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Orphica Piano, French Harpsichord, and Italian Harpsichord 3 Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  ORPHICA PIANO - produced by Realsamples. The Orphica Piano library offers an very special little piano: Invented by Carl Leopold Röllig, the small portable piano type was exclusively built by piano maker Joseph Donal at the end of the 18th century. Produced for merely about 15 years, the Orphica remains one of the rarest pianos today – worldwide, only 30 instruments have been preserved at the very most. Inventor Röllig was reminded of the “Lyre of Orpheus”, so he chose the name accordingly for what happens to be a predecessor of today’s portable keyboard.The instrument featured in this sample library was built around 1798 and offers a slinky, charming and lively piano tone unlike any regular piano sound – thanks to its small size featuring three octaves, it has a different main focus: Twinkle-toed, yet present with chocolate-like mids and with the typical piano-like grace, it can be great for any piano track asking for a fresh, unconsumed sound... Continue reading: EastWest and Realsamples Announce Orphica Piano, French Harpsichord, and Italian Harpsichord 3 in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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StudioBox Mark II Sound Effects Library Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Welcome to an exceptional library! Now with nearly double amount of sounds and gigabytes StudioBox Mark II is one of the most comprehensive sound effects libraries. Use it – Love it. Studiobox Mark II offers state-of-the-art high quality sound effects and ambiences. Sound tracks and special effects for multimedia web design, video, games, TV, jingles and ambient music. WAV files only!VOL 1 Nature 4,08GB 680 Sounds - comprehensive collection of “nature” backgrounds. jungle atmos, rain forest, country, mountain, rain, hail, thunder, underwater, water (coast, creek, lake), mix (bubbles, fountain, drops, splash...), ocean, river, waterfall, wind and storm), animals: birds, chicken, ducks, geese, bull, cows, dogs, elephant, frogs, goats, horses, insects (bees, cicades, crickets, fly, grass-hopper), lion, monkeys, pigs, sheeps, whales, dolphin, sheeps, wolf ... Continue reading: EastWest and Best Service Announce StudioBox Mark II - Comprehensive Sound Effects Library in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Galaxy II K4 Grand Piano Collection Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  The enhanced, all new Galaxy II / Kontakt 4 is setting a new level. The highly rated Galaxy II Grand Piano Collection has been upgraded to Galaxy II K4, which includes the new Kontakt Player 4, a new user interface, new features, better performance and additional samples. Galaxy II contains three grand pianos: the Vienna Grand (a powerful Bösendorfer Imperial), the 1929 German Baby Grand (a Vintage Blüthner baby grand), and the 5 star awarded Galaxy Steinway in stereo and 5.1 surround. Galaxy II K4 is based on the new Kontakt 4 engine by Native Instruments, presenting new features, better performance and a completely redesigned direct access user interface.Version 4 offers true half pedaling, true repedaling and dynamically playable pedal, damper and string noises when using a continuous sustain pedal. Additional resonance release and noise samples have been added and all the 30GB of samples of Galaxy II have been revised and enhanced. Galaxy Piano’s Version 4 takes the Galaxy II Grand Piano Collection to an new level... Continue reading: EastWest and Best Service Announce the Galaxy II K4 Grand Piano Collection in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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VOCALOID2 Tonio - Virtual Male Classical Singer Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  TONIO is modelled on the actual voice of a professional male classical singer. With a vocal register that covers both baritone and tenor Tonio has a voice that will satisfy the most demanding of compositions. Tonio has a voice that is full of unmistakable character, colour and charm. He will hit those high notes every time with perfect accuracy. Whether it's soaring leads, harmonies or backing vocals, Tonio can sing any word from the English language (and other languages too with a little work). Tonio is also very well suited if you want to be adventurous and experimental, since his voice can be easily modified and shaped in many ways.In addition to singing any words or combination of syllables or phonemes you can imagine, TONIO will spread any sustained vowel (or voiced consonant) across as many notes as you like, with perfect legato. You can select from several different natural vibrato types and... Continue reading: EastWest and Zero-G Announce VOCALOID2 Tonio - Virtual Male Classical Singer in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Vir2 Violence Solo Violin Multidimensional Virtual Instrument Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Created for both musical use and sound design, Violence features an unprecedented deconstruction of a solo violin recorded from numerous angles: bowed, scraped, hit, plucked, played with mallets, chopsticks, guitar picks, and wet fingers. Then the sound design was repitched, layered, and post-processed through an array of unusual tools to produce sounds unlike any found in other virtual instruments. More than eighty unique patches were designed, each with a custom set of scripted knobs and controls all conveniently organized into four categories of sounds: Drum Kits, Melodic, Pads and Sound Effects, and Tempo-Synced.The inspiration for Violence came from the influential American composer John Cage, whose extensive experiments with prepared piano yielded new timbres and effects. What Cage did on the piano, Violence brings to the violin... Continue reading: Vir2 Releases Violence: A Solo Violin Multidimensional Virtual Instrument in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Cakewalk Rapture and Dimension Pro Synth Updates Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, announces the availability of the free Rapture / Rapture LE 1.22 and Dimension Pro / Dimension LE 1.5 updates.The Rapture / Rapture LE Update is a available as a free download for registered customers along, with a comprehensive list of what is included in the update. The Dimension Pro / Dimension LE Update is a available as a free download for registered customers along, with a comprehensive list of what is included in the update. Continue reading: Cakewalk Releases Rapture and Dimension Pro Updates for Mac OS and Windows in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Cakewalk V-Studio 20 Mac Support Update Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, announces immediate availability of a new Mac Support update for the V-Studio 20. The free V-Studio 20 Mac Support update is available at the Cakewalk website (see below).The V-Studio 20 Mac Support update enables the VS-20 hardware and Effects Editor to be used with all popular Mac-based recording software titles. The update provides Mac users with all the benefits of recording with the V-Studio 20 COSM guitar and vocal effects; and use of the V-Studio 20 hardware as dedicated universal DAW controller. Additionally, both GarageBand and Logic can be further integrated into the V-Studio 20 system using the included custom control surface plug-in included in this update... Continue reading: Cakewalk Announces Availability of Mac Support update for V-Studio 20 in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Ueberschall Indie Rock Elastik Soundbank Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Ueberschall announces the availability of Indie Rock Elastik Soundbank. Indie Rock is an unique library for Indie, Brit Pop, Rock as well as other surrounding genres. Each of the 18 Construction Kits delivers a well composed track (including an A and B part, break and intro & outro), professionally recorded drum sets, bass lines, guitar takes and synths. Indie Rock serves as a perfect band in a box for inspiring ideas. Exceptional for song layouts, movie scoring, jingles & advertisements, creative media ventures and countless additional musical applications.A closer look into the 3.8 GB package reveals more than 1507 loops and samples of supremely engineered and recorded instruments. The drum set was pedantically mic‘d and is available in different single lines: bass drum, snare top, snare bottom, high-hat, ride, tom, overhead and room... Continue reading: Ueberschall Announces the Availability of Indie Rock - New Elastik Soundbank in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Pioneer's New CDJ-850 Digital Media Player Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. Professional Sound and Visual Division redefines the DJ experience with the announcement of its new CDJ-850 digital media player, inspired by Pioneer’s cutting-edge professional CDJ series for the next generation of DJ entertainers. The CDJ-850 player adopts many of the technical advances made in the industry standard, pro-series versions and invites all levels of DJs to create, perform and share mixes like a professional.Pioneer is dedicated to bringing DJs the best audio/video and live performance products. For newer DJs looking to elevate and greatly enhance their performance and creativity, Pioneer’s CDJ-850 delivers enhanced mixing features, excellent audio quality and a new platform for them to share their music... Continue reading: Play Like a Professional DJ with Pioneer’s New CDJ Digital Media Player - the CDJ-850 in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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The Fast Guide to Cubase 5 Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  The Fast Guide to Cubase 5 provides the essential information you need to quickly master the program and also explores creative music production and advanced recording techniques. The book is packed full of hints, tips and tutorials and includes a comprehensive website list and glossary. 100 speed tips and a powerful macro library take your music production and programming skills to the next level.Combining extensive Cubase know-how and theoretical knowledge from the worlds of sound recording and music technology, this book helps take your projects from conception and multi-track recording right through to mixing and mastering. The Fast Guide to Cubase 5 is the ideal companion for all users of the software, including musicians, producers, sound recordists and audio professionals... Continue reading: PC Publishing Releases The Fast Guide to Cubase 5 in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Celeste Add-On for Pianoteq Virtual Piano Instrument Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  MODARTT releases Pianoteq add-on Celeste which includes a celesta and a glockenspiel. These instruments are appreciated for their pure, bell-like sound, and are still popular today, appearing in everything from marching bands to jazz ensembles. The celesta has an appearance of an acoustic upright piano. It consists of metal plates stroke by felt hammers resembling piano hammers and there is also a sustain pedal. The timbre is very soft and subtle. The Pianoteq virtual copy is modeled after a modern five-octave German brand.The glockenspiel is also made of metal plates but is stroke by hard metal mallets held by the musician, and is smaller and higher in pitch. The timbre is much more brilliant than the celesta. The Pianoteq virtual copy, modeled after a modern French brand, has been slightly extended to cover four octaves... Continue reading: Modartt Releases Celeste Add-On for Pianoteq Virtual Piano Instrument in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Cakewalk Superstars Songwriting Competition Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, Intel Corporation, and the preeminent online community-powered, new music discovery site, OurStage, have come together to launch another exciting competition for songwriters and music producers.The “Superstars” songwriting competition invites artists to submit original music in six music genres: Rock, Pop, Country, Singer-Songwriter, Urban, and Latin. The submitted tracks will be judged by fans of Intel’s Facebook page with 31 prizes —five winners from each genre and one Grand Prize— to be awarded. More than $50,000 in prize packages will be available, including Intel® Core™ -processor based computers, Cakewalk SONAR Producer Software, V-Studio 100 & V-Studio 20 recording solutions, and promotion to the millions of OurStage and Intel fans. The Grand Prize is $10,000 cash that can be used to record an album, tour the country, fix up the band van, pay the rent, or anything else a ”Superstar” would need... Continue reading: Cakewalk, Intel, and OurStage Launch the Superstars Songwriting Competition in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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ARTICLE: Customizing The Cakewalk Tools Menu Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Cakewalk SONAR, Guitar Tracks Pro, and SONAR Home Studio allow you to launch other software applications using the Tools menu. For example, if you have an audio editor installed on your computer (such as Sony's Sound Forge), you will see it listed in the Tools menu. This lets you edit your audio data using another program without having to close down the Cakewalk software. But the Tools menu can also be used to launch any other type of software. Programs like Sound Forge are usually detected by your computer automatically, but for other programs like utilities, you have to add them manually. This is done with a little tweaking of the Windows Registry.Manipulating the Windows Registry can be a bit dangerous. Even small changes to the settings can cause your computer to crash, so please be very careful and follow these instructions very closely. I won’t be held responsible for any damage that may occur, so please take care. The first thing to do is make a backup copy of your Windows registry. That way you can return it back to its previous state in case you have an accident. To make a backup, follow these steps... Read the ARTICLE: Customizing The Cakewalk Tools Menu in Articles. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Native Instruments SESSION STRINGS Virtual String Ensemble Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Native Instruments has introduced SESSION STRINGS, a versatile virtual string ensemble for KONTAKT 4 and the free KONTAKT PLAYER. Brought to life through the advanced functionality of the KONTAKT platform, SESSION STRINGS provides charismatic, highly expressive acoustic string sounds for pop, soul, R&B, disco, house and other contemporary music styles.SESSION STRINGS recreates a string ensemble comprising four violins, three violas, two celli and two double basses, captured and produced in one of Germany's most renowned recording studios by sampling expert Thomas Koritke's new sound design house e-instruments. All recordings were taken from exclusive instruments from the 18th and 19th century, played by top musicians from some of the finest European orchestras, resulting in outstanding tone and articulations on the highest level of musical virtuosity. By fully utilizing the advanced features of the KONTAKT platform, SESSION STRINGS puts the full expressive arsenal of a world-class string ensemble at the fingertips of the user... Continue reading: Native Instruments Introduces SESSION STRINGS Virtual String Ensemble for KONTAKT in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Ueberschall C.R.U.N.K. Elastik Soundbank Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  C.R.U.N.K. is an new jam-packed release which includes 24 Construction Kits providing 3.4 GB of full-range Crunk & Dirty-South action. Each of the 24 Construction Kits delivers a well composed and professionally produced track (including a main part, variation, intro/outro). With a range of 58 bpm to 127 bpm, you‘ll find unique tracks, which have their own tension, feeling and style. Everything has been designed to conform to the musical genre and the samples comprise a state-of-the-art library, made to achieve true urban sound.This product will keep you ahead of the game with nothing less than feverish perfectionism at your disposal. A close look into the 3.4 GB package, finds more than 1313 loops and samples of supremely engineered and recorded instruments. C.R.U.N.K. offers a massive variety of style accurate drum loops, synth patterns, voices, bass lines, chord progressions, atmospheres, percussion and fx sounds, which can be painlessly bonded to one another. BPM information and root key (key signatures) are embedded in all loop file names, streamlining the selection process... Continue reading: Ueberschall Announces the Availability of C.R.U.N.K. - a New Elastik Soundbank in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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