PC and Music News

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH announced today that it is establishing an R&D center in London, United Kingdom, to focus on developing software for the music notation and education markets.

Marketing director at Steinberg, Frank Simmerlein, comments: "Steinberg has a good standing in both the education and composing markets, but we've always believed that these markets and its customers deserve the best support we can give. Therefore we are more than delighted to have found the perfect team of extremely talented and experienced individuals to make this possible in the foreseeable future."

Quite possibly the most natural sounding and flexible reverb generator plug-in available today, the world-class Oxford Reverb exudes class with its super-smooth tails.

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- The 40% discount applies only to the sale of a new Oxford Reverb plug-in (not upgrades, cross-grades or exchanges)
- The offer cannot be combined with any other types of discount - education discount or multi-plug-in discount.
- Multiple plug-in, custom bundles may still be purchased but the Oxford Reverb price is fixed and will not be discounted further.
- Bundles that contain Oxford Reverb, such as Sonnox Elite and Essential will remain the same price.
- iLok is required for authorization.
- This offer will expire at midnight (GMT) on November 30th 2012.

Blue Cat's StereoScope Multi is a unique tool that enables the visualization in the stereo field of the audio signal of multiple instances on a single screen, in order to compare them or detect conflicts.

Just like for the other plug-ins of now fully refreshed Blue Cat's Multi Pack bundle, this new version comes with a completely redesigned user interface with improved workflow and readability, as well as many new features and enhancements: a new presets manager, new MIDI and automation mapping capabilities, many new presets, Windows AAX support, multiple display sizes...

Native Instruments today introduced SESSION HORNS, a new KONTAKT instrument that features the sound of a four-piece horn section.

Notable for its pristine and authentic sound, SESSION HORNS is designed to allow producers of all levels access to high quality horns, and includes a number of features that make it a highly creative and usable tool for a large variety of musical styles.

Predator 1.6.3 is here! The new update has newly designed 'non-aliasing' oscillators that do not lose the rich harmonic content of their waveforms or cause higher CPU usage. In fact... the cpu usage has dropped! If you thought Predator sounded good already then prepare yourselves...


Audio wise Predator is state of the art, but also preset wise it is a real beast offering over 4000 top presets in various music styles!

As implied by name, the SYNC-5 Active DIN Sync Splitter has one DIN Sync input and five DIN Sync output ports to enable users to easily connect several DIN Sync devices to one DIN Sync controlling device — without the usual problems often associated with daisy-chaining devices.

Since Roland popularised the DIN Sync interfacing standard — otherwise known as SYNC 24 — on the likes of its classic TR-808 and TR-606 drum machines, legendary 'acidic' TB-303 Bass Line, and early digital sequencers (such as the MC-4 and MC-202 MicroComposers), the SYNC-5 is primarily intended for use with such suitably-equipped, pre-MIDI Roland equipment — all of which work at 24 clocks-per-quarter note. The SYNC-5 can also work with any appropriate Korg devices at 48 clocks-per-quarter note. It cannot convert between the two, however.