The Vienna Symphonic Library team has released the new Vienna Instruments collection, Appassionata Strings, which features sounds from large ensembles of violins, violas, cellos, and basses....
Notion Music has announced Version 1.6 of Notion, which adds new scoring features, improves file handling, adds support for lyrics, and expands Notion’s capabilities beyond classical music genres....
In addition to EastWest's introduction of Fab Four Virtual Instruments (now $395) at NAMM 2007, EastWest has also introduced its new Play software, as well as a handful of other virtual instrument collections: Quantum Leap Gypsy, Quantum Leap Ministry of Rock, Quantum Leap Pianos, Quantum Leap SD2—The Next Generation, and Quantum Leap Voices of Passion....
Notion Music is now shipping Sessions: Rhythm Section as well as Expanded Mallets 1 Sound Expansion Kit. The company also announces Solo Strings 1, its newest sound kit library for Notion products....
Garritan announced a handful of new products at the NAMM Show this past week: the Gofriller Solo Cello, the Concert & Marching Band Library, and the Personal Orchestra Soundware Library for Mackie Tracktion 3. ...
New plug-ins were this year's NAMM focus for Digidesign, which lifted the curtain on a set of analog-tape emulations called Reel Tape Suite ($495), as well as an RTAS sampler dubbed Structure (price TBD)....
Apogee made a slew of NAMM announcements last week, starting with Symphony Mobile, a new multichannel connector card for Apple MacBook Pro computers....
Arturia announced some big news at NAMM: In addition to unveiling its Roland Jupiter-8 emulation, Jupiter-8V (Mac/Win; $249), the company pulled the curtain on its first hardware synth, the Origin ($2,999)....
Combining all the functionality of the original XioSynth audio/MIDI controller with an expanded keyboard, Novation is shipping the semiweighted, 49-key XioSynth 49 now.
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In partnership with Sibelius Software, In the Chair has announced StarPlay, instrument learning software that simulates the feeling of playing with professional musicians and conductors in bands and orchestras....
PreSonus has added Sonar support for the FaderPort USB automation and transport controller. The FaderPort is a single-fader controller that can write single and group channel volume, pan, and mute automation....
String Machines is the latest sound-library micropack from Puremagnetik. With more than 250 MB of sounds for Ableton Sampler, Native Instruments Kontakt, and Apple EXS, String Machines recaptures the sounds of the Roland VP-330 and RS-09, the ARP Solina String Ensemble, and the Crumar Orchestrator....
Releasing its first collections of sampled keyboard instruments, the Vienna Symphonic Library announces the Bösendorfer 290 Imperial and the Vienna Konzerthaus Organ....
San Diego-based SoundHack has released the Spectral Shapers 1.2 plug-in bundle, which is now compatible with Digidesign Pro Tools 7.0 and higher. This new version also adds Universal Binary support to its VST, AU, and RTAS plug-ins....
Sennheiser is shipping the e 602 II cardioid dynamic microphone, the newest addition to Sennheiser's Evolution Series microphones. According to the manufacturer, the e 602 II is designed for use with low-frequency instruments such as kick drums, bass guitar cabs, and tubas.
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Yamaha Announces Motif XS and MM6 "Mini Mo"
