PC and Music News

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced that its Steinberg LE Pack SAE Edition is available as welcome profile package for more than 1,600 first-semester students of 26 SAE Institutes across Europe.

The pack comprises light editions of the Cubase 6 music production software and WaveLab 7 audio editing software.

Voxengo is very happy to announce the release of
its newest plug-in: Drumformer. Drumformer is a multiband drum and master track dynamics processing plug-in for professional music and audio production applications.

Drumformer can operate in broadband, 2-band and 3-band modes, with each band having compressor-expander and saturation modules. The sound of the compressor can be defined as "gluey with a ping", because it instantly creates a "tight and glued together" sound while masterfully emphasizing the transients.

MOTU has announced the final release of their sampler workhors – MachFive 3.


Some new features:

- Massive 45 GB sound library (7 DVDs)
- Features loops, phrases, sounds, and advanced multi-sample instruments with dynamic performance powered by state-of-the-art scripting technology.
- Simple operation
- Unique, unified design provides instruments, loops, phrases, synthesis and FX in one easy-to-use window.
- Scripting engine with unlimited layers
- Delivers ultra-realistic multi-sample instruments, dynamic performance, and unlimited possibilities for programmers and sound designers.
- IRCAM technology...

Magma introduces ExpressBox 3T, an expansion chassis with three PCIe slots and a lightning fast connection through Thunderbolt.
Magma's ExpressBox 3T provides an easy, rock solid migration path to newer and faster computers while protecting the customers' investment in specialized PCI Express peripherals made for video capture and edit, broadcast video, pro audio, communications, data acquisition and more.

- Three PCIe 2.0 expansion slots
- Up to 10Gbps Thunderbolt connection
- Works with Thunderbolt equipped computers
- Daisy chain up to 6 Thunderbolt devices

EMedia Music Corp. announces the release of eMedia Interactive Rock Guitar. The eMedia Interactive Rock Guitar CD-ROM makes learning quick and easy with over 100 audio- and video-enhanced guitar lessons and rock gear tips. You can start from scratch, and eMedia‚s revolutionary teaching style will have you playing songs, chords and riffs within minutes. The Animated Fretboard shows you all the fingerings.

Over 100 lessons with full-screen videos will get you playing fast. Lessons written by Charles McCrone, a graduate of the cutting-edge Guitar Institute of Technology, with over 25 years of playing and teaching experience, takes you through all of the techniques needed to play rock guitar.

H-EQ is a uniquely powerful hybrid equalizer, featuring vintage and modern EQ inspired by the finest British and American consoles; seven different filter types per band, including a newly-developed, one-of-a-kind asymmetrical bell filter; an intuitive keyboard graphic that lets you choose frequencies by clicking on notes;

an exclusive MS Mode so you can apply different EQ to Mid and Side content; and a flexible real-time frequency spectrum analyzer with multiple display options.