73 Results for "instruments"

Stagelight acquired by Roland Corporation and becomes Zenbeats

Open Labs has taken Stagelight as far as they can go and Roland has picked up this versatile touch-orientated DAW and will move it forward as Zenbeats. Free move for existing users plus classic Roland kits

BASSYNTH: filthy, gritty and epically modern bass making soft synth

An "entirely new bass engine" built in the familiar Kontakt Player with 11GBs of sampled synths, brass, strings and basses from all sorts of places in 4 layers with effects and masses of modulation.

Etsy buys Reverb for $275 million, CEO David Kalt to step down

Reverb, the online auction site for musicians set up by Chicago Music Exchange owner David Kalt., has been sold to Etsy for a reported $275 million. Kalt will step down as CEO, the site announced.

Free VST instruments and samples collection available from Audio Animals

Audio Animals' impressive collection of freebies is worth checking out - Available in VST, WAV, and Kontakt sampler formats, these instruments seem well-crafted and musically varied.

NAMM 2019: Delphos 2 USD 999 boutique condenser mic

Delphos 2 improves on the original model with the addition of a third polar pattern and a new low-noise power supply. The mic body has been enlarged and finished in metallic blue.

Out Now: MAGIX ACID Music Studio 11 – best USD 60 DAW that isn’t REAPER?

Being a major update, ACID 11 seems rather impressive and more like a complete overhaul. First things first, it brings a new 64-bit audio engine with plenty of upgrades, and there's more.

NAMM 2019: MOTU Digital Performer 10 gets into clips and lots of instruments

Somehow MOTU have managed to give us a Clip launching performance mode that offers something different and interesting - plus a ton of new content and other workflow and UI enhancements.

NAMM 2019: Roland Cloud introduces SRX World and Drum Studio Acoustic One

New World Music expansion packs and a bunch of acoustic drum kits have been added to your Roland Cloud account for instant download.

NAMM 2019: Steinberg Absolute 4 instrument collection is in excess of 100GB

A chunky update to the Absolute collection of Steinberg HALion, instruments and synthesizers including the new Groove Agent 5, HALion 6 and HALion Sonic 3.

NAMM 2019: Voltage Modular 1.2 features VST instrument and effect hosting

You can now run your VST instruments and effects as modules within Cherry Audio's Voltage Modular with the new 1.2 update. With 12 parameter CV control modular fun will undoubtedly ensue.

NAMM 2019: Lewitt LCT 040 and LCT 140 AIR condenser mics for home studios

Price is certainly going to be a major point of discussion when it comes to Lewitt's latest offerings - the USD 99 LCT 040 MATCH and the USD 149 LCT 140 AIR.

Warm Audio WA-251 tube mic: $10,000 quality for under $1,000?

A straight-up USD 799 replica of the Telefunken ELA M 251 whose official reissue costs no less than USD 9500! Can Warm Audio deliver ten-thousand-dollar quality at a tenth of the price?

The 7-year wait is over: NI Kontakt 6 has landed with new instruments and effects

Kontakt 6 brings the world's favorite sampler up to scratch and has enough new content to warrant an upgrade from the almost 7-year old Kontakt 5 engine.

Apogee makes Jam+ – a EUR 200 audio interface successor to Jam 96k

Apogee's dinky wee Jam+ lets you record an electric guitar, bass or keyboard directly to an iOS device, PC, or Mac - and adds the important option of using headphones to monitor on the device.

sE ships mid-priced sE2300 multi-pattern condenser studio microphone

sE promises that it's honoured the original capsule design, custom-built transformer and class-A circuit topologies for a 1:1 recreation of what's considered a studio classic - yet brought up to modern ...

A is for “Affordable” with the Komplete Kontrol A-Series controller keyboards

Looking suspiciously like the original Komplete Kontrol keyboards the new A-Series controllers aim to bring NKS instrument mapping to a keener budget.

MOD Duo X a universe of effects in a box on your desktop

The MOD Duo guitar pedal gets upgraded to the MOD Duo X and placed on the desktop. Apparently, It contains an infinite amount of effects, instruments and MIDI utilities but details are still a bit sketchy.

Ableton outs 8 free Creative Extensions for Live 10 Suite & Standard with M4L

Ableton has added to Live 10 with a selection of eight sound design tools developed in collaboration with Amazing Noises. And they're free, too. Live users should spin these up and dive in.

VCV Rack and Mutable Instruments collaborate on a plug-in preview module

You can now get to preview Mutable Instruments modules inside VCVRack before they release the source code. Audible Instrument Preview currently has Plaits ready for you to try and there will be more to follow.

ECM-87 Virtual Mic Locker brings microphone emulation down to USD 300

Priced just USD 300, the bundles include a cardioid condenser microphone, a shock mount, and the ECM-87 Mic Clone plug-in. The initial kit offers eight mic emulations, each with a ratio slider.

Over 70 Waves plug-ins now integrate with NI Maschine and Komplete Kontrol

The new batch of 63 NKS-enabled plug-ins provide plug-in mapping from NI's Komplete Kontrol and Maschine controllers, as well as tag-based preset browsing. The plug-ins and instruments come pre-mapped.

Musikmesse 2018: Burg M1 tube condenser mic, hand-built in Berlin

German manufacturer Burg announced a new tube condenser microphone, the Burg M1. The design comes from German condenser mic royalty Andreas Grosser, known for modding and repairing U47 mics.

Musikmesse 2018: Camelot manages hardware and VSTi’s for live performance

Camelot provides a cross-platform management, hosting and MIDI/Audio routing for live performance for not just virtual instruments and effects but hardware instruments too. It will even pull all the presets in.

Reason 10 Intro: The new entry level synth-rack DAW from Propellerheads

Reason 10 Intro retains all the really useful stuff like VST support, Player Devices and Ableton Link and lets you play with 16 tracks and a decent selection of synths and effects. It's a great value DAW.