PC and Music News

Frankfurt Musikmesse is a little late this year... Anyway, if you are just as gear enthusiast as we are it will definitely be the place where to be from 1 to 4 April. As usual there will be a complete range of products with everything required for making music, not to mention innumerable workshops, concerts, demonstrations and discussion events.

Of course the whole 440Network team will keep you informed about this major trade show in a Special Report, so stay tuned !

Audiokinetic Inc. and McDSP announced today that they have entered a technical partnership.

Audiokinetic is a leading audio solution provider for the video game industry. Its flagship product, Wwise, revolutionizes the traditional game audio development process and allows users to audit, profile, and modify sounds in real-time within the game itself.

As part of the partnership with Audiokinetic, McDSP will provide Wwise users with a selection of effect plug-ins, which will be accessible directly in Wwise's user interface. Details about the plug-ins that will be available, as well as licensing particulars will be made public shortly; the plug-ins will be available in Wwise later in 2009.

At this year's Winter Namm show, Spectrasonics announced and previewed their brand new virtual instrument 'Trilian', the long awaited successor to their Trilogy bass module.

The recording for Trilian is now complete and, according to Spectrasonics' Creative Director, Eric Persing, the quality and expression of the new sounds they've captured is even better than they had originally planned !

Spectrasonics have also added some new features to the software, which will make a big difference for the end users and, as such, a little more editing and testing time than originally expected is needed to complete the release.

We can therefore confirm that the official release date for Trilian will now be 29th June 2009.

In the meantime, don't forget there will be a special free upgrade offer for Trilogy customers on the Intel-Mac platform and for customers who purchase Trilogy in 2009.

TC Electronic has announced that for two weeks beginning March 25th you can get a 50% discount off the PowerCore Tube-Tech CL 1B plug-in.

The CL 1B plug-in is based upon highly advanced component emulation technology, and brings the legendary analog sound of the CL 1B compressor/limiter to the PowerCore platform. The CL 1B utilizes a carefully crafted algorithm so efficient that it allows the use of up to two instances in stereo at 44.1 kHz or one instance in stereo at 96 kHz per DSP chip on 2nd generation PowerCore hardware (Compact, FireWire, Express, PCI mkII & Unplugged). The CL 1B plug-in is compatible with all types of PowerCore hardware.

Puremagnetik has just released a new Micropak called B-System: Percussives and described as "a unique sonic adventure" through 10 electronic drum kits and 40 rhythmic loops recorded from an original Buchla 200e modular synthesizer.

B-System Percussives for Ableton Live includes ten full 2 octave kits (over 650 individual samples) programmed with advanced Macro integration and effects mapping. Utilizing multi-velocity zones for the ultimate in expression and playability each kit is sonically charged for instant electronic gratification! The Ableton Live version also includes 40 Live Clips of preprogrammed material, each one expertly tailored with effects racks and advanced Macro controls.

The Kontakt version of B-System comes with 10 menus of over 20 multisampled percussion sounds and a menu of looped phrases. Each instrument has been uniquely programmed with a custom Kontakt KSP GUI for instant tweakability.

B-System Percussives for Logic includes a collection of 10 electronic kits, multiple pre-programmed channel strips and 40 advanced SIAL loops that integrate flawlessly with EXS24.

Note that B-System: Percussives is the first in a series of B-System Micropaks that focus mainly on the Buchla 200e's percussion generating capabilities.

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