PC and Music News

Public beta announcement

Juice will feature analog emulations of classic input channels from highly sought after gear and consoles.

"We're very excited to be bring Juice to our public beta program," says Mitch Thomas of SoundToys. "The program was very successful with Decapitator, and we think it will be for Juice as well."

So, let's start the beta testing!

Complete Toy Museum features tons of marvelous "ready to play" presets from more than 300 musical toys. A massive 20 GB library containing more than 21 000 samples and loops carefully recorded in 24 bit / 96 khz with the best gear on earth.
For a limited period, Complete Toy Museum is shipped with a lovely hardback art book called "Toy Instrument". In this art book you'll discover throughout 192 pages the design and nostalgia inspired by these musical machines. Introduction by DJ Spooky, images and text by Eric Schneider, the man behind the Electric Toy collection!
- Acoustic Toy Museum
Several passionate owners of musical toy collections gave access to very rare and sometimes very old musical toys. Even a famous museum opened its doors to our insane sound design team.
Instruments: Toy Pianos, Musical Boxes, Ancient Automates, Wood and Metal Xylophones, Mini Bells, Baby Drums, Toy Guitars, Ukulele, Melodicas, Small Accordions, Harmonicas, Children Percussions, Funny Horns, Musical Gadgets, Musical Cubes, Plastic Tubes and much more.
Loops and phrases are also included for instruments like old music boxes ; and let's not forget the Baby Drums and Toy Guitar sections.

With their new Passeq plug-in SPL promises to have faithfully translated into the digital domain the sound and response of passive EQs. The new Analog Code is said to have the most complex algorithms SPL developers have ever conceived to date.
Just like its analog counterpart, the Passeq plug-in provides the most dense network of passive filters ever in one single unit: each channel has 72 filters on three bands. According to SPL, the programming takes into account all interactions between filters and, at the same time, emulates the sound of the input and output transformers. The plug-in includes two display options: the standard two-channel interface and a space-saving single-channel version. One of the plug-in's highlights is the switchable M/S mode that allows independent processing of mid and side signals.
The Passeq Analog Code plug-in is already available at an MSRP of 149€, 200$

ReBirth literally puts faithful emulations of dance music's vintage analog hardware at iPad users' fingertips: the Roland TB-303 Bass synth and the TR-808 & TR-909 drum machines. Simple step sequencers based on the original hardware assure that anyone stays on the beat. iPad multi-touch support provides an easier and more functional experience than on the originals. Great sound effects with an interface that encourages experimentation will have users instantly creating hit-worthy Techno, House and Hip-Hop beats. And, because music is a social activity, Rebirth offers simple one-click posting of tracks to Facebook and collaborating with other ReBirth users.

With a range of 059 bpm to 091 bpm any producer will be ready to create unique smooth tunes, lounge projects, radio & tv commercials, film cues and web applications of high quality. Integrate the library into your project to give the whole production a totally new style and touch of sound.

A close look into the 2.9 GB package, finds more than 950 loops and samples of supremely engineered and recorded instruments. High quality sounds, chilled accoustic and electric guitars, varied and inspiring drum arrangements plus the right fx sounds for the calm moments in music. BPM information and root key (key signatures) are also embedded in all loop file names.
Structure
Each complete kit contains up 2 sub-kits, some also contain variations.
The material is organized as follows:
- Main Kit - Includes the main theme, with its sounds and phrases.
- Intro/Outro Kit - Here you can find the matching intro/outro track for the overall kit, along with its individual parts.

Loopmasters launches Moog Taurus MK-1.

Have you heard of the legendary Moog Taurus Bass Pedals? Perhaps this new sample pack from Loopmasters is your first introduction? We are willing to bet that when you listen to the demo samples from this pack you will soon realize why many producers have called it the "Fattest Synth Ever"!

If you don't have much money (or If your banker is not satisfied!) to buy the hardware version from Moog, try it!