PC and Music News

CEntrance, the manufacturer of MicPort Pro and AxePort Pro, the portable tools for recording voice and instruments to computer with professional results, debuted a new corporate website and the AxePort Pro Video Contest.

The content-rich website features product testimonials and audio samples recorded by leading studio musicians. The audio samples make it easy to hear the clear sonic advantages of the MicPort Pro and AxePort Pro over more expensive products from larger manufacturers. Visitors can hear for themselves why the BBC, CNN, NBC, leading voice over artists and musicians love CEntrance products.

AxePort Video Contest :

To demonstrate the ease of use of AxePort Pro, CEntrance has launched a Video Contest. AxePort users enter to win a cash prize for making a better video than the mock video featured on the CEntrance website. The under 2-minute videos are to be posted on YouTube and a link sent to CEntrance with entry information. CEntrance staff members will vote on the best and award the cash prize. For complete contest information visit :

The Vienna Symphonic Library team welcomes Spring with special offers through April 15, 2009. Existing and new users will receive free Extended Libraries of Vienna's DVD Collections as well as free instruments from the company's extensive list of Single Instrument Downloads.

For more information, please visit the link below :

RME launches new analog multichannel MADI and ADAT converter series at Frankfurt Musikmesse 2009. RME's comprehensive MADI line is now extended by hi-class multichannel converters with 16 and 32 channels. The M-series converters have been conceived and optimized for professional studio, stage, and broadcast applications.

Packed into only 2U height the M-32 AD offers a 32-channel AD-conversion to MADI and ADAT in reference quality. The fully symmetrical analog circuit design guarantees excellent S/N and THD specs across a wide analog level range. Using up-to-date converter technology, the device not only works up to 192 kHz, but also reaches a real-world signal-to-noise ratio of 116 dBA on all channels. Further features are analog limiters for an efficient protection of the analog inouts against overload, three hardware reference levels up to +24 dBu, MADI and ADAT I/O, analog inputs via 6.3mm TRS and D-sub connectors, remote control via MIDI and MIDI over MADI, and operation across a wide range of mains voltages.

Nearly identical features are found in the M-32 DA, which offers

AcousticsampleS releases BassysM-S, a Slap Bass sample library.

The bass used for this library is the same as the BassysM-J, a 4 strings Musicman Stingray Bass. It has all the basics you can find in a bass Library plus a lot of articulations like legato, hammers, slides and even autoSlides easy to play on a keyboard or to program in a daw.

Features :

- The BassysM-S bass is a four strings Musicman Stingray bass with roundwound strings recorded at 24bits 44.1khz from the direct output of a tube preamp
- 1.52Go sample bank, no loops
- 12 velocity layers for pops and 12 for slaps separated in two Round Robin Layers
- 10 velocities for the release
- Additionnal string noises, frets noises played randomly, Multi velocity Ghost notes and harmonics
- 4 different play modes: normal, legato, hammers, slides, automated slides
- Playable instrument, everything can be controlled from the keyboard
- Kontakt 2 and 3 format only due to the scripting for hammers, pops, slaps, slides, noises levels, release level. Easy to use Kontakt interface.
- Includes the demos midi files as well as some basic midi files that show the bass functionalities


Special Introductory price: 39€ until March 31, then 49€. It's a downloadable product, but you can also get a dvd shipped at a reasonable price.

Adern announces the release of two new plug-ins for the Scope platform.

Xor is a Variable Wave synthesizer. Xor's combination of varying waveform oscillators, rich sounding multi-mode filter, diverse pattern LFOs and intuitive modulation routing allows the creation of new and exciting soundscapes revealing the darker, and electric side of Scope - like never before.

Mojo is an ultra dynamic guitar amp emulation. Mojo has been designed to achieve the most expressive tone in current emulations, have a smooth, elegant, very light crunch and be extremely dynamic and touch responsive. Mojo's character is unique, yet its sound palette is rich, ranging from blazing hot lead guitars, through scooped and crunchy blues sounds, to sensitive and dynamic clean tones.

Xor and Mojo have fully functional demos on adern's site.

Celebrating the release, Adern's online shop is offering a time limited discount to all of its products until May 1st 2009.

D16 Group unveils Nithonat, a Roland TR-606 emulation. All instruments in Nithonat are fully synthesized and offer more advanced and extended sound shaping capabilities than its predecessor. The whole functionality of Nithonat is very similar to the other drum machines from D16 Group, which makes it an easy-to-use and creative instrument. Nithonat's GUI is in the same fashion as D16 Group's Phoscyon.

Nithonat is planned to be released as both VST and AU for Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously. More information should be available "soon".