PC and Music News

SoundLib Updates G-Player to V 2.0

Some new features:
- Standalone version with 8 MIDI ports (96 MIDI channels).
- 16 track audio mixer (built-in Compressor, EQ and support for 2 external effect plug-ins).
- All parts are routed to the audio mixer.
- A new G-Sound utility that scan your hard drives and build a database of all your Giga files.
- The stack icon in the toolbar has been replaced by individual stack buttons for each part.
- The VCA and VCF can be adjusted for each part in a stack.
- The part order in a stack can be modified by simply dragging one part up or down.
- The built-in keyboard displays the notes played on an external keyboard or MIDI track.
- Each part has a new pitch transpose control.
G-Player Mac and Windows (VST/AU/RTAS) costs $149 USD.

With post 80s artists like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey leading up to modern acts such as Alicia Keys and Usher, R&B has been firmly planted at the top of the mainstream music food chain for two decades and counting.

- An extensive collection of chord progressions and playing styles for R&B inspired music
- Organized in song structures
- Covering straight or swing in 4/4 and 6/8
- Played by professional session pianist.

IK Multimedia announces the iLine Mobile Music Cable Kit, a comprehensive collection of high quality cables designed to cover all possible audio signal routings for users of smartphones, tablets, MP3 players and laptops.

The iLine Mobile Music Cable Kit will be priced at €47.99 (ex VAT), with a saving of 50% of the cost of buying the cables individually.

Individual prices are as follows:

Mono Output Adapter - €15.99
Input Output Extension - €15.99
Stereo Aux - €15.99
Headphone Splitter - €11.99
RCA Output Adapter - €19.99
Mono Output Splitter - €15.99
Travel Case - €7.99.

Pi is an innovative, multi-channel phase interactions mixer plug-in engine for Mac and PC.

Pi works to improve the summing of a DAW or a mixer. Pi dynamically minimizes frequency cancellations between instruments within the mix, improves mono compatibility and brings back the lost depth and focus lost when overlapping frequencies collide.

Changes in PI V1.0.4

- Chnl Weight – Since gain plays a major role in channels' phase influence and sensitivity in a mix, some program material can get strongly influenced by other channels in the mix when their level is relatively low or when they decay into lower levels.
- Global Lookahead Buffer
- Fixed keyboard focus issues in Cubase and Pro Tools in Windows
- Fixed bug causing drop-outs in some VST hosts

Sonic Mechanics presents a collection of 50 Lead and Reese patches guaranteed to incinarate your ear drums.

These patches have been handcrafted to fill your productions with the floor shaking bass needed to fill up the dance floor. They take their inspiration from artists including Dj Hazard, Distorted Minds, Rude Kid, Stereo Doctor, Darq E Freaker, Kill the Noise, Savant, Skrillex, and Funtcase and are designed to deliver an authentic experience to your audience.

Starburst is brought into the world of Steinberg's Padshop Pro a fantastic Granular Synthesizer.

This is a large collection of 1400+ Presets. At it's heart are 110 WAVs from Starburst a hand crafted collection of Pads designed on a Virus TI. There are 13 Different Categories in the Padshop Edition which form different styles each of which has it's own characteristics. All patches use Aftertouch and the Mod Wheel for live manipulation of the sound.