PC and Music News

Punch punched its way into today's contemporary studios at the end of May!

And now we have Punch 1.0.1 for you with great new presets/grooves and cool new features!

Changes in Punch v1.0.1

- Drum preset manager screen, which can found in the bank manager screen, this allows you to quickly put together drum kits, and has the ability to find drum presets and to preview drum preset via right mouse button clicking.
- Sample drag & drop into the sample file display, for the 8 sample pads.
- Pattern midi export, via the right click menu in the pattern screen / menu in the pattern file screen...

Utku S - Electro House Producer

Loopmasters are very proud to present a fresh and exciting collection of Electro House and Filtered Funk samples from one of the new faces on the International Dance Scene – Utku S. Utku S. ...

Genres: Electro, House, Electro House, Artist Series, Progressive House and Fidget House

Formats: Wav, Acid, Rex2, Reason Refill, Ableton Live Pack, Apple Loops, Halion, Kontakt, EXS, SFZ, Stylus RMX, Ableton Live Presets, NNXT and GarageBand.

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.