VST News and Features

Native Instruments announces Reverb Classics, two premium-quality algorithmic reverbs inspired by renowned studio hardware

BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) — Even though Native Instruments no longer attends NAMM to showcase new products, they can still time their news for the show. Native Instruments this week launched REVERB CLASSICS – two premium-quality algorithmic reverbs inspired by renowned studio hardware. While each effect has its own distinct sound, both provide a rich, harmonic character that adds dimension and depth to any source.

123creative releases Transhaper X3 – transient shaping system VST

Christopher Laird Simmons

MuseWire NEWS: 123creative releases Transhaper X3 – transient shaping / designing system, VST plug-in for Windows. According to the developer: “Transhaper X3 allow you boost transients (spikes of audio signal) of your drums, percussions or any other instruments. Are your drums or percussions sounding too deep and flat and you want to make them modern, […]

PSP Audioware announces updated flagship multitap delay plug-in: PSP 608 MD

Christopher Laird Simmons

Jozefoslaw, Poland (MuseWire) – PSP has announced an updated version of their multi-tap plugin. According to the company: PSP 608 MD is perhaps the most fully featured delay plug-in available on the market (VST, AudioUnit, RTAS and AAX format for Mac OSX Universal Binary and VST, AAX and RTAS format for Windows). “We have striven […]

XILS announces Chor’X the spacializer chorus plug-in

Christopher Laird Simmons

GRENOBLE, France (MuseWire) – XILS’ Chor’X combines three types of Vintage Chorus effect, based on Bucket-Brigade Delay (BBD) emulations with a sophisticated True Stereo Dynamic Spatializer. With this duo, it becomes very easy to add space, depth, and other dimensions to your instruments, and achieve complex and intriguing mixes. The 3 Bucket Brigade Delay types […]

Applied Acoustics Systems announces KitNetix expansion set for Chromaphone Virtual Instrument

Christopher Laird Simmons

MONTREAL, Quebec (MuseWire) – AAS announces KitNetix, their first sound bank title for Chromaphone, and renewing their collaboration with renowned sound designer Martin Walker! KitNetix is a “macrophonic sound bank that zooms into an intricate new world.” The 128-preset collection features drum kits made from exotic materials, percussion unleashed from reality, soundscapes from dark beginnings […]

Native Instruments Releases EVOLVE – a KONTAKT-based Instrument

Christopher Laird Simmons

BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments this week released EVOLVE, a KONTAKT-based instrument created by premier sound design house Heavyocity, the team behind DAMAGE and the EVOLVE MUTATIONS series. EVOLVE offers a full-scale resource for cinematic sound design that brings together a vast selection of sounds, rhythms and FX, designed specifically for film composers and […]

Applied Acoustics Systems announces Chromaphone – Creative Percussion Synthesizer

Christopher Laird Simmons

MONTREAL, Quebec (MuseWire) — AAS announces Chromaphone, a brand new creative percussion synthesizer plug-in. According to the company newsletter, ‘We have designed a synthesizer that combines acoustic resonators to create drums, percussion, mallet, string, and synth-like instruments.’

iZotope Ozone 5 and Ozone 5 Advanced for Audio Mastering Now Available

Christopher Laird Simmons

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (MuseWire) – iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in digital audio signal processing, announces the release of Ozone 5 and Ozone 5 Advanced. Ozone 5 is an update to iZotope’s critically acclaimed software mastering suite. Ozone 5 Advanced is a professional mastering suite that expands Ozone’s feature set with individual component plug-ins, extended features, […]

VirSyn KLON 1.1 VST – The Vocal Designer goes 64bit

Christopher Laird Simmons

Pfinztal, Germany (MuseWire) — VirSyn Software Synthesizer has announced this week that KLON 1.1 now supports 64-bit operation. According to the company, ‘The heart of the vocal designer plugin KLON is a harmonic pitch shifter for natural pitch and formant manipulation of vocal sounds in realtime.’

Arturia previews more details of its upcoming software synthesizer: the Oberheim SEM V

Christopher Laird Simmons

Grenoble, France (MuseWire) – Ahead of the official release, planned for December 2011, Arturia has exposed the detailed features, graphic interface and the first exclusive sound demos on its website. Not only the Oberheim SEM V, powered by the latest innovations in Arturia’s TAE(R) technology, is a faithful “recreation of the original,” but it will […]

V-Plugs releases Mr. Soundman, a free challenging ear training game for sound engineers

Christopher Laird Simmons

HAIFA, Israel (MuseWire) – V-Plugs introduces Mr. Soundman, a challenging free ear training game for music producers and sound engineers. Mr. Soundman is a powerful tool for assessing and improving frequency detection, a critical skill for mixing, recording and producing music. It also enables users to win excellence awards and prizes, and to compete with […]

Cakewalk Announces Z3TA+ 2 Second Generation Waveshaping Synthesizer

Christopher Laird Simmons

BOSTON, Mass. (MuseWire) – Cakewalk, the world’s leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces Z3TA+ 2 the Second Generation Waveshaping synthesizer featuring improved sound design, real-time expression, and sound quality. Z3TA+ is highly revered as a classic synthesizer with unique character and tonality. Its unmistakable signature […]

Crysonic Announces Immediate Availability of Sindo V2 Transparent Stereo image Expander

Christopher Laird Simmons

Adelaide, SA — Crysonic today announced the release of SINDO V2, a hybrid stereo image expander (widener) / Narrower with new features offering a high level of mono compatibility with minimal side effects. SINDO V2 offers a uniquely powerful stereo toolkit for digital editing, mastering and tracking for all stereo audio material. SINDO V2 allows […]

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