PC and Music News

Propellerhead introduces Rack Extensions: a new technology that opens up the Reason rack, enabling third party developers to create instruments and effects for the award-winning music making software Reason.

Through this new technology—built into the next version of Reason and Reason Essentials—users can expand their collection of instruments and effects with the Reason devices they want.

Roland Wireless Connect is a new system that allows Roland electronic musical instruments to communicate fluidly with the iPhone. Consisting of a wireless USB adapter and two new iOS apps (Air Recorder and V-Drums Friend Jam).

Air Recorder
With the Air Recorder app, audio can be recorded from a Roland synthesizer, V-Accordion, or V-Drums* directly into the iPhone. Songs can be played from the iPhone and sent to the instrument, where users can jam along and record the result back in Air Recorder. You can export your recorded songs to other apps as well.

Compatible Instruments
- Synthesizers: JUNO-Di, JUNO-Gi, JUPITER-80, JUPITER-50, Lucina AX-09, and BK-5/BK-5 OR.
- V-Drums Sound Modules: TD-30, TD-15, and TD-11.
- V-Accordions: FR-1x.

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced Nuendo Live, a dedicated live recording software solution for recording engineers, production houses and rental and staging companies.

Nuendo Live features an efficient user interface that observes the single-window concept without unnecessary options to avoid clutter and streamline processes. Dedicated live tools include its record panel displaying all the essential recording information, such as timecode, recording length and remaining disk space, a 60-second pre-record buffer and auto-save ensures that every second of each recording is always stored away in the background. Tracks are created on startup and armed simultaneously while easy marker track management helps to create markers on the fly.

By combining the supreme expression of the JUPITER-80 with the travel friendliness of the JUNO series, the new JUPITER-50 brings SuperNATURAL sound and pro performance to every stage and studio.

- Stunning SuperNATURAL sounds powered by our most advanced sound engine
- Travel-friendly design; 76-note weighted keyboard
- Fast, friendly user interface with intuitive color-coded buttons and sliders
- Registration function for saving and selecting sounds instantly
- Pro-quality multi-effects and reverb
- Expressive performance controllers, including D BEAM, pitch/mod lever, and control input jacks
- USB Song Player/Recorder
- USB audio/MIDI functionality; bundled with SONAR LE and JUPITER-50 Control Surface plug-in for SONAR.

Now, with StudioLive Remote 1818VSL, you can control all features of AudioBox VSL software (except Solo and Channel Link) wirelessly from an iPad.

The new app provides multiple views of the key AudioBox VSL mixer and processing controls. The Overview displays the most-used parameters, such as channel levels, mutes, panning, EQ curves, and more for multiple channels at once. Tap a microview to zoom in on the Fat Channel processing, then navigate between the processors with the flick of a fingertip.
An AudioBox 1818VSL firmware update will be required in order to use StudioLive Remote 1818VSL.

Avid Pro Tools users are likely aware of the new AAX plug-in format, which is set to eventually replace RTAS and TDM. We are pleased to announce that we will soon provide full AAX Native support for our entire current product line!

In addition, we will be releasing AAX DSP versions of select plug-ins.

AAX Native
- Power Suite 5 (TrackPlug, MasterVerb, FinalPlug, MultiDynamics, Panorama)
- Master Restoration Suite (MR Noise, MR Hum, MR Click, MR Gate)
- Tube Saturator
- Dialog

AAX DSP
- TrackPlug
- MultiDynamics
- FinalPlug

Release is tentatively set for June 1 2012.
For AAX format only, we will now support iLok for easier license control. Many of our Pro Tools customers have requested this feature.