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Embertone Mountain Dulcimer Virtual Instrument

Embertone announces the release of the Mountain Dulcimer Virtual InstrumentNext-level virtual instrument developer Embertone is proud to announce availability of Mountain Dulcimer — the self-explanatorily-named first sample-based virtual instrument release in its Whiskey Series, primarily preoccupied with musical instruments indigenous to the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America — as of October 6.

Originating in Appalachia, an area in the United States spanning the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains, the mountain dulcimer is both beautiful and incredibly intimate — not to mention very versatile — as a unique- sounding strummed zither that takes many names — namely, the Kentucky dulcimer, plucked dulcimer, fretted dulcimer, lap dulcimer, teardrop dulcimer, box dulcimer, and mountain zither, to name but a few. For Embertone’s exploratory sampling team, though, mountain dulcimer it is... and Mountain Dulcimer is its sample-based virtual instrument namesake, kicking off the company’s tasty-sounding Whiskey Series...

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Voxengo GlissEQ 3.9 Dynamic Equalizer Plugin

Voxengo GlissEQ 3.9 Dynamic Equalizer Plugin ReleasedVoxengo GlissEQ version 3.9 update is now available for download. Voxengo GlissEQ is a dynamic parametric equalizer plug-in for professional audio and sound production applications. GlissEQ is available in AAX, AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plug-in formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

This version implements the following changes:

* Added ProTools 12+ AAX-64 support.
* Control points can be now added by simple dragging.
* Made the summary EQ curve thicker.
* Added a set of predefined static spectrums.
* Fixed erratic behavior of the "Low-Pass 6" filter when its frequency was set above Nyquist.
* Fixed an issue when two instances used the same export slot.
* Implemented color scheme editor with load and save functions.
* Added "Brown", "White" and "Cyan" color schemes.
* Redesigned the infrastructure controls.
* Made bottom group selector switchable.
* Added switchable visual colorization...

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iZotope Neutron Audio Mixing Plug-In

iZotope Introduces a Smarter Way to Mix with NeutroniZotope, Inc., makers of award-winning tools for audio production, has announced Neutron, their newest mixing plug-in, set to launch in October. Geared toward simplifying and enhancing the mixing process, Neutron combines the latest innovations in analysis and metering with industry-leading audio processing to deliver unprecedented focus and clarity in your mixes.

An industry first, Neutron’s Track Assistant saves you time by listening your audio and recommending custom starting points for your track. The analysis intelligence within Neutron allows Track Assistant to automatically detect instruments, recommend the placement of EQ nodes, and set optimal settings for other modules. You still maintain full control over all your mix decisions, but Track Assistant gives you more time to focus on what’s most important — your creative take on the mix...

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Best Service Klanghaus Bio Machine Virtual Instrument

Best Service presents the Klanghaus Bio Machine Virtual InstrumentKLANGHAUS BIO MACHINE is the next great addition to the original Klanghaus 2 Library, produced, composed and recorded by German musician, sound artist and instrument designer Ferdinand Försch & realized by Best Service.

With BIO MACHINE you have access to a big collection of unique rhythms and loops of bizarre percussion, thunderous cymbals & never-heard-before stringed instruments played and programmed by Ferdinand Försch. This library provides a unique collection of Förschs self-created sound universe, still unmatched in inspiration and creativity.

The BIO MACHINE interface is designed to be clear and intuitive. You will find basics like volume, pan, and ADSR-curve, but also a variety of effects like reverb, delay, phaser, bit-crusher and many more...

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Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, 3rd Edition

Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, 3rd Edition from Focal PressFocal Press has published Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, 3rd Edition. In an easy-to-grasp, holistic manner Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, Third Edition unravels the technical mysteries that regularly challenge audio engineers.

Including practical tips and real world experiences, Bob Katz explains the technical detail of the subject in his informative and humorous style. Completely reorganized to focus on workflow, this third edition details mastering by providing a step-by-step approach to the process. First covering practical techniques and basic theory, this industry classicalso addresses advanced theory and practice. The book’s new approach is especially suitable to accompany a one- or two-term course in audio and mastering...

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Blue Cat's Destructor Distortion and Amp Sim Plug-In

Blue Cat Audio Announces New Blue Cat's Destructor Plug-In - Get 10% off!Blue Cat Audio is announcing Blue Cat's Destructor, a comprehensive distortion and amp sim modeling tool capable of simulating any kind of distortion.

This new plug-in gives access to an unlimited number of non-linear processing models, ranging from harsh digital destruction to smooth analog compression or guitar amp simulation (and it works for clean tones too).

It is delivered with hundreds of presets and predefined models, many of them inspired by real gear. It offers the ability to create completely custom distortion simulations beyond these models, thanks to its flexible yet simple signal processing chain - no need to purchase extra presets or amp models to build the perfect custom tone...

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C. Bechstein Digital Grand Virtual Piano Instrument

C. Bechstein Digital Grand software Instrument to be released Oct. 1stToday the manufacturer of the highly acclaimed Bechstein Pianos C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG announce the establishement of C. Bechstein Digital GmbH and availability of their first DAW oriented Instrument, the C. Bechstein Digital Grand from Oct.1st, 2016.

Why a sampled Bechstein Piano?
Apart from the fact that to date a lot of sampled pianos are available to the modern musicians - but no real, authentic Bechstein yet - the concept behind the C. Bechstein Digital Grand represents a completely new and modern approach to the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) oriented digital grand piano. All the existing solutions and concepts on the market have been completely put to the test and questioned before only the first note was recorded.

This resulted in a kind of reversed process, as between the DAW and the classical grand piano the developers did not start their product design with the actual instrument, they started with...

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Eventide Quadravox Diatonic Pitch Shifter Plug-In

Create Beautiful Harmonies with the Quadravox Plug-in from EventideEventide has announced the sale of Quadravox, a four-voice, diatonic pitch shifting plug-in available for VST/AU/AAX. Developed using technology from Eventide’s flagship H8000FW studio processor, Quadravox includes per-voice controls for delay, detuning, panning and feedback to create everything from otherworldly harmonies to groovy sequences.

Whether you’re in a studio building a choir from a single voice, creating the perfect harmony, or adding futuristic dub echoes to your beats, download the free demo and check out what you can do with Quadravox.

Features:
* Unique Notation Grid presents pitches on a traditional music staff with a quantized grid for placing notes over time allowing for a more musical programming experience. Color and brightness indicate pan and level for each voice...

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Free AAS String Studio VS-2 Update

Applied Acoustics Systems releases an NKS-ready version of the String Studio VS-2Applied Acoustics Systems announces that its String Studio VS-2 string modeling Synthesizer plug-in now supports Native Instrument's NKS extended plug-in format.

NKS brings intuitive and seamless interaction between String Studio VS-2 and KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series keyboards and MASCHINE hardware. String Studio VS-2’s key parameters have been mapped in order to provide optimal tactile control of its physical modeling engine. And String Studio VS-2’s entire factory preset library now appears in the powerful tag-based browsers of the MASCHINE and KOMPLETE KONTROL software.

This new NKS version of String Studio VS-2 is available now and provided free of charge to registered users...

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Free Propellerhead Reason 9.1 Update with Ableton Link

Propellerhead Releases Free Reason 9.1 Update adding Ableton Link TechnologyPropellerhead Software has announced Reason 9.1, the newest update to the award-winning Reason music production software. Expand your workflow, access new sounds and effortlessly jam or create music in real-time using Reason 9 with Ableton Live and Link enabled apps.

Reason 9.1 is a free update to Reason 9 that brings Ableton’s Link technology to the Reason Rack. The first third party DAW to support Ableton Link, Reason 9.1 can effortlessly play in time with Link-enabled apps on desktop and mobile.

“We’re thrilled to provide Reason 9.1 as a free update after the great response to Reason 9,” said Mattias Häggström Gerdt, Propellerhead Product Marketing Manager. “Adding Ableton Link in addition to the three new Player devices, 1000 new sounds, Pitch Edit, numerous workflow enhancements and the addition of the Pulsar dual-channel LFO makes Reason 9 even more fun for making music — from initial jam to polished song...”

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Free Voxengo MSED 3.0 Mid-Side Encoder-Decoder

Voxengo MSED 3.0 Free Mid-Side Encoder-Decoder Plugin ReleasedVoxengo is happy to announce the release of version 3.0 of its MSED plugin - a free professional audio encoder-decoder plugin for mid-side processing. Plugin is available in AAX, AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plugin formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

This version adds the “plasma” vector scope, stereo correlation and balance meters, and the bypass switch.

MSED is able to encode (split) the incoming stereo signal into two components: mid-side pair, and vice versa: decode mid-side signal pair into stereo signal. MSED is also able to work in...

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Spitfire Symphonic Brass Orchesral Library

Spitfire Audio announces availability of SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC BRASS Orchestral LibrarySpitfire Audio, purveyors of the finest virtual instruments from the finest musical samples in the world, is proud to announce availability of SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC BRASS — a definitive compendium of orchestral brass in different section sizes, ranging from solo to larger groups of the usual suspects alongside cimbassi and contrabass curios, captured to tape for posterity via the finest signal path at Lyndhurst Hall within London’s legendary Air Studios, playing host to the best (British) brass instrumentalists in the world while laying the foundations for the finest orchestral brass library available (as another sample-based instrument for Native Instruments’ industry-standard KONTAKT PLAYER platform with NKS®, an extended plug-in format allowing advanced integration with NI’s KONTROL keyboard controllers) — as of September 15.

The road to shipping SPITFIRE SYMPHONIC BRASS has, however, been a long and winding one for its namesake creator — the creative culmination of over a decade of sweeping sampling and four formative years spent regularly recording the best British brass players in action as arguably the best in the world...

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eMedia MagicScore Music Notation for MS Word

New MagicScore Notation for MS Word Dynamic Notation Plug-in for Microsoft WordeMedia Music Corp., developer and distributor of award-winning music software, has begun shipping version 8 of MagicScore Notation for MS Word. Created by Maestro Music Software, the software works as a plug-in for Microsoft Word® and allows dynamic creation and editing of music scores, guitar tabs, notes, and music symbols in Word.

MagicScore Notation For MS Word is powerful music notation software that enables the placement of editable music notation in a Microsoft Word document. It’s great for educators, lessons studios, bands, and worship leaders — anyone who needs to distribute music notation with performance notes and graphics and doesn’t want to require students or band members to purchase notation software.

Other notation programs only export an image of the score which cannot be changed once imported into Word. MagicScore Notation for MS Word lets you easily edit music notes in Word as well as musical symbols and other parts of a musical score...

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Output Announces SUBSTANCE - Bass Engine

Output Announces SUBSTANCE - Bass EngineOutput is excited to announce SUBSTANCE, a completely new breed of bass engine built for the modern producer, composer, musician and sound designer.

Combining heavily processed electric and acoustic basses, real brass sections, the dirtiest analog synths, and insane sound design, SUBSTANCE is a deeply produced bass engine making sounds unlike anything else. The engine combines three layers of sources and blends them together with layer and global FX, filters, modulation, an advanced arpeggiator, flux control and macros.

“Our goal with SUBSTANCE was to create a bass engine that was not focused on emulation, but rather, on pushing the envelope with creative and powerful new sounds," says Output Founder Gregg Lehrman. “It's our most sophisticated engine to date and you can really get a sense of that from the first note...”

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Audio Production and Critical Listening, 2nd Edition

Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, 2nd Edition from Focal PressFocal Press has published Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, 2nd Edition.

Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, Second Edition develops your critical and expert listening skills, enabling you to listen to audio like an award-winning engineer. Featuring an accessible writing style, this new edition includes information on objective measurements of sound, technical descriptions of signal processing, and their relationships to subjective impressions of sound. It also includes information on hearing conservation, ear plugs, and listening levels, as well as bias in the listening process...

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Free Voxengo Tempo Delay 2.0 Stereo Delay Plugin

Voxengo Tempo Delay 2.0 Free Stereo Delay Effect Plugin ReleasedVoxengo is pleased to announce the release of Tempo Delay v2.0, a “packed-with-features” stereo delay effect plugin for professional music production applications, available in AAX, AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plug-in formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

Tempo Delay is based on tempo, incorporating filter and tremolo sections with separate controls for each stereo channel. Instead of a single “delay length” control this plug-in features separate “delay”, “repetition period” and “delay panning” controls which allow you to create an evenly sounding “ping-pong” stereo echoes.

Tempo Delay features:...

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Free Voxengo Boogex 2.3 Guitar Amp Plugin

Voxengo Boogex 2.3 Free Guitar Amplifier Plugin ReleasedVoxengo is happy to announce the release of version 2.3 of its Boogex plugin - a free guitar amplifier and cabinet simulation plugin for professional music production applications. Plugin is available in AAX, AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plugin formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

This version adds the gate module, the bypass switch and the new "Type 2" amplifier with a softer valve-modeled sound.

Boogex is a guitar amplifier plug-in with a variety of sound shaping features for professional music production applications. With Boogex it is possible to get a heavy distorted sound as well as slight “jazzy” saturation sound...

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Best Service ICARUS 3D Wavetable Synthesizer

Best Service presents ICARUS by Tone2 - a Powerful Synthesizer with 3D Wavetable SynthesisBest Service announces the availability of ICARUS by Tone2, a Powerful Synthesizer with 3D Wavetable Synthesis.

Icarus offers "a fresh signature sound, which quickly catches the audiences' attention" with an easy to use interface and a over 1000 factory sounds created by professional designers. This synthesizer can do: All classic synthesis methods, 3D wavetables, morphing, resynthesis of samples. It has: 53 effects, 3x10 stereo oscillators with hypersaw, dual stereo filters with 62 filter types and distortion, an arpeggiator, a vocoder, a wavetable editor and more!

Icarus is a '3D wavetable synth', because Tone2 extended the popular traditional wavetable synthesis, which allows to cross-blend waveforms, with an additional dimension for morphing. Icarus can create special sounds with lots of dynamic expression and movement...

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Native Instruments KOMPLETE 11 Music Software Suite

Native Instruments releases KOMPLETE 11, KOMPLETE 11 ULTIMATE, and KOMPLETE 11 SELECTNative Instruments today released the 11th generation of its industry-leading KOMPLETE production suites, the most comprehensive collection of instruments and effects yet. KOMPLETE 11 now includes 45 products and more than 13,000 sounds, with seven new instruments: FORM, REAKTOR 6, UNA CORDA, DISCOVERY SERIES: INDIA, REPLIKA, SESSION GUITARIST – STRUMMED ACOUSTIC, and KINETIC METAL. KOMPLETE 11 ULTIMATE – the flagship bundle for professional producers, composers, and sound designers – now has 87 products and over 18,000 sounds. It adds 13 new instruments to the previous generation, including the five professional scoring instruments in the SYMPHONY ESSENTIALS line, FLESH, EMOTIVE STRINGS, plus all the new products in KOMPLETE 11.

KOMPLETE 11 and KOMPLETE 11 ULTIMATE now include FORM – a new synthesizer with a refreshing approach to sound creation. Using a sample as the primary oscillator, FORM offers a powerful new paradigm for sound design that can spark a broad range of fresh ideas...

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MakeMusic Finale 25 Music Notation Software

MakeMusic Releases New Version of Finale, Version 25MakeMusic, Inc. has announced the release of a new version of Finale, the acclaimed music notation software.

“This release is a technological step forward, focused on our customers’ success,” said Fred Flowerday, MakeMusic vice president of product strategy. “We’ve made substantial investments in Finale’s codebase. This ensures that the hundreds of thousands of musicians around the world who rely on Finale will remain fully supported, even on future operating systems, for years to come. In addition, new features and fixes were prioritized through conversations with Finale users, again with customer success in mind.”

“Finale has long been recognized as the software that can create anything you can imagine,” said Mark Adler, MakeMusic notation project manager...

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Free Cakewalk SONAR 2016.08 Update

Cakewalk SONAR 2016.08 Update adds New Features to the Browser, Comping, and MoreCakewalk, dedicated to powerful and thoughtfully designed software for modern musicians, announces the new SONAR 2016.08 release for SONAR Artist, Professional and Platinum versions. This month’s “Rolling Update” continues Cakewalk's commitment to improving and optimizing SONAR's core functionality, while delivering new world-class technology every month.

In the newly upgraded Plug-in Browser, users can now sort and organize plug-ins, assign plug-ins to categories, and create new categories within the Browser itself. This organizational overhaul streamlines workflow in many ways and gives users the control to define how they access their array of plug-ins. Now it’s easy to instantly sort effects and instruments by “Manufacturer,” “Category” or “Type,” while also having the ability to move plug-ins to any of the default categories. Further capabilities allow one to move or copy plug-ins to any of the default categories, or create their own custom categories all inside the Browser and without using the Plug-In Manager...

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Free PreSonus Studio One 3.3 Update

PreSonus Studio One 3.3 Adds Integration with Notion 6 and MorePreSonus® is now shipping Studio One® 3.3, the latest in a series of free updates to Studio One 3 Artist and Studio One 3 Professional. The new version adds several of the most frequently requested enhancements, including unprecedented integration with the company’s Notion™ music notation and performance software for Mac® and Windows®.

Together, Studio One 3.3 and the newly released Notion 6 are a music composition and arranging powerhouse, enabling you to convert your Studio One note events to traditional notation for printing or editing and work on arrangements with Notion’s extensive composition tools. Compose in Studio One 3.3 and send note data to Notion for editing and printing parts. Export the audio or note data for each track and import it into a copy of Notion 6 running anywhere on the network or on the same machine.

You also can start your composition in Notion 6 or Notion for iPad and move it to Studio One for editing, sound design, and mixing...

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Voxengo LF Max Punch 1.7 Bass Enhancer Plugin

Voxengo LF Max Punch 1.7 Bass Enhancer Plugin ReleasedVoxengo LF Max Punch version 1.7 update is now available for download. LF Max Punch is a professional audio effect plugin for music and sounds where low-frequency thump and punch are most welcome, and where distortion is applied specifically to bring the bass sound to life. LF Max Punch is available in AAX, AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plugin formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

Version 1.7 includes the following changes:
* Added ProTools 12+ AAX64 support.
* Made the user interface scale switchable without host reload.
* Added 90%, 110% and 150% visual scales...

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PreSonus Notion 6 Music Notation Software

PreSonus Notion 6 Features New Entry and Layout Tools and Studio One IntegrationPreSonus® is shipping Notion™ 6, a major upgrade to its popular notation software that adds a variety of features and enhancements. The new version integrates Notion more closely with PreSonus’ Studio One DAW, adds an exciting new way to enter music, provides improved layout tools, adds ReWire MIDI capabilities, and much more.

Notion 6 further improves the software’s compatibility with other software, especially with Studio One. Compose in Studio One and send note data to Notion for editing and printing parts. Export the audio or note data for each track and import it into a copy of Notion 6 running anywhere on the network or on the same machine. Notion 6 can find instances of Studio One, automatically open a new project, and send the audio files or note data, track data, and score data straight to the DAW, retaining instrument name, score order, pan and gain settings, rehearsal marks, initial time signature, and metronome marks...

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Free Voxengo MSED and Stereo Touch Plugin Updates

Voxengo MSED and Stereo Touch - Free Audio Plugins Update

Updated Voxengo MSED v2.10 and Voxengo Stereo Touch v2.9 freeware audio plugins are now available for download. These plugins are available in AAX, AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plugin formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

These updates feature the following changes:
* Added ProTools 12+ AAX64 support.
* Added "Cyan", "Gray Soft" and "Beige Soft" color schemes.
* Made the user interface scale switchable without host reload.
* Added 90%, 110% and 150% visual scales...

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Practical Recording Techniques, 7th Edition

Practical Recording Techniques: The Step-by-Step Approach to Professional Audio Recording, 7th EditionFocal Press has published Practical Recording Techniques: The Step-by-Step Approach to Professional Audio Recording, 7th Edition. Practical Recording Techniques covers all aspects of recording, perfect for beginning and intermediate recording engineers, producers, musicians, and audio enthusiasts.

Filled with tips and shortcuts, this hands-on, practical guide gives advice on equipping a home studio (whether low-budget or advanced) and suggestions for set-up, acoustics, effects, choosing mics and monitor speakers, and preventing hum. This best-selling guide also instructs how to mike instruments and vocals, judge recordings and improve them, work with MIDI and loops, do mastering, and put your music on the web. Two chapters cover live recording of classical and popular music.

New in the seventh edition:...

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Free Image-Line FL Studio 12.3 Update

Image-Line Releases FL Studio 12.3 UpdateWe're always proud to release each new version of FL Studio because we know the thrill our customers get from their Lifetime Free Updates. 12.3 introduces new plugins, plugin updates, workflow enhancements and the big-one, realtime audio stretching. Yes finally.

What's New?

Plugins
* Transient Processor (demo). Enhance or suppress the attack transients and release of percussive and other transient sounds. $49 in the Image-Line Shop.
* Razer Chroma - Control Razer Chroma enabled hardware such as laptops, keyboards, mice and headsets from FL Studio.

Updated Plugins
* Gross Beat - Vectorial UI.
* Fruity Convolver - Vectorial UI.
* Fruity Limiter - Vectorial UI.
* Love Philter - Vectorial UI.
* Maximus - Vectorial UI.
* Parametric EQ2 - Right-click band tokens to select Key (note frequencies)...

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Polyverse Music I Wish Pitch Freezer Plug-In

Electronic Duo Infected Mushroom releases I WISH plug-in through Polyverse MusicAward-winning and critically acclaimed electronic duo Infected Mushroom have released I Wish, their first effects plug-in, through developer Polyverse Music. Fans of Infected Mushroom will remember the innovative sounds from their classic track “I Wish” from their smash album Converting Vegetarians. Always pushing the limits of electronic experimentation, Infected Mushroom produced the robotic vocal melody from the song after days of editing and rearranging small loops of audio.

Realizing the potential for this technique, Infected sought out developer Polyverse Music to create a plug-in that could simplify the process. The result is I Wish, which features an innovative processing technique dubbed “pitch freezing. Infected Mushroom has used I Wish on many of their newest tracks, including a large portion of their latest album, Converting Vegetarians 2.

I Wish loops a small segment of the audio at the pitch of each MIDI note played; playing lower MIDI notes produces longer loops, while higher notes result in short loops. The resulting waveform has...

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Voxengo SPAN Plus 1.3 Spectrum Analyzer Plugin

Voxengo SPAN Plus 1.3 Spectrum Analyzer Plugin ReleasedVoxengo is pleased to announce the release of SPAN Plus version 1.3 - an extended real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer plug-in for professional music and audio production applications. SPAN Plus is available in AAX, AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plug-in formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

SPAN Plus is an extended version of the freeware SPAN plug-in: SPAN Plus provides several additional features such as PNG file export, real-time spectrum import/export and static spectrums display.

Version 1.3 includes the following changes:

* Added ProTools 12+ AAX64 support.
* Implemented color scheme editor with load and save functions.
* Added "Brown", "White" and "Cyan" color schemes.
* Redesigned the infrastructure controls...

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Cakewalk SONAR 2016.07 Update with Theme Editor

Cakewalk Announces Unprecedented new UI Theme Editor for SONAR 2016.07 UpdateCakewalk, dedicated to powerful and thoughtfully designed software for modern musicians, announces the new SONAR 2016.07 release for SONAR Artist, Professional and Platinum versions. This month’s “Rolling Update” continues Cakewalk's commitment to improving and optimizing SONAR's core functionality, while delivering new world-class technology every month.

SONAR Theme Editor
This month, the Cakewalk development team has significantly refined the "look and feel" of SONAR by developing a proprietary Theme Editor for the program. Based on overwhelmingly positive community feedback on the recent Tungsten theme, users can now change colors and customize images across the program using an external image editor such as Adobe Photoshop, or free options like Paint.net or the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). The SONAR Theme Editor also...

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