Live Audio Recording | SSL announces Live Recorder

Solid State Logic has announced the introduction of Live Recorder, the system that provides a great solution for high channel count Live, Location or Broadcast Recording. Live Recorder is ideal for Live Music Recording from FOH console systems, Location Film Sound Recording, TV Broadcast Production Studios and Broadcast Production Trucks.

SSL Live-Recorder system connects via standard optical MADI so can connect directly to MADI equipped Digital Mixing Consoles, venue audio distribution infrastructure (Riedel, Optocore etc) or Broadcast Routers. The system presents significant cost saving opportunities when compared to Hard Disk Recorders or other DAW recorder systems. Live-Recorder systems can record up to 128Ch@24bit/48kHz or 64Ch@24bit/96kHz.

Magix releases Sequoia 12, the newest version of their well-known DAW

Magix has announced this week the version 12 of their well-known DAW, Sequoia. The latest generation sets new standards for high defintion DAW’s, offering maximum flexibility, performance and efficiency: providing extensive improvements for the unique multisync editing, loudness metering according EBU R128, Spectral Cleaning as well as for the continually developing source destination edits.

Samplitude Pro X & Samplitude Pro X Suite | Professional Music Production from Recording to Mastering

Magix will release on September 27, the 12nd version of their well known software platform for music and audio production … Samplitude Pro X & Samplitude Pro X Suite. The german version of Samplitude Pro X is already on the market since July 25th. Thanks to the new updates, upgrades and features Samplitude Pro X is one of the best DAW for professional audio editing and processing covering the whole field of music production process, from recording and arranging to editing and mixing and in the final step to professional mastering and authoring. Samplitude Pro X comes with a fully customizable interface, an audio engine with full bit transparency, oustanding high end plug-ins and professional mastering tools, 5.1 surround mixing feature and more …

Steinberg introduces the CMC USB Controller Series

Steinberg unveils some new USB controllers that can be individually combined to form a Cubase Control System. Comprising six slim units, the Steinberg CMC Controller Series has all the control options that you need – whether you are recording, editing and mixing music, creating beats or performing live. Each of the six slim-sized controllers is unique in its own way and features a dedicated set of rotary encoders, touch faders or pads designed to take hands-on control of a specific section in Cubase.

Cakewalk announces Sonar X1 Expanded

Cakewalk today announces Sonar X1 Expanded, providing new capability for Sonar Producer customers. Sonar X1 Expanded provides Sonar Producer users with additional functionality to extend an already impressive toolset and take their productions to new heights along with new delivery options.

Cakewalk releases Sonar X1 Production Suite

Cakewalk today announced the availability in October 2011 of Sonar X1 Production Suite their most powerful professional music production suite on the Windows platform.

New audio processing software | Roland announces R-MIX

Roland today announces R-MIX, a new audio processing software. Roland R-MIX features the newly developed V-Remastering technology and the highly-acclaimed VariPhrase technology and for that it allows you to see the individual components of a stereo mix as color-coded clouds of harmonic matter and to apply effects or center cancel exactly where and as you wish within the mix. Roland R-MIX can help musicians learn songs by offering focused access to any desired instrument in the mix and the ability to slow down fast or complicated sections.

Updates | Steinberg updates Cubase to the version 6.0.3 (Maintenance Update)

Steinberg announced today that Cubase has reached version 6.0.3. It is more about a maintenance update rather than a major one. Cubase 6, Cubase Artist 6 and Cubase Elements 6 – all are now available as version 6.0.3 and can be downloaded from Steinberg Site.

Update | Propellerhead announes Reason 6 and debuts Reason Essentials

Combining all the features from Record, Propellerhead Reason 6 adds audio recording and editing, along with Propellerhead’s acclaimed mixing console with masterfully modeled EQ and dynamics on every channel, multiple parallel racks, Line 6 amp models, new effect devices plus additional features. New creative effects designed for inserting directly into instruments and tracks include: Pulveriser, sound crushing effect with crunchy compression, dirty distortion and flexible modulation; The Echo, advanced stereo echo with modern delay and analog tape echo emulation: and Alligator, a three band pattern gate for complex rhythmic texturing. Interface enhancements, high definition audio transpose and true 64-bit compatibility highlight other new feature improvements.

VST (Virtual Studio Technology) is 15YO

VST – Virtual Studio Technology describes a protocol that makes possible the simulation of traditional recording / music production studios with software by using DSP / Digital Signal Processing. Practically is an interface between audio synthesizer and effects plugins and hard disk recording systems. The technology as the interface and also SDK was developed and released by Steinberg in 1996, exactly the year of the birth of Cubase 3.02. The first available VST formats was included with Cubase (Espacial, Choirus, Stereo Echo and Auto Panner). The VST interface as tech specs was updated to version 2.0 in 1999 and a major update was done in 2008 when was upgraded to version 3.0. Now we talk about version 3.5 since february 2011 and I have a feeling that the road does not come to an end yet.

So … if Steinberg gave birth to VST in 1996, the world’s leading audio interface is celebrating these days 15 year of existence.