iZotope Iris | Powerful Sonic Experimentation & Sound Design Virtual Instrument

Driven by iZotope’s award-winning visual selection technology, iZotope Iris is a groundbreaking sample-based synthesizer that harnesses the power of both your eyes and your ears. iZotope Iris is perfect for musical inspiration and sonic experimentation and allows you to explore the spectral details of your audio, extract and isolate the most interesting sonic components and combine the unthinkable. Automatic root note detection means you can keep your new combination of noises, textures, soundscapes and even mistakes sounding musical, plus, thanks to iZotope´s world class reverbs, distortions and delays, you can enhance and invigorate your sounds.

Guitar Center opens new Guitar Center Studios Facilities in 2012

In the first quarter of 2012, Guitar Center expanded operations at two of its stores – Highland Park, Illinois, and Tucson, Arizona – by adding Guitar Center Studios, an in-house, state-of-the-art lesson facility, which will create unrivaled opportunities for area musicians of all ages and skill levels. Guitar Center Studios provides music lessons from beginner to advanced featuring certified instructors teaching world-class curriculum as well as one-on-one courses on Pro Tools, Logic Pro and GarageBand. Guitar Center Studios is now the most modern and affordable lessons facility in the area.

Allen & Heath wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Pro audio mixer manufacturer, Allen & Heath, has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. The honour has been granted for the company’s outstanding achievement in export growth between 2008 and 2011, with overseas earnings growing by 64%, along with growth in turnover and profit.

This is the second time the veteran Cornish manufacturer has won a Queen’s Award, having previously been recognised in 1995 in the same category. “As a British company, we are thrilled to be recognised by the Queen’s Award Office once again. Since Allen & Heath’s inception in 1969, our goal has been to build a premium global brand, and the relationships we have formed with our distribution partners, which now number more than 80 across the globe, are key to our success,” comments Allen & Heath’s MD, Glenn Rogers.

EAW launches Powercube Power and Processing Modules

EAW recently has announced the release of their Powercube Amplifier Racks. Designed to maximize the capabilities of EAW’s Line Arrays, each Powercube amplifier rack includes electrical power distribution, 12 channels of amplifier power with integrated digital signal processing and 12-channel input and output.

DTS partners with Ateme to deliver premium sound to the next generation of VOD Services

DTS, Inc. has announced an international agreement with ATEME, the leading provider of efficient video compression technology, to integrate DTS Neural Surround™ technology into its Titan range of video transcoders, enabling surround sound in the latest generation of IPTV, OTT and VOD services. This collaboration offers an end-to-end solution that allows broadcasters and service providers to deliver premium entertainment content with immersive audio into the home.

DTS Alliance with Adobe brings DTS High Definition Audio to Adobe Creative Suite Users

DTS, Inc. has announced that Adobe Systems Incorporated has integrated DTS audio technology to enhance the upcoming release of Adobe® Encore® CS6 software, the latest 64-bit version of the disc authoring software tool designed for video professionals, which is included with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and Adobe CS6 Production Premium. The software’s integration of DTS-HD Master Audio™, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio™ and DTS Digital Surround™ technologies enables users to publish Blu-ray Disc ™ and DVD disc images with up to 5.1 channels of surround sound for an immersive audio experience and condensed audio file size, which increases multi-device compatibility.

Steinberg New Releases | Dark Planet VST Sound Instrument Set

Dark Planet is the new VST Sound Instrument Set launched by Steinberg. It is loaded with hundreds of creepy sounds, shattering loops and eerie instruments including leads, basses, drums or effects. Steinberg’s Dark Planet VST Sound Instrument Set is suitable for cinematic scores and also for industrial music productions or dark ambient tracks. The integrated MorphFilter and the onboard effects provide everything needed to add spine-tingling ingredients to your productions and fuel your fantasies with the gloom of the Dark Planet.

Event Electronics introduces 2030 – Three Way Studio Monitors

Event Electronics has announced their first three-way monitoring system – Event Electronics 2030. The new studio monitors from Event are combining three discrete drivers for a very accurate reproduction of the entire audio spectrum.

“We’re incredibly excited about the 2030” said Event’s Global Sales & Marketing Manager, Damien Wilson. “Both the 20/20BAS and the Opal are truly legendary speakers, and now we are able to offer an accurate, detailed three-way system at a price that makes the 2030 the clear leader in its category”.

Waves Audio releases NLS Non-Linear Summing Plugin

Waves Audio is now shipping its NLS Non-Linear Summer, which delivers the sound of three classic consoles in one powerful plugin. To create NLS, Waves joined forces with three of today’s leading producer / engineers Mark ´Spike´ Stent, Mike Hedges and Yoad Nevo – modeling their rare mixing desks.

Zero-G releases Luminoso Live Violin Phrases

“Luminoso Live Violin Phrases” is the newest release from Zero-G available on TimeSpace.Com virtual instruments, vst plugins and sample libraries online store. Zero-G Luminoso Live Violin Phrases was produced by Dan Graham, well-known composer for Zero-G, also guilty for another “hits” … Animato and Spiritoso Samples Libraries.

Performed by two world-class violinists from the Liverpool Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Luminoso: Live Phrases is a 15GB collection of thousands of live recorded 6-bar looped phrase. Despite recording only two players, the instrument cleverly layers up to 6 different bars in real-time for the effective sound of a 12-piece string section, or if you wish, you can dial it down to the sound of a solo violin.