PC and Music News

Korg has updated the iElectribe, its virtual analog beatbox for the Apple iPad.

New Features and Changes :

• Audio Export - Export a rhythm pattern as a CD-quality audio file (.wav format). Record real-time full length performances. Transfer recordings to your computer via iTunes.
• Improved knob response.
• Sonic improvements.

iElectribe is available now at Apple's App Store (inside iTunes Store) for a special introductory price of $9.99. Promotional pricing expires June 30, 2010 (regular price is $19.99). Current iElectribe owners can update for free.

After more than three years of development, Vir2 Instruments releases Electri6ity, an epic electric guitar virtual instrument containing "the most advanced, detailed, and versatile collection of electric guitars ever made in a virtual instrument".

MMultiBandHarmonizer is a pitch shifting and multi-voice harmonizing plug-in, which lets you play like many musicians at once, widens or enhances recordings, adds bass drum subharmonics and much more.

Features :

• Granular, adaptive granular and vocoder pitch shifting algorithms - MMultiBandHarmonizer provides multiple algorithms to choose from for particular audio material.
• Up to 120 voices with chord generator - piano keyboard lets you to select which tones you will actually play. Creating complicated chords is not a problem here. All this is even more simplified with integrated chord generator, which can generate even complicated chords using a single click. And every voice can be automated.
• Full formant adjustment for all voices - not only the plugin can ke ...

Amplifikation One by Kuassa is a guitar amplifier in the form of software. Users are able to control every aspect of the software just like real amplifiers including, but not limited to, gain structure, tone, mic position, and distance.

Features :

• Straightforward and easy to use user interface.
• 8 head amplifiers, noise gate and 5 distortion modules.
• 5 cabinet models, users are able to use 2 cabs simultaneously.
• 5 microphone types (straight or angled).
• Mic distance and free positioning of mic around the speaker.
• Dedicated input and output volume control.
• Saturation, output limiter and up to high quality 4x maximum oversampling to the amp calculation.

Amplifikation One is available for both Mac and PC in VST and AU formats. It is priced at $49.95.

Inspired by their STC-1 and STC-2, Sontronics have released three new microphones : the STC-10, STC-20 and STC-2X.

The STC-10 (£89.00 / €109.00) is a pencil-style cardioid condenser microphone which features a built-in attentuation switch (choose 0dB or -10dB) and a low-cut filter (75Hz) to make it extremely flexible in all situations. The STC-10 is supplied with a simple mic clip and a foam windshield to prevent sibilance.

The STC-20 (£129.00 / €155.00) is a large-diaphragm condenser mic with a cardioid condenser pattern and featuring the same one-inch, gold-sputtered capsule as found in STC-2, housed within a large open grille. Sontronics' spider-style shockmount (in black) and aluminium flightcase will be available to purchase separately.

The STC-2X (£239.00 / €275.00) is a large diaphragm omni/cardioid condenser mic featuring a one-inch gold-sputtered capsule within the large open grille and boasts a switch on the back to flick between cardioid and omni-directional patterns. STC-2X features a two-stage attenuation switch (-10dB and -20dB) and a two-stage low-cut filter (75Hz and 150Hz). Available in black or silver, the mic is supplied in a rugged aluminium flightcase with a co-ordinated spider-style shockmount.

Wave Arts have announced that they have lowered prices on all Power Suite, Master Restoration and Tube Saturator products.

Plug-in prices have been reduced by $50 and bundles by $100.