PC and Music News

LinPlug hereby announces the release of the CrX4 Sample Synthesizer AU and VST plugin for Mac OS X and Windows PC.

CrX4 is the successor to the CronoX 3 and uses any kind of samples as raw material for synthesis. CrX4 includes a range of virtual analogue features such as a variety of oscillators, unison detuning, amplitude and frequency modulation, the unique free-type-filter, an arpeggiator, and a modulation matrix, wicked LFO's and a comprehensive effects section.

The Vienna Symphonic Library team has made free software product updates available for registered users. Vienna Instruments, Vienna Instruments PRO, Vienna Ensemble PRO, Vienna Suite and Vienna MIR PRO / MIR PRO 24 are now fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

What's more, the new version of Vienna Suite now includes 11 high-precision 64-bit audio processing plug-ins – the brand-new Goniometer has been added as a monitoring tool to display phase differences and to check for mono-compatibility of audio signals in real-time.

Voxengo VariSaturator version 1.10 update is now
available for download. VariSaturator is an audio effect plug-in
designed to apply saturation and overdrive effects to audio
material. VariSaturator is available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in
formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.5 and
later), and Windows computers.

Note that on Mac, VariSaturator now supports Mac OS X v10.5 and
higher only, running on Intel processors. Mac PowerPC support is not
available.

Boston based Ninebuzz Software today introduces Guitar Jam Tracks - Scale Trainer & Practice Buddy 1.0 for Mac OS X.

Featuring five musical styles, an intuitive design and attractive, Retina-ready graphics, Guitar Jam Tracks for Mac OS X adds significant value to the growing Mac App Store. Guitar Jam Tracks for Mac OS X is the first desktop offering from Ninebuzz Software, and retains a simple, yet highly useful approach that has made Guitar Jam Tracks a staple tool for guitarists everywhere.

Propellerhead has released Radical Piano for sale, a new Rack Extension instrument that brings a wide range of natural and bendable piano sounds to Reason and Reason Essentials.

Using a blend of sampled pianos and physical modeling synthesis, Radical Piano is a lightweight, authentic instrument with sounds ranging from pristine concert grand pianos to creaking living room uprights.

Samplephonics announces this quirky sample library from session musician and composer Toby Baker, packed full of rich sonic landscapes, emotive chord progressions and vintage character.
The sample pack contains 64 8 bar construction kits made up of 3 parts, from dark distorted drum breaks to rich analogue drones to delicate piano and string melodies.
The loops and samples have been broken down in to 4 main categories: Sci-Fi, Drama, Crime and Romance. Within each folder there are 4 tempo sub folders of 90, 100, 110 and 120 BPM.