PC and Music News

Loomer has updated its semi-modular virtual synthesizer Aspect to version 1.4.0.

Changes :

• Support for the sustain MIDI controller.
• Lag Generator component now only filters audio rate modulation sources when the Lag is set to above 0%.
• Lag Generator output can now be used as an audio source, as well as a modulation source.

This update is free for all registered users.

Here's a new Pro Tools Corner issue by our VIP Moderator Brian White from audioMIDI.com.

"Have you ever heard a mix that had elements so wide they sounded as if they were originating from beyond the speakers? Often, this is the result of a stereo width enhancer processing the audio in a way that tricks our brain into thinking the speakers are farther apart than they really are. This week, in the second installment of "Mixing with AIR," I will break down the new AIR Stereo Width plug-in and share with you some of the tricks and pitfalls of stereo enhancement processing while mixing."

If you have a Pro Tools related question that you would like Brian to take a shot at answering or have any feedback, please post-it in our Mac ProTools Forum or Pc ProTools Forum. Brian will do his best to select the questions that seem to stump the most people.

D16 Group is proudly announcing a new product : Toraverb (Space Modulated Reverb). It's the latest plug-in from SilverLine Collection. More details about this unit will be revealed to you next week.

Official release is planned on the end of July 2009, but You can already preorder it and get a better price. Toraverb is now available for €29 (in preorder offer) and its official retail price will be €35 - in a day of release, and that day will be included to their bundles. Audio examples are available at :

AudioMIDI.com and PSP offering Nitro for $10.00 until 8/09/09 (reg. MSRP $149!). Nitro is a powerful Windows/Mac plug-in featuring four sound processing blocks containing a variety of filters, a phaser, bitcrusher and more along with a highly flexible routing scheme.

Said audioMIDI.com's Russ Jones, "This is the third in our series of super "no-brainer" plug-in deals, bringing powerful music software tools to the end user at unheard of prices."

audioMIDI.com will offer an affordable upgrade path to PSP's full EffectPack bundle including the Lexicon PSP 42, PSP 84, PSP 608 MultiDelay and PSP EasyVerb for just $249.00.

Nitro is available for purchase via electronic serial number at this special price until 8/09/09, exclusively from :

AcousticsampleS presents his new library : AkousKontr, a very expressive upright bass sample library.

Features :

• The AkousKontr is a four strings Upright bass recorded at 24bits 44.1khz both from the pickup and with an electro-static microphone
• 779 Mo (1710 samples) sample library, no loops
• Sustain samples: 5 different velocities per note and 2 round robins separated in microphone and pickup samples.
• Release samples: about 13 different velocities per note.
• Hammer-on samples easily triggered with the keyboard thanks to the advanced scripting
• Advanced Vibrato effect controlled via modulation wheel
• Multiple slides effects
• Harmonics, ghost notes, string hits samples
• Percussion samples
• KONTAKT 2 and 3 format only, it uses a lot of script for hammers, slides, mixing, release level. Easy to use KONTAKT interface.
• priced at €49

Visit the website for screenshots and audio demos of the library.

Toontrack Music has just updated Toontrack Solo to version 1.2.1. It fixes a number of faults with the new Metronome feature as well as expand the game controller support launched as part of version 1.2.0.

The changes in a nutshell :

• added support for Mad Catz XBox Rockband® drumkit on PC
• metronome should now work as expected on PC
• click sounds are correctly recalled/found regardless of the project
location on PC
• default metronome settings are remembered
• fixed a bug when opening save files with incorrect paths on PC
• Open/Save/Save as/New combinations should remember the filename
• some minor graphical issues in the mixer have been fixed