PC and Music News

Rob Papen has released its new VSTi : SubBoomBass.

"Filled with excessive amounts of low end ammunition to detonate your tracks", SubBoomBass is a software instrument is great for Hip Hop and RnB but can also be used for Dubstep, video game music, film scores, etc... It includes unique tuned drum percussion samples, a 'Wave-sequence' feature, two effects slots which can be modulated using midi from any of the synthesizer parts, a great 'Easy Edit' page and the unique 'Quick Browser' system that will allow you to find the sounds you need quickly and easily.

SubBoomBass is available now for both Mac and PC in VST, AU and RTAS formats at a price of £89.00 / €99.00 / $119.00. For more information as well as audio examples, please visit the following link :

Expert Sleepers has released version 2.1.0 of Augustus Loop. This new version adds some new functionality to Augustus Loop's MIDI/OSC and GUI scripting.

For more information, please follow the link bellow :

AcousticsampleS Releases has announced the release of TheBox, a big Peruvian Bass Cajón recorded at 44.1Khz / 24bits.

Features :

- 224 Mo of stereo samples (839 samples), no loops
- Right hand / Left hand samples
- 12 different hit positions to reflect the full possibilities of the instrument
- About 70 Velocity layers per note divided in 4 Round Robins
- Customizable sensitivity (kontakt)
- Available for Kontakt 2 and 3, EXS24, SFZ and MachFive.

TheBox is available now at a price of €14.

OscVstBridge is a free VST plug-in that bridges VST data to the Open Sound Control [OSC] network domain.

VST plug-ins typically have parameters that are controllable by the user. These parameters appear as the knobs and sliders or as MIDI CC. By using OscVstBridge you can control via your MIDI controller or VST sequencer OSC devices that are networked to the controlling computer. Similarly OSC controllers can send messages to OscVstBridge that will convert it to VST parameter or MIDI data.

OscVstBridge uses jVSTwRapper a wrapper that enables VST plugin development using JAVA. OscVstBridge also uses the NetUtil OSC library in JAVA.

OscVstBridge is available for free at :

Version 1.1 of Vienna's 64-bit high-precision audio plug-in suite is now available for download.

The update is free to all existing users of Vienna Suite. For new customers, May is a good month to get all nine audio plug-ins including the brand-new Convolution Reverb at the current low price of €395. On June 1st, 2009, the price of Vienna Suite 1.1 will go up to €445.

Ableton has updated Live 8 and Suite 8 to v8.0.2.

For more details upon the several bugfixes and improvements, please follow the link below :