PC and Music News

The Vienna Symphonic Library team announces a one-month limited time offer, a 25% discount on their plug-in bundle Vienna Suite.

Additionally, customers receive a 25% discount on the company's LAN capable mixing host Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 when purchasing it together with Vienna Suite between May 1 and May 31, 2013. Further, the Viennese company announces a price increase for their Early Bird Offer on Vienna Dimension Strings, which will take effect on the day the Cello Section portion of that collection is released.

Waves Audio announces the availability of its new GEQ graphic equalizer plugin.

Developed primarily for live users (but sure to find a home in the studio as well), Waves GEQ is a full-featured graphic equalizer plugin with both Classic and Modern mono and stereo components, featuring 30 ISO bands plus high and low pass filters, a high precision floating parametric EQ bell filter, and a real-time analyzer.

The 24-bit/192kHz-capable Crimson packs an amazing amount of features into its conveniently compact and attractive desktop footprint, that's for sure.

With its 30 I/O channels (10 recording and 20 playback); +/-18V operational voltage (for professional levels up to +24dB); two boutique-level, discrete Class A, +/-30V high-voltage mic pre-amps; two Hi-Z instrument pre-amps; two separate headphone amps (individually controllable); dual stereo speaker set connections (and control); monitor signal mix function (from playback and recording paths); MIDI input and output; plus USB 2.0, S/PDIF input and output.

Future Dubstep Vol 1 takes Dubstep into the next century, with five brilliantly produced Construction Kits packed full of power and intricate detail to create a brand new sound.

Within this 1 GB library you'll find the usual set of pro features you've come to expect from Producer Loops products.
Combining the power and aggression of Dubstep with an almost quirky air of retro-futurism, 'Future Dubstep Vol 1' delves deep into new sonic territory. You'll find everything from deep wobs and dark FX to 8-Bit synth glissandos and euphoric pads.

Native Instruments today released PULSWERK – a new MASCHINE Expansion designed for minimalistic house and techno.

Aside from its 30 drum kits, PULSWERK contains 20 unique Special Kits created exclusively with pitched sound sources. The Expansion also features an array of Multi-Effect Kits containing pre-sequenced, tempo synced effect chains and 60 new specially-designed MASSIVE presets. Combining these, PULSWERK provides an extensive toolkit for producers eager to turn deep sonic experimentation into finished professional productions. PULSWERK is out now for MASCHINE, MASCHINE MIKRO, and iMASCHINE.

Novation's ground-breaking Supernova set the standard for virtual analogue synthesisers when it was released in 1998.

With its comprehensive modelling of traditional analogue subtractive synthesis, powerful multi-effects engine and filter, the award-winning rack-mount Supernova and its successor, Supernova II, were the most powerful synths of their time.

Sound designer Phill Macdonald created the iconic sounds of the Supernova that changed the sound of dance music at the turn of the Millennium, powering classics by Orbital, ATB, Jean Michel Jarre and A Guy Called Gerald, plus many more. Now, with the massive revival of interest in the sounds and music of the period, Novation is proud to announce the release of two new soundpacks for the MiniNova and UltraNova, containing sounds from the original Supernova sound banks, by the original sound designer. These soundpacks give you the original classic sounds of the turn of the century – and they're absolutely free.