Softube today released version 2.0 of all of their plugins. Among the new feautures is AAX 64-bit support. AAX 64-bit though is not the only new thing though. Softube has rewritten the plug-ins from the ground up to utilize the power of the latest CPU’s. This delivers a vast improved CPU performance for all plug-in […]

This one’s for film and video Score producers. Audiority released a new soundbank called Omnisphere Cinematic. It has a 100 presets for Spectrasonics Omnisphere. The presets are designed for Dark Ambient, Film, Soundtrack and Underscore. The soundbank contains 24 Arps with Rhythm, 4 drums, 15 Impacts and Hits, 20 one shot Risers and downers, 10 […]

Chicken Systems has updated Translator 6 with support for Mac OS X Mavericks including many new features and bug fixes. New features for Translator 6 include: Chicken Systems also upgraded many of their other products like Instrument Manager, Kontakt Assistent, Motif Creator and MV Kit Creator.

The Audio Engineering Society (AES) has named Dr. Sean Olive as its new president. He takes the baton from outgoing president Frank Wells. Olive is currently the director of Acoustic Research at Harman International. His resumé includes a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto, a Masters of Music in sound recording from McGill […]

Big Fish Audio delivers interesting new sample libraries in different styles. Maschinestrument is a new Maschine expansion pack featuring 256 multisample instruments of analog hardware synths, acoustic vintage electric pianos, hybrid digital synthesis and the leading modeling synthesis techniques. With intense Maschine optimisation, each patch takes advantage of Maschine’s specific effects and routing, tempo synced […]

Celemony has released Melodyne Editor version 2.1.2 with support for Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Celemony does warn that the update is only for Melodyne Editor. Melodyne Studio version 3.2 is not yet compatible with OS X 10.9 Mavericks. According to Celemony, the update also improves the interaction of Melodyne with all DAWs. The Melodyne […]

Rob papen has taken down the price of BLUE his popular soft synth. The discount comes in the anticipation of BLUE II that should be released, according to Rob Papen, in the not too distant future. BLUE is a software synthesizer that delivers FM Synthesis, Phase Distortion Synthesis, Wave Shaping Synthesis, and Subtractive Synthesis in […]

This makes a great Christmas present for Synth afficionados. At the Maker Fair in Tokyo, the Korg LittleBits Synth Kit was announced. LittleBits and Korg have converted a traditional analog synthesizer into littleBits modules. The modules make it super easy for novices and experts to build their own Synthesizer. Littlebits are small circuit building blocks […]

Best Service the company well known for their Sample Libraries and Virtual Instruments have released version 2.2 of their sample library host software. Engine 2.2 has been greatly optimized on both Mac OS and Windows. According to Best Service great improvements have been added in terms of performance with the use of complex instruments. Unfortunately […]

Bluecat’s MB-7 Mixer 2.1 has been released with lots of new features and improvements. Blue Cat’s MB-7 Mixer is a plug-in that splits the audio signal into several frequency bands and lets you mix and process them as if they were separate tracks. Among the new feautures in version 2.1 are: – PLugin editors can […]