reFuse Software is developing the Lowender (Mac; $39) plug-in. This subharmonic synthesizer, reminiscent of classic analog dual band bass enhancer circuits, attempts to recreate the sound of a boom box....
A new digital concert piano will soon be available from Korg. The C-720 ($4,900) digital concert piano features a realistic 88-note graded hammer action keyboard and real piano sounds....
The McDSP Education Program provides special access and hands-on training for the McDSP line of plug-ins. More than 75 schools worldwide have already received hands-on training...
Digital Music Doctor Know It All series is now available; know it all with the video training course Cubase 4—Know It All! (Mac/Win; $34.95). With over two hours of videos...
Boxed copies of McDSP's HD and Native product lines are now shipping!
McDSP HD products are full-featured versions of McDSP plug-ins supporting TDM, RTAS, and Audiosuite plug-in formats....
This week at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Austin, Texas, Notion Music announced new percussion features and two new sound kits for Notion notation software: Sessions: Rhythm Section and Expanded Mallets 1....
The latest music software from Notion Music (formerly VirtuosoWorks) solves the common problem of having lots of music to play but no one to play it with. Protégé (Mac/Win; $99) is an affordable composition program that allows you to write, rehearse, and perform your compositions as if you were working with a full ensemble of musicians....
SONiVOX has released FlyingHand Percussion (Mac/Win; $259), a Kontakt 2 sample library featuring a unique selection of hand percussion and electronic percussion instruments....
Now shipping through Kaysound Imports is the SM Pro Audio M-Patch 2, a compact, desktop/rack-mountable passive volume attenuator and patch control device....
Alexander Publishing has teamed up with Naxos to create How Ravel Orchestrated: Mother Goose Suite, an orchestration instruction set that includes a newly-engraved, 200-page score with the condensed piano part, along with a recording of the Suite performed by the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Kenneth Jean....
TC Electronic is shipping Konnekt 8 (Mac/Win; $375), an audio interface that features two Impact mic preamps that are switchable to high-impedance guitar inputs or balanced line inputs....
Solid State Logic has announced two new modules for the X-Rack system: the Four Channel Input ($925), a four mono line input module; and the Master Bus ($1,110), a summing, metering, and control room module....
Garritan is shipping Stradivari Solo Violin 2.0 ($199; $29 upgrade for current Stradivari customers), which integrates Native Instruments Kontakt 2 sample player....
The College of Santa Fe Contemporary Music Program explores a wealth of musical areas, including world and electro-acoustic music. This Fall in the Atrium Sound Space, the program will explore sound art and acoustic ecology in a series of sound installations....
