ENGINE is the newest music management pltform developed by Denon Dj and it is designed to work great with the new Denon Dj Products “ENGINE Powered”. ENGINE is a available for Mac, PC and also for iPad.
TC Electronics’s P2 5-band loudness controller and limiter becomes fully compliant with ITU BS.1770-2, EBU R128, ATSC A/85 and TR-B32. True-peak limiting was invented by TC, so that was available in P2 long before the new ITU and EBU standards. Hi-res fixed point DSP, loudness correction, 5-band processing, on-line delay adjustment, P2 covers it all.
Mellowmuse EQ3V is a 7 band vintage equalizer plug-in. It comes with 5 bands of parametric EQ, plus variable Q High Pass and Low Pass filters. Current values are clearly displayed for all parameters, each EQ section may be individually bypassed. All equalization and saturation algorithms are oversampled, using 64-bit internal processing for superior clarity and resolution.
Software announces immediate availability at the pro audio solutions distributors of Reason 6, the new updated version of their flagship music production software. Proppelerhead is shipping also Reason Essentials the next successor to Record, which comes with all the recording, editing, effects, instruments, mixing and mastering tools necessary for audio production and sound design and Balance with Reason Essentials, an audio interface for Mac and Windows.
Because a lot of people ask for this, MOTU reintroduces Midi Express XT, their 8-in/8-out MIDI interface, patchbay, and merger with time code sync.
The MIDI Express XT is MOTU’s intelligent 128-channel USB MIDI interface for Mac and Windows. It delivers USB connectivity to any computer, sub-millisecond MIDI timing accuracy, 8 separate MIDI inputs, 9 MIDI outputs, sync features, a foot switch input, and tons of MIDI processing, including routing, merging, and muting. Best of all, Midi Express XT is now shipping again at the same price with support for 23.976 SMPTE time code and completely updated ClockWorks software for Mac OS X and Windows 7/Vista.
Steinberg announces today that it has two new audio interfaces in its hardware products family. Steinberg UR824 and Steinberg UR28M brings transparent audio quality, high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity alongside advanced technologies such as DSP-powered reverb and channel strip effects with zero-latency monitoring.
Steinberg UR824 and Steinberg UR28M audio interfaces share a host of quality features, including state-of-the-art 24-bit/96 kHz A/D and D/A converters and Yamaha’s acclaimed D-Pre Class-A microphone preamps – a strong combination when it comes to crisp and crystal-clear audio quality. Plus, the DSP-powered dspMixFx technology boasts latency-free monitoring in conjunction with the included REV-X reverb and Sweet Sport Morphing Channel Strip effects. And with the included Cubase AI 6 version you can start recording music right away.
Hamburg Audio Nuklear comes with unique pulsar oscillators and enriches classic sound synthesis with essential new parameters: by disassociating the note pitch from the waveform length it is possible to create new, previously unheard sounds. As opposed to classic sound synthesis not the waveform length, but solely its repetition rate is responsible for the resulting pitch. The length of the individual “pulsaret grains” is controlled and modulated by a separate parameter, the “pulsaret frequency”.
Universal Audio (UA) announces enhanced Pro Tools compatibility and Mac OS X Lion compatibility with their newest software release, UAD Powered Plug-Ins v6.0. Now available as a free download on the UA website for Mac and PC users worldwide, UA’s new v6.0 software will ensure that customers running Mac OS X 10.7 will have full compatibility with their UAD Powered Plug-Ins.
For Pro Tools users, UAD software v6.0 adds many new features to streamline integration of their UAD plug-ins into their DAW experience, including:
UA-developed RTAS plug-ins, replacing current VST-to-RTAS Adapter
Full support of all Pro Tools control surfaces, including customized control layouts
Fully automatable plug-in parameters, with values and ranges displayed in automation lanes and on control surfaces
Plug-in names clearly displayed in the Pro Tools Mix and Edit windows
Plug-ins sorted by category in the Pro Tools plug-ins menu
Quick installation process
Many other workflow improvements
Recently, Apple released a major update to its Mac OS X operating system: OS X 10.7 Lion. Now, TC Electronic is releasing an updated version of its TC NEAR software that is compatible with this new version.
The new software package – TC NEAR v. 2.5.1 for Mac – is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.7, and in addition, it offers a general improvement of stability and performance. The new software applies to all of TC Electronic’s audio interfaces, including: Impact Twin, Studio Konnekt 48, Desktop Konnekt 6, Digital Konnekt X32, Konnekt 24D, Konnekt 8 and Konnekt Live.
Balance, a two-in by two-out audio interface for Mac and Windows, is designed for the single person operated home/project studio. Fully USB 2 powered with separate volume controls for monitors and headphones, it contains 8 input connections to keep all instruments, mics and devices connected and ready to record with the press of a button – without software pop-ups or control panels. The included Reason Essentials packs in all the recording editing, effects, instruments and mixing tools needed to create great sounding tracks.
