PC and Music News

Longcat Audio Technologies has announced today the 1.2 update of AudioStage, their 3D audio authoring and mixing software.

Ideal for movie and music postproduction, AudioStage allows to visually place and animate audio tracks as 3D objects in totally editable environments.

This updated version can now be used with Ableton Live, Adobe Audition, FL Studio, and is compatible with latest versions of Avid ProTools, Merging Pyramix, Steinberg Nuendo or Apple Logic Pro.

- Accessible pricings: AudioStage now starts at 299 euros!
- Better compatibility: AudioStage is compatible with the upcoming Mac OS X Lion, and was tested with a wide selection of VST, RTAS or AudioUnits hosts.
- Better quality for 3D audio: H3D and S3D renderings were revised in order to add less coloration to processed sounds.
- More surround channels: AudioStage Surround now allows mixes up to 7+1 channels.

Voxengo Voxformer is multi-functional vocal channel strip plugin for professional audio
production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plugin
formats, for Mac OS X and Windows computers.

The most important change this version implements is the addition of 3 new saturation modes that extend the sound coloration palette you can use to process your tracks.

The new V2 Firmware introduces support for Pro Tools® native cards (requires PT V8.5 or higher).

The new Firmware also introduces support for longer Dig.Link Cables (certified up to 12ft) between Delta-Link and Pro-Tools® native, Pro-Tools Core® or Pro-Tools Accel Cards®. Delta-Link MADI HD V2.0 Firmware is free and can be downloaded from the SSL web site.

Native Instruments has just introduced DISCOVERY SERIES: WEST AFRICA, a new instrument that centers on the infectious polyrhythmic grooves of traditional African music.

For use in KONTAKT 4 and in the free KONTAKT PLAYER, the instrument provides the full sonic spectrum of a West-African percussion ensemble, and represents a unique and highly versatile resource for film scoring as well as contemporary pop and club music styles.

Moog Music today announced the release of Phatty OS v.3.1, a major firmware upgrade to the very popular and portable Phatty family of analog synthesizers. The upgrade to the Phatty operating system coincides with an aesthetic upgrade for the Little Phatty Stage 2 Edition, as Moog introduces new black sidepieces.

New features in the Phatty OS v3.1

- Volume Velocity Sensitivity
- Legato Glide
- LFO Reset
- Sustain/Hold Mode
- 14-bit MIDI
- MIDI Output Filtering
- Expanded MIDI Clock sync options
- Improvements to Arpeggiator

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