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| 04-23-09 / 07:12 PM : Kontakt 3.5 beta available (cjed) |
| A beta version of Kontakt 3.5 is available for Kontakt 3 users (the final version will be available before July). It brings many new features and fixes : New and improved features: -Compatibility with Windows Vista 64 (XP 64 tbd) -64-bit memory addressing for Mac OS X and Windows Vista 64 -New DFD engine with drastically reduced memory footprint -Optimized sampling engine with substantial performance increase -Advanced multiprocessor support -New browser feature for Kontakt Player libraries -Direct MIDI Learn for all sliders and knobs, including performance views -Improved automapping -Bypass button for effect slots -Aftertouch interpretation added to KSP -New "Engine Restart" button -Custom wallpapers for library boxes -Play cursor for Beat Maschine mode in Wave Editor -Pro Tools compatibility under Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard -Localized info pane in six languages Fixes: -Several fixes and stability improvements |
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| 04-23-09 / 07:06 PM : Sibelius soundsets for Eastwest SO (cjed) |
| Specific sound sets for Sibelius allowing use of Eastwest instruments are available here (for now SO Kontakt and PLAY versions, and Goliath). |
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| 04-23-09 / 06:35 PM : PLAY softwares : instruments & samples updates (cjed) |
| New updates (samples and/or instruments updates) are available for PLAY based softwares. Among these we can find an Instrument Update 1.0.4 for MOR, and an Instrument Update 1.0.6 for VOP. The MOR new instruments patchs are supposed to ignore the samples that present clicks (and use instead the same samples as the half lower or upper note, transposed). There is still to check the result to see if a samples update will be required (such huge update was suggested recently). |
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| 04-23-09 / 05:50 PM : Symphonic Choirs : Voice of Apocalypse expansion (cjed) |
New videos tutorials about SC are also available. |
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| 04-23-09 / 05:30 PM : Eastwest Composer Collection : customize (cjed) |
| To make the choice of Composer Collection elements even easier (was proposed as various configuration packs previously), Eastwest now allows to choose each of 7 included products (the recent Silk isn't available however) : then we can replace each base element (if we still own it or want another product instead) with Fab Four, Ministry of Rock, Gypsy, SO Platinum or SO Platinum Plus (total price is updated accordingly if the new product is priced higher). The base version, priced 1495$, is half the price of the included 7 products (if they were buyed separately). The base EWQL Piano Gold (16 bits and only one mic position - that is 55 Gb against 263 Gb in the full version - the later is however more resources demanding) cannot be replaced with the full verison, however it is stated in EWQL Piano Gold product page that it can be upgraded to the full version (for the price difference, about 100$). However for now it seems only a crossgrade (from another piano library to EWQL Pianos) is listed. |
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| 04-23-09 / 12:16 AM : iPhone : Randgrid synth / iShred (cjed) |
 Following noise.io, or the more recent technoBox, we can discover Randgrid (6,99$), a new synthesizer for iPhone that brings a very powerfull sound (close to ImpOscar). It provides two virtual analog monophonic synths (substractive synthesis, with two oscillators per instrument) and 14 drum samples, effects (stereo delay, distorsion) and a step sequencer.To complement it we can watch stunning videos of iShred (4,99$ for the full version, 0,99$ for the Lite version), whose sound somewhat seems better than pro guitar samples and effects applications priced one hundred times more, and whose usability seems great. |
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| 04-20-09 / 01:28 AM : iPhone: iShred LE (cjed) |
 A Lite version of iShred, iShred LE is available at the AppStore (0,99$). Compared with the full version (4,99$) it allows only one effect per song (4 simultaneous in the full version), doesn't allow live recording (and limits memory to 8 songs) nor songs export to Wav (but it can export the songs to the full version, that includes this feature). |
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| 04-15-09 / 12:13 AM : Fatar Numa Nano : portable 88 keys (cjed) |
| Studiologic (Fatar) presented the Numa Nano, a lite (and portable) version of Numa master keyboard (10 kg instead of 26 kg, reduced dimensions - but still 88 keys). The price hasn't been announced yet. |
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| 04-09-09 / 12:13 AM : NI AUDIO KONTROL 1 offer : free software (cjed) |
 Native Instrument now bundles with the AUDIO KONTROL 1 hardware interface (299$) a free software (full version, 229$ value), among MASSIVE, FM8, ABSYNTH 4, and PRO-53. Some lite versions of other softwares are also included : GUITAR RIG 3 LE, TRAKTOR 3 LE, et CUBASE LE 4. |
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| 04-03-09 / 10:41 PM : EastWest PLAY Composer Collection / surprise (cjed) |
| While Eastwest presented during the MusikMesse the PLAY version (64 bits) of its Complete Composers Collection (includes SO Play Gold - 16 bits -, SC PLay, Goliath, RA Play, StormDrum 2, EWQL Pianos Gold Play - 16 bits and only one mic position, 55Gb instead of 263Gb -, and VOP, at about 1200 euros), soundsonline site announces something new for April, 10 : at forums some think it could be the release of PLAY 2 or Forbidden Planet (however they have been announced months ago). |
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| 04-03-09 / 10:27 PM : Roland FG Connects : content for Fantom G (cjed) |
| Roland opened a new section on its site, that provides content download for Fantom G : over 600 new rhythm patterns, 14 new rhythm kits, over 100 new chord memories, 96 new RPS phrases, new edits of the most popular arpeggio phrases. |
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| 04-02-09 / 12:17 AM : AKAI Miniak analog mini synth (cjed) |
| During MusikMesse AKAI presented the Miniak, a mini virtual analog synth : 8 voices of polyphony, 8 parts (that is one note per part if using all), 3 oscillators per voice (with continuous variable waveshaping - varies from a waveform to another -, ring modulator, noise generator, linear and exponential FM), realtime and step sequencer, arpeggiator, drum machine, 2 various and complex multimode filters, 3 envelops, 2 LFOs, reverbs, delays and vocoder, 37 keys and microphone (the same as with Korg mini but the keys are full size and semi-weighted), 600 presets. |
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