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| 06-28-06 / 12:34 AM : Arturia Analog Factory demo (cjed) |
 Arturia made available at download a demo of Analog Factory (Universal Binary), its analog sounds library (2000 patchs coming from emulation of minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V and Prophet VS). The demo version gives access to only 137 presets (save disabled), excluding those from Prophet V. |
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| 06-25-06 / 07:20 PM : JazzMutant Lemur : futurist control surface (cjed) |
 JazzMutant presents Lemur, a futurist control surface for music applications. It operates with a software, JazzEditor, through Ethernet, using OpenSoundControl (OSC) language. JazzEditor allows to create interfaces (parameters, appearence, position) and to communicate with non OSC compatibles applications (only Max and Reaktor can manage the native OSC message format), making correspondances with MIDI messages.Keyboard provides a detailed review of the system (available for 2189 euros at Playback !) |
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| 06-25-06 / 06:26 PM : Kontakt 2.1.1 Update (cjed) |
| As reported by Macmusic recently, an update of Kontakt (2.1.1) is available (through Native Instruments site being logged in and going to the updates management page). Among bugs corrections, it now allows to rearrange instruments modules in the rack, brings new piano patchs, etc. |
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| 06-24-06 / 12:52 AM : NOTION notation (cjed) |
 NOTION is a composition/notation/playback software based on orchestra samples. Partitions can be buyed, also new sounds/articulations. Demos can be found here. |
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| 06-23-06 / 12:00 AM : Roland : products showcasers contest (cjed) |
 Audiofanzine reports a contest for Roland products showcasing, where best independant players selected (after video reviewing and casting) will obtain early access to new products. |
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| 06-17-06 / 03:06 AM : MOTU Symphonic Instrument Preset Examples (cjed) |
| MOTU made available separate instruments demos from MOTU Symphonic Instrument. Among them we find great pianos, organs and mallets. That is here. |
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| 06-14-06 / 08:48 PM : Akoustik Piano 1.1 update (cjed) |
| Audiofanzine reports the avaibility of an update to NI Akoustik Piano. They list fixes and enhancements. The download requires to log in and to have registered the product. |
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| 06-13-06 / 11:55 PM : Lyrical Distorsion Vol.2 (cjed) |
 To follow up in the trash guitar samples area, here is the new Lyrical Distorsion Vol.2 from Bela D Media (4Go, 150$). An impressive demo is available there. |
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| 06-12-06 / 01:10 AM : Raging Guitars / Nu Metal (cjed) |
 A little violence, starting with Raging Guitars, a virtual guitar instrument including various playing types, effects and amps (11 Go on 3 DVDs, 24 bits), and some loops (that is here for the demos).Then we continue with Nu Metal and Nu Metal City, double CDs of trash guitars loops. |
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| 06-11-06 / 09:12 PM : Pack Siedlaczeks (cjed) |
 Univers-sons is awaiting delivering of pack Siedlaczeks .It includes Complete Classicial Collection and Strings Essentials, all for 499 euros (100 euros less than if buyed separately). For up to 28 Go toal (11+17) that is a performance, as strings here are known as the best (even warmer than VSL ones), and there is choirs and a renewed piano included. Considering the RA and Collosus group buy, the 30% discount on all products on the new european store (including SO Gold Pro), the new Ethno World, the choice will not be easy ! |
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| 06-09-06 / 01:45 AM : Spectre : Real-time audio multi-analyzer (cjed) |
 Spectre is a modern realtime audio spectral analysis software for MacOSX, developed using maximum possibilities from Cocoa, Quartz, OpenGL and CoreAudio. That is here for the demo (15 days limited, the software costs 88 $). |
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| 06-09-06 / 01:26 AM : Easwest RA&Colossus group buy continued (cjed) |
| After the success of the RA group buy, Eastwest decided to continue the offer for another month (until late june), and a new group buy has been opened for Colossus. Moreover, new office opened at Amsterdam allows european customers to get rid of additional taxes. To celebrate this opening, there is a 30% discount on all Eastwest products on the european site. About group buy, it gives RA at 399 euros (-50%, minimum reached) and Colossus at 399 euros (that minimum is not yet reached). [UPDATE] Colossus has reached the minimum price in only 6 days ! |
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| 06-09-06 / 12:49 AM : MOTU Ethno instrument (cjed) |
 Including 4Go ethnic instruments samples and 4 Go of loops and phrases, Ethno is probably a good companion for EWQL's RA. The demos are stunning : among them, Africa, shows a superb afro/carribean and the famous balafon, an instrument made of a xylophone put over gourd resonators. There is also great pads. To see further, the interactive demo and a video demo (mp4 to play with VLC). The software is available for 279 euros at univers-sons. |
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| 06-09-06 / 12:36 AM : Korg Legacy/Digital Collection promos (cjed) |
 For Korg fans, the Korg Legacy Collection (Korg Polysix, MS20, Wavestation, MS20i midi controller, 3/4 the size of MS20) price falls down to 159 euros at playback. Also the Legacy Collection Digital (M1 and Wavestation emulation, with all optional RAM patchs, MDE-X multi-effect) is available at 149 euros at univers-sons. |
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| 06-07-06 / 02:03 AM : Roland SRX-98 Analog Essentials (cjed) |
 Even less known than the SRX-12 card (electric piano sounds), the new Roland SRX-98 Analog Essentials card includes samples and 78 patchs derived from the Roland Jupiter and Juno. Demos are available here. |
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| 06-07-06 / 01:36 AM : V-Stand : ultimate ergonomic keyboard stand (cjed) |
 Bored about standard keyboards X stand that don't allow to play close ? Roland presents the V-Stand : two vertical axis that join to a small base, for a triangular shape, support for up to 60kg keyboards (100 kg admissible), settings for height, can be folded up (reduced size to 70cm x 15-20cm), weight of 8 kg.The only drawback is the price, 204 euros (179 at Playback). |
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| 06-05-06 / 11:49 PM : Crystal : free virtual instrument (cjed) |
 Crystal is a free plugin (VST and Audio Unit) available in Universal Binary. It provides a virtual sampler based on soundfont samples, soustractive synthesis, FM and granular synthesis, waves sequence (up to 8 steps). That is here. Included are 8 Mo (128 patchs) and new banks and samples can be found easily, so it could be an alternative to Quicktime as for a midifiles player.Interesting demos are available on the site. |
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