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Neil Peart Drums Volume 1: The Kit is Now Available for Kontakt
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 – 18:45:47 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Neil Peart Drums Volume 1: The Kit is Now Available for Kontakt

SUNRISE, Fla. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Sonic Reality announced today that their new Neil Peart series drum sample instrument library, Neil Peart Drums Volume 1: The Kit, is shipping in the NI Kontakt-compatible edition (requires …

CDSoundMaster Announces NICE EQ Solid State and Vacuum Tube VST Plug-Ins
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 – 11:53:08 +0000 UTC | No Comment
CDSoundMaster Announces NICE EQ Solid State and Vacuum Tube VST Plug-Ins

ATLANTA, Ga. /Music Industry Newswire/ — CDSoundMaster, an accomplished developer of custom mixing and mastering software, as well as custom recording hardware, announces the release of the NICE EQ VST Plug-In. This ground-breaking software equalizer …

PSP Audioware announce PSP 85
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 – 18:45:11 +0000 UTC | No Comment

WARSAW, Poland /Music Industry Newswire/ — PSP Audioware let us know today they have announced a release of their new delay plug-in: PSP 85, the successor of the PSP 84. According to the company: “PSP …

V-Plugs Releases the Uranium compressor
Tue, 25 May 2010 – 17:21:14 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Haifa, Israel /Music Industry Newswire/ — V-Plugs is proud to announce the release of the Uranium compressor. Based on V-Plugs new “Smart Dynamic Control” technology (SDC), Uranium presents an alternative to classic compressors with new …

Native Instruments Introduces DEEP FREQ
Wed, 19 May 2010 – 17:41:02 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today introduced DEEP FREQ, a powerful effects processing suite for use with KORE 2 and the free KORE PLAYER. Complementing the acclaimed DEEP RECONSTRUCTIONS and DEEP TRANSFORMATIONS …

Best Service announces new version and a dramatically reduced price for Elastique Pitch by Zplane
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 – 19:20:17 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Best Service announces new version and a dramatically reduced price for Elastique Pitch by Zplane

Muenchen, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Elastique Pitch is a professional Plug-In for Real Time Pitch Shifting with an interface designed to allow quick and intuitive interaction with all parameters. Elastique is designed to be …

VirSyn Announce Release of Matrix 2.0
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 – 00:52:33 +0000 UTC | No Comment

PFINZTAL, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — MATRIX 2.0 – The Voice Coder goes classic. Two Vocoders in one! Inspired by the legendary VSM 201 Vocoder from Sennheiser VirSyn has given MATRIX an additional Filter module …

Crysonic Australia announces nXtasy V3 Multi Band Analog Harmonic Saturation Audio DSP Plug-in
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 – 21:44:24 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Adelaide SA /Music Industry Newswire/ — Crysonic releases Version 3.0 of their multi-octave Harmonic Tube Saturation inducing DSP plug-in for Mac OSX and PC in Native formats. V3 improves upon results attained by its predecessor …

Crysonic Releases V3.5 of Spectralive NXT – Next Generation Audio Plugin for Mac OS X and PC
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 – 01:15:52 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Adelaide SA /Music Industry Newswire/ — Crysonic today released Version 3.5 of their flagship product Spectralive NXT and is available in Native Mac OSX AU,VST (PPC /Intel Mac) and PC VST formats. Spectralive NXT …

IK Multimedia announces AmpliTube 3
Sun, 17 Jan 2010 – 17:44:18 +0000 UTC | No Comment

NAMM 2010 /Music Industry Newswire/ — IK Multimedia is proud to present AmpliTube 3, a massive upgrade of the leading guitar and bass tone gear-modeling software! AmpliTube 3 raises the industry standard of sound variety, …

V-Plugs releases Echo Trip VST Plugin for Windows
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 – 18:33:13 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Haifa, Israel /Music Industry Newswire/ — V-Plugs is proud to announce the release of Echo Trip – a new flexible echo plug-in that offers an accurate emulation of various classic echo units, along with countless …

Crysonic Releases Next Generation SINDO V3 Audio Plugin for Mac and PC
Tue, 08 Dec 2009 – 17:24:15 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Adelaide SA /Music Industry Newswire/ — Crysonic today announced the release of SINDO V3 and availability in Native Mac OSX AU,VST (PPC /Intel Mac) and PC VST formats. SINDO V3 is Crysonics third Generation Professional …

Roger Linn Design releases AdrenaLinn Sync Plug-In
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 – 16:24:44 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Roger Linn Design releases AdrenaLinn Sync Plug-In

BERKELEY, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — AdrenaLinn Sync is a new software plug-in from Roger Linn Design that provides the same unique beat-synced filter modulation and sequencing effects of our AdrenaLinn III guitar pedal. However, …

VirSyn announces KLON – The Vocal Designer
Tue, 06 Oct 2009 – 17:50:06 +0000 UTC | No Comment

PFINZTAL, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Pump up your voice! The heart of the vocal designer plugin KLON is a harmonic pitch shifter for natural pitch and formant manipulation of vocal sounds in realtime. KLON …

iZotope’s New ALLOY Plug-in Introduces a Unique Take on Six Essential Mixing Tools
Mon, 05 Oct 2009 – 16:20:01 +0000 UTC | No Comment
iZotope’s New ALLOY Plug-in Introduces a Unique Take on Six Essential Mixing Tools

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. /Music Industry Newswire/ — ­ iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in audio signal processing, announces Alloy, a new audio plug-in that combines six essential sound shaping tools into one integrated interface. iZotope’s award-winning …

New ARC TDM tunes your Pro Tools room to perfection
Sat, 19 Sep 2009 – 17:29:55 +0000 UTC | No Comment

SUNRISE, Fla. /Music Industry Newswire/ — IK is proud to announce the availability of the new ARC System TDM for Pro Tools HD Accel. Together with ARC Native, it is the first and only acoustic …

Crysonic announces release of SPECTRALIVE NXT V3 – Intelligent Spectral Audio Vitalizer
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 – 17:01:46 +0000 UTC | No Comment
Crysonic announces release of SPECTRALIVE NXT V3 – Intelligent Spectral Audio Vitalizer

Adelaide SA /Music Industry Newswire/ — Crysonic today announced the release of SPECTRALIVE NXT V3 and availability in Native Mac OSX AU,VST (PPC /Intel Mac) and PC VST formats. Spectralive NXT V3 is Crysonic’s third …

During Sept. Get Line 6 POD Farm Plug-in for FREE
Wed, 02 Sep 2009 – 03:15:46 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Calabasas, Calif. /Music Industry Newsire/ — Line 6 announced today that during Sept. 2009 they are giving away free licenses for their POD Farm plug-in for VST and RTAS. POD Farm, the premium tone plug-in, …

iZotope Releases Radius for Apple Soundtrack Pro
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 – 18:04:59 +0000 UTC | No Comment

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. /Music Industry Newswire/ — ­iZotope, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of iZotope Radius for Logic and Apple Soundtrack Pro, a new version of their high-end time stretching and pitch shifting algorithm …

Native Instruments introduces DISCOVERY SERIES: NORTH INDIA
Mon, 11 May 2009 – 19:10:07 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today introduced NORTH INDIA, a new sound library that captures and recreates the charismatic tones of classical North Indian music with unparalleled authenticity. It also marks the …

Native Instruments releases URBAN ARSENAL 2 for KORE
Fri, 01 May 2009 – 20:21:09 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today released URBAN ARSENAL 2, a new collection of production-ready sound material for contemporary hip-hop and similar music styles. Created in collaboration with established urban music producers …

New product from VirSyn – FDelay – The Rhythmiser
Wed, 25 Feb 2009 – 16:07:35 +0000 UTC | No Comment

PFINZTAL, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Pimp up your loops with VirSyn – FDelay – The Rhythmiser! The multi-band delay machine FDELAY is an exciting tool for sound design and loop manipulation in realtime. In …

Winter NAMM 2009 sees the launch of Novation’s first independent collection of VST/AU plug-ins
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 – 10:30:36 +0000 UTC | No Comment

High Wycombe, U.K. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Novation’s Plug-in FX suite provides five key effects from Novation’s illustrious synth heritage, including signature effects derived from the legendary SuperNova II. The five independent VST/AU plug-ins include …

Announcing Two VST and AU Plug-in Suites from Focusrite
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 – 10:20:20 +0000 UTC | No Comment

High Wycombe, U.K. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Introducing Focusrite’s first independent VST/AU plug-in suite plus Guitar FX, a joint collaboration from Focusrite and Overloud. Winter NAMM 2009 sees the launch of Focusrite’s first independent collection …

iZotope Powers Sony ACID Pro 7 Effect Rack
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 – 18:01:43 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Cambridge, Mass. /Music Industry Newswire/ — iZotope, Inc., a leading developer of tools for musicians and audio professionals, has licensed several audio technologies to Sony for their recent release of ACID Pro 7 Digital Audio …

SM Pro Audio Now Shipping V-Machine VST Player
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 – 22:04:20 +0000 UTC | No Comment

Champlain, N.Y. — ­ SM Pro Audio is now shipping their highly anticipated V-Machine VST player in the US market. The V-Machine is a compact VST/VSTi hardware playback module designed to take plug-ins on the …