PC and Music News

Avid announces New Drivers for M-Audio (recently sold to InMusicBrand/ Alesis, AkaiPro...) Fast Track Product Line.

Some new features:
- Fixed: Control Panel unexpectedly quits when launching it on a non-English Mac OS
- Added support for Mac OS X version 10.8 Mountain Lion.
- Fast Track USB
- Fast Track
- Fast Track Pro
- Fast Track Ultra
- Fast Track Ultra 8R
- Fast Track C400
- Fast Track C600
- MobilePre USB
- MobilePre

The Rock Solid EZX was recorded at the renowned Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada by one of the most prolific engineers of the last two decades, Randy Staub.

Summary of features
- Three complete kits, a large collection of cymbals, extra snares & kicks
- Recorded at the Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Engineered by Randy Staub (Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Nickelback)
- Sampled by Ryan Vikedal (ex-Nickelback)
- Included MIDI library
Requires EZdrummer or Superior Drummer software
RRP: £54.95 / €68.95.

The version 2 is a free update for owners of version 1.

New features:

• New Midi engine improving accuracy
• Automatic chaining patterns
• Internal sound bank
• Adding a tap tempo
• Midi control input can be deactivated
• Improved undo manager
• The Midi output can be saved with the preset
• The speed can be modified from a popover menu
• A different Midi channel can be assigned to each line pattern and each controller
• iOS 6 support

Price : $11.99

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH announces the release of their Absolute VST instrument collection, comprising six state-of-the-art Virtual Studio Technology (VST) instruments that provide thousands of presets and sample content of electronic sounds.

- Padshop Pro
- Zero Gravity
- Retrologue
- Hypnotic Dance
- Triebwerk
- Dark Planet

The full retail version of the Absolute VST instrument collection is available from Steinberg resellers and through the Steinberg Online Shop. The price is 299 euros, including German VAT.

These new bundles allow you to tailor make your collection of presets whilst saving you up to £137!
If you've had your eye on Toontrack's award winning mixing plugin, the EZmix 2 and Preset Packs Bundle is a great value introduction to Toontrack's EZmix product line as it includes the EZmix 2 software plus six expansion packs of your choice for just £159.00 / €199.00

Alternatively, if you already own EZmix 2, the Presets Bundle gives you the opportunity to choose six EZmix expansion packs for a total price of £94.95 / €129 - that's a saving of over £90 / €104!

Synfire is a comprehensive software for computer aided composition and arrangement. Thanks to applied AI-techniques, it is able to understand, manipulate and interpret music at a high level of abstraction.

The standalone software for Mac and PC hosts VST and AU instruments and synchronizes with a DAW via ReWire. By loading remotely controlled "Drones" into the tracks of a DAW, Synfire integrates tightly with most popular sequencers.