PC and Music News

Musicrow releases Golden Ensembles 3, an exclusive collection of 44 cutting-edge ensembles for Native Instruments Reaktor 5. Synthesizers, effects and creative audio tools- everything is packed, with hundreds of presets ready to be used!

New ensembles in Golden Ensembles 3:
- Sound Pilot is a new breed of audio tool that blurs the difference between a sound processor and a sound generator.
- Bass Lab 2 is a dedicated bass synthesizer.
- Analogica filter.
- Phase Lab is a special tool for phase correction and comb filtering elimination.
- Green Master Tape.

Golden Ensembles 3 costs €169 and available for an introductory price of €99 until April 30, 2012. Users of previous versions can upgrade to Golden Ensembles 3 for €49.

Celemony Software GmbH releases version 1.1 of its professional recording restoration software Capstan. Starting from the analysis of just one audio file, the new version makes it possible to remove identical wow and flutter from an unlimited number of additional audio files. At the same time, the introduction of a rental model brings Capstan 1.1 within the budgets even of home studios.

Capstan 1.1 is now capable of transferring the correction of wow and flutter from a mono or stereo file to additional files, thereby removing identical wow and flutter from multi-channel or multi-track recordings. This new feature is seamlessly integrated into the Capstan interface and there is absolutely no limitation on the number of files that can be repaired in this way.

ZenFX is a totally new monster dedicated to extremely high end sound fx mastered to perfection and ready to be used in a multitude of areas including TV / Film / Games / Cinematic Compositions and of course Music Production.

Each sample pack in the ZenFX collection has been crafted to offer a new area of sound design and audio quality that simply blows your mind. And with that in mind we would like to introduce our flagship pack "Transformer FX".

Zero-G and Xfonic present LUMINOSO Live Violin Phrases Performed by Martin and Kate Richardson, two world-class violinists from the Liverpool Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded in Liverpool's famous Parr Street studios, Luminoso: Live Phrases is a 15GB collection of thousands of live recorded 6-bar looped phrases compressed down to 7GB using Kontakt's lossless compression technology.

Despite recording only two players, the instrument cleverly layers up to 6 different bars in real-time for the effective sound of a 12-piece string section, or if you wish, you can dial it down to the sound of a solo violin.

An unprecedented gift to TimeFactor users, Dave Kilminster, lead guitarist for Roger Water's The Wall, and previously Dark Side of the Moon Live, has generously provided Eventide with the presets from Roger Water's The Wall Live which are now included in new TimeFactor units and free for current users.

Also, the best-selling Space stompbox now includes the Freeze function which allows users to freeze the reverb and continue to play on top of infinitely sustained reverb. Also included in this comprehensive upgrade are additional new sounds and system enhancements for ModFactor and PitchFactor as well.

All updates are free to existing users and will be included in new units shipped from Eventide.

Great news:

Sonnox is very close to releasing its first two AAX plug-ins:

- Oxford EQ
- Inflator.

We're in final beta stages; keep an eye on the Sonnox website or Facebook page for the release announcement.