
 Lennardigital announced a 2.0 version of their virtual analog synth plugin Sylenth1. It is now also available for MacOSX (Intel mac only) in VST format, and later in AU format. It provides 4 oscillators free of aliasing on the whole frequency range, that generate up to 32 voices (8 unison voices per oscillator) per note (16 notes polyphony, that is 512 voices !). Programmed in C++ and assembly with SSE optimizations, it uses few ressources. Audio demos are available. It is priced 139 euros. |
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| 07-21-08 / 10:30 PM : Salon de la Musique 2008 (cjed) |
| The Salon de la Musique 2008 will finally take place September, 12-15 (Paris, Porte de Versailles, Hall 4), with an entry fee of 12 euros. Hopefully we learn that the concerts events will be outdoors this time.s |
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| 07-15-08 / 12:09 AM : Omnisphere contest winner songs (cjed) |
| Spectrasonics presents the winners of the Omnisphere composition contest. There was initially 3 prices set, but due to the number and quality of the compositions entries, 11 songs were finally selected. They are provided for listening. |
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| 07-09-08 / 10:12 PM : Digitalsoundfactory : Ensoniq MR/ZR sample (cjed) |
| Digitalsoundfactory presents two new samples libraries (Soundfont format) recorded from Ensoniq instruments : the first brings 512 instruments (57Mb) taken from the Ensoniq MR-76 (Urban Dance and Real World sound sets : Percussion, Elec Piano, Koto, Drum Kits, Basses) and is priced 59,95$. The second includes 512 instruments (91Mb) from the Ensoniz ZR-76 (Piano - but not the original one, that had to be substituted due to licence restrictions -, Keyboards, Basses, Guitars, Synths, Strings, Drum Kits) and is priced the same. Audio demos are available. |
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| 07-08-08 / 11:58 PM : ILIO Origins : another ethnic samples library (cjed) |
 Besides Quantum Leap RA, MOTU Ethno and BestService Ethno World 4, there is to consider Origins from ILIO in the ethnic samples category. The DVD (EXS and Giga formats only) includes 3,5 Gb samples, and it is priced 279$. Audio demos are available. |
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| 07-04-08 / 11:36 PM : AKG K240 MKII (cjed) |
 AKG presented the K240 MKII, an enhanced version of the classic K240 S (studio). We can find it around 139 euros (100 euros for the old 240S, whose many find better, as new AKG sound is reported to be less warm - see reviews of the K271S). |
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| 07-04-08 / 11:27 PM : EastWest RA / Bestservice special offers (cjed) |
| EastWest announces a RA special offer this weekend only (349$). On another hand Bestservice offers one product (of the same price or less) for any product buyed this month (July). Elligible products list can be found here. Finally Univers-sons announces massive price drops. |
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| 07-02-08 / 11:59 PM : Cubase 4 : price drop (cjed) |
| Steinberg announced a Cubase 4 price drop (full version) : the product is now priced 599 euros. It doesn't apply to Cubase Studio 4 (cheaper), but the upgrade price to Cubase 4 (full) from Studio is also droping (199 euros). Now the full Cubase 4 suite is closer from Logic Studio (still 100 euros less expensive). |
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| 07-01-08 / 12:39 AM : Bela D Media Tenor DLV Tools (cjed) |
| Bela D Media presents Tenor DLV Tools, the first library of its upcoming Vocal Tools collection, that brings presets phrases : Latin Phrase Control, Moving Phrase Control, Phrase Elements, Phrase Elements II, Pure Phrase . It uses Kontakt 2 or 3. These models however doesn't seem as flexible as Symphonic Choirs WordBuilder. Vocal Tools Classical Edition The Tenor is priced 100$ (600Mb of samples and 56 Kontakt .nki instruments files). |
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