IK Multimedia Offers Free AmpliTube X-Gear 

IK Multimedia has made AmpliTube X-Gear available as a free download for all AmpliTube 2 Live users and StealthPlug users....

Vienna Symphonic Library Releases Vienna Ensemble 3 

Vienna Ensemble 3 is a MIDI and audio LAN solution that allows you to set up a cross-platform network of Macs and PCs using an Ethernet cable and no additional audio hardware. ...

IK Multimedia Ships AmpliTube Metal 

IK Multimedia is shipping AmpliTube Metal guitar amp and effects-modeling software....

Native Instruments Announces Guitar Rig Session 

Guitar Rig Session includes the Guitar Rig platform, an audio interface, and additional recording software....

Ableton Releases Orchestral Instruments 

Ableton has released the Orchestral Instruments, four sampled-instrument collections that represent the four sections of an orchestra: strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion....

Waves Offers Jack Joseph Puig Presets for Free Download 

Waves is offering free presets from Grammy-winning producer and mixer Jack Joseph Puig's personal preset collection....

PreSonus Releases FaderPort Native Driver for Logic 

The driver provides the FaderPort with a new mix/edit/transport window view, write and latch automation, and better overall performance.
...

Brainworx Releases bx_digital AU 

Brainworx has released an AU version of bx_digital M/S recording and mastering software....

Review: Cakewalk Sonar 7 Producer Edition (Win) 

By Brian Smithers

In art, as in life, it's the little things that count. Sometimes that holds true for software updates, too. Cakewalk Sonar 7 Producer Edition is one of...

Review: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Win)  

By Allan Metts

With its suite of products for graphic design, photography, document creation, and video production, Adobe is no stranger to the pursuit of creativity....

Review: Digidesign Pro Tools LE 7.4 (Mac/Win) 

By Brian Smithers

Having significantly leveled the MIDI playing field with the introduction of Pro Tools 7.0, Digidesign has since turned its attention to the needs of...

Download of the Month: U-he MFM2 (Mac/Win) 

By Len Sasso

MFM2 ($79) is a reincarnation of Urs Heckmann's first VST plug-in, More Feedback Machine. It could be subtitled Everything you always wanted from a delay...

Review: Cockos Reaper 2.0 (Win) 

By Allan Metts

I had never heard of Cockos Reaper when EM asked me to review it. Reaper's developers don't pay for big advertisements, and the program hasn't been around...

Quick Pick: Notion Music Progression (Mac/Win) 

By Jon Chappell

Notion Music has released an entry-level program called Progression ($99) that's designed primarily for notating guitar and bass scores with standard...

Quick Pick: Synaptricity Flashback 1.0 (Mac) 

By David E. Weiss

Synaptricity Flashback 1.0 ($199) is a Digidesign Pro Tools plug-in (RTAS and AudioSuite) that runs in the background, recording everything you do into...

Quick Pick: MusicLab RealStrat 1.0 (Mac/Win) 

By Marty Cutler

Most guitar sample libraries are multiple-instrument collections, and by virtue of their broad-scope nature, they rarely mine the wealth of tonal variety...

Cycling ’74 Releases Max/MSP Version 5 

Cycling ’74 has released version 5.0 of Max/MSP. ...

BIAS Ships Peak LE 6 

Peak LE 6 is the light edition of the company's Peak Pro audio editing, processing, and mastering application....

Native Instruments Releases Guitar Rig 3.1 

With this free software update, the digital guitar studio now offers improved modeling, better sound quality, and various user enhancements....

Antares Audio Technologies Harmony Engine 1.0 (Mac/Win) and Zplane.Development Vielklang 1.1.2 (Mac/Win) 

By Len Sasso

Antares Harmony Engine 1.0 and Zplane Vielklang 1.1.2 apply different strategies to perform the same musical task: generating harmony parts from solo...