OXFORD, U.K. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Version 4.1 of Bounce Metronome Pro – the metronome with the precise Gravity Bounce Conductor. To practice swing, polyrhythms and mixed meters with mixed note types, almost any rhythm. This metronome with its gravity bounce conductor can show you any rhythm precisely. You can use it to work with tricky rhythms such as swing, polyrhythms, mixed meters etc because the crisp conducting visuals help you play every note exactly in time. Range of rhythms available is vast.

Version 4.1 of Bounce Metronome Pro adds several new metronomes. Includes polyrhythms with mixed note types such as 4/4 over 4/3, additive mixed meters 4/4 + 7/8 etc. Other new features including Go Silent Briefly, Custom Conducting Patterns, Instruments for individual beats and beat boxing, Flamenco Clock, Drum Rudiments, etc etc.

With it’s crisp and precise Gravity Bounce Conductor visuals, it’s like having your own conductor to help you learn even the most tricky rhythms and to help you keep time.

NEW SINCE VERSION 3.2

POLYRHYTHMS WITH MIXED NOTE TYPES

This plays rhythms like 4/4 over 4/3 – it’s like a 4 over 3 polyrhythm but you count 4/4 in both parts – so the 4/3 though it has three beats to the measure of the 4/4 rhythm, is played with emphasis every four beats, so has a measure that is a third longer than the 4/4.

FLAMENCO COMPAS “CLOCK”

Plays the 12 beat pattern – basically a 6/8 alternating with 3/4 – which is needed for practice of many Flamenco rhythms, shown with the 12 at the top for first beat and in clock like format as the balls bouncing inside the clock to show the beats.

MIXED METERS WITH MIXED NOTE TYPES

This lets you play rhythms like 4/4 + 7/8 or 2/4 + 3/8.

NEW WINDOWS

The Conducting patterns window lets you set your own custom conducting patterns – there I just mean the order of the beats such as 3 1 4 2 – doesn’t yet let you rrecord a conducting pattern e.g. with mouse or video and play it back.

The Label Beats lets you label individual beats as you like, including a beat boxing feature and an option to auto convert beat boxing syllables to corresponding non melodic percussion instrument sounds that get played on the same beat.

OTHER NEW FEATURES SINCE 3.2

Up / Down arrow key cycles through list of tempi (and optionally time signatures) you set for it. You can also cycle through time signatures at the same time as you change tempo – e.g. 80 bpm in 4/4 then 30 bpm in 3/4 with 2 subdivsions then 120 in 6/8 or whatever.

Go Silent Briefly – The idea here is that you continue to play when the sound stops. Then when the sound comes back again, aim to be exactly in time with the metronome, or as close as you can get to it.

One reason to do this is to help you to learn to keep a steady tempo without a metronome. You can also use it when you learn tricky rhythms e.g. polyrhythms etc, to see if you can keep them going during the measures when the metronome is silent.

Option to select separate instruments for each beat in the rhythm:

New features for the Gradually Changing Tempo – you can now do a stepping progression. E.g. suppose you have set it to gradually increase in tempo by 2 bpm over a period of time, then gradually drop down again by 1 BPM. Now you can also set it to repeat that endlesesly as e.g. 100 102 101 103 102 104 … Then you can set a maximum tempo to stop the stepping progression at, and also set what happens when the progression ends.

You can now export the animations with sound.

More information: www.bouncemetronome.com/ .

PORTLAND, Ore. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Audinate announced today that its innovative Dante Virtual Soundcard is now available to purchase on-line. Dante Virtual Soundcard acts like a physical sound card or audio interface, including the ability to play and record audio using any Windows audio application with standard ASIO multichannel audio support, or any Core Audio Mac application. This includes popular applications such as Cubase, Nuendo and Logic, and additionally for Mac, more general audio applications such as iTunes.

The Dante Virtual Soundcard may be purchased as a seven day, 30 day, or permanent license which can be downloaded directly from Audinate’s website. The Dante Virtual Soundcard is a software solution which turns a PC or Mac into a Dante enabled device which uses the Ethernet port on the computer to communicate with a network of other Dante enabled devices. No special hardware is required; you simply install Dante Virtual Soundcard on a conventional PC or laptop. As long as you have another hardware Dante device in your network to act as clock master, the Dante Virtual Soundcard can enable the PC or Mac to be a source or a destination on the network,

The Dante Virtual Sounds offers the flexibility, ease-of-use and ability to record and playback up to 64×64 channels from a standard computer without the need for an expensive hardware soundcard. Dante Virtual Soundcard can be used for recording live events, house of worship discourses, conference room meetings, corporate events, courtroom minutes, government proceedings and more.

“When we first launched the Dante Virtual Soundcard, customers were amazed that they could provide the same level of quality of a hardware sound card, but all in software,” stated John McMahon, Worldwide VP Sales and Support at Audinate. “Since the Dante Virtual Soundcard is connected by IP over Ethernet, customers have the flexibility associated with networks.’

Dante Virtual Soundcard is available for purchase as a permanent license or for or use as a rental licenses for tours using a weekly or monthly rental. To purchase a license, simply login at the Audinate website, click on Products > Dante Virtual Soundcard > Buy On-line and follow the easy steps. For user’s convenience, a three tiered pricing structure has been set up to. The cost of a seven-day license will be $6.95 USD, a one month license at $14.95 USD and a permanent license at $149.95 USD. Audinate will also offer a one-time “Try It For Free” option that will allow users to try the application for 14 days at no cost.

About Audinate
Audinate revolutionizes the way that AV systems are connected by transporting high-quality media over standard IT networks. Using Audinate’s patented networking solution, digital media networking just got easy. Audinate’s solution has been licensed by customers across the AV industry and can be found in installations and live sound applications globally. Audinate is a Promoter Member of the AVnu Alliance™. Audinate offices are located in US and Australia.

More information: www.audinate.com/ .

Editor’s Note: I currently use the DVS on a Mac Pro 8-core, running Logic, connected to my Yamaha 02R96v2. I will be posting a review of the product along with the Dante soundcard for Yamaha mixers, here on Music Industry Newswire, very soon. The DVS does work with Snow Leopard OSX and Logic 9. — Christopher Simmons.

Sweden /Music Industry Newswire/ — Toontrack Music has released the next product in the Toontrack Software Tools line, EZmix. For all the track and songwriters with tight deadlines and a mobile work situation out there, Toontrack, in collaboration with DSP developers par excellence Overloud, has developed EZmix.

EZmix is a simple (EZ), yet powerful, mixing tool that gives you access to a huge array of mix presets for the whole gamut of mixing needs. Whether you need to mix drums, vocals, guitars, bass or keyboards this is your tool.

Simply connect EZmix to a channel strip in your sequencer like you would any plug-in, pick a preset for the instrument or sound on that strip. Done. For demo purposes or in full on production EZmix will cut your studio time, speed up and enhance your creative process from the initial hook to the final track.

EZmix is a Mac and PC compatible, AU, RTAS and VST plug-in delivered with a wide variety of mix presets, with a heavy accent on your drum mixing needs, designed by Toontrack Music Head Of Sound Design Mattias Eklund.

/Music Industry Newswire/ — Devine Machine has unveiled Cycler, a new audio application and plug-in designed to be the missing link between hardware loopers and modern audio applications for live music, and is collaboration oriented. Highlights: Performances in Cycler are different from any other live applications. Special features (scene recalls, ‘one-knob-fx’) have been set to ease the live manipulation of the 16 loopers and the huge number of effects, without loads of MIDI controllers.

Two users can use Cycler simultaneously on the same computer with 16 loopers each, or can also collaborate remotely and exchange project modifications across the net.

Cycler features a slice sequencer: record a sound, and Cycler will sequence it immediately. Depending on nature of the sound you will record, the project nature will change radically. Musical possibilities are endless.

Sequence editing is very simple, you have several edit modes, and you can record the sequence via MIDI. Editing can also be done live via specific functions.

Cycler can stream audio files: say you have some songs ready and want to perform some parts on the song on stage. Simply bounce your tracks, load them in Cycler, rout them to different outputs if needed, and set the BPM. Cycler is now synced to your song and you are ready to perform. You can also reload your song with MIDI controllers.

Features:

* Comprehensive interface.
* MIDI learn for all functions.
* Record/overdub.
* Replace.
* Quantized instant record modes.
* Feedback.
* First loop quantize (audio detection).
* Infinite Undos.
* Multiply loop length.
* Divide loop length.
* Post FX instant stereo resample (tweak the loop and hit resample).
* Fast Init.
* Reverse.
* Backward.
* Level.
* Pan.
* Mute.
* Start/set start/stop.
* Mono/stereo loopers modes.
* Any looper length from one 8th to 8 bars.
* Free looping time (unsynced loopers).
* Odd time signatures.
* Slice Sequencer : record a sound and hear Cycler sequence it instantly.
* One shot play of recorded slices.
* Live and screen editing over pitch, level, slice length.
* Sequencer MIDI live record.
* 960 per quarter note sequencer precision.
* Expandable sequencer edit size.
* Quantize grid (odd division available).
* Metronome.
* Multiple outputs.
* Effect multiple routing.
* User level.
* Master level.
* Audio files streaming synced with loopers.
* Background saving via MIDI.
* Software monitoring with effects.
* Hardware monitoring (latency compensation).
* Project manager with Name/BPM/Date and preview.
* Project loading via MIDI.
* Project export to another computer.
* One-Knob-FX feature: control 250 effect knobs with only 5 controllers.
* Variations recall : mixes/effects/sequences/mute scenes in one click.
* CC, note, program change, pitch bend and typing keyboard support.
* All functions accessible on screen.
* Fully skinnable.
* Skin themes.
* Syncable effects:
o Chorus
o Delay
o Distortion
o Flanger
o Noise gate
o Pitch shifter
o Phaser
o Miniblocks (beat slicer)
o Tremolo (mono/stereo)
o Filter (low/band/high pass)
o Wah
o Reverb
* Pre/post FX switch.
* Min/max value on FX MIDI learn.
* 16 loopers for each user.
* 2 users.
* Shareable/cross-platform (Win/Mac) format for collaboration work on the same project over network (Special versions with more loopers and users available on demand).

Cycler will be released for Windows and Mac OS X in stand-alone and syncable VST versions* with ReWire* and Receptor support*. VST plug-in hosting is planned.

Release date is expected to be some time during Spring 2010. Price to be announced.

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — SKYLIFE announced this week the release of their flagship sample editing application, SampleRobot V3.08. Creating your own software instruments or sample base is getting a lot easier with SampleRobot V3.08 and WaveRobot V3.08, according to the company.

New Features and Improvements include:
• Waveformat extensible support — It is now possible to drag-and-drop audio files in waveformat extensible into SampleRobot and WaveRobot. Loop markers, sample names and root keys (embedded or from file name) are recognized during import.

• Updated ASIO integration — SampleRobot and WaveRobot now support the ASIO V2.2 standard which improves the communication with some audio interfaces. Furthermore the stability was optimized when using several audio interfaces with different ASIO drivers on one system.

• Optimized Export — In SampleRobot and SampleRobot Essentials you can now export projects that are not fully recorded. This makes testing of multi-samples in a software sampler environment a lot easier.

• New driver cleanup services — When closing and opening different audio drivers shortly after another, under special circumstances this could affect the audio performance of some interfaces. Due to the new cleanup services those issues do not occur any longer. Furthermore a special cleanup log is written to hard disc offering debugging options in the future.

• Save Preferences to Disk — Now you can save all settings manually to disk including MIDI and Audio setup, multi-sample setup and GUI / Zoom settings.

• MIDI Monitor filter — Real time MIDI messages (like “timing clock”) are filtered automatically in the MIDI monitor so that other messages can easily be identified.

• Updated program activation dialogue — Since the SKYLIFE server has moved to another location is was necessary to adapt all dedicated internet links for program activation.

• Default Autoload samples into Note/Loop/Release-Editor and WaveRobot — This important function to see the waveforms of all samples in a multi-sample just by rolling with the mouse pointer over the dedicated keys is now activated by default. Furthermore at the same time all dedicated sample information like length and loop behavior is displayed in an overlay window. For each key-sample individual zoom settings are stored.

• Demo versions — Several new graphical screens and also new internet links have been included in all demo versions. Furthermore all restrictions of the demo versions are displayed during program start.

• General improvements of the graphical user interface

Pricing for various editions:
SampleRobot Version 3.08: 419 $ / 219 £
SampleRobot Essentials Version 3.08: 159 $ / 89 £
SampleRobot Essentials + WaveRobot Version 3.08: 229 $ / 129 £
WaveRobot Version 3.08: 109 $ / 59 £ .

More information: www.samplerobot.com (International SampleRobot product website).

Meylan, France /Music Industry Newswire/ — Arturia announces the HIP-HOP PRODUCER, a complete, ready-to-go and ideal solution that will get you started in Hip-Hop music production! A high-quality synthesizer built by Arturia, 4 top-notch Electric Pianos from AAS and a great Hip Hop drum library made by ModernBeats give you all the weapons you need to start producing quality Hip Hop within Ableton Live Lite 8 Arturia Edition, also included in the box.

Four products are bundled in one box, four tools for the next generation of Hip Hop legends to pursue their passion:

Analog Factory Hip Hop is a synthesizer offering:
- 250 preset sounds carefully selected from the Arturia Classics collection – The original analog sounds thanks to Arturia TAE® technology
- Polyphony up to 32 voices with Unison possibilities

Ableton Live Lite Arturia Edition offers :
- Maximum of 8 tracks (either audio or MIDI)
- Audio Effects, MIDI effects, Instruments/Racks
- MPC-like sampler included

Lounge Lizard Session offers:
- Four engine presets covering the classic Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos
- High-end effects: tremolo, distortion, chorus, flanger, phaser, vibrato, wah, delays, and reverb

ModernBeats Hip Hop drums:
- From L.A. based sample artists ModernBeats, this custom built sound bank includes more than 1200 Hip Hop drum samples (beatbox, claps, scratch, analog drum machines, acoustic drums) and music loops (Tribal Xplosion).

Great Value: the reference software titles in their respective categories gather to offer the reference Hip Hop solution.

Great Deal: Analog Factory Hip Hop + Lounge Lizard Session + Modernbeatz Hip Hop Sounds + Ableton Live Lite (a non-time limited version of the most successful DAW today).

Great User Experience: One DVD with a single Installation process, one manual holding quickstarts, one single approach toward copy-protection.

More information: www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products/hiphop-producer/intro.html .

COLUMN: This week Cakewalk announced the latest update to their venerable DAW platform, SONAR. While it’s been updated annually with full incremental versions, sometimes to the criticism by users (e.g., “why not fix all issues with current version before launching a new one?”), Cakewalk’s team have chosen this year to do a .5 upgrade, since there is not enough new to warrant going to version 9. This is laudable, but is there enough new for existing users to pay an upgrade fee?

According to the company: “SONAR 8.5 Producer gives you what you need for recording, composing, editing, mixing, and mastering. Get innovations that matter, from exclusive features to ignite creativity and perfect your tracks, to groundbreaking technologies that always keep you in control, all backed by the industry’s leading 64-bit audio quality. And SONAR 8.5 Producer delivers the go-to production tools you want with the best collection of virtual instruments, mixing, and mastering effects found in any DAW.

With version 8.5, SONAR continues to innovate on all fronts. New beat creating and arrangement tools, a new drum instrument loaded with stellar kits, enhanced audio quantizing, new multi-stage effect plug-ins, and more combine together to make SONAR the most complete, most professional, and best sounding DAW on any platform.”

All well and good, but hype aside, what do you get?

In 8.5, the drum track toolkit, Session Drummer is now at version 3, and has an improved drumkit POV interface, dedicated page for fine-tuning kits, mix and match kits capability, and drag-and-drop support for building kits from wav or ogg files. Also notable is the inclusion of 10 high quality kits from Sonic Reality, with coupon for a free download of one of the highly regarded Ocean Way Drums kit. Also, 2 kits from Steven Slate Drums. If you don’t already have something like BFD, or Superior 2, or if you already use Session Drummer extensively, the new kits might be the tipping point for getting the upgrade all by itself.

Exclusive to Sonar Producer Edition (PE), is the new PX-64 Percussion Strip, which is (according to Cakewalk), “is a seven-stage processor designed specifically for shaping drum and percussion sounds. Like the VX-64 Vocal Strip, the PX-64 Percussion Strip employs Cakewalk’s exclusive tube saturation algorithms with unique filtering and auto-leveling circuitry technologies. Combining transient shaping, compression, expansion, equalization, delay, and tube saturation in one convenient plug-in, the PX-64 Percussion Strip includes 70 go-to presets along with click & drag reordering of processing stage routing, making it fast and easy to enhance any drum or percussion track in seconds.”

Also in PE 8.5, is the new VX-64 Vocal Strip, which will be of most interest to music producers who work with singers and vocal recording of any kind. According to Cakewalk, the VX-64 Vocal Strip “is a seven-stage processor designed for sculpting incredible sounding vocal tracks. Each of the VX-64′s stages have been fine-tuned to be vocal-specific, taking the work out of loading an entire chain of vocal processors. The VX-64 features a new Cakewalk technology that employs phase-coherent, multi-band saturation to avoid unwanted distortion; unique filtering to avoid artifacts at extreme high and low frequencies; and an auto-leveling circuit that prevents the tube saturation from sounding too harsh when high gain transients are processed by it. VX-64 also employs a new de-essing algorithm designed with Cakewalk’s LP-64 linear phase effect filtering technology to remove sibilance without creating any frequency smearing. The VX-64 includes 64 go-to presets and click & drag reordering of processing stage routing, making it fast and easy to get high quality vocals in seconds.”

But wait, there’s more! Enter the Matrix (sorry).

Also for PE 8.5, a new “Matrix View” (see photo), which at first glance looks a little like a mix of Ableton Live meets Cakewalk’s Project 5. The company description follows.

Matrix View – with simple and flexible cell-based, non-linear audio and MIDI arranging and triggering, the Matrix offers new ways to experiment with arrangements or creating remixes of existing songs, or quickly laying down beds of tracks for new songs in any genre. The Matrix is also a perfect tool for beat-juggling and triggering one-shots and backing tracks live.

The Matrix view is easy to use, simply drag-and-drop any type of audio or MIDI clip/file/pattern from the Track view, Media Brower or desktop into empty cell, then click individual cells or columns of cells to turn on and off playback. The Matrix provides a comfortable, trigger-anything looping environment using four trigger modes, multiple play styles, and advanced MIDI controls. Click the Capture button to simultaneously record your Matrix performance as an arrangement of audio and MIDI tracks in SONAR’s Track View.

Features:

•Cell-based view offering non-linear arrangement and live triggering.
•Sync to SONAR Transport / Track View.
•One-step capture of Matrix “performances” to Track View for more precise editing and mixing.
•Drag-drop any audio (multiple files at once) and MIDI content from the Track View or the Media Browser into the Matrix.
•Four triggering modes with measure, beat, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64 note resolutions.
•Play Styles: Global and Per-Cell modes for looping and latching (set cells to trigger from the beginning, or offset from SONAR Now Time).
•Flexible Routing: each row routes to a track, multiple rows can be routed to the same track, per row mute and exclusive solo.
•Completely MIDI controllable.

AudioSnap 2.0

A new version of AudioSnap now has an easier to use toolbar for all options like tempo, timing, filter, and render mode. Simpler transient marker appearance reduces visual clutter. New tempo detection algorithm auto-detects the tempo of all audio in SONAR and the Clip Tempo Map feature allows for easy manual tempo mapping of non-rhythmic, non-constant, or atypical audio.

Step Sequencer 2.0

Version 8.5 takes Sonar’s step sequencer “up another notch,” with new flam feature, auto populate feature, redesigned controller pane, enhance per-step parameter controls, and all 1.0 features retained. An interesting new twist is the “per step probability” feature, which “provides control over the probability of how often a step will be triggered. Use it to create automatic variations (make some steps only play occasionally) to keep repetitive patterns sounding fresh.”

Other stuff
An updated, integrated arpeggiator with hundreds of patterns, but enhanced “humanizing” features like swing for less robotic sounding repetitions. Roland V-Vocal is now included with Sonar Studio Edition 8.5 (previously only included with PE). An updated media browser helps keep track of loops, groove clips, and sequencer patterns.

Also, according to the company, they have made some additional new features, in addition to being Windows 7 ready.

During SONAR 8.5 development, Cakewalk engineers have added what we are calling a collection of “featurettes” that we are sure SONAR users will appreciate, since many of them came directly from user feedback, including:

•Convenient Freeze and Archive buttons on each track.
•Updated Insert Send Assistant, with matching track gain/pan while creating sends.
•Solo Button on all effects plug-in windows, to quickly solo and focus on the track being processed.
•New Track View grid lines options to present grid lines behind or in front of clips.
•New option to automatically lock scrolling during playback when initiating an edit.
•The Now Time cursor can be dragged to a new position during playback.
•DC Offset meter in the Cakewalk Analyst plug-in.
•New FX -SONAR 8.5 now includes the Project5 “Half-Rack” Tempo-Sync’d Effects, including the Alias Factor Bit Decimator, Classic Phaser, Compressor/Gate, HF Exciter, Mod Filter, Chorus/Flanger, Para-Q, StudioVerb II, and Tempo Delay.
•Installation has been simplified with an easy one-click install option that accepts all default settings and locations and installs the entire SONAR application, as well as plug-ins and content data.

And the bottom line is . . .
Upgrades for Studio Edition range from $79 to $249, depending on whether you get a download version, boxed version, or choose some of the optional add-ons (found in the Cakewalk Store online). Similarly the Producer Edition upgrades range from $99, to $449.

For example, the Sonar 8.5 Producer “Elite Piano Edition” is $179(US), and includes Sonar 8.5 PE download, full version of 4Front TruePianos, Sonar 8.5 DVDs, user guide. The “Elite Reverb Edition” with IK Multimedia Classik Studio Reverb is $199. The “Elite Guitar Edition” with full version of Guitar Rig 4 Pro, is also $199. The “Elite Notation Edition” with Notion3, is $229. The “Elite Restoration Edition” with iZotope RX, is $299. The basic boxed version by mail, with instant download, is $119 plus shipping and tax.

The download of 8.5 PE is about 2GB, and is a little slow (as of 9:30am PDT on Sept. 17) coming off the Amazon cloud servers. There is already a 8.5.1 patch to download at the same time, along with the Ocean Way drums coupon PDF. With the various “Elite” add-on editions, you might also have to download the application(s), except for those pending release (i.e., Guitar Rig 4 is not quite shipping yet).

Sweden /Music Industry Newswire/ — Toontrack Music proudly announce that Monster Drummer Peter Fredlander is back with the third package in the Monster MIDI series – Monster MIDI Pack 3 – Fills! Boasting more than 450 individually played fills with drum beats leading up to them, hierarchically organized by level of intensity and difficulty, this is a given must-have in your arsenal of MIDI and a shot of adrenalin to your creativity and songwriting! These fills and lead-ins will spice up your drum tracks like never before!

Works for all genres – fills to suit anything from mellow Pop to insane Metal!

Works with EZdrummer®, Superior Drummer® or any GM compatible drum kit (optimized for 1 kick, 1 snare, 2 toms, 1 floortom, 2 crash-cymbals, 1 ride-cymbal).

Available now.

MADISON, Wisc. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio production applications, today announced the availability of Sound Forgeâ„¢ Pro 10 digital audio production suite. Sound Forge Pro 10 new features include event-based editing, disc-at-once CD burning, iZotopeâ„¢ 64-bit SRCâ„¢ (sample rate conversion), MBIT+â„¢ dither (bit-depth conversion), musical instrument file processing, and the élastique Pro timestretch/pitch shift plug-in. In addition, Sound Forge Pro 10 software provides exclusive new enhancements, including customizable window layouts, metadata editing, performance optimizations, and interactive tutorials. These new features create a powerful and flexible audio production environment, increasing workflow and efficiency while consistently delivering the pristine audio quality the recording industry has come to expect from Sound Forge software.

“Digital audio production is a staple of not only the traditional recording industry, but also video game developers, post-production houses, video producers, web media creators, sound designers, and mobile device content producers. While developing this new version, we took into account the specific challenges each one of these industries face and incorporated many new features that provide unique solutions for these diverse professional needs,” said Dave Chaimson, Sony Creative Software vice president of global marketing. “Extensive customer feedback and industry input ensure that the enhancements in Sound Forge Pro 10 software will intuitively handle the most complex projects of professional producers in today’s varied digital audio fields.”

New Sound Forge Pro 10 Feature Highlights
Key new features in Sound Forge Pro 10 include:
- Event-based editing
Event-based editing is ideal for precise audio mastering, assembling project sketches, or laying out tracks for authoring disc-at-once CDs. In Sound Forge 10, users can quickly move, split, slip, and trim events, create fades, apply ASR envelopes and crossfades within in a single data window for more precise audio control.
- Integrated Disc-at-Once (DAO) CD burning
Integrated disc-at-once CD burning results in time savings and provides a more efficient workflow when generating Red Book compliant disc-at-once premasters of music suitable for professional replication. Perform full PQ code editing, create live-style CDs, add CD text and metadata, and use high-resolution source audio with precise conversion to Red Book audio.
- Zplane élastique Pro Timestretch DirectX® plug-in
The élastique time stretch and pitch shift plug-in provides better sounding audio when processing audio files. Users can also monitor and adjust settings while previewing in real-time, and select from various stretching methods that are tailored to their source audio including Pro, Soloist, and Efficient modes.
-Zotope 64-bit SRC (sample rate conversion) and MBIT+ dither (bit-depth conversion)
The iZotope 64-bit SRC utilizes a hybrid low pass filter design, resulting in pristine audio with less aliasing converting material from one sampling rate to another. The iZotope MBIT+ dither employs psychoacoustic methods to distribute noise into less audible ranges, resulting in improved audio and smoother fades when converting the bit rates of audio files.
-Musical instrument file processing (.DLS, .SF2, .GIG)
Sound Forge Pro 10 software opens, processes, and saves DLS, GigaStudio/GigaSampler, and SoundFont 2.0 musical instrument files. Users can view bank, instrument, note range, and sample information. Effects and processes can easily be added directly to samples.
- Customizable window layouts
Customizable window layouts are designed to maximize productivity by allowing users to create and save multiple unique interface layout configurations for single and dual monitor systems, and recall a window layout for specific editing tasks such as audio editing, CD layout, and multichannel file editing.
- Mastering Effects Bundle 2 powered by iZotopeâ„¢
The powerful bundle of audio mastering tools included with Sound Forge 10 is valued at over $200 and includes six professional plug-ins to expertly master and enhance audio production: Mastering EQ, Mastering Reverb, Multiband Compressor, Mastering Limiter, Stereo Imager, and Harmonic Exciter.
-Interactive tutorials.
Sony Creative Software’s unique interactive tutorials provide walkthrough demonstrations of common features and functionality, including DAO CD burning, vinyl recording and restoration in order to help users spend less time learning and more time editing and mastering audio projects.

rice and Availability

The Sound Forge Pro 10 digital audio production software is now available in English and Japanese from www.sonycreativesoftware.com and select retailers and e-tailers worldwide. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for Sound Forge Pro 10 software is U.S. $499.

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today announced KOMPLETE 6, the latest version of its popular software bundle that has become a mainstay with professional musicians and producers. The new collection offers a veritable arsenal of acclaimed instruments and effects that cover all areas of modern music production, including powerful new versions of ABSYNTH, GUITAR RIG and KONTAKT, at a significantly reduced price point.

KOMPLETE 6 incorporates the latest ABSYNTH 5, KONTAKT 4 and GUITAR RIG 4 PRO versions, which add significant creative capabilities over their predecessors, complemented by BATTERY 3, FM8, MASSIVE and REAKTOR 5. All included products offer comprehensive compatibility for current host software versions and operating systems. ELEKTRIK PIANO is now included within the new KONTAKT factory library, while AKOUSTIK PIANO, B4 II and PRO-53 are no longer part of the bundle due to their discontinuation as individual products. Overall, KOMPLETE 6 includes an assortment of 7,000 individual preset sounds based on 60 GByte of premium sample material.

With its powerful selection of state-of-the-art instruments and effects at only half the price of the previous bundle generation, KOMPLETE 6 continues to mark the cutting edge of software instrument technology, and provides an invaluable resource for all areas of modern music production and performance.

KOMPLETE 6 will be available in October 2009 for a suggested retail price of $559 / 499 EUR. An update for owners of KOMPLETE 2/3/4/5 will be available for $169 / 149 EUR.

Furthermore, Native Instruments will offer a special time-limited upgrade for owners of any version of KONTAKT or REAKTOR. These users will be able to purchase KOMPLETE 6 at a special price of $339 / 299 EUR until December 31st 2009.