| iCON's QCon Pro review |
| Jérôme, le 05-25-2012 We reviewed the iCON QCOn two years ago. Here is a review of its small brother which has just been released, the QCon Pro. More about it... |
| Steinberg announce Nuendo Live |
| Pascal, le 22-03-2012 Steinberg are introducing a "Live" version of Nuendo. As the name implies, this version is dedicated to stage/live applications. Its main features are as follows :
More about it... |
| Cubase 6.5 trial version |
| Pascal, le 22-03-2012 A trial version for Cubase 6.0 was already available but here comes the 6.5 one. This trial is fully functional but will stop working after 30 days. After this period, you'll have to uninstall it or buy it.
As usual, a Steinberg Key (dongle) will be necessary to install this trial. It will contain the 30-day licence. More about it... |
| MK2 version for iCON's QCon |
| Jérôme, le 20-03-2012 The iCON QCon that we reviewed on Espace Cubase last year goes to Pro version and gets everything it was lacking : LED meters, LEDrings around pots, Timecode display, new faders, pro-tools compatibility, easy firmware update via iCON's own software.
Note that an extender (QConEx) is also announced, as well as a QCon Lite, a single-fader QCon. We may review these new functions on Espace Cubase. We'll keep you posted. More about it... |
| Cubase 6.0.6 maintenance release on the road ! |
| Pascal, le 01-03-2012-2 As a consolation for those ranting against this non-free 6.5 version, Steinberg are announcing a 6.0.6 maintenance release in the forthcoming days for all Cubase versions (6, Artist, Elements, AI and LE).
No new feature, no new instrument, no new effect, just the fixing of 9 bugs, listed in the link below. The story does not say if the 6.0.x series of Cubase will still be maintained in the future or if this release will be the last one. To be continued ! More about it... |
| Cubase v6.5 on the road |
| Pascal, le 29-02-2012 Cubase 6 and its artist version keep on living their little peaceful lives. According to the feedback we get on our mailing list, this version seems a reliable, stable one, without big unfixable bugs. Good for us !
But it keeps evolving with a new major update numbered 6.5. This one offers :
Have fun ! More about it... |
| Cubase 6.5 : the prices ! |
| Pascal, le 29-02-2012 I forgot one small detail when I wrote the previous piece of news : the update from C6 to 6.5 is a paid one ! If my RAM is still OK, I think this is the first time users have had to pay for an intermediate update. How Cubasians will react to this new price policy has yet to be witnessed... More about it... |
| iCON's QCon controller soon to be reviewed |
| Jérôme, le 8-12-2010 Announced in April at the latest MusikMesse, this new controler from the Asian manufacturer iCON (a fairly young company, almost unknown in Europe and France, offering good value for money products) has been the target of lots of comments on forums lately. It will offer touch-sensitive motorized faders and emulate a Mackie Control Universal for a retail price of 500 euros/690 dollars.
Although availability in Europe is planned around january or maybe february, we managed to get one directly from Hong Kong. So a scoop review of the beast should be available soon on your favorite Cubase website. So, stay tuned ! More about it... |
| Steinberg Museum opens its doors ! |
| Jérôme, le 17-12-2009 No, it is not a real "stone-made-of-rock" museum but a virtual one that Steinberg have just opened to public.
But, if you're interested in Steinberg's history, everything's there, from Pro 16 to Cubase 5, through the successive takeovers by Pinnacle and Yamaha. Besides, the thing is very well put together ! A very nice initiative on the occasion of Steinberg's 25th anniversary. Yes, indeed, 25 years already ! More about it... |
| Updates for Cubase 5 |
| Jérôme, le 12-12-2009 Steinberg have just released an update for Cubase 5/Studio 5 to fully support Windows Seven on PC and OSX Snow Leopard on Mac.
This update also offers new features and fixes important bugs. More about it... |
| Electronic EZX from Toontrack ! |
| Jérôme, le 30-11-2009 Toontrack have definitely been one of the leading and most productive
creators of acoustic drum soundbanks on the market for the last few years and
the success of EZDrummer (reviewed here) and Superior Drummer is here to prove
the quality of the sympathetical Swedish team's productions.
But, here, it is very surprising, indeed ! Toontrack have just released a new expansion set for EZDrummer by the name of... Electronic ! Yes, you heard it right, synthetic drum sounds ! And it's not light stuff. They sampled all the most famous and reputed machines (TB 303 and TR 808 among others) in their original or circuit-bent versions. Lovers of Depeche Mode, Joy Dibision, OMD, Daft Punk and the likes, this EZX is for you. But not only. If you are into industrial rock or if you like to thicken acoustic drums with electronic sounds, this bank is for you, too. I promise, we will talk about it here in a few weeks. More about it... |
| Cubase Essential 5 Grace Period Update Process |
| Steinberg, le 24-08-2009 All customers who have bought Cubase Essential 4 between July 15, 2009, and October 15, 2009, are eligible to obtain a Grace Period Update to Cubase Essential 5 at a special price.
You are eligible for the Grace Period Update if you have purchased one of the following products within the eligibility period above:
Please note that requests for Grace Period Updates to Cubase Essential 5 will only be accepted until December 31, 2009. Obtaining an update : in order to obtain the update, please email your scanned or photographed proof of purchase to Steinberg. Please make sure that the proof of purchase is legible and contains the purchase date. It’s also important that you provide a functional email address so that we can provide you with your personalized link to the Steinberg Online Shop from where you will then buy your Grace Period Update. Please send your proof of purchase to: graceperiod(sb)steinberg.net. Once we have received your proof of purchase, we will send a personalized link to the Steinberg Online Shop to the email address you have provided. By using this link, you can obtain the Cubase Essential 5 Grace Period Update for EUR 10.00 (incl. 19% VAT) as download version. In addition, an optional backup DVD can be ordered for EUR 12.00 (incl. 19% VAT, plus shipping costs). Please note that processing your application for the Grace Period Update may take up to 6 weeks, and that Steinberg cannot process illegible proofs of purchase. Steinberg will accept applications from residents of all countries, except for customers from Japan. More about it... |
| Cubase Essential 5 Soon Available |
| Steinberg, le 24-08-2009 After releasing Cubase 5 and Cubase Studio 5 in the first half of this year, Steinberg now is also introducing the fifth version of Cubase Essential.
Providing an easy, intuitive approach to composing, recording, editing and mixing, Cubase Essential 5 is the smallest full version of the latest Cubase music production systems. Cubase Essential 5 shines with the same user interface as its elder sibling Cubase 5 as well as the award-winning Steinberg Audio Engine heralded by countless professionals the world over. Cubase Essential 5 combines premium virtual instruments, outstanding audio and MIDI VST effects with a vast range of proven editing and sequencing tools while being extremely easy to use. More about it... |
| Advanced Integration Updates for Cubase |
| Steinberg, le 24-08-2009 Steinberg is pleased to announce that it has released a set of updates for Cubase 5, Cubase Studio 5, MR816 CSX, MR816 X and CC121. The added capabilities include extended control options for CC121, workflow enhancements for MR816 CSX/X as well as functional additions and refinements to Cubase 5.
The update for the CC121 Advanced Integration USB controller includes new control options. The AI Knob now offers control for VST2 plug-ins, allowing ultra-quick “point and control” of any parameter accessible supporting use of the mouse wheel. The CC121 EQ section now features optional control over the eight Cubase 5 Quick Controls. Furthermore, the resolution of the encoders has been refined, while folder tracks can now be opened and closed directly from CC121, aiding navigation through large projects. The MR816 CSX and MR816 X update comes with metering and workflow enhancements, including faster access to MR settings directly in Cubase. In addition, the Hardware Setup menu has been expanded to offer more information and control within one window. Cubase 5.1 supports the new functionality available in the MR816 CSX/X and CC121 updates, also extending connectivity with Yamaha’s MOTIF XS. Project Tagging has been introduced to the MediaBay, the rating functionality has been extended to all preset browser windows and many other, smaller functional enhancements are also included. “This is a further step along the road of integrating software and hardware in ways that offer major benefits in terms of workflow, intuitiveness and sheer smoothness of the whole customer experience,” comments Helge Vogt, Product Marketing Manager for Cubase. All three updates are available now as a free download for all registered customers of the respective products. More about it... |
| Nuendo 4.3 Update Release |
| Steinberg, le 31-08-2009 "Today, Steinberg releases Nuendo 4.3, which is the fourth maintenance update for the audio- and post-production software Nuendo 4. This new version is free and available as a download from our server.
“The overall goal for Nuendo 4.3 was to further improve the stability of the program. We’ve not only concentrated on addressing open issues concerned with File Import, Surround, Solo/Mute and Session handling, but have also enabled Cubase 5 projects to be opened in Nuendo 4.3. Our thanks goes out to our valued customers for their input,” comments Timo Wildenhain, marketing manager at Steinberg. In addition, the new update also provides support for the upcoming Nuendo SyncStation, Steinberg’s new synchronizer. “Our new synchronizer will be a benchmarking machine. The overall functionality and integration with Nuendo is absolutely outstanding,” Wildenhain continues. The Nuendo SyncStation is a joint-development of Steinberg and engineering legend Colin Broad."... More about it... |
| Cubase 5 lands at NAMM show ! |
| Jérôme, le 15-01-09 We'd been waiting for it for quite some time and, at Espace Cubase, we already knew it was coming, but some secrets have to be kept ! Cubase has landed in its version 5.
The list of new features and improvements cannot be given here as it is veeeeeery long. But, raw like sushi, here are the most visible ones : a collection of tools to help you easily create grooves (Loopmash, Beatcreator...), brand new voice-oriented realtime pitch-shifting functions (Variaudio), a new plugin called PitchCorrect, based on Yamaha's Pitch Fix technology, full 64-bit compatibility, new GUI (and it is really nice, indeed !), new VST Expression technology for virtual samplers using huge orchestral (or not) soundbanks and......a convolution reverb called REVerence......and..........tadaaaaa........BATCH EXPORT functions, at last !!!
The really good news is that the price has dropped again and should be around 599 euros/650 dollars, including a printed manual. If you want more information, you'd better go and have a look on Steinberg's site. More about it... |
| Cubase 5.0.1 is here ! |
| Pascal, le 01-04-09 The long awaited first update for Cubase 5 has landed in version 5.0.1. Quite a lot of bugs have been fixed and you'll get some enhancements, one of the most noticeable being the important work that has been done pertaining the resources needed by REVerence, Steinberg's convolution reverb, far lower than before. You'll also note improvements for the news tools featured in this new Cubase 5 (Loopmash, among others). More about it... |
| Happy New Year 2009 ! |
| Jérôme, le 02-01-2009 All the staff from Espace Cubase wish you all the best for 2009, may it be filled with lots of musical projects.
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| End of support for legacy products |
| Jérôme, le 07-11-2008 In order to focus their ressources on their most recent products, Steinberg are dropping support for a few.......outdated products ;o)
Then, end of support for the following products : Cubase VST 5.1x, Cubase VST 32 5.1x, Cubase VST Score 5.1x, Waldorf Attack, D´Cota, Model-E, Waldorf PPG Wave, Waldorf D-Pole, Mastering Edition, Steinberg Surround Edition, TC Surround Verb, VoiceMachine and Warp. Pertaining OS's, end of support for Mac OS 9.22 and Windows 98SE / ME. |
| New Funkmasters EZX for EZDrummer |
| Jérôme, le 07-11-2008 Toontrack have just announced the forthcoming release of a new soundbank for EZDrummer. This new EZX is Funk and Hip-Hop oriented and features special effects such as record scratches made with the help of Izotope's Vinyl and also dedicated reverbs.
Its name : Funkmasters. The sounds and MIDI loops have been played by the two gods of funk drumming : Clyde Stubblefield and John Starks (nicknamed Jab'o), the two drummers who took part to the rise and glory of the Godfather of Funk, the Late Mister James Brown ! Enjoy ! More about it... |
| Sequel 2 demo version available |
| Jérôme, le 11-08-2008 Steinberg have just uploaded a demo version of Sequel 2.
This demo is the same as the retail version (fully functional) but is limited to a maximum trial-period of 45 days. More about it... |
| Sequel 2 |
| Jérôme, le 03-07-2008 Steinberg are announcing a version 2 for their entry-level music-creation tool, Sequel.
Sequel 2 introduces new features, including a hardware controller learn mode, track freeze, virtual keyboards, track icons "à la Logic" (when are we getting this for our beloved Cubase ?) and many more. The announced price tag is 99 euros for a full version and 29 euros for an upgrade from Sequel 1 (it seems this upgrade can only be performed via Steinberg's online shop, please check with your local distributor). Three new loop banks (with 300+ loops on each CD) are also available for Sequel, covering rock, industrial and hip-hop styles. They will cost 14,90 euros. More about it... |
| KR-Reverb FS R1.1.0 |
| Daino, le 23-06-2008 KResearch offer a free version their commercial reverb KR-Space :
More about it... |
| ReValver MKIII |
| Daino, le 23-06-2008 Peavey present ReValver MKIII, an amp modeling software :
More about it... |
| At Voxengo.com... |
| Daino, le 23-06-2008 Voxengo released this month :
More about it... |
| Happy New Year 2008 ! |
| Jérôme, le 05-01-2008 The whole Espace Cubase team wishes all their visitors a smashing 2008 year ! May it be full of music and success ! |
| The end of a whole series of plugins |
| Jérôme, le 05-01-2008 As a consequence of Wizoo GmBh having been acquired by Digidesign recently, Steinberg have just announced that the following products will therefore officially become "legacy" products and will not receive any more development (no more updates or new features).
Virtual Bassist Virtual Guitarist 2 Hypersonic 2 The Grand 2 Users who bought those products will benefit crossgrades and special offers on upgrades when Steinberg release similar products in the future. More about it... |
| Cubase 4.1 and Cubase Studio 4.1 |
| Daino, le 28-10-2007 Cubase et Cubase Studio have been updated to 4.1 for Windows and Mac OSX, to be downloaded from Steinberg's FTP. A major update, according to users since there are many great enhancements :
Following those updates, some 64-bit preview versions for Windows Vista 64-bit are proposed too... More about it... |
| Toontrack Solo |
| Daino, le 03-10-2007 Toontrack announces the next release of Toontrack Solo, a host application for Toontrack Music samplers providing stand alone operation. Their VSTis were usable till now as plugins only.
More about it... |
| Nuendo 4 |
| Daino, le 25-09-2007 A long time after Cubase 4, Steinberg now announces the release of Nuendo 4. It seems that Steinberg want to definitively separate the two softwares, that is to say Nuendo for post-production and engineers, and Cubase for music : the music tools from Cubase are no longer available in Nuendo 4, but proposed as an optional module, the Nuendo Expansion Kit (NEK). Some new features among other ones :
More about it... |
| Kontakt 3 & co |
| Daino, le 14-09-2007 Native Instruments announces the coming release of Kontakt3 : 33 GB sound library, Universal Import of virtually any sound format, reworked Wave Editor, more than 18 effects, etc.
NI proposes as well Komplete 5, Komplete Synths and Komplete Classics, and Guitar Rig 3 too. All those plugins will be available in October. More about it... |
| Wavelab essential v6 |
| Jérôme, le 10-09-2007 Steinberg have just announced Wavelab's little brother, Wavelab Essential in its 6th version.
Following the current technological trendiness, one of the biggest addition is "podcasting" functions. But you will of course get audio processings and advanced CD creation features like those found in Wavelab (but in their lighter versions). In short, if you aren't financially lucky or simply do not need highly professional tools, this lighter version will suit your needs perfectly, and more, with its load of new features. More about it... |
| Tchakpoum Maha kit |
| Daino, le 31-08-2007 Our generous member and drummer Vincent Sermonne proposes since a long time now in free download from his website some soundbanks and VST-i patches realized from his own drums - drums he sampled himself. He has just put online a new soundbank from a 1985's Yamaha 9000 : the "TchackMaha kit". It is about a Battery 2 kit, Kontakt and Intakt compatible. He's introducing his own new soundbank (great, now I can look for a drink ;o) : "The kit contains 513 samples, 255 MB [...]. Similarly to the previous soundbank, it is not a "ready-at-use" Battery kit, I insist on keeping the harmonics which most asked people hasten to take out, it is made in order to be as a real studio soundtake as possible. It was fully recorded and edited with Cubase SX without any processing, except a normalization at 0dB and some noise reduction for the small normalized velocities. It was recorded with good mikes (Sennheiser, Shure, Neumann, AKG and Octava) in my own 20 m2 studio fully sound-proofed, an E-Mu 1616m soundcard and my laptop, my arms for the takes and my big fingers for the editing." More about it... |
| EZDrummer v 1.1.0 |
| Jérôme, le 07-06-2007 Toontrack have just announced the immediate availability of EZDrummer version 1.1.0.
Besides the fixing of a few bugs, registered users will benefit from brand new functionalities (new playing position pointers, possibility to save mixer presets...). This important update will be required if you are planning to use the forthcoming Nashville, Twisted and Claustrophobic EZX:s. More about it... |
| A quick reminder ! |
| Jérôme, le 27-05-2007 Better late than never for a good news !
A 4.0.3 hotfix for Cubase 4 has been avalaible for a few weeks now. This update requires version 4.0.2 installed and fixes some really bad bugs that needed to be fixed straight away. After installing it, most users reckon this version improves the program's stability and speed. And therefore, it should be installed by all users, not only those who were experiencing the fixed bugs. More about it... |
| Nuendo 4 soon |
| Jérôme, le 27-05-2007 Nuendo 4 should be released during Q3 of 2007.
The new features brought by Cubase 4 should be available in this version of Steinberg's flagship program in the product range : Mediabay, effects drag and drop, new plugins and EQs, Macintel compatibility. The other new features will be available to Nuendo users only as they will be used by post-production and broadcast application users, who are the main target of the program. More about it... |
| Two new EZXs from Toontrack |
| Jérôme, le 25-05-2007 And two more coming !
Toontrack are carrying on releasing new EZDrummer expansion kits. After the brilliant DrumKit From Hell, Latin Percussions and Vintage Drums (available since October 2006) and the soon forthcoming Nashville EZX (announced for mid-May), here come the Claustrophobic and Twisted kits. The first one is RnB, Hip Hop and Pop oriented. Its name comes from the room in which it was recorded : a really tiny room. Produced in collaboration with Sontronics microphones (hello steinberg France, Sontronics distributor for France !) and Evans drumheads. The second one is Pop, Rock and Industrial oriented as well as other styles and it was created in collaboration with Michael Blair who played the drums for Tom Waits (among others) on the album Rain Dogs and for Elvis Costello on the album Spike. The main characteristics of this kit are that it is composed of old pans and trashcans or bicycle parts mixed with classic drum elements and rototoms. Everything to get a crazy thing ! At last, the big new feature is that those kits will give users the possibility to add effects on top of the dry samples and to mix them inside EZDrummer thanks to its internal mixer. In order to do that, you'll have to get the forthcoming 1.1 update for EZDrummer. Seems we'll get everything we need to create really personal drum parts ! More about it... |
| VG 2 and Hypersonic 2 updates |
| Daino, le 22-05-2007 Steinberg had released free updates of Virtual Guitarist 2 and Hypersonic 2 in download, mainly for Mac users :
some minor bugs enhancements and improvement of the integration of Midi controllers... More about it... |
| Steinberg SEQUEL |
| Jérôme, le 28-03-2007 Using the German MusikMesse show as an opportunity, Steinberg have just announced a brand new tracker program in the style of ACID/Live for the first time in its history !
And we have to reckon it is one of the biggest surprises of the MusikMesse as far as our good old Charlie's company is concerned ! More about it... |
| A new EZX for Toontrack EZDrummer |
| Jérôme, le 02-03-2007 Toontrack are forging ahead, announcing the forthcoming availability (end of April) of a new expansion bank for EZDrummer, totaly dedicated to Country music and Texan rock.
Its name : Nashville EZX. Some very good sound to be expected, considering the appealing specs and the high quality of the three other EZXs already available. More about it... |
| Cubase 4.0.2 |
| Jérôme, le 01-03-2007 Here it is ! The famous "so-much-awaited" (as it seemed, by some users) update for cubase has landed.
On the menu : a shitload of bug fixes, with some being, as it seemed, very big ones ! More about it... |
| ToonTrack EZPlayer Free |
| Jérôme, le 20-01-2007 ToonTrack are announcing the forthcoming availability of EZPlayer Free for all registered or registering users of ToonTrack products.
This free version demoes/introduces EZPlayer "full" which will be available later in Spring. It is a browser/player dedicated to MIDI drumloops and it will act as a bridge between your loops and your drum-sampler allowing you to preview and then drag and drop these loops into your sequencer's project, in the exact same way as EZDrummer's browser acts. At the moment, EZPlayer free is compatible with all ToonTrack products, BFD and all GM-compatible drum-samplers. This tool will most probably prove itself to be very handy for DFHS users who will now have a browser like EZDrummer users. A good way to save time. More about it... |
| The death of Midex 3/8 |
| Jérôme, le 20-01-2007 Steinberg have just announced that the Midex 3/8 MIDI interfaces would not be developed or supported anymore. As a consequence, there won't be any 64-bit compatible drivers that users have been asking for.
Let's note that these products were withdrawn from sales in 2003. But, it seems that Steinberg are slowly moving towards the "Vista era", abandoning their oldest legacy products. More about it... |
| No 3.1.2 version for SX |
| Jérôme, le 17-01-2007 As opposed to what had been announced by Steinberg, months ago already, on the Cubase.net forums, Cubase SX3 will not be treated its ultimate update, version 3.1.2. As it seems, it is because Cubase4 requires too much work on programmers.
Although SX 3 is, as of today, probably the most stable and efficient version of Cubase SX that has been available to users - and, as you may expect, the next generations of Cubase will most probably be "Vista-only" -, it is a bit of pity for those who have been waiting for this - promised by Steinberg - update. More about it... |
| Happy new year ! |
| Daino, le 01-01-2007 Espace Cubase wishes to all members and visitors of the site a very nice and happy year 2007, may it be full of Projects and bug safe. Hope that you aren't now in the same condition as its moderator team after this New Year's Eve... Some kind of "dish-clothes", lol ! ;oD |
| Poap and glass noises at VSL |
| Daino, le 29-11-2006 Vienna Symphonic's guys propose two new sound librairies :
More about it... |
| Updates for HALion |
| Daino, le 29-11-2006 There are some new updates at Steinberg for HALion 3, HALion Player Retail & OEM and HALion String Edition 2. More about it... |
| New toys by NI |
| Daino, le 17-10-2006 As announced one month ago, Native Instruments has just released Komplete 4, Massive, FM8, Battery 3 and Absynth 4. More infos and prices on their site... More about it... |
| Liquid Bundle changed its skin |
| Daino, le 09-10-2006 Nomad Factory realised a new design for his Liquid Bundle, with Liquid Bundle II which also contains several plugins such as Compressor, Delay, Gate, Modulation (chorus, Flanger), Phaser, Reverb. Up to 192 kHz, released in VST, RTAS et AU formats. It is sold as a download product only : 187$ on the site or 49$ if you are already a registered user of Liquid Bundle 1x. There is also an update 2.1 to download. More about it... |
| Melodyne 3.1.2 |
| Daino, le 05-10-2006 The update 3.1.2 of Melodyne is available on Celemony's site. Some bug fixes... More about it... |
| GVI |
| Daino, le 05-10-2006 Tascam releases GVI, Giga Virtual Instrument. That is to say GigaStudio 3 in VSTi version ! The virtual sampler is in VST and RTAS format, up to 24 bits/96 kHz. Sold at $399 on Tascam's site, it is released with its soundbank from SONiVOX, Best Service, Bigga Giggas and Larry Seyer. More about it... |
| GigaStudio 3.20 |
| Daino, le 03-10-2006 Tascam proposes the patch 3.20 to update your GigaStudio :
More about it... |
| Cubase 4 and Studio 4 updated ! |
| Daino, le 03-10-2006 Yahow ! Cubase 4 and Cubase Studio 4 have not yet been released in France but their updates in version 4.01 are already available ! :oD
More about it... |
| Cubase 4.0.1 already there ! |
| Jérôme, le 29-09-2006 Although the new Cubase 4 (C4/CS4) has not even hit the stores in France and most European countries (except, as it seems, Great Britain which seems to be a bit forward...lucky them), here comes version 4.0.1, already, with its lot of bug fixes and ressource-load improvements (especially on VST-i's).
More about it... |
| Auto-Tune 5 |
| Daino, le 29-09-2006 Antares announces the upcoming Auto-Tune 5, a new version of his pitch correction plugin.
More about it... |
| About VST3 in Cubase 4... |
| Daino, le 27-09-2006 The new Steinberg's protocole VST3 appeared with the last Cubase 4 and Cubase Studio 4 which just have been released.
More about it... |
| On the turn of Nuendo |
| Daino, le 26-09-2006 With the release of Cubase 4, Steinberg announces a major upcoming version of Nuendo, so that this post-production software could take benefit from the improvements included in Cubase 4, such as MediaBay, the new plug-ins, drag and drop of insert effects as well as compatibility to Intel-based Macintosh computers... More about it... |
| Now comes Cubase 4 ! |
| Daino, le 22-09-2006 Woops ! Here it is, the new version of Cubase of which the term SX has gone away : Cubase 4. Among the improvements :
Cubase Studio 4 is selled at 399 EUR. All prices are detailed on their site... More about it... |
| Reopening time according to NI |
| Daino, le 19-09-2006 Native Instruments announces for October the release of 5 new products :
More about it... |
| 1st screenshots of Cubase 4 ! |
| Daino, le 31-08-2006 Uh well and yuppi yup, there are already some pictures of the coming Cubase 4 (the "SX" would have gone away...), while waiting the official introduction. There is even a screenshot of the box :oD Thanks to our members for having told us about them ! More about it... |
| M51galaxy VSTi |
| Daino, le 19-08-2006 AlgoMusic presents M51galaxy in VSTi format, which architecture is made of two independent synths. Among other things :
More about it... |
| Wavelab 6 Studio version |
| Jérôme, le 02-08-2006 After Wavelab 6, the brilliant audio editor from Steinberg, here comes the Studio version, announced at Summer NAMM Show, for the third quarter of 2006.
This is in fact a lighter version of Wavelab, featuring most of its big brother's functions, but more project-studio oriented. A good alternative for those who don't need to process sound at 384 Khz and have loads of functions at disposal that they'll never use. Me, for instance ;o) The retail price (data from Steinberg GmBh) will be around 299 €/380 $ VAT. More about it... |
| Groove Agent 3 announced for September |
| Jérôme, le 02-08-2006 For those who'd found Groove Agent 2 too light in terms of new features, Steinberg have just announced at the Summer NAMM Show that version 3 will be shipping in September, featuring loads of new functions and seeming to be a major upgrade of the program.
On top of the 123 styles now covered with their fills and variations, the soundbank gets bigger and features 10 acoustic kits plus 9 electronic ones, as well as a whole lot of percussion instruments. Among other new functions, you'll now get a "special agent" working with drum loops in 15 different live-recorded styles, and also a "percussions agent". Two of these agents can work in "dual mode" syncronized to the host's tempo. Let's add, at random : A 9-band EQ and a compressor that can be assigned to any of the 12 outputs now at disposal, the possibility to import your own samples, an "alternate" function allowing you to humanize grooves and a whole lot of other new editing possibilities. Prices (data from Steinberg GmBh): 239 €/300 $ full retail version 129 €/165 $ from GA v1 89 €/115 $ from GA v2 Requires a Steinberg key (29 €/39 $) if you don't own one yet. More about it... |
| Melodyne 3.1 |
| Daino, le 29-06-2006 Celemony has released the update 3.1 for Melodyne cre8 and Studio, with a sound library from Liquid Instruments. It can run native and is also ReWire, VST, RTAS and AU compatible on MAC computers with Intel processors. More about it... |
| URS 1975 Classic Compressor |
| Daino, le 29-06-2006 URS proposes his 1975 Classic Compressor :
More about it... |
| DFH Superior 1.5.5 & DFH Vintage add-on |
| Daino, le 29-06-2006 Toontrack has updated DFH Superior into version 1.5.5. An add-on for DFH Superior proposes also some new instruments (DFH 1.5.4 or higher required). More about it... |
| HALion Symphonic Orchestra is shipping |
| Jérôme, le 09-06-2006 Steinberg have just announced the shipping of HALion Symphonic Orchestra to resellers and distributors worldwide.
As well as the full version, upgrades are available from HALion String Edition 1 and 2 and also crossgrades from competing orchestral sample products. Prices will be available from your country's distributor. Note that you'll need a Steinberg Key if you don't own one already. More about it... |
| New drumkits for Toontrack EZDrummer |
| Jérôme, le 08-06-2006 The very pleasant staff from Toontrack is announcing the release of three extension drumkits for their drum sampler EZDrummer (reviewed soon on your favourite website), to be available in September.
The first kit is a "latin percussions" one, taken from the giant DrumKit From Hell Superior, and they were specially remixed for EZDrummer. They will be supplied with MIDI grooves matching the style of the kit. The second kit is simply the re-release of DrumKit From Hell, the famous original, plus its add-ons. It will come with MIDI grooves played by the drummer of Meshuggah (thrash metal). In other words, some man's drumkit ! The third one is a "vintage brushes and sticks" kit, that's also taken from DFH Superior vintage, featuring an add-on soon to be released for the big brother. It will come with MIDI grooves with a mellower and jazzier feeling. We can say that they have been really busy at Toontrack's. These kits will be reviewed as soon as they are available. More about it... |
| BFD Converter |
| Daino, le 18-05-2006 FXPansion proposes a tool to convert the DFH Superior and DFH Custom & Vintage into BFD soundfiles. You must own both BFD and DFH to use it... More about it... |
| DFH Custom & Vintage add-on |
| Daino, le 18-05-2006 Toontrack announces the coming release of an add-on for DFH Custom & Vintage,in fact the remaining of the recordings with Peter Henderson and Chris Whitten, that is to say 24 GB of sounds to feed your virtual drum, if you use this software. Beware, limited edition of only 2,000 copies ! Available in June. More about it... |
| WaveLab 6 updated |
| Daino, le 09-04-2006 Her, oh yes, we forgot to announce the official release of WaveLab 6 after having told you about its introduction at the NAMM (read our news of 23rd.01.2006), glups ! :op
Well, well, just to tell you that an update 6.00b can now be downloaded from Steinberg.net... More about it... |
| HALion Symphonic Orchestra |
| Daino, le 05-04-2006 Steinberg announces the coming release of HALion Symphonic Orchestra, a VST-i of symphonic orchestra through HALion's audio engine :
More about it... |
| A new design for Steinberg website |
| Jérôme, le 16-03-2006 After several months of hard work, Steinberg's webmasters have just put online the brand new design of the official website.
With more air, clearer (downloads and documents are easier to find and sections have been reorganised) and more "high-techy" than even before, this new version looks fairly good, indeed. All there's to do now is to add a "links" section with Espace Cubase in good place ;o) More about it... |
| Vocaloid 1.1 |
| Daino, le 28-02-2006 Yamaha has updated Vocaloid, its virtual vocal male or female singer, into version 1.1. More about it... |
| Nuendo EuCon 3.2 |
| Daino, le 28-02-2006 Steinberg has updated into en version 3.2 the EuCon adapter module for Nuendo : extended fonctionnality
to control the software from Euphonix's MC and System 5-MC digital consoles. The update is free for registered users of Nuendo EuCon adapter. More about it... |
| Classic Console Equalizer Bundle v2.0 |
| Daino, le 20-02-2006 URS proposes in his bundle in version 2.0 two new 5-bands parametric Eq plugins,
the A-mix series EQ and the N-Mix Series EQ. They can be bought separately. More about it... |
| FXpansion VST to RTAS Adapter 2.0 |
| Daino, le 20-02-2006 FXpansion has updated his VST to RTAS adapter into version 2.0, optimized for Pro Tools 7. More about it... |
| Tera 3.1 |
| Daino, le 15-02-2006 VirSyn has updated TERA into version 3.1 :
More about it... |
| DFH EZdrummer |
| Daino, le 26-01-2006 Following the famous DFH Superior and DFH Custom & Vintage, Toontracks announces the coming release of EZdrummer, an other virtual drum sampler in a compact and easy-to-handle module, but rather furnished :
Some MP3 demos are proposed on the site. More about it... |
| Roland SH-201 synth |
| Daino, le 23-01-2006 Usually, we don't have any interest in music instruments current events considering the Espace Cubase website,
but it was interesting here to point out that the last Roland's SH-201 synth integrates a software
editor in VSTi format. Craaaaazy ! More about it... |
| KORE by NI |
| Daino, le 23-01-2006 Native instruments announces KORE, a host software for VSTis and effects in VST and AudioUnit formats. it runs
stand-alone or as a plugin in a host software. It seems to be released with a hardware interface... To be followed, since it is not yet ! More about it... |
| A Stradivari at home |
| Daino, le 23-01-2006 Garritan proposes a Kontakt 2 library of a Stradivari violin. The price on site is of 199$. More about it... |
| VST 2.4 SDK |
| Daino, le 23-01-2006 Steinberg sets at the disposal of the developers of VST plugins its protocol VST in version 2.4, allowing
particularly the compatibility with 64 bits plateforms. It is told too that the new SDK interface was given to be clearer and simpler at use... Sure that we believe them, we, the users :oD More about it... |
| Virtual Guitarist 2 |
| Daino, le 23-01-2006 Still from the NAMM 2006, Steinberg presents the 2nd version of its Virtual Guitarist. 6,8 GB of sounds including
the soundbanks from Virtual Guitarist, Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition and new riffs.
More about it... |
| Wavelab 6 |
| Daino, le 23-01-2006 Steinberg presented at NAMM Wavelab 6 which offers among other things :
More about it... |
| HALion 3.2.0.1313 |
| Daino, le 23-01-2006 The update 3.2.0.1313 of HALion for Mac and PC is available on Steinberg's FTP. The improvements are indicated in the .pdf file located in the same place. |
| HALion Player updated |
| Daino, le 16-12-2005 HALion Player is updated in version 3.2.0.1305 for Mac and PC, to be downloaded from Steinberg's FTP. Two updates
are available : for the retail version and for the OEM one. What's new ?
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| Lounge Lizard goes to version 3 |
| Sebastien, le 09-12-2005 The famous electric piano from AAS, Lounge Lizard, goes to version 3, with new presets, a new fx section and micro tuning... More about it... |
| The Grand 2 pre-release update available |
| Sebastien, le 04-12-2005
A pre-relase update which corrects the detuning bug in the well tempered mode is available...
Download PC Download MAC More about it... |
| Best Service gives the sound |
| Daino, le 27-11-2005 Some new sounds at Best Service :
More about it... |
| BFD Drums Deluxe Collection 1.0 |
| Daino, le 27-11-2005 FXPansion proposes a third expansion pack for its BFD Premium. Well, well... More about it... |
| Updates at AAS |
| Daino, le 27-11-2005 Applied Acoustics Systems announces :
More about it... |
| Nuendo 3.2 |
| Daino, le 27-11-2005 Steinberg sets at your disposal the update 3.2 of Nuendo :
More about it... |
| Hypersonic 2 is available now |
| Daino, le 22-11-2005 Steinberg France indicates that the new version of Steinberg's musical workstation in VST-i format is from now on available in France. Read our news of 01st.11.2005 for more details... |
| Some compressors at URS |
| Daino, le 04-11-2005 URS has just released Classic Console Compressor Bundle, a pack of two compressors : URS 1970 Compressor and URS 1980 Compressor, for PC and MAC, in TDM and RTAS formats. The VST and AudioUnits versions for PC and Mac OSX will be available soon. Those plugins are even so available separately. More about it... |
| The Grand 2 pre-updated |
| Daino, le 04-11-2005 Yep, there are already a version 2.02.1153 (PC) et a version 2.02.1154 (MAC) to fix a detuning problem. More about it... |
| Cubase SL and SX 3.1 updated |
| Daino, le 04-11-2005 Cubase SL and SX are updated in version 3.1.1.944. Among other things :
More about it... |
| HyperSonic 2 is announced |
| Jérôme, le 01-11-2005 After a few days of teasing, Steinberg are announcing the release of Hypersonic, their audio/MIDI workstation, in its second version.
To name just a few new features : 4 sound generation engines (FM, wavetable, analog and sample playback), 800 new sound patches (for a total of 1800 sounds, including 135 drumkits), 1.7 Gb of samples, 5 new effect types, redesigned graphical user interface, full patch editing.... HyperSonic 2 will be available in November. Prices are unknown for the moment. More about it... |
| Bandstand will stand in your band |
| Daino, le 12-10-2005 Bandstand is the new GM module and Midi file player proposed by Native Instruments :
More about it... |
| BFD Deluxe Collection |
| Daino, le 12-10-2005 FXPansion presents its 3rd expansion pack for its virtual drum under the name of Deluxe Collection. More about it... |
| Cubase and Nuendo in 64 |
| Daino, le 12-10-2005 Steinberg and AMD are collaborating in order to improve an advanced performance of Cubase and Nuendo with the
based-AMD64 systems of the new generation... More about it... |
| SX3 and SL3 updates coming soon |
| Daino, le 12-10-2005 Popopop, Steinberg announces an imminent update for Cubase SX3 and SL3. It would be about some minor enhancements
and fixes which will appear in the next version 3.2 of Nuendo. Stay tuuuuuuned ! More about it... |
| Steinberg announce Nuendo 3.2 at AES |
| Jérôme, le 07-10-2005 Steinberg are taking advantage of the AES show in New york to announce the forthcoming release of Nuendo 3.2.
Among the new features, we'll mainly highlight the addition of a "Control Room" section allowing the creation of sub-mixes for monitoring, a talkback circuit and other joyful features aiming at the musicians working on the other side of the studio window pane. This new section of the program is already implemented by WK's ID controllers and is available in the EuCon protocol (Euphonix MC et System 5-MC).
We do not know, however, if a Cubase SX 3.2 is planned or not. Neither do we know if other new features will be available with this update which should be released by the end of 2005, and available for registered users. Nothing either about the price. More about it... |
| What's new at IK Multimedia |
| Daino, le 06-10-2005 In fact, many news :
More about it... |
| Cubase SE3 |
| Daino, le 06-10-2005 Steinberg proposes at an entry-level price Cubase SE3 :
More about it... |
| Cubase System|4 driver updated (Mac) |
| Daino, le 06-10-2005 The Cubase System|4 driver is now compatible with Mac OSX Tiger (10.4). More about it... |
| Stylus RMX 1.5 |
| Daino, le 06-10-2005 Spectrasonics has updated Stylus RMX, his groove machine, into version 1.5. Among the new features :
More about it... |
| Jazz at Garritan's |
| Daino, le 03-10-2005 Mostly known for his soundbanks of classical music instruments, particularly strings, now that
Garritan will propose soon a jazz and big band soundbank, well-furnished a priori : saxes,
trumpets, tombrones and other brass instruments, wind instruments, guitars,basses, drumkits, percussions...
The expressive possibilities on the instruments seem to be very interesting. The interface will be NI Kontakt Player's one, in standalone, VST, DX, AU and RTAS formats, for Mac and PC. Waiting for seeing the ressources used, but we rather liked to read about a DFD function instead of the use in RAM, since it uses the Kontakt audio engine. Maybe that the DFD extension would be downloadable from Native Instruments's website ? The release is for October 2005, the price announced on Garritan's site is 259$. You can listen to mp3 demos at this time... More about it... |
| Miroslav Philharmonik |
| Daino, le 03-10-2005 Her, we missed the bus about this info in August (well, not easy to be everywhere at the same time ;o), so
we're making up this today : Sonic Synth has released Miroslav Philharmonik, an orchestral workstation which
offers Miroslav Vitous samples in an interface based on Sampletank engine. 1300 orchestra and choir sounds, 7 GB of samples, 256 polyphonic voices, DSP effects, etc. More about it... |
| Syntheway Strings VSTi 2.0 |
| Daino, le 26-09-2005 Syntheway proposes the version 2.0 of his VST-i which emulates strings, more precisely string ensembles. More about it... |
| Auto-Tune 4 updated |
| Daino, le 26-09-2005 For those who never heard about it before, Auto-Tune 4 by Antares is a plugin which allows to work on voices. The versions in TDM OSX, RTAS OSX formats for Mac and PC are now available as updates. More about it... |
| Akoustik Piano |
| Daino, le 26-09-2005 For the piano lovers, Native Instruments has just released Akoustik Piano, a VST-i
of concert pianos :
More about it... |
| Studio Case 2 is released |
| Daino, le 12-09-2005 Following our news of 23.08.2005, Studio Case 2 is from now on available at your retailer. So what... More about it... |
| Nuendo 3.1 |
| Daino, le 12-09-2005 Logical continuation after SX/SL 3.1, the Nuendo update 3.1 can be downloaded now. Some new functionnalities, of course, like the handling of video thumbnails, a transfer status window, the support of Marker Tracks, the compatibility with Euphonix MC and System 5-MC DAW systems, the Pull Up/down function, etc. More about it... |
| Cubase SX and SL 3.1 |
| Daino, le 01-09-2005 Will we tell you about it or not ? Okaaaaaaay, we will tell you ;o) The Cubase SX / SL updates in version 3.1 are available now in download, ladies and gentlemen. We have already indicated some improvements in a previous news, to learn more about them read the .pdf file which is usually located in the right update folder on Steinberg's FTP, or click on the link below... More about it... |
| G-Amp Classic, Lite and Phat |
| Daino, le 25-08-2005 Fergusson Acoustics proposes G-Amp Classic, a free VST plugin which simulates... classic amps like
Fender or Vox. Two other plugins of this type are also available : G-Amp Lite, based on a triod tube pre-amp, and G-Amp Phat, a G-Amp Lite with additional functions. More about it... |
| Digidesign acquires Wizoo |
| Daino, le 25-08-2005 The news was posted on Cubase.net forum, Wizoo GmbH was acquired by Digidesign since 22th August 2005.
Steinberg ensures however that this won't affect neither the technical support, nor the maintenance and the
follow-up of the products resulting from the Steinberg/Wizoo cooperation (like Virtual Guitarist,
Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition, Hypersonic, Xphraze), nor their future projects in co-development. |
| Studio Case 2 |
| Daino, le 23-08-2005 Steinberg is announcing the coming release of the successor to its Studio Case product, well... Studio Case 2 ;op This bundle will include Cubase SE3 and 6 special versions of VST-is like Groove Agent, HALion, The Grand, Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition, D'Cota and Virtual Bassist SE. The official release is expected for September 2005, in Mac and PC version. Price for indicative use only : 279 euros. More about it... |
| The Grand 2 available in France |
| Daino, le 13-08-2005 Here it is, the new version of the virtual concert piano announced a few times ago is from now on released on
the French market. Contact your usual Steinberg retailer... More about it... |
| Cubase SX/SL 3.1 |
| Daino, le 29-07-2005 Since our news of 02th.06.2005, we know a little bit more (but really a little bit more ;o)
our the coming update of our favourite sequencer.
More about it... |
| HALion String Editon 2 |
| Daino, le 29-07-2005 Steinberg is bending his virtual strings towards an update which consists of
9 GB samples of solo and ensemble instruments, with a large variety of articulations,
and RealAmbience which offers a 3D hall concert sound. The RAMSave technology is implemented too. This update will be shot in August 2005. More about it... |
| The Grand 2, what's new |
| Daino, le 29-07-2005 Finally, Steinberg has announced the official release of his virtual piano virtuel in version 2, read
our news of 21th.04.2005. More about it... |
| Winamp VSTi |
| Daino, le 28-06-2005 dmismartelectronix proposes a set of 2 plugins which make it possible to launch the playback in Winamp
from your host sequencer. It is about an alpha version which can be downloaded from their site. Waiting the same thing for RealPlayer ? :oDDD More about it... |
| Virtual Bassist is shipping now |
| Daino, le 17-06-2005 Finally ! Steinberg announces the offcial release of his VSTi of bass, coming from the Virtual Guitarist
and Groove Agent (read our news of 12.11.2004) : grooves in 30 different styles, phrases, sounds,
amps, microphones and effects, realtime performance controls... Let's notice the GrooveMatch function which allows to adapt the bass lines to any existing drum groove. This plugin is compatible to VST, DXi, AU and ReWire formats in Mac and PC version. Just waiting for the coming of a Virtual Keyboarder and a Virtual Singer, and I would transform my computer into Virtual Producer :oD More about it... |
| Cubase SX version 3.1 in August 2005 |
| Jérôme, le 02-06-2005 After the release of Nuendo 3.1 at the AES show in Barcelona
in May, Steinberg are announcing the release of SX 3.1 in August.
This update will be free of charge and will offer, on top of improvements in ergonomics and graphical looks, 60 new features, among which you will find Studio Connections Audio Integration, support of new hardware, support for DTS and Dolby Digital encoders, as well as mixing and editing improvements. Does not sound bad, does it ? ;o) More about it... |
| The Official Guide Cubase SX 3 released |
| Pascal Valentin, le 25-05-2005 There was no reason to have a changing for the version 3 of Cubase SX. Here is thus the Official Guide Cubase SX/SL published as usual at Eyrolles... It is just about the paper version of the PDF file added about 60 tutorial pages which are always welcome. Here are what to enjoy people who like reading their manuals in the toilets, they will have to drop 35 €uros even so to devote themselves to their vice, while thinking that this thick book made of more than 1,000 pages should probably be released with the software... More about it... |
| Steinberg strokes the Tiger... |
| Daino, le 10-05-2005 Steinberg wants to use the best from the improvements available with the new Mac OS, Tiger (OSX 10.4), especially from the new Midi and Audio functionnalities and the improved graphics implementation. The Steinberg team works actually in order to offer the full compatibility of all their products with this OS. Stay tuned, there should be some updates in the air for Tiger users... More about it... |
| Guitar Combos is released |
| Daino, le 10-05-2005 Native Instruments announces the official release of Guitar Combos, the amp simulators derived from Guitar Rig. You have the choice between the bundle which includes AC Vox Combo, Plexi Combo and Twang Combo, and each of these amp in individual version. On NI's website, the price of the bundle is sold at 179 euros, each individual version costs 69 euros. More about it... |
| MachFive 1.22 Public Beta (Mac) |
| Daino, le 03-05-2005 MOTU proposes a Public Beta updater 1.22 for his virtual sampler, MachFive. It is free and is compatible
with Tiger - backward compatible with all versions of Mac OSX back to Jaguar 10.2.x. Warning,this Public Beta is for Mac OSX users only and is not yet compatible with Logic 7.01 under Tiger. To be downloaded from MOTU's Website... More about it... |
| The Grand 2 |
| Daino, le 21-04-2005 Ploum, ploum, Steinberg announces at Frankfurt Muzikmesse that the version #2 of his virtual concert Grandpiano, The Grand, will be released soon. The improvements are :
More about it... |
| ASIO 2.1 |
| Daino, le 21-04-2005 No, it is not about a football match score but the update version of the protocol developped by Steinberg.
The version 2.1 is compatible with DSD (Direct Stream Digital), in order to transport this Audio format
between host applications and hardware that support this standard. To be downloaded from www.steinberg.net. More about it... |
| Cube 2 |
| Daino, le 08-04-2005 VirSyn Software Synthesizer announces the coming release of Cube 2, which will allow you among
other things to do some uncommon sample handlings. More about it... |
| Reaktor 5 |
| Daino, le 08-04-2005 The fifth version of the major synth of Native Instruments has appeared. More about it... |
| Synthetic Drums 2 |
| Daino, le 08-04-2005 Native Instruments announces the coming release of Synthetic Drums 2 : 4,500 samples in 24 bits / 44.1 kHz,
36 drum kits... Stay tuned. More about it... |
| Guitar Combos |
| Daino, le 08-04-2005 Native Instruments announces Guitar Combos. In a same way as Guitar Rig, it is about a plugin which
simulates 3 known amps (Fender, Marshall Plexi and Vox AC30, to quote them), released
with 150 presets said to be professional. With a choice of effects, cabinets, mikes, etc., Guitar Combos seems to be a cheaper and easier of access solution for the guitarists who don't want to handle some complicated adjustments ;o) More about it... |
| Cubase SL and SX 3.0.2.623 ! |
| Daino, le 07-04-2005 We didn't have time to inform you about the release of the version 3.0.2.622 that
Steinberg put already the 3.2.623 online ! Definitely useful, this new update patch
fixes a rather inconvenient bug which was present in SX 3.0.2.622 (PC version), that is to say that some
handlings with the mouse were causing some UI/disk metering spikes and some dropouts.
NOTE : don't forget to update (again) your bookmarks, following the Pinnacle Systems / Yamaha deal (see previous news), the patch is available on Steinberg's FTP itself. Patch 3.02.623 for Cubase SL Patch 3.02.623 for Cubase SX |
| HALion 3.1 |
| Daino, le 15-03-2005 Steinberg announces the coming update of HALion in version 3.1. What's new ?
More about it... |
| Auto-Tune 4 updated |
| Daino, le 10-02-2005 Antares indicates that the Audio Units version of Auto-Tune 4 for Mac OSX is from now on available.
Added to the compatibility with Logic 7x, it would be rather friendly with the i-Lok USB protection
key :op This version is free for any Auto-Tune 4 Mac native version owner. Note also that the other versions of Auto-Tune 4 for Mac OSX (TDM, RTAS, VST, MAS) are updated too : some corrections of minor bugs and the compatibility with the i-Lok key. More about it... |
| Some percussion instruments at Wizoo |
| Daino, le 06-02-2005 With the makers of Virtual Guitarist, Wizoo proposes 2 virtual percussion VST-is :
Some 30-day trial versions are downloadable, as well as some video and audio files. An update is proposed to allow the compatibility with Logic version 6x and 7x. More about it... |
| Wizoo Xpansion-able |
| Daino, le 06-02-2005 Wizoo has just released Xpansion Pack, 684 MB of additional sounds for Xphraze : Analog Impact,
Chronic Beatz, At The Club, Mad Synth and Trance Xpansion. Each module can be bought separately
at the price of 49 €, the Xpansion Pack will cost to you 199 €. To be noticed that the official update 1.2 of Xphraze is released with the Xpansion products... More about it... |
| Cubase SL 3.0.1.520 |
| Daino, le 30-01-2005 Steinberg indicated on Cubase.net forum that the update to Cubase SL 3.0.1.520 (PC) is available for download. The UV22 Dithering plugin is not yet included, but you are promised to be updated how to get it back soon ;o) More about it... |
| Ravity16 and Ravity(S)/(R) 1.2 |
| Daino, le 28-01-2005 LUNONIX has released Ravity16, a host plugin in rack format to insert its VST-is Ravity(S) and Ravity(R),
respectively the synth and the drum module from the trademark.
Ravity16 costs 16$, it is free for users who purchased Ravity(S) or Ravity(R) by the end of 2004. Let's report too that Ravity(S) and Ravity(R) have been updated to version 1.2... More about it... |
| Sound Forge 8 |
| Daino, le 25-01-2005 The afficionados of this Audio editor will be happy to learn that the version 8 has just been presented to
the Namm Show 2005. Many new features, here are the main improvements :
More about it... |
| String Studio VS-1 |
| Daino, le 25-01-2005 Applied Acoustics Systems announces String Studio VS-1, a virtual string synth proposing guitars, basses,
harps, clavinets, bowed strings, percussions, with their different playing techniques.
More about it... |
| Electronic Instruments 2XT |
| Daino, le 25-01-2005 Native Instruments presents Electronic Instrument 2XT, a collection of 6 instruments using Reaktor's engine,
and 2 effect modules - finally 8 (yeah, yeah, take time to count ;op). They can be used as VST plugins or in stand-alone. Electronic Instrument 2XT will be released in February 2005 at the suggested price of 149 €. You can find on the site some demos in mp3 format, as well as a detailed review for each instrument. More about it... |
| Vendetta VST |
| Daino, le 25-01-2005 Developed by Redshift, Vendetta is a multitimbral drum synth VST-i :
More about it... |
| GT Player 2.5 |
| Daino, le 25-01-2005 DSound presents the version 2.5 of GT Player, a virtual multi-effect for guitarists :
More about it... |
| Minimonsta |
| Daino, le 23-01-2005 GMedia has announced the coming release of Minimonsta, a virtual minimoog :
More about it... |
| Q-Clone |
| Daino, le 23-01-2005 Now that Waves clones ;oP Q-Clone is a plugin which is able to capture the equalization of your hardware mixboard so that it can be applied on one or several tracks in your favourite sequencer, with all the possibilities you can think about... It is released among each other things with some presets captured from a selection of world-class hardware equalizers. The Q-Capture module makes even it possible to see the EQ curve changing in real time when you manipulate the buttons of your mixer. Her, its Q-price is quand même de US$1000. It is available in Mac OSX and PC versions, in VST, AU, DX, RTAS, MAS, AudioSuite and HTDM formats. More about it... |
| Stylus RMX 1.2 |
| Daino, le 23-01-2005 Spectrasonics have updated RMX in version 1.2 :
More about it... |
| Kontakt 2 |
| Daino, le 23-01-2005 Native Instruments present a new version version of their famous sampler : Kontakt 2. The main improvements are :
More about it... |
| The Key according to Steinberg |
| Daino, le 23-01-2005 At Steinberg, they are cool guys :oD Whereas USB protection keys are much and much used so that "your computer's back rather looks like a twinkling Christmas tree" (to quote Pascal a.k.a. FeedBack, always ready for a joke :o) and since the ports are not indefinitely extensible - several plugins with one key per plugin, added the USB devices, arf !!! -, Steinberg indicates at the NAMM that a single new USB protection key for all his products will be released from now on with his softwares. This new solution will be also extended to the current users, who won't need a new USB key anymore and who will thus be given a reduced price for any bought VST-i of the trademark. I think that this will be possible through an update of the protection system directly from Synchrosoft's website... More about it... |
| Much more at Eastwest... |
| Daino, le 22-01-2005 Well, there's a feast at Eastwest/Quantum Leap or maybe it is the a big re-entry of the editors with the NAMM-show ;op We will do it simple, otherwise not less than 3 pages Web will be necessary to write all, niarf. So, a few new soundbanks from this editor :
More about it... |
| Drumagog 4.0 |
| Daino, le 22-01-2005 WaveMachine Labs announce the release of Drumagog 4.0 for February 28th 2005.
WaveMachine Labs and FXpansion have also co-developped Drumagog BFD, release announced for Spring 2005, preliminary retail price of $199. More infos on Drumagog's site... More about it... |
| Essential Studio Suite |
| Daino, le 22-01-2005 Nomad Factory announces a new package of plugins, Essential Studio Suite. It is about a bundle of 9
plugins : compressor and multiband compressor, graphic EQ, expander / gate, Loudness Maximizer
and multiband Loudness Maximizer, Tube / Tape Warmer, RetroVox and Essential Channel.
More about it... |
| HALion Player |
| Daino, le 22-01-2005 Steinberg propose an alternative to their virtual sampler sous la forme d'un simple lecteur, HALion Player.
Its main specifications :
To be noted that an OEM version is also proposed, which should interest the sound editors, like the already well-known Kompakt Player by Native instruments. More about it... |
| Groove Agent 2, the return |
| Daino, le 22-01-2005 Steinberg announce the update of Groove Agent, their virtual drummer, in version 2. There are mainly :
More about it... |
| Cubase SL/SX 2 updated ! |
| Daino, le 23-12-2004 Finally ! Steinberg promised it, under the users pressure : an update of Cubase SL 2 and SX 2 in version 2.2.0 build 39 for Mac and PC, this month of December as it was announced a few times ago.
Let's see what is new :
To be downloaded from Pinnacle Systems' FTP (till March 2005 ? ;o) More about it... |
| Pinnacle System separates from Steinberg |
| Ceedjay, le 21-12-2004 The rumor had run for a few weeks, here is the confirmation. After
having purchased the German company Steinberg in 2003, now Pinnacle
announces its resale for March 2005. The surprise, which is not a real
one, comes from the buyer who would be... Yamaha Corporation. We just
have to hope that the recent integration of Yamaha products into Cubase
and this purchase won't mean, in a short time limit, that we will
move towards a system a la Pro Tools in which Cubase wouldn't function without some
Yamaha hardware... More about it... |
| Absynth 3 |
| Daino, le 18-12-2004 NI have just released their new version of their famous synth, Absynth 3. The main improvements are :
More about it... |
| SaxLab 1.0.1 |
| Daino, le 18-12-2004 LinPlug have updated their saxophone sounds synth module to version 1.0.1. This VST-i proposes :
More about it... |
| Cubase SX 3.0.1 |
| Daino, le 18-12-2004 Cubase SX 3 is updated in version 3.0.1. for PC and Mac. Some corrections of bugs, but also some improvements can be noted :
More about it... |
| Nuendo 3 is shipping now |
| Daino, le 18-12-2004 Steinberg announce that Nuendo 3 is available at your retailer. What's new ? For example :
More about it... |
| Ultra Analog UA 1 |
| Daino, le 04-12-2004 AAS are shipping this month their new plug-in, Ultra Analog UA 1, a virtual analog synth using physical modeling.
Its main specifications are :
Well, an update in version 1.01 is already available on AAS's website ;op More about it... |
| Spectral Suite for OSX |
| Daino, le 23-11-2004 Delaydots Sound Designers have released their OSX version in VST format
of Spectral Suite, their pack made of 5 DSP plugins (Phat, Phat Pro, daBomb, PitchShift multiband, Spectral Morpher).
There is an update of the PC version too, some improvements and some new presets particularly... More about it... |
| TERA 2.0, special offer |
| Daino, le 23-11-2004 VirSyn is proposing to Steinberg D'Cota users the possibility to crossgrade to
their new synthesis workstation VST-i, TERA 2.0, with a special price. Thanx, Alix ;o)
The announced price on their site is 139 euros instead of 299 euros. This offer is valuable until 31th December 2004. A demo version is available on VirSyn's website. More about it... |
| Virtual Bassist |
| Daino, le 12-11-2004 Following the drummer and the guitarist, it is the bassist's turn to
be dematerialized by Steinberg, puufff ! :op Based on the same specifications than Virtual Guitarist, here is coming Virtual Bassist, which would propose among other things some Midi grooves, some phrases in many styles, a stomp box effects range, the possibility to choose your amp heads, speakers and microphones with positionning options (well, this makes me thinking about a certain Guitar Rig by Native Instruments ;o), etc. More infos in 2005... More about it... |
| Nuendo version 3 |
| Daino, le 29-10-2004 I will wildely copy the previous news of my friend Ceedjay :oD
Following SX and SL, it is Nuendo's turn to get to version 3. We don't know all the details, but you can already read that it will logically integrate the improvements of which Cubase SX 3 and SL 3 took benefit from, like the AudioWarp, and the Audio retropective recording function. It will be available at the end of November 2004. About the prices, contact your local resailer. Steinberg proposes also a limited offer of reduced prices for Nuendo 1 and 2 owners who wish to update to Nuendo 3 ; this offer is available till 31th.01.2005. More about it... |
| Cubase SL version 3 |
| Ceedjay, le 22-10-2004 Following SX, it is SL's turn to get to version 3. The
semi-professional/low-budget version of the sequencer will be available on
the 25th of October. At the menu, the new functions already available in SX
3, such as Audio Warp, Play Order Track and extended Freeze, as well as the
famous WorkSpaces. Surely a good alternative for those wanting to keep a
watchful eye on their wallet whilst having a serious tool at disposal.
About the prices, contact your local resailer. |
| GigaStudio 3.02 |
| Daino, le 20-10-2004 Tascam have updated their latest GigaStudio to version 3.02. This patch mainly concerns the ReWire function... More about it... |
| RealGuitar 1.5.1 |
| Daino, le 14-10-2004 MusicLab have updated their VST-i to version 1.5.1. For remind, it is about a VST-i which emulates some acoustic guitars. It functions in stand-alone too. Some Audio examples and a demo version of the software can be downloaded from MusicLab's website. More about it... |
| A Cubase SX 2 update ? |
| Daino, le 26-09-2004 At the release of Cubase SX 3, the Cubase community announced their great
worry about the support and the maintenance of SX 2, having care that
Steinberg bet all on their new version while SX 2 is young and not still
quite stabilized. The users have still in memory the episods VST / SX1 and
much recently SX1 / SX2... Apparently, they have been listened : according to Christian Dettner, administrator of the Cubase.net forum, a Cubase SX 2 update would be available before the end of December 2004. It would fix some bugs, as well as it would allow the ReWire support with Reason for Mac multi-processor machines, the fix of some Audio clicks on crossfades, certain Automation problems of "frozen" VST-is, among other things... To be continued... More about it... |
| HALion 3 is updated |
| Daino, le 26-09-2004 Steinberg has updated HALion 3 into version 3.0.1.538. The patch is
downlable from... Pinnacle's FTP ! Pfff, there is only one guy who is
listening (see the news of 26.06.2004 ;o) The new features and bug fixes are detailed in the .pdf file which is located in the update directory. More about it... |
| GM4 for HyperSonic : it's free ! |
| FeedBack, le 05-09-2004 GM4 is a General-MIDI compatible additional module for HyperSonic, which
HyperSonic was
cruelly missing. GM4 offers thus128 sounds in GM format, one
drumkit and additional sounds.
I kept the best for the end : this module is free for all Hypersonic registered users : you just have to contact Wizoo by e.mail and give them the serial number of the USB dongle (it can be found in License Control Center)... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase SX3 will be released on Sep 6th ! |
| FeedBack, le 03-09-2004 Here is the official declaration of Steinberg on the subject. For more details, follow this link, where you can read all the documentation...
Legendary music production system reaches version 3 with new composition features and production technologies Hamburg, 3rd September 2004 Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, one of the world’s leading suppliers of music and media production systems has today announced the imminent release of the latest generation of its renowned Cubase music production software. Advanced new features and state-of-the-art technologies establish Cubase SX3 as a quantum leap forward in music production on PCs and Macintosh computers. Cubase SX3 will ship from the September 6th 2004, and is priced at €689.00 excl. VAT. Cubase SX3 offers stunning new facilities for composition and songwriting. Audio Warp, a real-time time stretching and pitch shifting tool, offers new audio and processing capabilities, including ACID® file support. Combined with the new Play Order Track, an innovative new tool for pattern-style composition, Cubase SX3 offers a fresh approach to loop-based composing and arranging. The new Inplace Editing system allows convenient editing of MIDI data directly within the Project Window in context with audio and video data. Workflow efficiency and user ergonomics are an increasingly important part of the software DAW environment. Cubase SX3 users can utilize the new user-definable workspaces to create virtual desktops, with a separate work area for each step of the production process, and switch between them with a key command. The Freeze functionality introduced in Cubase SX 2.0 to free up CPU resources in the host computer has also been extended to include audio tracks and insert effects, and is now faster and more effective. Easy and flexible integration of external hardware within the modern DAW environment has become paramount to many recording facilities and project studios. Cubase SX3 sports new MIDI Device Maps and panels that allow direct, user-customizable access to outboard MIDI hardware such as synthesizers. The External FX Plug-ins allow direct integration of external effect processors such as reverbs and compressors into the VST mixing environment. Now top class outboard hardware can now be integrated into the mixing process as easily as software Plug-ins, including automatic latency compensation. Cubase SX3 also sees another first: implementation of the first level of Studio Connections announced this year at Frankfurt Musikmesse. Representing the first fruits of the development alliance between Steinberg and music instruments and audio hardware manufacturer Yamaha, Studio Connections technology has been incorporated into the SX 3 release, with total system Recall functionality. SX3 integrates Yamaha’s Studio Manager 2 software which serves as a link between the sequencer and hardware editing components. Each editor component can be opened like a Plug-in from within Cubase SX3. Entire studio setups are saved and recalled with the project. Supported hardware currently includes Yamaha’s DM2000, 01x and 02r96 mixers, as well as the Motif ES synthesizer and SPX2000 signal processor. “Cubase SX3 represents a terrific achievement for our development and product management teams,” said Andreas Stelling, Steinberg’s General Manager, adding: “This product is a quantum leap for music creation and production software.” Arnd Kaiser, Steinberg’s Senior Product Manager for Music Technology, goes on: “This product represents the almost perfect marriage of new, innovative functions and technologies with a creative, flexible environment that helps bring out the best in the creative process. It’s the ultimate Cubase.” More about it... |
| Updates at Luxonix's |
| Seb, le 26-08-2004 A few days after having released their multi effect LFX-1310, Luxonix released an update for this plug-in which is free. This update corrects problems with hosts that do not support Tempo synchronization (Wavelab for example), and also allows internal tempo modification.
Luxonix alos announces an update for their two VST-Is Ravity(R) and Ravity(S). The reviews of these plug-ins are coming soon...
More about it... |
| Cubase SX 3 on its way ? |
| Feedback, le 24-08-2004 Yes indeed, rumours are spreading more and more clearly these days !
A lot is being said about it on Cubase.net, it is said that a Dutch magazine (Interface) would have given the game, Steinberg-France are announcing a big surprise at the next Apple Expo, etc... The real question is : Isn't that too early ? SX 2 already came out very soon after SX 1, just about a year ago. What are users going to think about that ? Having to pay another 150/200-euro upgrade for a new version when the current one still contains bugs and unachieved features is going to make some teeth grinding. In short, the story's to be continued ! Translation : Ceedjay. More about it... |
| LFX-1310 released |
| Seb, le 14-08-2004 LUXONIX release a new free plug-in called LFX-1310. This is a multi-effector which comes directly from their two plug-ins Ravity (S) and Ravity (R). There are 24 different effects, including filters, delays, reverbs, compressors, distortions, modulation and sound alteration effects, to be placed in the three available slots. If the concept is not really innovative, the exceptionnal low CPU use is quite impressive... Moreover, the 128 factory presets are a good starting point. A good plug-in to discover... More about it... |
| Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection |
| Feedback, le 11-07-2004 Nothing really new actually... Here, we get a bundle consisting in the 5 plugins available with the Studio Case, that is to say :
Steinberg tells us that the package's retail price is 150 US $ but they don't say if these SE versions can be upgraded to "full" versions... Translation : Ceedjay. More about it... |
| BFD XFL Expansion Pack |
| Daino, le 04-07-2004 FxPansion propose the first add-on for their virtual drum module :
the XFL pack , made of 5 DVDs for 22 GB of sounds. It is currently available as a pre-order item on the site and will be released soon at some retailers. The add-on will cost to you 199 euros. More about it... |
| Reminder : new FTP Steinberg ! |
| FeedBack, le 26-06-2004 Warning ! Steinberg's old FTP is definitively closed ! You must go now to
the adress below to download updates and other candies ;o)
Translation : Daino. More about it... |
| HALion 3 is now released |
| FeedBack, le 26-06-2004 This was announced previously on this page, HALion 3 is released since last
June 22th. This version proposes, in bulk, a memory management technology
for large soundbanks, new design of the interface, compatibility with some
new formats, etc.
If the price of the full version is not actually known, it is announced that the update from HALion 1 or 2 will be of the range of 100 €uropennies. Translation : Daino. More about it... |
| Steinberg System|2 |
| FeedBack, le 19-06-2004 In Steinberg's Media Solutions products (see below), Steinberg present thus
System|2. It is about a software + soundcard bundle wich includes Cubase SE
in Studio Case version (Cubase SE + HALion, The Grand, D'Cota, Virtual
Guitarist EE and Groove Agent SE versions) and a soundcard named M|2 Media
Interface.
This soundcard proposes :
Translation : Daino. More about it... |
| Guitar Rig is released |
| Daino, le 17-06-2004 Native Instruments sell since a few days Guitar Rig, their guitar amp
simulator which seems to be very complete since it proposes, among other
things, 3 amp types among the best used on the market (guess what !),
speaker cabintets, many effects, choice and settings of mikes, a tapedeck
with some loops, etc., and... a foot controller, mouarf ! :oD
That's funny, you will be able to listen to some mp3 demos by using a small amp on the page of the site :o) Suggested price : 449 ?. More about it... |
| Update patcher for SX/SL and Nuendo 2.2 |
| Feedback, le 29-05-2004 Yep, already ! This is what we call a "pre-release" version. Explanation : this is an official release (here, version 2.2.0.33) to which are added the urgent bug fixes and maybe a few new features.
Version 2.2.0.35 offers both with, among other new features, the possibility to assign key commands to Logical Editor presets (hey, this was a request from our Laboratory !). Concerning bug fixes, audio dropouts when exporting on multi-processor machines no longer exist and four other bugs have been solutioned. Well, erm....that's all ! More about it... |
| Nuendo - Cubase SX/SL in version 2.2 ! |
| Daino, le 15-05-2004 Our friend Ceedjay succeeded last time in finding with his mouse a great
info, that is to say the coming update 2.2 of Cubase SX. All the details
are presented in the looooong news of 05.07th.2004. Yeah, yeah, see two
paragraphs below, it is impossible that you've missed it :op Now, our friend Alix (the other one) is telling us that the version 2.2.0.33 is actually available on Steinberg's FTP ! You know what you have to do, greedy guys ! ;oD More about it... |
| Wavelab 5 is shipping now |
| Daino, le 13-05-2004 Steinberg indicated on May 06th 2004 that Wavelab 5 was shipping. New
functions that emphasize the DVD format, as you can read below :
More about it... |
| Next SX 2.2 update |
| Ceedjay, le 10-05-2004 We managed to get more information about the features that the next free updated version of SX/SL 2 (due sometimes in May) will offer. Besides the usual bug fixes (including the famous inaccurate punch in/out bug) and the support for Mackie Control Extenders, we'll notice the much awaited return of the Generic Remote we got used to in SX 1. The users of control surfaces not supported internally by cubase (Evolution UC-33e in particular, and most probably the future B Control series fropm Behringer) will be able to import or create new scripts again without any parameter missing (paticularly the volume and panoramic parameters). But, for sure, the most noticeable new feature shall be the adding of 2 VST-i's and one VST-effect.
The first one, Monologue, is a monophonic analog modelling synth. It features 2 oscillators with various waveforms, a white noise generator, low-pass and multimode filters, one LFO, ADSR envelopes, an effect section with Chorus/Flanger/Overdrive/Delay and a 2-dimernsion modulation matrix. Embracer is a polyphonic synth with a surround output. It gives pads and lead sounds and offers 2 oscillators with 12 different waveforms, one envelope generator, one graphical editing matrix ("eye" controler), various tone and space controls. All that with a maximum 32-voice polyphony, totally MIDI controlable. Let's finish with Tonic, an analog modelling multimode filter, used for sound designing more than EQ modifications. Offering a choice of low-pass (with 24/18/12/6 dB slopes), band-pass (12 dB) or high-pass (12 dB) filters, it features an envelope follower (dynamic control via an external audio signal), a saturation stage, a resonating filter (with self-resonant mode), an LFO with "step sequencer" and "morphing" parameter, and at last, a 2-dimension modulation matrix. This time, then, it won't be an "hygienic" update. Note that the update for SL 2 will feature the same improvements except the three new VST plugins. |
| Voxengo are giving tongue |
| Daino, le 29-04-2004 Voxengo have just released the VST plugin Voxformer, dedicated to voice audio processing.
It proposes among other things :
More about it... |
| MachFive PC shipping |
| Daino, le 24-04-2004 MOTU's vision of virtual samplers, already available for Mac,
is at last available for the PC plateform - traditions are fading away,
in general it's the other way round, mouarf ! :oD
Let's recall some specifications of the "warenimal" :
More about it... |
| New Steinberg FTP address |
| Ceedjay, le 09-04-2004 Steinberg's FTP server has just moved at Pinnacle Systems'. New file setup (clearer), documentation
and utilities are available. The same as the old server (which is still working but won't be updated
anymore), but "more better" !
It's time to update your bookmarks ;o) More about it... |
| No 2.02 update for Cubase SL |
| Feedback, le 07-04-2004 Steinberg announced there would not be a 2.02 version for Cubase SL.
"SLians" will directly go to 2.2 version as soon as it will be available
for Cubase SX and Nuendo, and which is planned to be released in May.
But Steinberg promised that the display bug under MAC OSX and the bug that concern Inserts will be corrected in the 2.2 version. Translation : Seb More about it... |
| Guitar Rig from Native Instruments |
| FeedBack, le 03-04-2004 Guitar modeling will never end ! Here is Guitar Rig from NI which, as usual, are
pushing the concept
into the corners. Indeed, Guitar Rig could be one more guitar effects modeling
software (amps, cabs,
mics, effects...) but it comes bundled with...a foot controler called Rig
Kontrol ! It features 4
footswitches and one expression pedal which can be assigned to any parameter.
Available in June, for 499 Euros/$. Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| HALion 3 due for 2nd quarter 2004 |
| FeedBack, le 03-04-2004 Introduced in Frankfurt, here comes HALion 3, already ! Our friends at
Audiofanzine give us the new
features :
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| WaveLab 5 on the way |
| FeedBack, le 03-04-2004 Piece of information found on Audiofanzine website. Wavelab 5 is due next April.
On the menu :
multi-channel support (8 channels), DVD-dedicated tools, movie sync, authoring,
video track,
Steinberg Surround Edition plugins support, etc...
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Cubase SX 2.0.2.31 online ! |
| FeedBack, le 25-03-2004 Here is finally the update 2.02 we have been so much waiting for !
About the novelties, nothing much, but the compatibility with the control surfaces Yamaha DM2000 and 01X, the Steinberg Houston and ID, the Mackie HUI/Control, etc. On an other hand, not less than 36 bugs were corrected. Let's hope that the next update will be much more generous in novelties. It is promised for May 2004 with the return of the Generic Remote ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| New website for Steinberg |
| FeedBack, le 03-04-2004 Steinberg have just put a new version of their international website online.
And that's a good thing, as the former version was particularly messy ;op Here,
everything's where
it should, it's clear, and the graphical interface is pleasant...
On the other hand, I'm afraid the link towards Espace Cubase has disappeared, once more :o/ Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Steinberg Media Solutions Series |
| Feedback, le 20-03-2004 Announced some time ago, we now have more details about these bundles software
+ hardware known as Steinberg Media Solutions. The first three
bundles are:
Translation : Seb |
| Nitro, the filter by PSP |
| Feedback, le 13-03-2004 Again new things at PSP's. This time, they propose us a filter. Nitro
offers several kind of filters, including a phaser, a bit
crusher/downsample, a waveshaper, a delay, etc. Each process section can be
connected to another via a virtual cables system. Demo version and special offer on their website... Translation : Seb More about it... |
| HALion goes to 2.0.3.5 |
| Feedback, le 13-03-2004 Little update for HALion which only proposes an automatic search function
and the correction of a memory overload problem...
Translation : Seb More about it... |
| V-Stack goes to 1.2.0.22 |
| Feedback, le 13-03-2004 An update for V-Stack :
Translation : Seb More about it... |
| HyperSonic version 1.1 |
| FeedBack, le 08-03-2004 Steinberg have the good idea to follow their update policy for Plugins and
VSTis... Futhermore, concerning HyperSonic, this update does not concern
bugs corrections but improves the product with new functions and options.
HyperSonic 1.1 brings:
Translation : Seb. More about it... |
| Cubase update delayed |
| FeedBack, le 28-02-2004 Cubasians are waiting for an update since a long time now. Steinberg was
promising it for February, you will have to be a little bit patient !
Indeed, Cubase.net announces that the update is postponed to March, without precising neither the day, nor... the year ! The fault is due to some unfortunate circumstances, according to the communiqué, arf ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase and its controllers... |
| FeedBack, le 08-03-2004 Steinberg confirm that an update for Cubase and Nuendo which sould be
realased in May 2004 will integrate the complete support of Mackie Control
mixers. The main improvement will be extensions support.
This update will also bring back (at last!) the Generic Remote with the possiblilty to import XML scripts made in Cubase SX1.x and Nuendo1.x. This update will follow the one we are waiting for in March. Translation : Seb. More about it... |
| Some extensions for HyperSonic |
| FeedBack, le 02-26-2004 HyperSonic has at disposal 5 extension slots for the addiction of other
synthesis modes or else for some supplementary soundbanks.
Now this is done ! Wizoo is proposing 3 soundbanks for HyperSonic :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Nuendo 2.1.2.28 online |
| FeedBack, le 02-26-2004 Yes ! Already !
This version corrects a few problems with the Dolby Digital encoder and supports the Nuendo Timebase. To be noted also that Nuendo supports the Yamaha 01X since version 2.1.2.26... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Bunch of updates at Steinberg's |
| FeedBack, le 02-22-2004 After a certain lapse of time without any novelties, Steinberg announce
many updates :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Gigastudio 3.0 |
| Daino, le 02-19-2004 Tascam-Nemesys are announcing the update of their sampler in version 3.0
which seems to be very interesting for us, Cubase users, since it will
propose among other things... ReWire and VST hosting ! Finally ! :o) Gigastudio 3.0 will be available in 3 versions : Orchestra, Ensemble and Solo. You can note, among the quoted improvements :
With the keyswitches which are Gigastudio's head of the list asset, the version 3.0 seems to be a dreadful weapon for orchestral instruments programing. It will be available in April 2004, the sale prices of the beast and its updates are indicated on the site. More about it... |
| Steinberg present Cubase SE |
| FeedBack, le 02-19-2004 Yes, Cubase SE is leaving the Studio Case in order to be proposed separately.
Let's recall that Cubase SE is a variation of Cubase SX 1, offering the same interface, but with less possibilities. But, however :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Nuendo 2.1.1.26 available for Mac |
| FeedBack, le 02-13-2004 Steinberg announced an update for Nuendo. The aim is to know what it brings
;-D
... because the History file is the one of version 2.1.1.25, so there is no information. Please, be nice, dear Nuendoians, install this update, and send us a mail to inform us ,o) More about it... |
| Nuendo 2.1.1.25 available |
| Feedback, le 01-20-2004 It's been a long time since Steinberg released an update for its
sequencers. Here is one for Nuendo, let's bet the rest of the team, SX/SL,
will soon get one.
What's new? Well, it's not a great update, but there are little improvements for a few Control Devices. We're not really convinced. But, about 30 bugs have been fixed, which is better than nothing ,o) PC update only... Translation : Seb More about it... |
| New version of SIR |
| Ceedjay, le 01-19-2004 The famous and indeed excellent convolution reverb SIR (Super Impulse Reverb)switches to version 1.005. On the menu, a plug-in delay reduced to 8960 samples, a CPU and memory load which has been drastically cut down, a reverse button allowing to play impulses backwards, a more professional looking GUI. In a word, you should go and download it quickly.
More about it... |
| Steinberg announces System 4 |
| Ceedjay, le 01-16-2004 Steinberg's first integrated all-in-one solution will be available in February. It features the MI4, a USB interface with 4 audio channels and 16 MIDI channels, bundled with Cubase SL. This music creation and audio editing solution is cross-platform and will be available for 456 € Ex. VAT.
More about it... |
| News at PSP's |
| Feedback, le 01-13-2004 Our friends at PSP's announce many new things :
First, the update of the MixPack which goes to version 1.7. Let's remember you that this package bundles MixBass, MixSaturator, MixPressor, and MixTreble. PSP precise that this update brings a better sound quality and a more readable interface. Next, PSP present MasterQ which is a parametric EQ which bundles 7 different filters. 2 special offers go with this release, especially for those who own VintageWarmer. Then, PSP announce EasyVerb. This plug-in is a reverb which is supposed to be powerful (9 algorithms) and simple of use. But the best in order to know all about it, versions, platforms, prices, etc, is to go to their website... Translation : Seb More about it... |
| Laboratory updated |
| Feedback, le 01-01-2004 This is as much as 25 entries that have just been added to the Laboratory. The
Laboratory ? What Laboratory ?
The Laboratory is a webpage allowing you to suggest improvements for
Cubase and also vote for those you consider the most important.
This is not a gimmick, Steinberg embeds our demands in its workbase and many propositions have been integrated in SX 1 and SX 2. So, your go ,o) Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Happy New Year 2004 ! |
| Ze Team, le 01-01-2004 All the staff at Espace Cubase wishes you a terrrrrrrrrrrrrrific year 2004,
wishing it will bring
you everything you can dream of.
Year 2003 was very rich in new things and innovation, 2004 will surely be of the same kind, so you can rely on our being present at roll call ;o) Happy New Year ! Translation : Jerome a.k.a. Ceedjay |
| Studio Case Plus |
| FeedBack, le 11-21-2003 Steinberg propose a package which includes the Studio Case itself and a VSL
20/20 soundcard. Here are what to do some VST Link !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase SL 2.0 is released |
| FeedBack, le 11-21-2003 It was announced for October, here it is with a little bit of delay !
The question which will be asked the most often is about the differences between SX 2.0 and SL 2.0. One more time, Espace Cubase has got all the answers, follow the link below ;o) The prices are not specified. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase 2.01 and Nuendo 2.10 bis for Mac |
| FeedBack, le 11-05-2003 It's Apple versions' turn to get their little update (see below).
Let's seize the opportunity to point out that the History PDF file does not tell everything ! Indeed, we discovered new features here and there and we're proud to notice that they answer some of our VST laboratory requests ! Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Cubase 2.01 and Nuendo 2.10 bis |
| FeedBack, le 10-29-2003 Surprisingly, Steinberg released a complementary patch for Cubase SX 2.01
and Nuendo 2.10. What is corrected?
Translation : Seb More about it... |
| Hypersonic is released |
| FeedBack, le 09-23-2003 It is announced that Steinberg's new VST Instrument is available since this
morning. You will find at the adress below all the essential informations about
the tiny creature, technical specifications, demos in MP3 format, etc.
Suggested price : 499 €uro all taxes included.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Hypersonic at Steinberg's |
| FeedBack, le 10-21-2003 Rumour was announcing it since a few time. Here are finally some infos
about Hypersonic, next Steinberg's VSTi.
Hypersonic is a virtual Workstation having an approach in Korg Triton or Roland JV5080 style . The soundbanks are Wizoo signed. Now, you have :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| XPhraze version 1.10 |
| FeedBack, le 15-10-2003 FeedBack
Continuing the series "we update everything", here commes XPhraze 1.10 ! As usual, this patch subtly
mixes bug fixes and improvements. Among others :
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Nuendo 2.10 available |
| FeedBack, le 10-14-2003 Here's a major update for Nuendo 2. Indeed, it includes most of the new features available with
Cubase SX 2.0 !
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Cubase SX 2.01 available |
| FeedBack, le 10-14-2003 The first bug fixing patch for Cubase SX 2 arrived today. Cubase.net being down and no History file
being available with the patch we cannot tell, so far, what's new in this update. All that we know
is that Steinberg had announced a few fixes for identified bugs...
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| 90 Presets for Cube |
| FeedBack, le 10-10-2003 Virsyn propose to you 2 banks containing 90 new presets. To be noticed
that one of those banks is programed by our friend Philippe
Loiseau, from Steinberg-France ,o)
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Bösendorfer 290 Grand Piano |
| FeedBack, le 10-10-2003 PMI (Post Musical Instruments) announce for October 15th a virtual
instrument which name is rather explicit ;o) 24 bits samples, 16 velocity layers, 2 mike positions, 28 programs etc. Bösendorfer 290 will be available
in VST, DXi, RTAS, Audio Units and Core Audio formats for the
modest cost of 199 US$. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| HALion in version 2.02 |
| FeedBack, le 10-10-2003 New update for Steinberg's sampler. Besides the correction of 3 bugs, this
version brings many improvements, particularly for samples handling. It
will be judicious to have a look to the "Read me" file because it lists the shorcuts
which give access to those new functions.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| FM7 compatible with RTAS and Mac OSX |
| Daino, le 09-23-2003 NI have updated their FM7 so that it is now compatible with RTAS as well as
with many formats under Mac OSX. Mac users will be thus be able to use
Native's synth in stand-alone, for example.
The update is free for registred users who purchased FM7 after 01.08.2003. More about it... |
| D'Cota in version 1.01 |
| FeedBack, le 09-19-2003 This wonderful synth, which, unfortunately, was a bit unnoticed, reaches
version 1.01
This version only offers bug fixes and a new 64-sound bank, announcing D'Cota will be pushed to its limits ,o) Thanks to Hervé for this piece of news... Translation : Séb More about it... |
| SX 2.0 is finally shipping ! |
| Daino, le 09-05-2003 Rhâââââh, Steinberg did all what waws necessary to really make the users
grumbling today : after having wheting our appetite concerning the expected
date of release of SX 2.0, that is to say 4th September 2003, it is finally
at the end of the day that they decided to put on line the announcement of
the official availability of SX 2.0 ! But notice that they didn't talk
about the hour ;oD
When reading the presentation of the software (see link below), we can already have in mind that the new SX version is optimized for Surround and that it is in the same way as Nuendo 2.0. It seems that Steinberg want to have also an ear for the users' whishes, that is to say that they would put in this new version of Cubase in the future some VST functions which were missing to many Cubasians. To be More about it... |
| Some precisions about SX 2 |
| FeedBack, le 09-01-2003 Steinberg don't want informations to be known before the 4th of September,
but we managed to get some precisions, especially on the new functions
proposed by Cubase SX 2.
Translation : Séb More about it... |
| SX 2.0 announced for 09.04.2003 ! |
| FeedBack, le 08-26-2003 Ah yes, the info is just given ! On September 4th, thus, will be released the first major update of cubase SX. Steinberg announce 100 improvements on the menu (well, we will see if our VST Laboratory is rather useful or not ,o) ) without any real details at this time.
We know however that there's a new mixboard with effect return channels, the very expected Freeze function, and the Delay Compensation over the entire Audio sidechain. As an overview, Steinberg have told that SX 2.0 will have a big part of the work done for Nuendo 2.0. Final answer on September 4th ;o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| MachFive is available ! |
| Sébastien Métrot, le 08-15-2003 MOTU have just released their sampler, MachFive, on Mac OS9 and OSX in all
existing plug-in formats (RTAS, HTDM, VSTi, MAS, AudioUnit !!!).
They're working at this time on the PC version and an add-on supporting Direct From Disk Streaming is being developed (Note : this add-on will be proposed later in free download, according to MOTU). Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Reaktor in version 4.03 |
| Daino, le 08-15-2003 Native Instruments has updated their Reaktor in version 4.03. It is
especially about the correction of some bugs, but there is also a better
management of CPU ressources - mainly for Mac, they say, arf, arf, arf !
Hem, sorry... :oD
More about it... |
| HALion 2.01 |
| Daino, le 08-15-2003 RV from the French Cubase mailing-list is telling us that HALion,
Steinberg's virtual sampler, is updated in version 2.01. It can be noticed the correction of some bugs, but also some improvements like : Miam miam ? ;op More about it... |
| Steinberg packs it up ;o) |
| FeedBack, le 08-04-2003 The Studio Case is a case including SE versions (Special Edition) of Cubase SX, Groove Agent,
HALion, The Grand, D'cota and Virtual
Guitarist Electric Edition.
Beware, SE version means lighter versions of original products. For instance, Cubase SX-SE is limited to 48 audio tracks (far enough, though !) and 10 levels of undo/redo, among other limitations. Groove Agent is limited to 11 styles and 13 complexity levels. Etc. But the good news is that all this stuff is sold at 280 ?uros VAT and that each SE version can be upgraded to a "full" version. If you want to start with everything you need for a good price, do not hesitate... Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| The laboratory updated ! |
| FeedBack, le 08-04-2003 Once more, Cubasians prove to be very clever and propose 14 new improvements for their favourite
sequencer. It's up to you to vote for those you prefer and to propose your own ones. Important info
: the page is transmitted to Steinberg Germany to be added to their workbase ;o)
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Nuendo version 2.01 |
| FeedBack, le 07-20-2003 The first patch for Nuendo 2.0 is here. 2.01 is its little name.
When you have a look at the "History" file, you learn that this patch only fixes a few youth bugs. The first users will appreciate, among others, the, eeeerrrm...."fixed crashes" ! Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| WaveLab 4.01a |
| FeedBack, le 07-09-2003 Announced some time ago by Philippe Goutier on our Wavelab Mailing List, here commes version 4.01a
of the program. This version brings a lot of new things such as :
Translation : Jerome a.k.a Ceedjay More about it... |
| VST-is updates |
| FeedBack, le 07-05-2003 |
| Cubase SL version 1.06 |
| FeedBack, le 07-01-2003 Well, after the update for the SX version, it is natural that the SL one
will follow! Here is the 1.06 patch for Cubase SL, as well for MAC as for
PC. As for SX, it corrects a big number of bugs, 72 for SX, I didn't count
for SL, but it seems to be more than roughly the same...
Translation : Seb More about it... |
| Cubase SX 1.06 available ! |
| FeedBack, le 06-19-2003 Steinberd had promised it for after the release of Nuendo 2. They did it,
Cubase SX has been released today on Steinberg's FTP!
Users have been asking for the correction of the most irritating bugs for several months, and Steinberg apparently heard them, since this version does not bring anything new, but on the other hand corrects not less than 72 bugs, computer crashes, anomalies, etc. Happy? ;o) Patch available for PC and MAC... Translation : Séb More about it... |
| News from Ohm Force ! |
| FeedBack, le 06-05-2003 Shame on us, we forgot to mention the latest news from the nice Ohm Force team ! So...
Quad Frohmage reaches version 1.1, fixing a few small bugs. Note that a complete tutorial for the program is available on their website, if everyone could do the same... Let us remind you about Ohm Force's fairly astonishing commercial policy as the price of their plug-ins ranges from free to not-very-expensive. In brief, follow the link below right away ;o) Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Triangle II version 1.1 |
| FeedBack, le 06-05-2003 One of the best freeware VST-i's reaches version 1.1. On the menu :
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| XPhrase is out now |
| FeedBack, le 06-05-2003 Another new stuff announced in Frankfurt and available since yesterday !
According to Steinberg, XPhrase gathers together the best of sound creation, real-time polyphonic phrase creation, and intuitive live-remixing functions. This makes XPhrase an hybrid halfway between a sampler and a workstation. No demo, what a shame... Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Virsyn Cube Available |
| Feedback, le 06-03-2003 The creators of Tera are offering us a fairly bold virtual synth : it is based on additive
synthesis, far less frequent than subtractive synthesis and harder to take in. Nevertheless, Virsyn
swears that everything's been done to make your life easier.
Trying this piece of software is rather puzzling, when you look at the GUI as well as when you get some sounds out of it. All you have to do now is downloading the demo for Mac or PC in order to get some idea by yourself ;o) Translation : Jerome a.k.a Ceedjay More about it... |
| Nuendo 2.0 released ! |
| FeedBack, le 05-26-2003 What else can we say ? The version of Steinberg's high-tech sequencer has been announced available
in the United States since this morning. For the rest of the
world, you'll still have to wait until next week for the CD's to arrive ;o)
To know everything about what this new version features, follow the link below... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Distributors' planned death ? |
| Feedback, le 05-25-2003 The question can be asked after reading Steinberg.net this morning.
Steinberg are proudly announcing that you can now purchase products online and that
this is possible for the whole of Europe. The plugins and VST-i prices seem to be
higher than those practiced in shops in France. On the other
hand, it is also possible to purchase product updates like Cubase at a
price apparently cheaper than in France.
This piece of information is asking the very question of the outlife of local distributors that will surely see a part of their sales turnover disappear. Because if the potential customer will appreciate finding products at prices saving money on the distributor's margin, he shall also ask himself who he will be able to call in case of a technical problem. Certainly not the distributor ! To resume, what are Steinberg looking for ? Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Network VSTing ! |
| FeedBack, le 05-20-2003 Getting several computers to work together through a network seems to have become the fashionable
tool. Steinberg were the first to start the business with their VST link and quickly converted to
TCP/IP-joy with Nuendi 2.0.
And here commes FX Teleport announcing the release of a tool, FX Teleport, allowing VSTing through a network. The principle basics are simple : a VST host application on one machine ; VST FX and VST-i's on other "slave" machines and there you are, running a powerful and.......expandable setup ! To be continued.... Translation : Jerome a.k.a Ceedjay More about it... |
| VST Days 2003 |
| Posted by B.M.I, le 05-12-2003 On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 June the 3rd edition of the VST Days, an annual event, takes place again in the Novotel Rotterdam Brainpark.
Participating companies Steinberg, Yamaha, TC Electronic, Roland Benelux, Native-Instruments, Ableton and Evolution will demonstrate numerous new products and technologies on both days . This year's focus is on virtual instruments and surround for which even Steinberg, TC Electronic and Yamaha have arranged a separate Pro Audio Surround demo-suite. The VST Days are intended for everyone who is busy creating, arranging or remixing music and audio by means of the computer for both Windows and Macintosh platforms More about it... |
| Reason 2.5 is released |
| FeedBack, le 05-12-2003 A new version of Reason, free for all registered users, has just been released.
It offers, in particular, a new routing system, a collection of distorsion
pedals, a reverb, a vocoder, etc.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| All Steinberg updates |
| FeedBack, le 05-12-2003 What is the latest update available for all Steinberg's sequencers ? Where
can they be downloaded from ? What do these updates consist in ?
Once again, Espace Cubase is making your life easier by grouping all the updates on a single page, with links to the patches and the explanation files. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Groove Agent is available and updated |
| FeedBack, le 05-12-2003 It was announced at Frankfurt, Groove Agent has been available since a few days.
See below on this page the info about this piece of software...
As it is often the case at Steinberg's, while it's just been released, the program is already subjected to an update (PC version) ;o) It is modestly about some minor improvements, arf arf arf ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| HALion 2.0 is shipping now ! |
| Feedback, le 04-17-2003 It was announced at Frankfurt messe, here is HALion 2.0 !
This new version brings really a lot of things :
Only one regret : no demo available. Translation : Daino. More about it... |
| Some precisions about Steinberg's new products |
| FeedBack, le 04-14-2003 Steinberg-France gave us a press release related to new products which should
be released on these days. Here is what can be noted:
Translation : Séb More about it... |
| News from Charlie and his guys |
| Feedback, le 04-05-2003 On the 2nd of April, during a direct "chat" with the users, the Steinberg
developpers team, including Charlie, announced a lot of news I'm hastenning to
give you. Ready?
More about it... |
| Rocket NetWork, it's over ! |
| Feedback, le 04-04-2003 Rocket NetWork played us the part of the Start-up which dies. The servers
have been turned off since 31th March.
So, goodbye farewell the Cubase VST InWire functions which were making it possible to some geographically distant musicians to work together via Internet. The reason of this renunciation is of course financial... It will be left to us the VST Workshop, born before Rocket NetWork and which still stays with its annual budget of 23 €uros ,o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| The VST Laboratory updated |
| Feedback, le 04-04-2003 For those who don't know the subject, the VST Laboratory is a Web page
which allows to propose the future improvements of Cubase SX and to vote
for those which are lacking the most.
This wouldn't have any interest if Steinberg didn't take care about it, but it is not the case. You must know that we have a spy on the place ;o) It is Yvan Grabit, programer of French descent at Steinberg's, who collects regularly your wishes and makes us sure of their insertion in their internal "Whislist" . While consulting the page, you will besides be able to notice that many propositions from the VST Laboratory, asked for at the time of VST 5.x, have been inserted in Cubase SX. As a conclusion, you are surely listened to, turn this to your account ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubasis Mobile for... Siemens ! |
| Feedback, le 03-22-2003 Uh, what ? After the MAC and PC versions, here's the version for mobile
phones ! This is true !
With its 4 tracks, drums, bass, chords and melody, this small sequencer will allow the music amateurs to build some really personalized ring tunes ! When will they stop ? Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Steinberg Unveils Input Device |
| Feedback, le 03-22-2003 Behind this strange name is hidden a control surface dedicated to
Nuendo, including 4 sections : recording, editing, mixing and monitoring.
Impossible to detail all the possibilities of the beast here, but have a
look at the link "More about it..." ;o)
It seems that Nuendo is indeed establishing itself more and more as an alternative to Pro Tools... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| The brand new Espace-Cubase ! |
| Feedback, le 03-17-2003 Many of you liked the site's smartness, but we thought its looks had had
their day anyway !
So we offer you a brand new version, hoping you will enjoy it as much as the first one ;o) There may be a few bugs left, don't hesitate to tell us about it by clicking on the "Contact" link at the bottom of each page... By the way, "Espace Cubase VST" is now called "Espace Cubase", because with the arrival of Cubase SX, this name could seem too restrictive. PS: Ceedjay ? You can now re-print your t-shirts ;oD |
| News from the Musikmesse ! |
| FeedBack, le 03-07-2003 Writing one piece of news for each piece of information would have been
tiresome, so here is a summary of what has been shown in Frankfurt. Lazy ?
Yeah, but I assume ;o)
Korg, famous synths manufacturer, turns to VSTi and announces the transfer of some of their machines as Polysyx, MS20 and Wavestation... IK-Multimedia took advantage of the show to present Sampletank 2.0! The improvements list is impressive... As far as VirSyn is concerned (Tera or the D'Cota engine), they presented Cube, a very ambitious VSTi based on additive synthesis. The untiring Native Instruments engineers propose Absynth version 2.0! Thanks to K-v-R for these prcious news! That's not all! Steinberg also presented BPM Force, a Steinberg/Waldorf package turned towards Dance which bundles Cubase SL, Attack, PPG and D-Pole... That's all folks! Translation : S2b |
| Steinberg's Groove Agent |
| Feedback, le 03-05-2003 Still from the VST-i department, here comes Groove Agent, a sort of Drum Box.
Choose a musical style and a drum kit, the program will do the rest...
Translation : Jerome a.k.a. Ceedjay More about it... |
| Steinberg's XPhrase |
| Feedback, le 03-05-2003 Well, they're in great shape at Charlie's ! Off you go, one more VST-i ! If I understood everything
well, this synth uses a bank of samples and puts them together to create "loops". Some sort of mix
between a sampler and a workstation. We'll have to keep an eye on this !
Translation : Jerome a.k.a. Ceedjay More about it... |
| Steinberg Walforf Edition |
| Feedback, le 03-05-2003 Steinberg are introducing a pack including Attack, D-Pole and PPG in version 2 !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| HALion 2 ! |
| Feedback, le 03-05-2003 Steinberg are announcing HALion 2.0 at Frankfurt ! A few things to make you gasp in desire :
Translation : Jerome a.k.a. Ceedjay More about it... |
| PSP Vintage Warmer now in version 1.5 |
| FeedBack, le 03-01-2003 PSP inform us that Vintage Warmer is available in version 1.5. Let's remind
that VintageWarmer is a mastering tool designed for giving back some hot
sound to our digital recordings. This new version proposes :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Steinberg's knowledge base |
| FeedBack, le 02-25-2003 I discovered by chance that Steinberg proposes a page from Steinberg.net
which offers many things, tips and tricks, solutions to current problems,
all this sorted out by level or by software...
Translation : Séb More about it... |
| Update of the VST Laboratory |
| FeedBack, le 02-26-2003 The VST Laboratory page has been updated, a few new improvements (we have now 100 !). Remind that this Laboratory enables you to propose or to vote for the future improvements of Cubase SX ;o) More about it... |
| Display our news on your site |
| Feedback, le 02-25-2003 Since this week-end, you've had the possibility to display our little news
in real time on your site. You just have to insert a simple code line in
your HTML, with the possibility to choose the font size and the number of
news to display. The method is really simple, all is explained, just follow
this link...
Translation : Seb More about it... |
| Musikmesse, 5th - 9th of March, 2003 |
| Feedback, le 02-22-2003 This is THE European music show, held in Frankfurt evey year.
Steinberg are there, of course, with a good place. For instance, it was last year at the Musikmesse that they unveiled the beginnings of Cubase SX. For the upcoming year, we can bet on the introduction of Nuendo 2.0, HALion 1.1.4, D-Cota, Virtual Guitarists...... And, why not, a major update for Cubase SX, sort of 1.1 ? Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Model-E is now in version 1.1 |
| Feedback, le 02-19-2003 One of the first VST-is is updated in version 1.1 and offers the
compatibility with Windows XP...
Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| V-Stack is updated in version 1.01 |
| Feedback, le 02-19-2003 This version gives an improvement the primary users were waiting for : the
possibility
to assign a different Midi channel to each VST instrument. It corrects also
a problem of hazardous crash under windows 2000...
Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| Cubase XTC |
| FeedBack, le 02-14-2003 No no, it's not a new version of Cubase, but a bundle. There are:
Translation : Seb More about it... |
| MachFive, the sampler by Motu |
| FeedBack, le 02-09-2003 Really, everyone wants to propose his vision of what a virtual sampler
should be ! After Speedsoft, Steinberg, Native Instrument and (soon) Akai, here is the
sampler by Motu, then Machfive.
What is proposing this plugin than the others don't ? Well, instead the fact that it swallows with closed eyes a lot of standards (Roland, EMU, Akaï, Halion, etc), Machfive has a unique feature : it manages multi-channel samples ! Translation : Cedric. More about it... |
| Cheeze Machine in version 1.3.2 |
| Daino, le 02-03-2003 If you don't already know this little free plug-in from Big Tick Audio, it is
a VST-i which generates synthetic string-ensemble sounds that I
find, to my own opinion, rather interesting to create beautiful
background licks :o)
The update 1.3.2 allows PC users to load banks created on a Mac. More about it... |
| Two books about SX by Eyrolles Editions |
| FeedBack, le 02-01-2003 Eyrolles presents two books about Cubase SX.
On the one hand, there is Cubase SX Starter, a translation of Mark Wherry's book. This little book will not advantageously replace the "Quick Start Guide" bundled with the software. It is not very detailed and a bit messy. Anyway, it will help those who want to quickly get into SX. 9 €uros. On the other hand, there is Cubase SX/SL, le Guide Officiel, by the same Mark Wherry for... Steinberg Press ! Big surprise, it is, not more not less than the official manual printed on paper, the one Cubasians regularly ask for, and to which about 40 pages have been added. One can have difficulties to understand Steinberg's policy. On the one hand, the users who were unlucky enough to lose the dongle, the CD, and the manual while they were moving out now have the possibility to get the manual for 40 euros, and, on the other hand, those who got the PDF with the software have to pay 40 euros for the printed version of their manual. Amazing, isn't it? Anyway, once bought, we have the pleasure to leaf through a real book, and to discover functions or tips we can easily miss because of the fastidious reading of the PDF format... Translation : Seb. More about it... |
| A Virtual Sampler from Motu |
| @lix Spawn, le 01-29-2003 We had been waiting for it for a while, at last, the virtual sampler "à la MOTU" is on its way.
On the menu :
Translation : Denis Dussartre. More about it... |
| Cubase SX for schools |
| Feedback, le 01-29-2003 Cubase was yet recognized as "pedagogically interesting" by the French Ministry of Education (a good deal for Steinberg). Steinberg-france
announces us that it's gonna be the same for Cubase SX.
Translation : Denis Dussartre. More about it... |
| Kontakt version 1.2 |
| Feedback, le 01-29-2003 There was only one thing missing to Kontakt : disc streaming, the capability
of reading samples from the hard disk without loading them completely in the
RAM. It's done by now in this new update which brings us a new trigger
function shamefully copied on HALion.
A good news, this update is free. More about it... |
| Cubase Sx 1.051 or 1.052 for Mac OS X |
| FeedBack, le 01-25-2003 The Mac version makes up for lost time towards the PC platform with a
version 1.051. Or 1.052 ! Indeed, Steinberg seem to be a little muddled : according to the different pages, it is named 1.051 or 1.052 ;o). Tired, guys ? ;op
Nevertheless, it is not a major update but an intermediate corrective. As they also forgot to upload the History Version file on the server, we don?t know more about that. Let?s remind you that the same PC version was released to correct a CPU over-consumption on big projects? Translation : Séb More about it... |
| Two VSTi's for Mac OS X |
| Feedback, le 01-23-2003 In accordance to the awaited plans, Steinberg are announcing the adaptation of two of their products
for Apple's new OS. LM4 MKII and Model E. The good news is that the update is free, you'd guess it
;o)
Translation : Jerome a.k.a Ceedjay More about it... |
| VOKATOR at Natives Instruments's |
| FeedBack, le 18-01-2003 NI strikes very strongly once more, proposing its own vision of an already existing product at some competitors. They chose this time to develop a vocoder called VOKATOR.
As usual, NI is going very far in the process, making VOKATOR work on 1024 bands, where classic vocoders aren?t working on more than 64 bands ! Translation : Sylvie Lalande More about it... |
| Moog Modular at Arturia ?s. |
| FeedBack, le 18-01-2003 Storm creators are embarking on VSTi type emulation of famous synths. They chose the Moog Modular to get one?s hand in ;o). The engine is based on own technology, the TAE (True Analog Emulation) which goes up to reproduce analogic circuits volatility !
For the rest, Moog Modular proposes in bulk 9 oscillos,2 LFOs, 6 ADSR envelops, filters, effects, etc? Date of bringing out and prices not stated. Translation : Sylvie Lalande More about it... |
| Akaï brings out a virtual sampler ! |
| FeedBack, le 18-01-2003 It had to arrive ! The famous hardware samplers maker attacks the flourishing market of virtual samplers. The baby?s called VZ8 and wants to be the faithful software reproduction of Z8 model of the trademark.
VSTi Format for Windows and Mac OSX... Translation : Sylvie Lalande More about it... |
| Steinberg-France leaves Artis group ! |
| FeedBack, le 01-10-2003 Since last December 20th, Steinberg-France has stopped being part of Artis / Guillard /SCV group.
Our local distributor now simply belongs to
the German head office.
These changes have nothing to do with the recent events (Steinberg bought up by Pinnacle, Artis bankruptcy), but had been planned for quite a long time. This should not change many things for the customers we are, the team you know remains unchanged: Philippe Loiseau, Ricardo Serra, Régis Lamora (little newbie !) and of course Jean-Marc Thiébaud who is the manager of this new structure ! ;o) ECVST wishes them a happy new year and great success ! Translation : Seb |
| Happy year 2003 ! |
| The ECVST team, le 01-01-2003 All the Espace Cubase VST team get together in order to wish you a very
very happy year 2003 ! Whatever is the nature of your dreams and your
ambitions, we wish you that they would happen ,o)
On a Cubasian sight only, the year 2002 was rich in events and surprises. 2003 would be probably its logical suite, you will particularly have to follow SX, SL, all the new VSTi, the buying of Steinberg by Pinnacle, etc. ECVST stays thus on the road and is starting its 6th year of living, thanks to your faithfullness, we thank you for that ;o) Happy new year to all of you ! |
| All the free VSTi on a single page ! |
| Feedback aka Santa Claus, le 12-28-2002 Are you fed up with dead links when you go hunting free VSTi ? Are you fed
up with visiting 30 websites for downloading at last two ones only ?
ECVST solved finally these problems by collecting all the VSTi in freeware on the same page and by hosting the files ! Life is beautiful, isn't it ? Translation : Daino, assisted by Feedback the Magnificient ;op More about it... |
| Merry X-mas ! |
| FeedBack, le 12-24-2002 All the team from ECVST wishes you a merry X-mas. May the nice beardy man bring new toys to the kids
you probably remained ;o))
Translation : Ceedjay |
| Virtual Guitarist for MAC OS X |
| FeedBack, le 12-24-2002 If you own a MAC OS 9.x version of Virtual Guitarist and have switched to MAC OS X in the meantime,
you can download, from Steinberg's FTP server, a new installation program allowing you to use your
plug-in with the new OS from Apple...
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Pinnacle is buying Steinberg !!! |
| Feedback, le 12-19-2002 The news was published yesterday : Pinnacle, the video
acquisition specialist, is buying Steinberg !
Some people already made some final conclusions about this news, that seems to be presumptuous ! The ECVST rather likes to be cautious and contents to see what will happen before taking any judgement... Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.2PB1 available ! |
| Feedback, le 12-13-2002 We've been waiting for a long time and here it is ! Steinberg takes up
again the public Beta program on Cubase.net for what should be the very last
VST 5.x version.
This version brings the much awaited VST link, but this is not the only thing. We can mention in bulk :
Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Steinberg announces its synth D'cota |
| Feedback, le 12-06-2002 Hmmm, they are in form at this time at Steinberg, if we consider the number
of new products which are released each week !
Here's coming thus D'cota, the analog synth according to Steinberg and which proposes :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase SX 1.051 |
| Feedback, le 12-06-2002 A corrective patch is available on Steinberg's FTP. It corrects two things
only :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase SX/SL for MacOS X |
| Feedback, le 29-11-2002 Because there is no reason why Mac versions should be released later than PC
versions, Steinberg have just uploaded the Cubase SX 1.05 update for MacOS X.
A quick reading of the Version History file shows that the improvements and corrections are the same as those made in the PC version. Translation : Seb. More about it... |
| Cubase SX and Windows 98 |
| FeedBack, le 24-11-2002 Steinberg first prohibited Cubase SX installation under Windows 98. Then
they unblocked it. A thing that can trouble your minds! Here is the
official response from Steinberg by Dave Nicholson. It is a message he
posted on Cubase.net...
Translation : Séb More about it... |
| HALion String Edition Volume 1 |
| Feedback, le 22-11-2002 Steinberg are going to release some soundbanks for HALion fully dedicated to strings. We are promised 8 double basses, 10 cellos, 12 violas, 16 violins, etc.
Best is to listen to the demos by following the link below. Translation : Seb More about it... |
| After the PSP 42, the PSP 84 ! |
| Feedback, le 22-11-2002 Not content with having released a wonderful plug-in version of the
Lexicon PCM42, PSP is doubling the stake and is proposing the PSP 84!
As the name suggests it, it is a double PSP 42, with 2 fully independent delay lines. Each line can be processed with overdrive, filters, reverb, modulation, etc. The PSP 84 is bundled with 60 presets, and a demo version is available on the PSP web site. Translation : Seb More about it... |
| Cubase SX from 1.00 to 1.05 |
| FeedBack, le 15-11-2002 As we know that you do not have always the courage to read the Version history files that is available with each new official version, we propose a summary to you ! This page proposes thus the digest of all the improvements appeared between version 1.00 and version 1.05. Improvements only, any corrections of bugs. This page will be updated regularly and will allow us to ensure the follow-up of the VST Laboratory, in order to see whether Steinberg listens to us a little ,o)
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase SX and SL in version 1.05 |
| Daino, le 15-11-2002 Jean-Luc Mailler is telling us on the mailing-list that Steinberg set at
disposal on their FTP the Cubase SX and Cubase SL updates to version 1.05.
As usual, some bug corrections and some improvements, like the VST Link Self -Test function, the possibility to use some keycommands for vertical Zooming or selecting Cycle Markers, VST Input monitoring status is now stored in project, etc. Note : Feedback just asked "God, where is the version 1.04" ? ;op More about it... |
| Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition |
| Feedback, le 14-11-2002 Steinberg are announcing the logical continuation of Virtual Guitarist, a version dedicated to rhythmic electric guitars. 29 play styles and guitar/amp combinations are proposed.
A multi-effect (Wha-wha, Chorus, Flanger...) is integrated too and will be able to be used separately to process any audio track... Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| Steinberg bet on MAC OS X |
| Feedback, le 04-11-2002 Steinberg are annoncing several news for MAC OS X. Cubase
SX was relaesed last October the 10th, on November the 1st, Midex 3 beta drivers
were released, PLEX is already available, Cubase SL has been
available since
November the 1st too.
But that's not all, without giving more details, Steinberg are announcing the availability of two of their programs for MAC OS X, this month. Which ones ? The bets are opened ! ;op Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| Steinberg VLS 2020 soundcard |
| FeedBack, le 28-10-2002 To echo the above information (V-Stack), Steinberg has also created a
soundcard dedicated to the VST-Link system. It is a 32-ADAT-channel
soundcard.
And, what a coincidence !, the VLS 2020 is bundled with V-Stack software ,o) Translation : Séb More about it... |
| Steinberg present V-Stack ! |
| FeedBack, le 28-10-2002 They are really great at Steinberg's. First step, they created the VST-Link system, which gives the possibility to link
several computers via their soundcards, to make them work on the same
project. But you need to have a sequencer installed on each computer.
Second step, Steinberg release V-Stack, a VST-Link compatible software in which you can load up to 16 VST-Instruments. These VST-Is can thus be used by the other computers of the VST-Link network. And that's not all ! V-Stack can also be used in "stand-alone" mode! In this case, the VST-Is can be manipulated by VST or DirectX plug-ins thanks to 8 Inserts, 5 auxiliaries and 4 masters ! Translation : Séb More about it... |
| WaveLab version 4.0g |
| FeedBack, le 24-10-2002 A new update of Wavelab (again !). It brings an update of Apogee UV22HR Dithering, new CD-Burner
drivers, and the possibility to burn 99-minute
CDs !
Translation : Séb More about it... |
| HALion version 1.13 |
| FeedBack, le 24-10-2002 Ceedjay tells us that a new version of HALion has been available since
yesterday on Steinberg's FTP.
This version improves EXS24 import and brings optimisation as well as cosmetic improvements of the GUI (suiting the Cubase SX GUI). Translation : Seb More about it... |
| Cubase SX/MAC is released ! |
| Feedback, le 11-10-2002 As expected, Cubase SX for MAC has been available since yesterday !
At first sight, the MAC version is similar to the PC version. But beware of one thing : Cubase SX works under MAC OS X only. You'll then have to make sure that your machine is fully compatible ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Introduction of Nuendo 2.0 |
| Feedback, le 08-10-2002 Steinberg announced Nuendo 2.0 at the 113th salon of AES. The list of the
supplies is impressive and we could bet that this new version will make a
distinction between Nuendo and Cubase SX, distinction which is not always obvious
for the brand's users.
Among the big news, we can notice the following points :
Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| Cubasis 4.0 ! |
| FeedBack, le 30-09-2002 Steinberg are announcing Cubasis in version 4.0.
We have little detail for the moment :
Translation : Cédric |
| WaveLab Essential |
| FeedBack, le 30-09-2002 Steinberg sell a light version of its audio editor, Wavelab.
It's quite judicious as, for the one who's only looking for a good audio
editor, Wavelab could seem too complicated
and too expensive.
The Essential version features all of its big brother's functions, except :
Translation : Cédric More about it... |
| HALion version 1.12 |
| FeedBack, le 26-09-2002 HALion on the road again with its very new version 1.12. On the menu :
mainly optimisation and the format EXS24 import.
Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Audigy 2 at Creative |
| Martin Boyer, le 25-09-2002 Here's a little freshness from Creative Labs. The Sound Blaster Audigy 2. What's the difference ? It is capable of 24 bits /192 kHz in stereo playback, THX supported, etc. The kindest improvement is the fact that the Audigy 2 is able to record up to 24 bits / 96 kHz, in comparison with the 16 bits / 48 kHz of the original SB Audigy. It is still released with an ASIO 2.0 driver and its famous Firewire ports...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Tsunami, a VSTi synth by BlueShock |
| Feedback, le 25-09-2002 The VST instruments' fashion doesn't stop anymore to offer to us analog synths. Here's Tsunami, the synth according to BlueShock.
This VSTi has got all what is needed where it is needed, 64 voices, 3 oscillators, a low-cut filter, a LFO, two envelops (amplitude and filter), etc. Only your ears will decide if this synth has something new to bring or not... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase SX/MAC released on October ! |
| Feedback, le 23-09-2002 We've had to wait for a while but it's ok now. Steinberg are announcing a precise release date of SX
for Mac : it will be on October the 10th. The web page does
not precise which year ;-D
Let's hope that the whole industry will follow the MAC OSX movement so that Cubase Users get drivers and plug-ins very quickly. This big work is not over, the affair is worth following ! Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Kontakt v1.1 for PC and MAC |
| Feedback, le 19-09-2002 A new version of NI's VST sampler. This version brings, among others, the support for HALion, EXS
and SDII bank formats.
But the most noticeable thing is that Kontakt is now available for MAC ! Translation : Jerome a.k.a Ceedjay More about it... |
| Wavelab 4.0f available |
| Feedback, le 14-09-2002 Another update for Wavelab !
This one offers new functions (in particular for the burning module), new bug fixes and new CD-burner drivers. But the most outstanding innovation is the compatibility with MP3Pro format (import and export). MP3Pro, signed by Thomson, is supposed to be an improvement of the famous MP3, with a better quality for half the weight of the same file ! For copyright reasons, you'll have to buy an additional plug-in in order to take advantage of this new format, but you are allowed to do 20 trial encodings with this update ;o) Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| Steinberg offer themselves a new website |
| Feedback, le 13-09-2002 Steinberg just offer themselves a recasting of their official web site.
The design, we like or we don't like (personally, I think that the site is superb), but the news, we find or we can't find ;o) Perhaps wishing to offer the visitor too much could give him some difficulties to find his own way... BUT ! The link toward the Espace Cubase is missing ! And this, this is too bad... Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| Native Instruments' Synthetic Drums |
| Feedback, le 13-09-2002 They use to sell already the container, they propose the content ! NI
releases thus a CD full of electronic drum sounds for Battery and Kontakt,
so 1,800 samples divided in 32 kits. 100 Euros in all good
butcher's ;o)
Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| 3 new plug-ins at TC Native |
| Feedback, le 13-09-2002 The 3rd version of the Native's pack bundle, that will be soon released,
will be
composed of 2 additional elements : the Native Reverb Plus, an improved
version of the Native
Reverb, with a new interface, a new algorithm and 100 presets, and the
Filtrator,
which, you thought as much, is a very many-sided filter !
As for the rest, you 'll find in this pack the plug-ins which made the fame of the brand : compressor, Eq and limiter, the whole for MAC and PC... Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| In-depth HALion review |
| Feedback, le 10-09-2002 Yes, we somewhat missed the bus with HALion, released a long
time ago now, we didn't write anything on the subject.
It's done now and, in order to be forgiven for this slight delay, we offer you a very very detailed review of the software, step by step, function by function... Translation : Daino / Ceedjay More about it... |
| The typical Mac Setup in July 2002 |
| FeedBack, le 08-09-2002 What could be the ideal setup in July 2002 ? What can we do with "old Macs" ? What for ? This page gives you all answers Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Cubase SX manual available in French |
| Feedback, le 05-09-2002 The enormous 820-page PDF file serving as a manual is at last available in French !
The only way to get it is to contact the French retailer, Steinberg France... Translation : Jerome aka Ceedjay More about it... |
| Cubase SL 1.03 |
| Daino, le 23-08-2002 We announced it in the previous news, Cubase SL has now its update 1.03 too. The same things, support of the Mackie Control and some minor corrections of bugs. More about it... |
| Cubase SX 1.03 ! |
| Daino, le 22-08-2002 Gilles Blais tells us that Cubase SX is updated to the version 1.03 on Steinberg's FTP : some minor improvements and the support of the Mackie Control (well, well, exactly as for Nuendo 1.61, which was announced yesterday ;o)))
Steinberg announces too that there should be soon an update of Cubase SL... No doubt, it's reopening ! More about it... |
| Nuendo 1.61 |
| Daino, le 21-08-2002 The version 1.61 of Nuendo is available, only some minor improvements and the support of the Mackie Control. More about it... |
| PLEX by Steinberg |
| Daino, le 21-08-2002 For lovers of sounds, the new synth from Steinberg is now available. The interface seems to be intuitive and its use based on drag'n'drop principle.
The main technical points are:
More about it... |
| Cubase SX 1.02 in demo version ! |
| Daino, le 10-08-2002 Now, here it is ! The PC demo of Cubase SX 1.02 is available on Steinberg's
FTP. Of course, some functions have been deactivated or restricted, see
details on the download page... More about it... |
| A Mackie control surface for Cubase |
| Daino, le 09-08-2002 A visitor of the site reports us a new control surface,
the Mackie Control. It will be soon compatible with software sequencers, among them Cubase and Nuendo. It has 8 faders + 1 master channel per default, but little icing on the cake : it's extensible ! By adding additional modules, you would be able to have more channels for mixing. Wouotch ! Translation : Cedric More about it... |
| The ECVST squad on holidays! |
| Feedback, le 07-08-2002 After a year with loads of Cubasian news (SX !) and innovations (new columns on the site, new forums
on La Boitazic, new mailing-lists etc.....), the Espace-Cubase team won't have stolen their 3 or 4
little weeks of holidays !
Therefore, from now until the 1st of September, we switch to minimum duty. But ! If things get a bit stirring, the current "News" page will be updated and, above all, if you have a problem with the mailing-lists, there will always be someone to help you. There is someone on duty ! We wish a good holiday to those who are leaving, a lot of courage to those who are staying or have already come back. Don't go too far away, we have some projects that should please you when the new season starts ;o) And, see you, here or elsewhere ;o) Translation : Jérôme dit Ceedjay |
| WaveLab 4.00.e available |
| FeedBack, le 26-07-2002 Jean-Luc Mailler informs us that a new version of Wavelab is available for download on Uncle
Charlie's FTP server. The list of improvements and bug fixes is long, so the best thing to do is
going to read the one on the server.
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Cubase SL 1.02, already ! |
| Feedback, le 26-07-2002 Very fast at Steinberg's, but it was almost easy, bug fixes and new features are the same as for SX.
Details in the text file on the FTP server, as usual...
Translation : Jérôme dit Ceedjay More about it... |
| 2 freeware apps from VB-Audio |
| Feedback, le 26-07-2002 Vincent Burel announces the availability of a Low Frequency Generator with a free stand-alone version allowing you to turn a
PC, even an old one, into a Low Frequency generator in order to take almost all the typical
measurements you'll need to test your hardware as well as your software.
Also announced, a new range of plug-ins named "Striptool" , of which first version is free and offered as a demo. Striptools, as inserts, give the ability, with low CPU-load, to complement the treatments of your mixing desk and and to bring all the sufficient (if not necessary) treatments to a mixing process. Translation : Jérôme dit Ceedjay More about it... |
| Nuendo 1.6 is available |
| FeedBack, le 18-07-2002 Our friend Arnaud "No" Mélèse has been the first to notify us that the new version of Nuendo was
available ! This free update offers :
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Cubase SX 1.02 |
| FeedBack, le 17-07-2002 Announced a few days ago, here is the brand new version of Cubase
SX, version 1.02. Except numerous bug fixes, it offers quite a lot of new features (see the complete
list in the text file available on the FTP server).
Strangely, the compatibility of SX 1.02 with Windows 98 is not mentioned in the list of new features ! Are Steinberg not very comfy on this bash ? Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Comparison SX / SL |
| FeedBack, le 14-07-2002 July the 12th, 2002 : Steinberg-France reveals to us that Cubase SL will be available very soon as a
lighter version of SX and to replace the current standard Cubase VST. What are the differences
between the two versions ? We have received a PDF file assessing the subject. Here it is, shaped
with our own slant ;o)
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Cubase SL is coming ! |
| FeedBack, le 13-07-2002 Cubase SL is coming to replace the Standard VST. It is a light
version of SX. As we've just said before, this version can be installed under
Windows 98 for the latecomers ;op
We still don't know the price for the update in France, we'll tell you as soon as we get the information. Anyway, we're going to upload a comparative chart between SX and SL as fast as possible, so don't move too far. Translation : Denis Dussartre |
| SX 1.02 under Windows 98 ! |
| FeedBack, le 13-07-2002 Our friend Philippe Loiseau from Steinberg France, informs us that a new
release of SX should be available very soon. The installation of this version under Windows 98 will
be possible !
He precises that this type of installation won't be supported by Steinberg though it is possible to install it. They still recommend to use Windows 2000 or XP. We do understand them ! Translation : Denis Dussartre |
| Spectrogram 0.1 for VST/Mac |
| Soif - MacMusic, le 09-07-2002 Polyfractus just released Spectrogram as a freeware.
Spectrogram is a real-time spectrum analyzer VST plug-in for Macintosh. The spectrum may be shown in 4 different modes :
Parameters :
More about it... |
| A free synth at LinPlug |
| Feedback, le 06-07-2002 LinPlug, developers of RM2, CronoX, daOrgan, etc., offer to you a free VST-i
synth ! It's about Alpha which has for mission to retrieve the
80's analogic sounds. On the menu of the specifications :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| MacMusic adopts a new image. |
| FeedBack, le 04-07-2002 Our neighbours and friends from MacMusic's have just put the new formula of their site online. On
the menu :
Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Kantos from Antares |
| FeedBack, le 02-07-2002 Fed up with your MIDI keyboard ? Do you play it as good as I do ? ;o) Here's an audio-driven VST
instrument ! Well well, it reminds me of an experimental program for BeOS (sighs......).
Roughly, Kantos is a synthesizer (2 wavetables), and rather than playing it through a MIDI keyboard, you activate it with audio data : your voice, your guitar.....It opens up lots of possibilities, doesn't it ? You'd better go and listen to audio demos and load the demo version. Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| Apple buy up Emagic ! |
| FeedBack, le 02-07-2002 The unbelievable has happened : Apple have just treated themselves to Emagic, the editors of one of
Cubase's main rivals : Logic Audio. This piece of news, just by itself, could already shake the
world of computer aided music, but that's not all ! Apple have also announced that they will stop
developing the software for Windows environment, as soon as next September. They are therefore
offering to their rivals, among which are Steinberg, 35 % of their customers. Crazy ! Samplitude's
small community is also getting worried.....
As a consequence, Steinberg are offering a Cubase SX crossgrade to registered users of Logic for 299 Euros (French price, to be confirmed by Steinberg-France) ! The offer is available until the end of September 2002... Translation : Ceedjay More about it... |
| TimeWorks Equalizer Test |
| FeedBack, le 30-06-2002 Just before going on holidays under the sun - lucky him - Vincent Prades
wrote us a little paper about a plug-in he liked : the equalizer
from TimeWorks. All is here, description, advice and links...
More about it... |
| Lexicon 42 by PSP ! |
| Feedback, le 24-06-2002 Here's the plug-in that Antoni announced some time ago : the
software version of the famous delay from Lexicon. You can have :
Translation : Daino / Jérôme dit Ceedjay More about it... |
| Waves plug-ins in version 3.5 |
| Feedback, le 19-06-2002 Waves famous plug-ins are now available in version 3.5.
Waves promises :
Translation : Jérôme Senneçon More about it... |
| Steinberg and Apple love story ! |
| Feedback, le 19-06-2002 There is no doubt that Steinberg are betting on Mac OS X. This page promises
us Cubase SX and Nuendo soon ! As a matter of fact, SX is announced for very
soon but no date has been given yet...
Translation : Jérôme Senneçon More about it... |
| Lounge Lizard for Macintosh |
| Feedback, le 19-06-2002 This VSTi dedicated to electric piano sounds is therefore available for
Mac... OS 9.x...
Translation : Jérôme Senneçon More about it... |
| Reason 2.0 available |
| Feedback, le 19-06-2002 The undefinable software from Propellerheads reaches version 2.0.
This new version will give you, among other stuff, a granular synth, a sampler, a new sound bank...etc. Let's remember that, in France, Propellerheads products are now distributed by.......M-Audio... Translation : Jérôme Senneçon More about it... |
| Update of the soundcards page |
| Feedback, le 10-06-2002 Stéphane Péneau added 11 new soundcards in our database, ESI, EGOSYS,
AUDIOTRACK...
Don't hesitate to rate these soundcards if you use one of them, so that the visitors could have a precise advice about their qualities... or lacks ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Amplitube is available |
| Feedback, le 10-06-2002 Plug-ins that emulate guitar are a real fashion ! After Warp VST and
Virtual guitarist, here's Amplitube.
It is about a plug-in in VST and HTDM formats which proposes 1260 combinations, 10 amplifiers and effect racks, micro modelling (type, set, axis), 200 presets, all in real time, of course ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| ATANATA, the independent record-dealer |
| Feedback, le 08-06-2002 It's very exceptionnal, a news in a friendly interest only ;o)
We are announced the opening of ATANATA. Whuz that ? According to Vinco, its creator : ATANATA Records is a WebSite exclusively reserved to independent music. It is divided in two parts :
The project is ambitious and courageous, let's wish him good luck ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| LM4 MKII has been updated |
| Feedback, le 07-06-2002 Yvan Grabit tells us that an update is available for LM4 MKII. On the menu,
optimization, correction of bugs and improvements :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Warp VST for MAC |
| FeedBack, le 05-06-2002 Available for PC for a few month, Warp VST is now available for MAC.
Let's remember that Warp is a guitar amplifier simulation plug-in able to imitate a Jazz Chorus, a Plexi, or a Rectifier. Make yourself a opinion about that thing by listening to the MP3 demo's... PS : On the Steinberg web page, I can read : "pure guitar sound on your PC". Which is a good promise for a MAC product ;op More about it... |
| A domain name for La Boitazic ! |
| Feedback, le 04-06-2002 Just a few time ago, we announced to you the birth of La Boitazic with its forums dedicated to all that is not virtual, studio gear, music instruments, how to optimize the fittings of your home-studio, small ads, etc.
These forums were lodged in a subdomain of the ECVST, first. But as the forums seem to be welcome, we offered to them un real domain name ;o) So, update your favorite bookmarks, the new address of La Boitazic is Note : For French-speaking users only... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| WaveLab 4.0d |
| Feedback, le 30-05-2002 Jean-Luc Mailler tells us on the Mailing-List Wavelab-fr that an update is
available. The list of the improvements is so long that I renounce to
present you an extract ;op I let you discover them by yourself through the
"ReadMe" file that is available on the FTP server...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Tips and tricks for Cubase SX |
| Feedback, le 25-05-2002 Steinberg presents already some tips and tricks for SX in its knowledgebase.
3 chapters at this time :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Already a corrective measure for SX ! |
| Feedback, le 24-05-2002 It's a kind of record that Steinberg broke : SX was released on Tuesday, and on Wednesday they were proposing already a patch SX 1.01 in order to rectify a series of anomalies. The routine, so ;op
Dave Nicholson announced on Cubase.net that a Public Beta forum dedicated to SX would be opened soon. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| SX is arrived ! |
| Feedback, le 21-05-2002 It's written in big letters on the home page of the Steinberg's site :
CUBASE SX IS RELEASED ! What more to say, hm ?
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| ECVST' Drum Kit ! |
| FeedBack, le 20/05/2002 There are some people like that... They have talent, but they are on more
generous !
It's the case of Vincent Sermone, professionnal drummer, now a long-time member of the ECVST. Drummer made of talent, he worked a non-negligible time to sample his own drums in order to offer to you an original kit ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| The Boitazic of the Espace Cubase VST |
| Seoh, le 18-05-2002 The ECVST evolves and innovates still again and again ! Since the first list dedicated to Cubase, some new Mailing-Lists were born to cover many various domains such as digital audio processing, copyrights, pedagogy and music notation, etc.
But there was a missing point in our story, we forgot something : the hardware instruments and peripherals that we all daily use ! However, it was difficult for us to think about creating 5 or 6 supplementary Mailing-lists dedicated to guitarists, to keyboarders, to the optimization and the organisation of a home-studio, etc. That's the reason why we propose to you a different way from what you already know with the MLs : a forum. Or rather 8 forums gathered on a single and same adress, the Boitazic ! Up to you to discover it ! Note : For French-speaking users only, sorry ;O) More about it... |
| SX is not so far away ! |
| Feedback, le 14-05-2002 The date of the official release is not yet diffused, but the european
distributors begin to send some e.mails to their registred customers !
Does it mean that Cubase SX is ready and that Steinberg is adjusting the last technical problems, well, it's not a problem for me to hope this ;oD At the end of May at the latest, this is my bet ! Translation : Daino |
| SoundForge 6.0 available ! |
| Feedback, le 11-05-2002 The new version of SoundForge is released since a few time. The fans of this Audio editor will appreciate :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Some VST plug-ins at... Akai ! |
| Feedback, le 10-05-2002 Yes, Akai presents their first series of VST plugins ! There are :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Kontakt is released ! |
| FeedBack, le 08-05-2002 Native Instruments announced that Kontakt, it's virtual sampler, is
available.
Kontakt is a real rival for HALion because it offers :
Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Update of the site of Steinberg-France |
| Feedback, le 02-05-2002 It doesn't happen everyday, so let's notice the update of the
Steinberg-France's website, with particularly some informations in French
about Virtual Guitarist and WaveLab 4.0.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Absynth in PC version |
| Feedback, le 26-04-2002 Anything else can stop Native Instruments, and it's a good thing ! Here's thus for PC platform Absynth. A synthesis VST-i on more, yes, but according to NI ! It is enough to listen to the demos to understand that it is about a powerful synth, capable of new sonorous materials.
Absynth, it's :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| ASIO FX Processor by Spin Audio |
| Feedback, le 25-04-2002 Do you have a soundcard with an ASIO 2.0 driver ? Do you have some VST plug-ins ? So, you have something to turn your computer into an effect processor !
Spin Audio proposes thus to you ASIO FX Processor 1.0. It's just about a rack where you will be able to load upto 4 VST plug-ins and that will process every input signal, this will be done with the lowest latency ! Demo, prices and "LE" version by following the link below... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Virtual Guitarist nearly released |
| Feedback, le 17-04-2002 Well, that's resoluted, Steinberg tries to get angry with guitarists !
After VST Warp, here's Virtual Guitarist, its release is announced for
April 22th.
The concept is really different. Warp was an ampli simulator, Virtual Guitarist is before all a big soundbank of samples (1,5 GB !), a little bit as the Grand Piano. Virtual Guitarist is comfortable in electric as well in acoustic. Careful, we talk here about rythm guitar only. I've listened to the demos, honestly, it's credible, and in all cases, really usable when one doesn't have any guitarist at hand ,o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Big book about Cubase |
| Feedback, le 17-04-2002 The Eyrolles Editions present un big heavy book of 540 pages about Cubase.
In fact, it is about a translation.
The editor, whose we asked what could such a book give in comparison with the manual, precised to us that, according to him, the book gives the consider of the musician on Cubase where the manual was contenting itself with listing coldly the functions, and details them, well, what a very long phrase, good luck to the translator of this info ;op Translation : Daino Note of the translator : What a funny boy is this Feedback, isn't he ? ;O)))))) More about it... |
| VST days on 15 and 16 June at Rotterdam |
| Feedback, le 15-04-2002 BMI, the local Steinberg distributor, tells us that on the next 15 and 16
June will be some demo days at Rotterdam. On the menu, Cubase SX, Nuendo
2.0, System Link etc.
Jan van der Gaag specifies us that if the demos are in English, there will be however some French interlocutors in the place. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| The Cubase FAQ ! |
| Feedback, le 15-04-2002 A good FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) was missing to the Espace Cubase
VST, this is now a filled gap !
We thus propose to you to answer to the most currently asked questions, particularly when one begins on Cubase : does Cubase work with XP ? How to silence this delay when I'm on recording ? How to put Midi to Audio ? Etc. Essential, no ? Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Nuendo 1.5.3 available |
| Feedback, le 11-04-2002 After a long "stage" in beta version, Nuendo is available in 1.5.3 version
for Mac and PC. Excepted the usual bug fixing, this version proposes :
Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| "My MP3 Player" free at Steinberg |
| Feedback, le 11-04-2002 Steinberg has just placed at your disposal, for free, "My MP3 Player".
It is a MP3 player then, with a playlist and a file manager. That's nothing
out of the ordinary but it's got a good interface.
Of course, the aim is to encourage you to buy "My MP3" which is a complete solution for the MP3's management (playlist, Eq, Fx, database, audio edition, CD burning etc.)... Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Birth of MusicRun ! |
| Feedback, le 05-04-2002 A Website, which could be the first online French magazine speaking only about "musical technology and methods of production", has just seen the light ! On the menu, informations, forums, tests, interviews, in short, all that is found generally in a paper version.
At the "helm" can be seen some great names of press or sound (Ludovic Gombert, Michel Geiss...), this should guarantee a contents made of quality. In any cases, let's wish them good luck, such a project is ambitious and courageaous. Last thing, search a little on the welcome page, you will find an interview of Jean-Marc Thiébaud, who is nobody else that the main manager of Steinberg-France ,o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase SX will be OMF compatible |
| Feedback, le 04-04-2002 It was not foreseen at the beginning, but the Cubase users have shouted so
loud, particularly on Cubase.net, that Steinberg finally gave up : Cubase
SX will support the OMF standard.
OMF (Open Media File) is an Audio format mainly intended for the stations of video assembly, and that assures the compatibility with the systems of assembly and completion of this industry. So, it could be useful to shout loud, providing that your interlocutor has ears ;o) OMF won't be integrated in the very first version of SX, but in an update. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Spektral Delay in version 1.5 |
| Feedback, le 04-04-2002 Spektral Delay is the most delirious delay that is. Native Instruments
presents the version 1.5, which proposes :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| 10 free samples at WizooSounds |
| Feedback, le 30-03-2002 Maybe in order to attract the custom, WizooSounds offers 10 free samples.
Here are proposed : a drum kit, a horn section, a string ensemble, a Rhodes
piano, etc. These samples are available in several formats : EXS24, HALion,
Gigasampler, LM4 and Battery... for drum instruments ;op
It's free, so why should we deny them ourselves, hm ? Translation : Daino More about it... |
| 2 Eq plug-ins by Anwida |
| Feedback, le 25-03-2002 Anwida presents 2 graphic equalizer plug-ins in 15 and 31 bands. Those two
softwares, sold separatly or in a pack, are made to sound "analogic". Some
more precise details about it :
Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| All about Cubase SX |
| FeedBack, le 22-03-2002 15th March 2002, Frankfurt, Steinberg announces the substitute of Cubase
VST : Cubase SX. Just a few days later, Steinberg-France forwarded to us
the manual translated in French, with permission to use it. So, no need to
hesitate ! Here thus, re-adjusted in our own way, this documentation that
details all the improvements that SX will propose. Any likeness with an
another product of the Steinberg series would be only a pure coincidence
;o) For the English-speaking visitors, we present you the original PDF file 980 Ko...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| PitchToMidi plug-in 1.0 for MAC |
| Soif - MacMusic, le 22-03-2002 PolyFractus just released PitchToMidi, the first audio-to-midi realtime converter !
Currently available as a VST plug-in, this software analyses the melody in any audio source (file or live input) and convert it into MIDI notes messages (pitch and velocity) to control any internal or external sound module. Applications range from melody instant transcription, sound design to live performances... A demo version of this $50 shareware, can be downloaded exclusively on MacMusic.org. More about it... |
| Frankfurt Musikmesse, continuation... |
| Feedback, le 14-03-2002 Steinberg didn't come with Cubase SX only in their bag ! Rather judge...
Martin Boyer tells us for example that you will be able finally to let down this guitarist who irritates you so much ;o) Steinberg presents thus Virtual Guitarist. Created with the contribute of Wizoo, this VSTi works with the same principle as the Grand Piano, namely it uses before all an enormous sample soundbank of 2 GB ! Virtual Guitarist is reserved to rythmic guitars only, some acoustic ones as well as electric ones. So, don't expect that Virtual Guitarist could imitate perfectly a damned killing solo, played with the teeth on the knees in front of an amplifier with very loud volume ;op Well, the still very hard-working duo Wizoo / Steinberg presents too Urban Atmospheres, a Surround soundbank for Nuendo, composed of 6 DVD of urban ambiants ! That's really funny, me, I use this every day ;op They propose also HALionized, some sounds for HALion... Oh yes, take advantage of your visit on the page below to have a look to the first screenshots of Cubase SX ! We begin to have some precisions, we will talk about it later... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| VST is dead, long live Cubase SX !!! |
| FeedBack, le 13-03-2002 Steinberg should make a a big announce today ! But as we were a little bit in confidence, we are able to tell you some more about it !
Cubase VST, it's OVER ! The new product that should be released before the end of the second quarter is called CUBASE SX. The improvements are numerous, it's difficult to tell all about it here, we will get back to the subject with more details soon. But well, here are even so a very small list of the greatest improvements :
In any case, we are happy to see that many propositions from the VST Laboratory have been taken in care ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Frakfurt Musikmesse 2002 |
| Steinberg News Letter, le 09-03-2002 "Welcome to your special edition of the Steinberg Virtual
Studio Newsletter.
To mark the launch of groudbreaking new products at the Frankfurt Musikmesse 2002, Steinberg will be dedicating a special website to the world's largest trade fair from March 13th to March 17th. Get an insider's view of Steinberg's latest technologies in a special online chat with the Steinberg developers, check out the latest events in our day-by-day reports, and, of course, in-depth information on the new product releases." More about it... |
| Update of the VST Laboratory |
| FeedBack, le 07-03-2002 The VST Laboratory page has been updated, 13 new improvements (we have now 80 !). Remind that this Laboratory enables you to propose or to vote for the future improvements of Cubase.
We have been confirmed by Steinberg that some suggestions that you've made for the future of Cubase will be integrated in the next important update ,o More about it... |
| The ECVST in Home Sound Studio ! |
| Feedback, le 07-03-2002 Home Sound Studio, number 3, page 77 ! A full page just for us ! This new magazine gives a very kind hommage to us, we won't ignore our pleasure : we are very very proud ! I quote : "No doubt, the Espace Cubase is a must !".
One more time, it must be reminded that the success of the Espace Cubase VST is above all the one of all the people who participate every day. Many thanks to them ,o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Already an update for WaveLab 4.0 ! |
| Feedback, le 21-02-2002 Hardly released, WaveLab 4.0 is already concerned by an update : correction
of some bugs, update of the Online help, and support of some supplementary
CD burners... What a hard-working man, this Philippe ;o)
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| HALion in version 1.1.1 |
| Feedback, le 21-02-2002 Steinberg has just put on line an update of HALion, which proposes some
optimization and the correction of some problems about the import of the
Akai and Gigasampler formats under Windows 2000 or XP. Update valuable for
MAC as well as for PC...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Warp VST is released |
| Feedback, le 19-02-2002 As promised, Steinberg releases THEIR virtual guitar amplifier, codename,
Warp. This trick is supposed to emulate 3 ampli and 3 speakers cabinet
being a reference borrowed from Hughes & Kettner. Arf, it's not inevitably
a bad choice ;o) Warp is also able to imitate a Jazz Chorus or a Plexi. In short,
everybody would be able to find its happyness.
Well, being a guitarist made of lamp amplifier and big distorsion, I'm still a little perplexed. Nevertheless, when listening to the demos, I must admit that this plug-in could make illusion once mixed with the reminder of the arrangement. It's probably the Rock guitarists who will decide if the feelings of play would be at the meeting or not... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Opening of WizooSounds.com |
| Feedback, le 19-02-2002 Wizoo and Steinberg have announced their wedding some times ago, here's the
first baby !
WizooSounds.com is the site where you will be able to buy on line some things to give to eat to all your softwares of samplering. The soundbanks are proposed in HALion format (well !), Gigasampler or EXS24. I had a look at and listened quickly on what is proposed. Two remarks : it's good and not cheap ! Each bank is proposed in three sizes (ECO, MID and XXL) and thus at three prices. Of course, you can listen to a little sound excerpt before choosing. It could be possible that this shop becomes quickly an abyss for our money-boxes ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Interview with Charlie Steinberg ! |
| FeedBack, le 15-02-2002 Well, no ! We didn't realize this interview ! On an other hand, we were
authorized to translate and put on line on the Espace Cubase the talk
broadcasted on Steinberg.net ,o)
We propose thus to you the French version ! You will learn here who is Charlie Steinberg, how was born Cubase, etc., very interesting ! If you are rather English-speaking, you can read the original version... Trasnlation : Daino More about it... |
| T-RackS in format VST soon ! |
| Feedback, le 13-02-2002 Little scoop found at BlueLife : IK-Multimedia announces that its software of
mastering T-RackS is now available for Pro-Tools, but also in VST format !
T-RackS is thus a mastering tool supposed to have the analogic colour and it proposes :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| The Master Bundle by Waves |
| Feedback, le 13-02-2002 Waves, known for the quality of their plug-ins, propose a pack destined for
Mastering. This Pack contains an equalizer, a multibands compressor and the
L2 Ultramaximizer which isn't anymore ! The price is not specified and a
14 days-limited demo is available.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| WaveLab 4.0, more infos |
| Feedback, le 13-02-2002 Steinberg gives a little more infos about the future Wavelab. At first
sight, this update should be less significant than the update 2.0 / 3.0. If
you want to know more, follow the link below, you will find here 2 PDF
files with the details of the version 4.0 and some nice pictures ,o)
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Installing Windows 2000 and Nuendo |
| FeedBack, le 12-02-2002 A new page ! It is not really about some tips for optimizing as it is in the page 'Optimizing XP". No, it's about a page by Nuendo.com which explains how to install Windows 2000 and Nuendo for an audio use only. Vincent PRADES translated this "big slice", thanks Vincent ! For you, english-speaking visitors, we propose to you the original page...
More about it... |
| Interview with a certain Charly S. |
| Feedback, le 10-02-2002 On the Steinberg's official website, an interview with Charly Steinberg has
just been put on line ! He tells there the story of Cubase. Very interesting.
I wrote immediately everywhere to obtain the authorization to translate and put on line a french version ;o) If someone from Steinberg who's got the permission to answer us goes by here, please contact us urgently. Thanks ;o) Translation : Daino / Feedback More about it... |
| Update of WaveLab |
| Feedback, le 06-02-2002 Although the version 4.0 is already announced, Philippe Goutier and
Steinberg propose an update of the version 3.0, the 3.04g.
This new version proposes the compatibility with the WDM drivers and with some additional CD engravers. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Review of the Waves C4 Compressor |
| Feedback, le 06-02-2002 Vincent "Majorca" Prades continues to test for you the most famous
plug-ins. He details this time the multi-band compressor from Waves, the
C4. Beautiful animal !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Ninja, a free VSTi |
| Sam, le 04-02-2002 A new incomer in the world of virtual synthesis. Forget that is a freeware,
because, as regards to technical specifications, it kills ! It's a
multitimbral synth (8 stereo outputs, yes, yes, you have well readen !),
polyphony of 24 notes, 8 different instruments. I won't cite all the
characteristics, go and see yourself ,o)
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Win a Cubase / Atari |
| Feedback, le 04-02-2002 The Musique-Atari website, entirely dedicated to music on this plateform,
proposes an on-line game from 01st to 28th February. You can win a full
version of Cubase for Atari, with dongle and manual ! More about it... |
| The VST Workshop - This month's song |
| FeedBack, le 02-02-2002 This month, let's keep basic : a little jam around the Blues ! Stay around, another WorkSh@ppper may propose us a version with voice ! More about it... |
| Trilogy, the virtual bass |
| Feedback, le 26-01-2002 VST-i can already imitate drums, piano, organ, some legendary synths,
etc... I've been dreaming for a long time to have the same thing for bass sounds
because my old good D50 can make only quite sad Plong Plong ;o) Now this is
done !
Spectrasonics will release during second quarter 2002, the Trilogy Total Bass Module. Thus, it is about a VST-i dedicated to bass sounds. Based on 3 GB samples (3 GB!!!), subtleties as hammer-on, pull-off, harmonics, trills, etc, were not forgotten. Trilogy can also produce synthetic bass sounds ! In short, a beautiful advertisement for a product which would make speak about it ! Translation : Daino / Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Steinberg awarded by the users ! |
| FeedBack, le 25-01-2002 Steinberg couldn't keep silent a such news : the Computer Music' readers have awarded 3 Steinberg products. "And ze winners are :"
Translation : Gilles Raffelsbauer. More about it... |
| Nuendo compatible with Windows XP |
| FeedBack, le 25-01-2002 After a serie of tests, Steinberg concluded that Nuendo works correctly under Windows XP. They even declare that XP Pro is the ideal plateform for running Nuendo (Only XP Pro edition has been test not Home edition).
Translation : Gilles Raffelsbauer More about it... |
| Tascam US-224 |
| Feedback, le 21-01-2002 Tascam will present to the NAMM the US-428 in its various versions.
So, it's about an USB Audio interface in 24 bits, with some functions of control surface, Midi inputs / outputs, etc. The thing is compatible with PC and MAC... Translation : Daino / Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| The Pluggo are updated in version 3.0 |
| Feedback, le 21-01-2002 The famous collect of plug-ins (more than 100 !) VST for MAC will be
updated in version 3.0 next March.
Describing such a series of plug-ins is impossible in a few lines. Best is to visit the website of the editor ,o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| The Soundcards-board updated |
| Feedback, le 21-01-2002 We have now 94 soundcards in our files ! We have particularly added the
soundcards from Creative Labs, Yamaha and Soundscape. Thanks to Stéphane
Peneau for this enormous job ;o)
We remind you that you have the possibility to give a rate at your own soundcard, in order to give the visitors an idea of its popularity rating... Translation : Daino / Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| NI KONTAKT against HALion |
| Feedback, le 18-01-2002 It was missing to Native Insruments : a VST-i sampler, now this is done !
When you know the quality of the NI products, you can already bet that competition with HALion will be hard ;o) This impression is confirmed by the reading of the first infos and by the first screenshots !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| WaveLab 4.0 announced |
| Feedback, le 18-01-2002 With the occasion of the NAMM 2002, Steinberg announces, in other things,
the next release of WaveLab 4.0. Philippe Goutier indicated to us that he
was currently in phase of debugging .
At this time, we don't know exactly what will propose this new version. But we can read already :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase VST PC 5.1R2PB1 |
| Feedback, le 18-01-2002 After a few time of absence, the Public Beta program takes again its
rights, as promised Dave Nicholson.
Thus, a new version is available on the Steinberg's FTP. No innovation, but some bugs corrected, which some were existing since a few... years ! It was time ;op Translation : Daino More about it... |
| All about the soundcards ! |
| Feedback, le 18-01-2002 The Soundcards part of the site was a little old, we used to know about it ,o) We have just put in line the new version ! Careful, all is not yet perfect and all the soundcards aren't referred yet. It's useless then to shout at us (Yes, yes, some guys do it !) ;o)
So, what's new about this new version ?
We pamper you, aren't we ? Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Drivers 3.0 MAC at Midiman |
| No, le 16-01-2002 The version 3.0 for OS.9 of the Midiman Midi drivers has just arrived. It
is a unified version (1x1, 2x2, 4x4, 8x8, Quattro).
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Still some new at PSP ! |
| Feedback, le 16-01-2002 On the website of PSP-AudioWare, while following the link speaking about
the next NAMM Show, there is the surprise to discover two new plug-ins !
On one hand, PSP proposes PianoVerb, which as its name indicates it...;o) And... It is FreeWare ! On the other hand, PSP will release in spring, PSP 42 and PSP 84. The PSP 42 is neither more nor less than the version plug-in "legendary delay PCM 42". From there, PSP has imagined the PSP 84, which is a PSP 42 but with independent adjustments by channel, some algorithms of filter and distorsion and a spring reverb to finish. Promising, no ? Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Hematohm at Ohm Force |
| Ohm Force's News Letter, le 15-01-2002 Hematohm, the latest Ohm Force plug-in, is now available. It is made of a
vicious frequency shifter to triturate your drum loops and get your riffs
de/re-tuned. LFO and envelope follower will assist you to get creative
beats from any boring sample. As usual, it is supplied in three license
options : Standard, Expert and Pro Pack. More about it... |
| New forums for TPLM ! |
| Feedback, le 11-01-2002 Our "web neighboors", Tout Pour La Musique, propose a new engine for
their forums. More powerful, more praticable, this new formulae gives all that was missing to the previous one. On more, all subjects are discussed, DAW, instruments, gear, musical styles, etc...
If you prefer forums to mailing-lists, the TPLM's forums are the obliged meeting place for any french-speaking musician. Careful, on parle français seulement ;o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Plug-ins Sound Designers 2.0 |
| Feedback, le 11-01-2002 Delaydots proposes the version 2.0 of their Sound Designers pack. This pack
contains Phat, a low frequencies generator, a multibands Pitch Shift, and
daBomb, a distorsion effect.
This version gives :
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Happy New Year ! |
| The whole ECVST Team, le 29-12-2001 A little ahead of time, the crazy men who manage ECVST wish you all a
wonderfull year 2002 !
Let's dream of a new year with :
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger |
| Steinberg announces VST Link ! |
| Feedback, le 27-12-2001 Steinberg will propose during the first quarter of the year 2002 a new
technology : the VST Link. What is it about ?
Quite simply the possibility to connect several machines (MAC or PC) betweeen them via their soundcard, in order to make them work together on the same project ! Imagine for example a studio where the main machine, power, would be in charge with the Eq and the Master effects whereas an older machine (but which would have been preserved !) would be used to read some VSTi, etc., etc. In brief, it's some Rocket Network / Inwire but in local area network, the soundcard being used as a network card ! If this technology manages to convince musicians and studios, Cubase and Nuendo could encroach well on the world of the systems based on DSP soundcards... Toy or real revolution ? Answer running 2002 ,o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Virsonic Maximizer for MAC |
| FeedBack, le 24-12-2001 This plug-in is the software version of the BBE Sonic Maximizer. As Harmony Central tells, this mastering tool is used since a long time in studio by the greatest names of musical world and is supposed to give the "live" side to a studio recording.
Released last june on PC, the MAC version is now available for 129 US$ ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| FX Designer at Spinaudio |
| FeedBack, le 24-12-2001 SpinAusio presents the FX Designer pack in VST and DirectX formats.
It's about a plug-in that allows effects like chorus, flanger, space handler, reverb etc, all of them can be brought together. The possibilities seem to be unpublished, like this one that makes it possible, for the reverb, to change the size of the room in real time ! The 6 delays with modulation allows an amazing send of the outputs. In brief ! If you like playing with sound, I suggest to you this plug-in ,o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| New releases at Native Instruments |
| FeedBack, le 24-12-2001 The "News Letter" from NI tells us one more time that this company is particularly active. Giving all the details would be too long, but here's the menu :
Who could say much better ? Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Steinberg's Warp VST Plug-in |
| Lorcan Mac Donagh, le 21-12-2001 Steinberg is about to commercialize a sort of AmpFarm VST Plug-in using the
modelisator technology amplifier + loud speaker from the guitar amplifier Hugues & Kettner Zentera !
The models are : a Roland Jazz Chorus, a Marshall Plexi and a Mesa Boogie Rectifier. I wanted to buy a Pod or a J-station but I think I'm gonna wait a bit ;o) Given for 258 Euros available the 1st of 2002. Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| FM7 available for Mac |
| FeedBack, le 21-12-2001 Available for PC for a while, FM7 from Native instruments is now available
for Mac.
Let's remember that FM7 is a VSTi which allows you to find again DX7 Synthetizer sounds..
Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Banks and patches at K-v-R |
| FeedBack, le 17-12-2001 K-v-R proposes sound banks or patches for our worshiped VSTi.These are banks
made by users ( Boff, we recognized you !) and graciously offered.
You'll find food for Battery, CM101, CS40, HALion, JX10, Neon, Loopazoid, Reaktor etc... Get a good haul ! Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| daOrgan at LingPlug |
| FeedBack, le 12-12-2001 Announced a few time ago, daOrgan is available. It is a VSTi tonewheel organ modelisator, with all the parameters we need to make it sound
realistic. According to Harmony Central, this software is not very greedy
for the resources and sounds pretty good. For the price : 29 US$, don't try
to compare it with another famous VSTi, which name's begins with B and ends
by 4 ;o)
Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Let's Win a MasterVerb ! |
| FeedBack, le 10-12-2001 Our friends from the CakeWalk website offer you to win a Direct X format
WaveArts MasterVerb. To win it, you just need to answer 4 questions by
email. Easy is n'it ?
While you are on the site, let's take the opportunity of reading the interview with Bernard Chavonnet, the CDXtract creator ! Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| TC Performance Reverb for MAC OS X |
| TC Performance Reverb for MAC OS X, le 08-12-2001 Deriving strenght from the success of the freeware version of Spark ME, TC
Works proposes a VST format reverb for Mac OS X at the price of 14,95 Euros.
Pretty good but something is still missing in the Mac OS X software collection, a famous host software : Cubase ! Steinberg say they're workin' on it... Translation : Denis dussartre More about it... |
| Drivers Midisport for XP |
| FeedBack, le 08-12-2001 There was a big problem with Midisport interfaces : they eated a lot of CPU
power. Midiman as just uploaded the corrected drivers. At the first try, we
can see that the problem is solved !
Translation : Denis dussartre More about it... |
| Layla and Mona for LapTop |
| FeedBack, le 07-12-2001 Making music on a LapTop computer becomes more and more possible, these machines
having become enough powerful.
Echo understood it well and proposes an adapter to use a Layla or a Mona on a LapTop. Note that this adapter is available separatly if you have already one of these soundcards. Last good news : it's valid for PC and MAC ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Bigga Giggas, sounds for HALion |
| Feedback, le 07-12-2001 Bigga Giggas, specialized in soundbanks for Gigasampler or Gigastudio,
adopts the HALion format.
The available CDs propose respectively 8 drum kits, a Steinway piano or even a Rhodes. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Let's talk about TobyBear ;o) |
| Sam, le 05-12-2001 I would like to talk to you about TobyBear. This programer proposes full of
plug-ins more or less strange. Some are free. On his website, even the
situation of all of his projects can be seen !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| PhatMatik at BitShift Audio |
| Sam, le 05-12-2001 Bitshift Audio has just released the final version of PhatMastik, a VST-i
that can read REX files, extract from them the groove and export them all
in only one MIDI file format.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| ZR1 at Rumpelrausch |
| Sam, le 05-12-2001 For those who don't have the luck to play with the B4 by NI, here's an
alternate solution : the ZR1 by Rumpelrausch. Caracteristics : 9 drawbars,
click,
monophonic mode, distorsion, rotative loudspeakers...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| New drivers Tascam US-428 |
| Feedback, le 05-12-2001 Tascam takes at your disposal some new drivers for the US-428. The list of the
new things is quite intesresting : better compatibility with Windows ME and
2000, Gigasampler, the B4 from Native Instruments. This new version
includes also a tuner...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| New DELTA's at M-Audio |
| Feedback, le 01-12-2001 M-Audio doesn't stop to decline the DELTA series. They propose thus the
1010LT, which is a 1010 whithout external box, and the 410 which is much
more dedicated to Multimedia and "Home Theater".
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| PatchName for JV2080 and SuperNova |
| Feedback, le 01-12-2001 Because he didn't have at his disposal some "PatchName" for his JV2080 and
his SuperNova, Deepsound took his mouse with his two hands and created them !
By following the link below, you will be able to download them and have access to the directions for use. Thanks who ? ;o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Steinberg / Wizoo:'s Grand Piano |
| FeedBack, le 28-11-2001 Recently married for better and for worse, Steinberg and Wizoo: will soon
release a VSTi that should become famous: Grand Piano. According to them,
this VSTi "is neither a digital piano, nor a samples player, but a VSTi with
an intelligent engine". If they say so... No matter what, expect you HD to
host 1.2 GB of data files ;op Well, marketing...
The demos, however, are very promising and that Grand Piano seems to sound great. Wizoo: announces the release on december 5, for US$ 199. Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| K-v-R is back ! |
| FeedBack, le 24-11-2001 After a few days down, the magnificient K-v-R site is up and runing !
More details : a notorious bastard unleashed a rumor on the forums about the K-v-R site having shut down because of being accused of having offered cracked software. Of course, nothing of it was true. K-v-R just went through some trouble with their server and shifted host these past days. From now on, the site can be accessed again. Only the forums are not yet up. K-v-R hopes they will be by the end of this week-end. Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Cubase Remote Control |
| FeedBack, le 24-11-2001 Laurent Steffen designed a remote control that allows driving Cubase from a
02R or 03D mixing board!
You'll find explainations and a user's manual will all the necessary files following the link below. Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| FM7 is out |
| Feedback, le 22-11-2001 Announced a while ago by Native Instruments, FM7 is out! This VST
Instrument is actualy nothing less than an emulator of the DX7 synth,
which should delight those longing for sounds from the 80s' !
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Test of PSP Vintage Warmer |
| Feedback, le 20-11-2001 Gilles Blais, who's a great fan of PSP products, offers a test of
their youngest little brother, Vintage Warmer. Once again, he warns
that the use of PSP plug-ins may lead to severe addiction!
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| New URL for the Cakewalk site |
| FeedBack, le 19-11-2001 Some help to our friends never hurts ! The wonderful, French-speaking
(but including an English version as well) site dedicated to Cakewalk
just acquired a domain name and therefore enjoys a new URL. This site
is the equivalent of ECVST for Cakewalk ;op We wish them all the
best !
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Rocket NetWork version 2.5 |
| Feedback, le 15-11-2001 Rocket Network, the module that makes collective work possible via Internet
is updated in version 2.5.
As Rocket Network says, the improvements of this new version should be : - speed of sending and receipt of data increased by 250 % - improvement of the user interface - New architecture of the server It's up to you to verify ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Sampletank... free ! |
| Feedback, le 12-11-2001 When loosing my way on the Web, I was amazed to discover that IK Multimedia
was proposing a free version of Sampletank ! Yes, yes !
Let's remind that Sampletank is a well-made sample reader with all that is needed where it must be. This free version is limited of course, but well : 16 channels, 128 polyphonic voices, 4 effects per channel, ...On more, you can also use the free soundbanks that IK Multimedia offers each month ! Isn't the story beautiful ? Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Spark ME, Audio editor for MAC |
| Feedback, le 12-11-2001 TC Works proposes freely Spark ME, an Audio editor for Mac OS X. Although
it is free, this software offers various possibilities, illimited Undo
(slurp !), VST plug-ins support, CD Audio projects, resolution in 32 bits /
192 Khz, ...
If you are on MAC and if an Audio editor was missing to your tool box, here's a thing to fill up this lack. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase 5.1 avalaible ! |
| FeedBack, le 08-11-2001 Here it is, The 5.1 has arrived. Well, mmm, nearly !
Some remarks : - This version is exactly the same as the latest public Beta one. On the other hand, it is delivered with a lot of new plug-ins and VSTi. - The only innovation is the optimization according to the processor used. This optimization is stated on the way how Cubase converts during playback the 16 or 24 Bits audio files from integers into floats. Steinberg choose ( they said : in order to avoid to overload the FTP server) to distribute this version in several times. The VST32 Version is available since yesterday night, the Score one will be downloadable on the 14th. Last thing : the 5.1 must be downloaded from the Steinberg site (see link below) and not from the FTP server. I think that's all ! More about it... |
| Update of the VST Laboratory |
| FeedBack, le The VST Laboratory page has been updated, 16 new improvements. Remind that this Laboratory enables you to propose or to vote for the future improvements of Cubase.
We have been confirmed by Steinberg that some suggestions that you've made for the future of Cubase will be integrated in the next important update ,o More about it... |
| Rumour : Cubase 5.1 is coming ! |
| Feedback, le 02-11-2001 According to an indiscretion published on the forum Cubase.net, Steinberg
will put in line its new version of Cubase, the 5.1 one, the next 7th
November !
As it is a rumour and not an official communiqué of Steinberg, it is better to be cautious. This rumour don't precise either what are the new things. On the other hand, it is indicated that some numerous new plu-gins and VST-i will be on the menu ! This new version will be the occasion for us to verify if, as promised, certain suggestions of the VST Laboratory have been integrated to the 5.1 ,o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Interview of Paul Kellett |
| FeedBack, le 01-11-2001 Paul Kellett ! But well, Paul Kellett ! It doesn't mean anything for you ?
Well, if I say to you MDA plug-ins, E-Piano ? Ah yes, so, it tells you a
little bit more !
The site Bluefile Audio Zone has achieve a little interview of the creator of these famous plug-ins, and it is always so interesting to know who are those little genius of computer science, how they reason, etc. To not to be missed ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Live 1.0 for Live ! |
| Feedback, le 01-11-2001 Ableton presents a software dedicated to a Live use, presented as an Audio
sequencer being able to be played like an instrument !
The possibilities announced on the technical specifications list are much impressive : Time-Stretching in real-time Drag'n'Drop Compatibility with VST, ASIO, DirectX and Rewire This toy has yet a price : 349 US$... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| 3 shareware plug-ins from PolyFractus |
| Soif - MacMusic, le PolyFractus just released a new shareware, SoundModelers, a set of 3 VST
compatible plug-ins (Mac).
This pack includes : - LoopDelay, a multitap delay (till 5 tap's) long duration (till 5 seconds) - Reson a multiple resonant filter. - ReverbModeler, a room simulation plug-in using 6 resonant levels and 2 filters in order to create very original reverb sounds. These plug-ins are compatible with any VST host software and have been tested with Logic Audio (Emagic) , Cubase VST (Steinberg) , Spark (TCworks) et Peak (Bias). Any detail or screen shots avalaible here : Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| A page about Compression |
| FeedBack, le Here is an effect which devide people, some are crazy of it, some other say it spoiled the feeling. With no special opinion, Gilles BLAIS explains what is compression and give us how to use it, one parameter at a time.
Translation : Laurent DELAUNAY More about it... |
| MuON for MacOS |
| Daino, le 27-10-2001 Tau Pro is now available for Mac users at the price of $20 instead of $30,
till the end of November. More about it... |
| 3D Delay at SpinAudio |
| Daino, le 27-10-2001 As well as an update of its products, SpinAudio proposes a plug-in of delay
in VST and DirectX formats that make it possible to work... in 3D ! It's about 6 stereo delays that can be set freely in a 3D space, up to 100 ms each one. This plug-in functions in 32-bits floating point in internal and supports a frequency rate up to 96 khz, eventually much more (uh, well !?). Price : 70 $US in stand alone, other possibilities of sale are indicated on the site (bundle, package, etc.). More about it... |
| Drivers XP at Midiman / M-Audio |
| Feedback, le 27-10-2001 Windows XP is released since yesterday. Midiman / M-Audio proposes already
a series of specific drivers, supposed to reinforce compatibility with this
new Windows, and this for the soundcards from the Delta series and the Midi
interfaces on USB ports, Midisport series...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| PSP VintageWarmer available ! |
| FeedBack, le 23-10-2001 Antoni, from PSP AudioWare, informs us that the very new and expected PSP VintageWarmer came out !
This PSP plug-in, made for mastering, is avalaible in VST Version Mac and PC and in a DirectX version for... ? PC ! Terrific... Hurry up and download the demos on the PSP web site ! Oh yes, last but not least, if you're yet owner of a PSP plug-in, you'll get a special offer ,o) Don't take away too far, we'll propose you soon a detailled review of this new PSP software. Translation : Denis Dussarte More about it... |
| Presentation of Nuendo |
| FeedBack, le 21-10-2001 To make his own mind on a product, there is nothing more
effective than the opinion of a user. It is what we propose with
this new page signed Vincent PRADES, a newcomer in the
Nuendo world, and who gives its first impression...
Translation : Arnaud Gazaignes More about it... |
| Ruction, by Desaster Development |
| Gaëtant Manégat, le 20-10-2001 To make your tracks grooving, to load whatever loop and to synchronize with
the BPM of Cubase / Nuendo (even if the BPM changes in real time...), to
filter all your samples / loops, to adjust pan step to step... a little bit
like a Fruityloops and in real time in VST !!! Hmmm??? What is it ? It's Ruction ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| VST-i sound modules VST-i at PlugSound |
| Daino, le 20-10-2001 PlugSound has released 6 sound modules in VST-i (VST 2.0), for PC and Mac.
If you want to replace your basic "hoink ! hoink !" GM Midi sounds, these
ones could satisfy you : Keyboards, Synth Collection, Fretted Instruments,
Hip Hop Toolkit, Drums, Global.
In other things, sound processing is in 32 bits. It is kind to precise that a good configuration won't be an useless luxury : it is required at least 600 MB free, 192 MB RAM, the number and the size of the samples vary according to the possibilities of the computer, and polyphony depends on the power of the CPU. Each module costs $99, so 890,00 FF, if I don't make any mistake... What ? Allright, it's written in BIG LETTERS on the site ;Op More about it... |
| Ozone by iZotope |
| Daino, le 19-10-2001 iZotope presents Ozone, in order to put another layer ;Op in your mastering
work. This Direct-X plug-in includes 1 multi-bands parametric equalizer, 4 multi-bands dynamics tracks (Compressor / Limiter / Expander / Gate ), 1 Harmonic exciter, 1 spectrum analyser, 1 reverb, 1 loudness maximiser, multi-Undo possible, stereo image control. Translation: Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Absynth in version 1.2.3 |
| Daino, le 19-10-2001 Native Instruments has just updated Absynth : some innovations and also some
bugs fixed.
Translation: Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| FM7 at Native Instruments |
| Daino, le 19-10-2001 After the famous B4 and Pro-52, NI completes it's instruments range,
notice to any old FM synthetizers sounds amateur! It's given to be able to
read old programs from the classicals DX7, DX7-II, DX11, TX81Z,
DX21, DX27, DX100, TX802. Stereo chorus, delay, flanger Fx are included. Scheduled for November 2001. Translation: Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Midex 3 by Steinberg |
| Daino, le 19-10-2001 Steinberg presents its new Midi USB interface supporting LTB technology :
1 inputs, 3 outputs, up to 48 Midi channels, multi-client, Midi thru, very low
latency promised... More about it... |
| Surface One at Midiman |
| Sam, le 17-10-2001 Midiman will release a new USB control interface, which has the particularity to function to control your favourite VST-i, as well in standard Midi to control our loved hardware synths, useful for live concerts. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| New drivers for Nuendo |
| Daino, le 17-10-2001 Well, news are in a hurry at the post-production software ;Op
- new drivers for the Midex 8, which includes now the LTB technology - driver for Houston - new driver for the PC dongle. Download from the site of Nuendo. More about it... |
| Nuendo Surround Edition 1.5 |
| Daino, le 17-10-2001 Nuendo has just been updated and proposes the version 1.5 for Surround. No need to be jealous, it's for PC end Mac. ;Op For those who have already the version 1.0 for PC, it is possible to download from the Website of Nuendo. More about it... |
| Siena Breakout Box by SEK'D |
| Daino, le 17-10-2001 SEK'D announces the future release of the "Siena Breakout Box" .
It's a rack 1U, it is supposed to allow users of Siena to extend the possibilities of their soundcard : XLR inputs, Phantom alimentation in 48V, RCA inputs, outputs for headphones, etc. Big surprise : this rack can be used with many other Soundcards for PC ! They are very strong, at SEK'D ! Users of soundcards compatible with the Audiowerk 8 from Emagic and the Gina from Echo will be delighted... ;O) Any announced price at this time. More about it... |
| LM-4 MK II |
| Daino, le 17-10-2001 Well, it's hot, hot, hot ! ;Op
With the success of the VST-instrument LM-4, Steinberg announces the release of LM-4 MK II. To make you "dribble" a little bit : besides a new interface (like HALion, you see ;O), it is announced 18 polyphonic pads, possibility to use sounds in 32 bits, 3 additionnal stereo outputs, drag'n'drop function to load sounds (no more text file ! ;O))), 20 velocity layers, possibility to save automations, etc. 2 versions are available : standard version and XXL version. Announced prices : 136 euros for the standard version and 176 euros for the XXL version. Update : 44 euros. After having readen this, I know that you would have some problems to sleep tonight, haha ! ;Op |
| New site of Midiman / M-Audio |
| Feedback, le 15-10-2001 Midiman has entirely rethought his web site for a good result
indeed.
As a result, the direct link to download the latest drivers has changed.
Here it is, there it is !
Translation : Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| The VST Workshop has been updated |
| Feedback, le 15-10-2001 And not so a little bit ! Better than proposing to you ZE song of the month, we
present you THREE songs of the month ! It is quite amazing to see what could do
musicians from various horizons as soon as they decide to work together...
You may then to listen to a good song, an another one, purely Rock'n'Roll, and at last, a new variation of "Galice" ! Translation : Daino / Denis Dussartre More about it... |
| Cubase VST PC 5.0R7BP5 |
| Feedback, le 15-10-2001 An update again that brings only one correction of a bug, which used to
make Cubase crash in certain circumstances, when using the function "Go to"
in the Controller Edit, I know, the sentence is a little bit too long ;op (Note : the translator is suddenly soooo tired, soooo tired, too... ;O) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Config-Audio mailing list ! |
| Feedback, le 12-10-2001 The Cubase-Fr mailing list has often to answer questions related to hardware problems, which is not what it is dedicated to. So, since yesterday evening, we propose a new mailing-list, Config-Audio. This mailing list is thus dedicated to all the elements needed to run a DAW on a computer, motherboards, processors, display cards, sound cards, hard disks, operating system etc, as well as with the adjustments that have to be done. Access to the Mailing-list is free and available by following the link below... Beware ! It's a french speaking mailing list ! Translation : Arnaw More about it... |
| CDXtract in versoin 3.6 |
| FeedBack, le 08-10-2001 A little bit of chumminess: our friend Bernard Chavonnet told us that CDXtract goes to a new release 3.6 avalaible from Monday on.
The big new thing is the export towards the Hallion format including the filters, ADSR envelopes, sound volumes, pitch bend etc... Translation : Vincent Janssens More about it... |
| SampleTank in version 1.1 |
| Feedback, le 04-10-2001 Sample Tank is updated in version 1.1, proposing at the same time optimization for G4, a new engine of resampling, an update of Akai sounds import, etc. It's free for registered users...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase VST PC 5.0R7PB4 |
| Feedback, le 04-10-2001 Here's a new version of Cubase for PC, that doesn't bring so much things but some corrections listed in the Version History file present on the FTP server.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Reverb-it by Sliverspike on MAC |
| FeedBack, le 03-10-2001 Silverspike, of which we know already the excellent the reverb RoomMachine 844 (freeware !) continues in the reverberation series by proposing its Reverb-it for Mac.
When reading the technical card, we notice that this reverb proposes all that it is necessary. It only remains you to download the demo (PC or MAC) in order to know if it's distinguished itself from what is done on the matter. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| PSP VintageWarmer |
| FeedBack, le 03-10-2001 Always so productive, our Polish friends ! Here, they propose to us VintageWarmer, it will be necessary to determine what differentiates it from their very good MixSaturator.
As its name suggests, VintageWarmer is a mastering tool intended to give heat to our digital recordings, if they are deprived of it, everyone doesn't agree on the subject ;op It's about in fact a multi-bands compressor / limiter being able to generate distorsion as an analog type. If quality is the same as the past PSP productions, don't really hesitate to charge the demo ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Delta drivers for MAC OSX |
| FeedBack, le 03-10-2001 M-Audio thus takes out of its cap the MAC OSX drivers for all the Delta series, 44, 66, 10/10, Audiophile etc. ASIO 2, low latency, multiclient, multi-cards, so, the whole things...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| PredatOhm from Ohm Force |
| Daino, le 28-09-2001 PredatOhm is a new plugin brought to you by Ohm Force, if you are looking to boost your sound. VST 2.0 and DirectX compatible, it supports Midi and also includes a feedback generator (no, no, it doesn't have anything to do with our editor here ;O)))) The proposed price is 9.95 US$, but beware, for that price you don't get a licence for commercial use: that one is available in the professional pack for ... 149 US$ (that's not quite the same price ;O) Demo versions for Mac and PC are available for download. Translation : Boff More about it... |
| PSP Stereopack 1.6 |
| Daino, le 28-09-2001 PSP Audioware have published their StereoPack in Version 1.6, wow! :O) Price: 24 US$. NB : The update is free for registered users... Translation:Boff More about it... |
| Waves Restoration |
| FeedBack, le 24-09-2001 Waves releases an ensemble of 4 plug-ins, aimed at cleaning audio
tracks. They are called X-Noise, X-Click, X-Crackle and X-Hum. Can you
guess their functions? ;-) Available at the end of October, in RTAS, VST, MAS and Direct-X formats.
More about it... |
| Fairlight sides with VST |
| FeedBack, le 24-09-2001 Fairlight, yes, FAIRLIGHT adopts VST's plug-in format. Users can now
have access to the immense number of VST-compatible effects.
More about it... |
| Pro-52 update for Mac |
| No, le 24-09-2001 Mac enthusiasts now can have the update, a few weeks after the PC
version. What you get are new interfaces and more compatibiliy with Midi
controllers.
More about it... |
| Version 4.0 of IntelliScore |
| Martin Boyer, le 24-09-2001 IntelliScore 4.0, the new version of Innovative Music Systems's
conversion software from Audio to midi, has been released. This version
brings new improvements such as real-time conversion, taking into
account musical expression, and MP3 support. A demo is available for
download.
More about it... |
| Soundbanks for M-Tron |
| Daino, le 21-09-2001 GMEDIA Music proposes 26 new soundbanks for the VST-i M-Tron : the "Tape
Banks". Price of the CD-ROM : £ 32.95 More about it... |
| Cubase 5.0r3 PB1 for Mac |
| Daino, le 21-09-2001 The public beta version has been updated for Mac users to 5.0r3 PB1 (MacOS)
: correction of a problem about the export in midifile and a bug that could
appears when using some VST-i. More about it... |
| New B3 sounds at Sonic Implants |
| Daino, le 21-09-2001 Sonic Implants proposes on a CD-ROM a new selection of Hammond B3 organ
sounds in Soundfont and Gigasampler format. Price of the CD-ROM : $ 149.95 More about it... |
| More drum kits ! |
| FeedBack, le 16-09-2001 ToonTrack presents some grrrrrrreat drum kits (listen to the demos, you'll
see for yourself!). There are available in LM4 and Yamaha formats (US$ 139)
or simply in wav and aiff formats (US$ 75).
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Cubase MAC 5.0R2 |
| FeedBack, le 16-09-2001 News broken by Tof on the mailing lists: the final 5.0R2 version for Mac is
out. Reading the very short version history file, one realizes that the Mac
version evolves quite differently from the PC version. Whereas many
improvements and fixes are offered on PC, the Mac R2 mostly, if not only,
brings support for Midex8 and Houston. Better than nothing anyway ,o)
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Battery moves to version 1.01 |
| FeedBack, le 16-09-2001
The great Battery plug-in is updated to version 1.01. Most of the effort was
put on format imports, SDII, Akai, Soundfonts, ...
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Saving 10 % system resources ! |
| FeedBack, le 15-09-2001 No matter what, that killing song of yours is choking on that (also) killing Master effect. Though you might only be short 2 % system resources. So I shared a trick for saving not 2, but 10 % ! Your PC starts up and displays 97% available resources !
More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R7PB3 |
| Feedback, le 14-09-2001 Steinberg just uploaded a new version of Cubase.
It offers a number of new fixes, as usual. But beware, the file's size is 15 MB as the update also includes new versions of some plugs or soundbanks (LM9). More about it in the Version History file ,o) Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Tau-pro at Muon |
| FeedBack, le 12-09-2001 Muon, one of the pioneers as regards VSTi, introduces Tau-Pro. It's about
an analog synth dedicated to bass and lead sounds. Price : 30 US$, demo
available. More about it... |
| VSamp in version 3.23 |
| Feedback, le 12-09-2001 VSamp is a sample reader for Mac. The version 3.23 brings in particular import of the SoundFonts and SampleCell formats as well as compatibility
with Mac OSX. Price : 39 US$, demo available. More about it... |
| New kit for LM4 at Sam ! |
| Sam, le 12-09-2001 I benefit from it to announce to you (before I'm made draw the ears by
FeedBack) that a new kit for LM4 and compatible will be available on my
site. This time, it's about the conversion of Natural Studio Kit V4C by
Douglas Whates. Moreover, for those who can read SoundFonts, I advise this
one highly to them, as well as the new version (5) that should not delay.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| MDA Piano released by PluginSpot |
| Sam, le 12-09-2001 PluginSpot is now in charge of the distribution of some VSTi by MDA (MDA
Piano and DX10). In the same time, they have develop an alternative of the
MDA Piano, as to know MDA E-Piano, which, instead of being based on some
piano samples, is based on some Fender Rhodes samples . And it is freeware !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Plug-ins in FreeWare at EverSmeier |
| Sam, le 12-09-2001 Here they are, it's about 2 plug-ins in freeware, THD (analog style
saturator) and Endorphin (2-bands stereo compressor). As regards to the
versions (0.92 and 0.991), they are still some provisional ones, but completely
operational, if I believe the magazine of Orion Central. The Web site is
very cool, at least I think so...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Update of the VST Laboratory |
| FeedBack, le 10-09-2001 The VST Laboratory page has been updated this morning. Remind that this Laboratory enables you to propose or to vote for the future improvements of Cubase.
We have been confirmed by Steinberg that some suggestions that you've made for the future of Cubase will be integrated in the next important update ,o) More about it... |
| News page : hearing ! |
| FeedBack, le 07-09-2001 If you don't hear anything, it's not me, its the ears ! Benoît LAGARDE explains you the most important of the 5 sense... for music
More about it... |
| USB Quadro Audio Interface at M-Audio |
| FeedBack, le 07-09-2001 M-Audio releases a new, fairly comprehensive audio USB interface for
Mac and PC. Price undisclosed...
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Voice Machine is out ! |
| FeedBack, le 07-09-2001 Steinberg annouces the availibility of Voice Machine, that Sam
described last April in the following way :
"Steinberg announces that the Voice Machine will come out. It is, as Steinberg says, the ultimate application for working the voices, simply by deteriorating its pitch while leaving the natural character of the voice intact, or by trafficking it completely Its characteristics : "natural" pitch-schift in real time, up to 4 additional ways for a mono track, release by MIDI ON/OFF, portamento and height correction, LFO with various waveforms and delay to simulate a vibrato. All the parameters can be controled by assignable MIDI controls. Independent control of the pitch and the character of the voice, which can by the way be linked to obtain a traditional pitch/shift effect. Voice control in real time" Available for Mac and PC. Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| NT/W2000 Aardvark Drivers |
| FeedBack, le 07-09-2001 Aardvark offers a beta version of their future NT/W2000 drivers for
the following products: Q10, Direct Pro 24/96, LX6, Aark 24 as well
as for older products such as Aark 20/20, 20/20+ and Aark TDIF.
Be aware, though, that Aardvark doesn't provide support for these drivers... Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| MAC drivers for Middex 8 |
| Feedback, le 05-09-2001 All is in the title !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| RM3 at LinPlug |
| Sam, le 05-09-2001 LinPlug has just finished the phase of beta-test of its new born succeeding to the already much appreciated RM2, I named the RM3.
Here are some specifications : - 18 polyphonic instruments (up to 24 channels, depending from the CPU), each one being able to contain 32 samples - We can import any type of audio file (wav, aiff, mono, stereo, 8-32 bits and up to 96 kHz) - System of variable output bus : 1 stereo to 18 stereo and mono outputs - Compression, overdrive and filter sensible to velocity per pad - Compatible files on import : RM2 (!), RM3 (!!!) and LM4/9 - Switchable answer to "note-off" - Solo and mute switches, release pads sensible to velocity, activity led per instrument 59$ (not so cheep, according to the characteristics). Translation : Daino More about it... |
| 320 sounds for the Pro-52 at MigMusic |
| Feedback, le 03-09-2001 Here are little things to feed your Pro-52, 320 presets including analog
synths, lead synths, brass, pads, strings, organs, keyboards, Fx, etc.
There are all proposed by MigMusic at the price of 24,95 £. Demo available...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| HALion 1.1 and GigaSampler ! |
| Feedback, le 31-08-2001 HALion version 1.1 is available and here it is, the software imports the GigaSampler soundbanks !!!
This function that everybody considerated as essential will surely reinforce the success of this sampler... Note that this update concerns MAC and PC versions. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| SamplerChan available ! |
| Feedback, le 31-08-2001 The VSTi Sampler that we had announced on 26.07.2001 is released. Its characteristics are rather flattering (read again our preceding advertisement). Price of launching : 69 US$.
It should be noted that their Web site is very complete, technical card, FAQ, demo, etc... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Windows 2000 drivers at Sek' D |
| Feedback, le 31-08-2001 Sek'D proposes MME and ASIO 2 drivers for Windows 2000 for the soundcards PRODIF PLUS, PRODIF 96 PRO, ARC-88 and SIENA. More about it... |
| DR-Verb version 1.15 released ! |
| Soif - MacMusic, le 29-08-2001 Dragan Petrovic (aka Polyfractus) just released a major update of his acclaimed shareware, DR-Verb: a Vst plug-in which deliver complex reverb simulations.
Polyfractus added many features since the previous 1.13 version : new EQ section which sound more musical. Added a CPU activity monitor EQ Frequencies are going now up to 20kHz "EQ" and "Damp" are dynamicaly switched Off when EQ gains are 0.0 db or "Damp" is 0 % Ever Less CPU use More about it... |
| The FreeWares Collection ! |
| Feedback, le 28-08-2001 It is notorious : the Cubase users adore to collect FreeWare plug-ins !
Finding the sites while offering the links is a part of their favorite
free times ! We said ourselves that it would be more practical to group
those plug-ins on only one and same page, here it is !
The page that we propose to you is still in beta version ,o) The voting system is bugged and the translation of the description of the plug-ins is not finished yet for the English version. Despite everything, you can already make your market ! Know that this page will be updated regularly according to our discoveries... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R2PB3 for Mac |
| Feedback, le 28-08-2001 Because of the holidays, we didn't see the release of the PB2 ;op No problem, here's the PB3 that corrects a bug about Midi Time Code.
For the remainder, consult the file Version History to know what has been modified since R1... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| New drivers for the Tascam US-428 |
| FeedBack, le 24-08-2001 There are some Tascam 428 users on our mailing list who have been having
some problems.
Tascam have put on-line a new version of drivers for PC and MAC which we hope will settle their annoying conflicts. Translation : Boff More about it... |
| Giveaway on the Cakewalk site |
| FeedBack, le 24-08-2001 Our colleague Hans, who is behind the French language website dedicated to
Cakewalk and Sonar,
announces the arrival of the following :
"We are delighted to announce to you our new giveaway from Native Instruments. You can win one of the following programs : Reaktor 3, B4 or Battery. How? It's easy, send us your answers to the following questions with your postal address to hve@free.fr. We will choose 3 winners from the correct entries. The closing date for this giveaway is the 21st September 2001. Good luck !" Let's go ! Translation : Boff More about it... |
| Updates at Waves |
| Feedback, le 24-08-2001 Waves proposes MAC and PC updates for the Renaissance Reverb and the equalizer C4. These plug-ins were optimized for the G4 processors. For PC versions, the optimization carries on the Pentium processors and for the Athlon ones, but only for the reverb. Waves disadvises even an AMD for the C4, what a pity !
These updates are free for all the users of 3.x versions. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Predatohm by OhmForce |
| Feedback, le 23-08-2001 The little geniuses from OhmForce release a new plug-in that is impossible to describe ! Best is to follow the link, to read, to listen and to admire...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Future Sound Blaster Asio 2 ! |
| Martin Boyer, le 23-08-2001 Here it is ! Creative wants the market of professionnal audio (at least the semi-professionnal one) ! Creative is on the point of launching the successor of the SB Live, the Sound Blaster Audigy. Hold well : multiple 24 bits / 96 kHz, ASIO 2 support, and multiple inputs / outputs. Moreover, the soundcard is released even with an integrated Firewire port. I don't know if I must laugh, jump of joy or cry about it ,o)
I am in a hurry nevertheless to see the result. I note already a large defect with the product : there is 24 bits / 96 KHz, well, but in playback only ! In recording, it's still 16 bits / 48 kHz. So, don't sell your M.-Audio, your Terratec, Echo-Audio or your Hoontech soundcard at this time ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Scorpion in version 2.0 |
| Daino, le 20-08-2001 Well, they don't sleep at Sonic Syndicate : after the version 1.4 released
one month ago, here we are presented the version 2.0 of the Scorpion !
New effects, new presets, new filters for this VSTi. More, the update is free for registered users. More about it... |
| Tassman 2.1 |
| Daino, le 20-08-2001 Applied Acoustic System has announced the update in version 2.1 of the
virtual synth Tassman. The main improvement is the ASIO compatibility for use with Steinberg products, inter alia. So, our dear Cubase. ;Op Its price in full version is at 399 US$, but it is in free download for registered users. More about it... |
| The VST Labo taken in care by Steinberg |
| FeedBack, le 20-08-2001 I've got a good news and a bad one, I'm beginning by the bad one :
Holidays are finished for a lot of people ;o( The good one now : We were just confirmed by Steinberg that some suggestions that you've made for the future of Cubase will be integrated in the next important update. The date of release of this version is not specified. We encourage you to still fill out the VST Laboratory page by proposing and voting for the future improvements of Cubase ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| da-Vector 3.01 for Reaktor 3.02 |
| Daino, le 17-08-2001 Dash-Synthesis proposes in its update : 4 Vectors, 5 Mo of waves, several adjustments of filters for each Vector, global filter... More about it... |
| "Vintage Collection" for B4 |
| Daino, le 17-08-2001 Native Instruments has just released an additional package for its plug-in B4 : Continental Vox, Farfisa, Harmonium, Master Tune, Altering are the organs and filters that will enable you to have news sounds. Fans of the sixties and the seventies, on your keyboards ! To function properly, this set needs the update 1.1 of the B4. More about it... |
| Sounds for HALion |
| Daino, le 16-08-2001 Steinberg.net proposes for their sampler some soundbanks by Wizoo in economic version. Miam ! :O) More about it... |
| MasterVerb DX |
| Daino, le 16-08-2001 Wave Arts announced the release of MasterVerb DX, a reverb plug-in in DirectX format.
Some details : - 32 bits floating processing - sampling up to 32 bits / 96 kHz - 16 factor presets - stereo output. Announced price : 149 $. A demo version 14-days limited is available on the Wave Arts' website. More about it... |
| Infinity 2.0 in trial version |
| Daino, le 15-08-2001 A trial version of the modular studio Infinity 2.0 is available on the SoundQuest's website for Win9x/NT/2000.
Good news : those who have already owned a product of Sound Quest are eligible to a special offer. :o) Bad news : the trial version doesn't include the plugins in VST, VSTi and DirectX versions, while they are released in the full version. :O( Translation : Cats / Daino More about it... |
| HALion in version 1.01 |
| Daino, le 11-08-2001 The very recent sampler by Steinberg is already updated ! Download it from their FTP website... More about it... |
| Pro-52 in version 2.5 |
| Daino, le 11-08-2001 Native Instruments has just released the version 2.5 of the Pro-52 in order to offer compatibilty with DirectX, MAS and DirectConnect, in addition to the VST 2.0 interface. More about it... |
| New drivers WinK at MOTU |
| Daino, le 11-08-2001 MOTU has just proposed the Win2K drivers for its products, also offering compatibility with Windows XP. In addition to USB and PCI-324 ports, these WDM drivers support also the Firewire and GSIF formats. More about it... |
| FreeSonic by !jason |
| Daino, le 10-08-2001 A free VSTi, we don't refuse it ! ;Op !jason proposes FreeSonic in free download on its site, for PC. It's a virtual anaolg synth, here are the main characteristics : - oscillators, filters, envelopes... - compatible with VST 2.0 - monotimbral, 16 polyphonic voices - 1 stereo output - 128 patches per soundbank - legato and portamento modes - possibility of automation by sysex... More about it... |
| New ASIO drivers for Echo soundcards |
| Daino, le 09-08-2001 Echo has updated since 06/08/2001 their ASIO drivers for WinK for their soundcards (the famous Darla, Gina, Layla, etc.). Let's recall however that they are still in beta version... More about it... |
| VST-i Plucked String 2.0 |
| Daino, le 09-08-2001 This VST-i is in fact an extended version of Orion Pro, by Sonic Syndicate : more filters and controls, as well as the possibility to use a pitch bend via a MIDI keyboard.
Main characteristics: - parameters to adjust the pitch - timbre settings - envelop amplitude - filter controls to adjust the parameters of the high-frequency - process in 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz or 96 kHz, etc. More about it... |
| Scorpion 1.5 |
| Daino, le 09-08-2001 It's a virtual analog synth by Sonic Syndicate in the form of a VST-i. It proposes for example :
- 2 oscillators with fine tuning - ring modulator - LFO with adjustments of the pitch and filter cutoff - ADSR envelop - filter with cutoff, resonance, envelop and velocity - glide - choice from 1 to 4 polyphonic voices - 32 bits processing - unison and detune modes... More about it... |
| SynthEdit for PC |
| Daino, le 09-08-2001 SynthEdit is a modular synthetizer for PC, the new version 0.33 makes it now as a VST-i Host in order to use VST effects and VSTis with other softwares than Cubase VST. It's about corrections of some bugs. More about it... |
| VSTi Host 3.0 for Mac |
| Daino, le 09-08-2001 Defective Records has just released the version 3.0 of VST-i Host, it allows Mac users to use VST effects and VST instruments with other softwares than Cubase VST. On the menu of the new functions : - 1 VST instrument - use simultanously VST-i and playback of AIFF files or audio input in real time - virtual MIDI keyboard - possibility to chain 4 VST effects - new graphic display. Price: 35$ (10$ if it is about a upgrade starting from version 2.0). More about it... |
| DeScratcher Pro 1.0 |
| Daino, le 07-08-2001 Your audio files click, crackle, crunch ? ;Op SEK'D has just released the DirectX version of DeScratcher, a plugin for audio files restoration that can process in... 96 kHz / 24 bits ! More about it... |
| Vbox by BIAS |
| Daino, le 06-08-2001 Vbox is a virtual multi-FX box for Macintosh that allows you to chain several VST plug-ins ( in series, in parallel or both) and to mix them in real time. Just as for Deck VST 3.0, Vbox is delivered with 25 VST plugins : somebody's interested ? ;Op Announced price : 129$ Translation : Denis Dussartre / Daino More about it... |
| Deck VST 3.0 by BIAS |
| Daino, le 06-08-2001 Deck is a digital audio workstation for Macintosh users that supports now the VST format. This new version is delivered with 25 free VST plug-ins (compressor, limiter, expander, noise gate, paragraphic equalizer...). To note : the ASIO compatibility... The graphic interface has been updated also for a more intuitive use. Minimum requirements : Power PC, G3 or G4, MacOS 8.0 or higher. More about it... |
| Reaktor 3 for MacOS |
| Daino, le 04-08-2001 A news that will make the Mac users happy : Native Instruments has just released Reaktor 3 for MacOS.
The graphic interface is updated, some new modules are now available and the audio engine is G4 optimized. To note also a crossgrade compatibility with Mac / PC, the crossgrade is available by download for the registred PC users... System requirements : - Mac OS 8.6 or higher, G3 300 MHz, 128 Mo RAM, free USB-port - Windows 98/2000, Pentium 300 MHz, 128 Mo RAM, free USB-port. More about it... |
| Sound Designer's plugins in v. 1.1 |
| Daino, le 04-08-2001 delaydots.com proposes Sound Designer's plugins in version 1.1, in DirectX and VST format. The pack contains 4 plug-ins : 1 pitch shifter, 1 distorsion, 1 loopsfix (not available in VST version), 1 subharmonics synth.
Price : 55 $ More about it... |
| VSampler 2.7 |
| Daino, le 03-08-2001 Speedsoft proposes VSampler 2.7 in public beta version. With the menu of the principal innovations : - "drag' n' drop" functionalities extended to the soundbanks - possibility to apply some presets automatically after a definite number of samples - possibility to multiselect several splits in the edit zones of for global processing - auto-apply templates - update of the interface of the software. More about it... |
| UA-3 USB Audio Capture |
| Daino, le 02-08-2001 Edirol has just released UA-3 USB Audio Capture, a small external box that seems to be really interesting to convert analog sound to digital sound directly towards your computer. Some specifications :
- USB connectors - Analog inputs (mike / guitar) - inputs and digital displays, SP-DIF - 2 audio channels in full duplex - Sampling rate: 44.1 to 48 Khz, 8 to 16 bits Compatible with PC and Mac. Price: 198 $ More about it... |
| DR-008 by FXpansion |
| Daino, le 02-08-2001 DR-008 is a virtual drum machine compatible with VST 2.0 or DirectX, it has inter alia some functions of sampling and synthesis. Some technical details :
- 96 channels - up to 8 stereo outputs and 8 aux-sends - Internal sound processing in 32 bits - Importation of soundbanks from LM-4, Battery and DR-005 - Reads *.wav and *.aiff files - Fully automatizable. Price : 149 $ More about it... |
| BombThatBeat v.1.5 |
| Daino, le 01-08-2001 BombThatBeat was updated in version 1.5. It's a VST-instrument that enables you to cut out waves to create and play in real time your own patterns, on which you can make some sound processing. The new improvements : control total control of quantize settings, back up of markers settings, follow-up of the changes of tempo, keeps in memory the samples folder, new installer, etc. More about it... |
| Mechanix-6 for Reaktor 2.3 & 3 |
| Daino, le 01-08-2001 Cephalonya World has just presented Mechanix-6 for Reaktor 2.3 and 3. For example : 180 high quality samples, delay effects, panoramic, stereo, 6 independent envelop filters, 1 global filter, 1 compressor, equalizers... More about it... |
| Wireless MIDI interfaces |
| Daino, le 01-08-2001 Midiman has just presented at the NAMM Show a new wireless MIDI interface ! If your PC contains a Bluetooth card, finished the MIDI cables that trail everywhere. ;Op It would also work on batteries to make it possible to the user who often moves to work as freely as possible. It's only a prototype at this time, to be followed... More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0r7 PB1 |
| Daino, le 31-07-2001 Here we go again ! :O) After the R6 series, Steinberg presents in public beta version the R7 PB1 for Windows. With the menu of the principal improvements : - the first milliseconds of audio sound were missing when hearing during certain adjustments in the audio editor, this major bug is now fixed. - When Cubase was in multi-record mode beyond 128 tracks, a backed-up song crashed when opening. The problem is now solved and the multi-record mode can be used up to 256 pistes. - Update of the items in the Score menu. - In certain circumstances, renaming tracks may change the name of a part or all the group tracks for a same arrangement. It is now fixed. Download from the ftp site of Steinberg. More about it... |
| Multiclient drivers for Delta |
| Feedback, le 29-07-2001 Last 15 July, M-audio put on his website the final version of the multiclient drivers for the Delta series (44 / 66 / 1010 / Audiophile, etc.). These drivers are supposed to authorize you to use your soundcard in several audio softwares at the same time. To be checked ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Houston on Steinberg.fr |
| Feedback, le 29-07-2001 The website of Steinberg-France has been updated this week. You can find here informations about Houston, the surface of control, or a page that tells how Cubase was used recently for music for films with great success...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Site update : defragmenting. |
| FeedBack, le 27-07-2001 We unveil an operation which is an absolute necessity in order to record without any trouble you inspired productions : defragmenting.
More about it... |
| Release of ACID Pro 3.0 |
| The Waves System team, le 27-07-2001 Here it is, it has just arrived : ACID Pro 3.0. Sonic Foundry did extremely really well again with its new version of ACID. Indeed, new functions even more powerful were added in this version 3.0 : - Draw Midi tracks as you did it with audio tracks. Time stretch and dial tones are managed in real time. - Charge a virtual soundbank DLS. Thus, even without a synthetiser or wavetables, you will be able to play Midi. - BeatMapper. With this tool, your MP3 remixes will be simpler to realize. Your time stretches are managed very easily. - Management until 32 effect sends and 26 mixing buses ! - Display of a video track. - CD Audio extracting - 24 bit / 192 kHz - Delivered with Vegas Audio LE and SoundForge XP 5.0 - Delivered with more than 12 new DirectX effects - And many other new tools... And as a good news never arrives alone, you profit of a launching price of approximately 50% of the public price (public price : 3.990 FF including all taxes). Ask your usual retailer. For the least fortunate ones, with the arrival of version 3.0, ACID Pro 2.0 profits from a special price for summer 2001. Translation : Daino & Yann Eirin More about it... |
| RT Player Pro by DSound |
| Daino, le 26-07-2001 An application for PC and MAC that makes it possible to chain several plug-ins and VST instruments compatible with VST 2.0, they can thus be controlled by MIDI. 100 presets, possibility of chaining up to 4 VST-is and 24 plugins. There is a light version, the RT Player LE, that makes it possible to chain only plug-ins VST from DSound and proposes only 16 ranges of memory. More about it... |
| Soundbanks for HALion and LM-4 |
| Daino, le 26-07-2001 Soundbanks for HALion and LM-4 are available on the site of K-v-r. Follow the link... ;Op More about it... |
| The Bassline 1.4 by reFX |
| Daino, le 26-07-2001 reFX proposes "TBL" version 1.4, a 4 ways monophonic synthetizer in VST instrument that emulates an analog sound. 1 VCO (5 different waveforms), 1 VCF (low-pass filter at 12 dB/octave), 1 VCA, 1 envelop generator, possibility to use simultaneously up to 8 TBL... Cubase VST 3.7 or higher and VST 2.0 are required. Price : 25$ More about it... |
| Samplerchan for PC |
| Daino, le 26-07-2001 Samplerchan is a VST sampler with many exciting characteristics. As they are too numerous, I will quote here only some of them : - up to 128 ways of polyphony, 16 channels and 8 stereo outputs - multiple levels of undo (ah, we still dream about this function for our dear Cubase ;O) - 3 parametric equalizers, 3 LFOs and envelope for each track - arppegiator - MIDI controllers entirely customisables with possibility of control by joystick - internal wave editor - recognize the soundfont format, audio files in file .wav and .aiff in 32 bits and soon compatible soon with LM-4 ;Op - etc. Announced price : 99$ More about it... |
| Opinion about TL Audio EQ1 |
| FeedBack, le 25-07-2001 In our series "the users talk about their plug-ins", here's a page which speaks about TL Audio EQ1. It should be noted that the author, Vincent "Marjorca" Prades, promised several pages of this type. Knowing that you are hundred people who read this page each day, he will be obliged to keep to his promises ;op More about it... |
| The ECVST in Univers MacWorld ! |
| Feedback, le 25-07-2001 Our friend Emmanuel Colombier announces us that the press gives us a little homage ,o) Indeed, on the page 85 in the magazine Univers MacWorld of August 2001, it can be seen a superb "picture-screen" of the ECVST with this comment : "Some help and tips for the users of the most common sequencer to musicians. A very good section about current events". We acknowledge : that pleases to us. The magazine chose us to appear among the "10 sites to accompany the musicians"... |
| HaliProj for HALion |
| Daino, le 24-07-2001 Something interesting for the owners of HALion : HaliProj allows you to classify the used samples for a greater flexibility in use.
It's a shareware at 2$. For more info : More about it... |
| Cubasis VST for Mac ! |
| Daino, le 24-07-2001 Happy are the Mac users : Steinberg has just released Cubasis VST 2.0 for Mac !
Some specifications : - Universal Studio Module - VST instruments (delivered with VB-1 and LM-9) - InWire - compatible with VST 2.0 - 64 MIDI tracks, up to 48 audio tracks - CD ripping and mp3 conversion - etc. Note : a CD of 600 Mo of samples is offered with the product. ;Op PowerPC and Mac 8.6 or higher are necessary. Price : 99$ More about it... |
| Cubase from 5.0 to 5.0R6 |
| FeedBack, le 23-07-2001 As we know that you do not have always the courage to read the Version history files that is available with each new official version, we propose a summary to you ! This page proposes thus the digest of all the improvements appeared between version 5.0R0 and version 5.0R6. Improvements only, any corrections of bugs. This page will be updated regularly and will allow us to ensure the follow-up of the VST Laboratory, in order to see whether Steinberg listens to us a little ,o)
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Update of the VST Laboratory |
| FeedBack, le 20-07-2001 The VST Laboratory page has been updated this morning. Remind
that this Laboratory enables you to propose or to vote for the future
improvements of Cubase.
Note also that our english speaking friends took much part of it, in particular the members of the Cubase.net forum, thanks to them ,o) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Free Piano Bank for SampleTank |
| Martin Boyer, le 20-07-2001 We have talked very recently about the VSTi SampleTank by IK Multimedia.
They decided to make free one of their pianos, which they simply call
SampleTank FreePiano. There is a version for PC and for Mac (nobody was
forgotten). It's made from the sampling of a Steinway grand piano. I've tested it and I must say that it sounds well. Much more natural than the MDA piano (also free), it is similar to certain goods pianos that could be found in SoundFonts. In any case, quality is present, especially for the price... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Steinberg and AMD just married ! |
| Martin Boyer, le 20-07-2001 Since Cubase VST 5.0R5, Steinberg started to optimize Cubase for Athlon. It
is not a chance and Cubase is the first of the series to know these
improvements. It seems that AMD and Steinberg make a small strategic
alliance to make sure that the range of the professional products of
Steinberg is optimized for the Athlon processors of AMD, before the end of
the year.
In any case, it's a good news for the Cubase users who chose this excellent alternative to the INTEL processors. Uh! uh ! ! The new bi-processor system of AMD interests me more and more ! Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Sek'd Prodif A soundcard. |
| Fred - ASTAHO, le 17-07-2001 Sek'd announce Prodif A, last addition to the Prodif line, equips with one
ADAT-In- and Output (8 channels 24-bit/48kHz).
Mutliclients drivers are available for Win 95 / 98 / Me / NT / 2000 and supports ASIO, GSIF and DirectSound. Next update of driver will comply with new ASIO-in standart which allow compatible application to address directly soundcard's memory (lower latency, lower CPU usage). 3 Prodifs A could be install in parallel and synchronize for a total of 24 ADAT channels. Available only in U.S. by now for 319US$ (regular price). Translation : Gilles Raffelsbauer More about it... |
| DR-008 hits Public Beta v6 |
| FeedBack, le 17-07-2001 The DR-008 is finally available (for PC) as a Public Beta. If you buy
and download it now, and participate in the beta programme, you will save
$50.00 on the final cost of the machine. DR-008 is an 96-channel sampling
and synthesizing drum machine, with 24-bit sample support, LM-4 kit
compatibility, analog modelling synthesis and much more. Existing DR-005
users can get DR-008 free by participating in this Public Beta programme!
Translation : Gilles Raffelsbauer More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R6BP3 |
| FeedBack, le 17-07-2001 Steinberg don't let up despite the summer holidays. ,o) This update include
only bugfixes, no improvements as mentioned in the version history file.
Translation : Gilles Raffelsbauer More about it... |
| PSP announce VintageWarmer |
| FeedBack, le 13-07-2001 PSP, well, very productive, announce for September a new plug-in in the
line of the other products of the range. It's about a limiter / tape emulator.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Rocket NetWork and inWire |
| FeedBack, le 13-07-2001 If the Rocket NetWork and InWire technologies are still a mystery for you,
we propose a new page to you, wich explains all : description,
instructions, etc... We hope that after reading it, you will want to try
the adventure of musical collaboration via Internet !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Nuendo for MAC available ! |
| FeedBack, le 11-07-2001 Already announced a few weeks ago, the launch of Nuendo for MAC is
effective ! As usual, it is necessary to be careful because a launch
announced on Steinberg.net doesn't mean availability at the nearest
merchant. We should indeed wait until the distributors are delivered and
that these same distributors deliver the retailers ,o)
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Nuendo in version 1.5.2 |
| FeedBack, le 11-07-2001 Cubase isn't the only one that evolves, Nuendo is entitled also to its
little updates ! The 1.5.2 proposes many things, best is still to consult
the complete list proposed by the link below.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Forum Native Instruments |
| Psycom - AudioFranzine, le 11-07-2001 The accustomed users of the mailing-list of Native Instruments will be able
from now to post their questions and remarks in the official forum of the
society.
The main advantage of this new system is certainly the presence of an integrated search engine that allows to find more easily in the files the answers to the already asked questions. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| CronoX updates in version 1.2 |
| FeedBack, le 11-07-2001 LinPlug makes CronoX updating in version 1.2. With the menu, corrections of
bugs and some improvements. Let's remind that CronoX is a virtual sampler
VST 2.0 that has all that it is necessary where it is necessary !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Poll Native Instruments |
| FeedBack, le 09-07-2001 NI wants to know you better in order to, as they say, improve their
products and services. They thus invite you to fill a small spoll, simple enough and not too indiscreet. Ah yes ! There will be a drawing of lots and
the winner will receive the product of his choice. According to myself, I
chose the Spektral Delay ,o)
More about it... |
| The VST Workshop - This month's song |
| FeedBack, le 05-07-2001 The title presented this month has the characteristic to have one
commercial purpose. Indeed, until now, we have especially presented things
that have been realized only by pure pleasure, which is already enormous ;o)
The title of this month has been released in Japan and should be distributed on the rest of the planet Earth soon. Cheer with the @rtisans ! The remainder of the adventure is to be discovered by following the link below... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| DR-Verb version 1.13 for Mac |
| By Soif, le 04-07-2001 Dragan Petrovic presents a new version of DR-Verb, its (excellent) reverb plug-in, compatible with VST. This new version brings primarily an increased optimization (up to 25%) of the resources used by the processor. This new version can be downloaded from : More about it... |
| Cubase MAC 5.0R1PB3 |
| Tof, le 02-07-2001 Have you seen the new beta release for the MAC users? If not, here's the
address... I've tested it a bit, so far no big bug, only improvements
:-)
Translation : Frédéric Côté More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R6BP2 |
| FeedBack, le 02-07-2001 Release 6 is still evolving. By now you must know the file path, and the
rules of the game ,o)
Translation : Frédéric Côté More about it... |
| Reverb it from SilverSpike |
| FeedBack, le 02-07-2001 Another VST reverb ! Main characteristics are :
Adjustable reverb tail quality Up to three separate frequency bands Up to 96 kHz samplerate 32 bit floating point precision This reverb is Windows-only compatible and is priced at 39 US dollars. Translation : Frédéric Côté More about it... |
| HALion on the Studio In A Box site |
| FeedBack, le 02-07-2001
HALion is slowly gaining notoriety ! The Studio In A Box site has a complete review there :
Translation : Frédéric Côté More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R6BP1 |
| FeedBack, le 25-06-2001 We had forgotten to let you know, the PB1 of the R6 next release is
out. On the menu, as usual, some bug fixes and some new features such
as the possibilty to choose colors for the Controller Editor. That
was, by the way, on our Labo VST wish-list posted on this site.
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Free VSTi at Computer Music |
| FeedBack, le 25-06-2001 Jointly with Muon, the Cmputer Music magazine will offer a free VSTi
during August. Named CM 101, it is a velocity sensitive, 2-oscillator
analog synth with resonant filter, 2 ADSR envelopes, and 16-voice
polyphony. It will be released for Mac and PC.
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| "Thunder" Kit for RFM / RM2 |
| Samex, le 25-06-2001 Before being scolded by Feedback for having conceiled something, I
let you know that K-v-R uploaded a drum kit for RFM / RM2, roughly
sampled by myself a few years ago. The kit is called "Thunder Kit",
but I named the sound this way just because of the brand of the drums
I had sampled. Anyway, you'll see...
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Delta TDIF soundcard |
| FeedBack, le 20-06-2001 Audio Fanzine just pointed out the out coming of a new soundcard in the
M-Audio Delta series.
The perticuliarity of this card is to be TDIF compatible, the 8-chanel
transfert mode from Tascam.
Translation : Alan BOOTH More about it... |
| Halion is out !!! |
| FeedBack, le 20-06-2001 Steinberg has made us wait for a few months, but here it is, Halion is available at last ! Halion is a complete VSTi sampler. Among its numerous features, let us remind you these :
- 32 bits handling - Drag'n'Drop - 16 voices multitimbral - Loop editor - More than 1600 megs of samples made by Wizoo and eLab - Import of Akai, Emu, Rex, SF2, LM-4 and SDII format This should be the big one. Translation : Alan BOOTH More about it... |
| @telier VST: this month's Song ! |
| FeedBack, le 19-06-2001 Still a signed collective creation @telier VST ! Daino had put forward 8 bars Bass / Drums to the participants who had to add on it what passed to them by the head, but without knowing what the others had recorded ! The result is astonishing, with you to judge ,o)
Translation : Yann EIRIN More about it... |
| The VSTi Microcomputer |
| FeedBack, le 15-06-2001 Malta Steiner announces us the output of its VSTi Microcomputer. It's about
a monophonic virtual synthesizer with all that it is necessary where it
must be ! A demo version is available.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase 5.0R5 in final version ! |
| FeedBack, le 15-06-2001 After a series of 6 "beta public" versions , Cubase is available in final
version R5 since yesterday.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| 99 US$ for Acid ;o) |
| Vincent, le 15-06-2001 I make you benefit from the offer that SonicFoundry has made to me. It
seems to be the same commercial way as they made with Soundforge : the
offer expires on June 30, dates until which you can offer yourself Acid for
99 US$ !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| ASIO2 at Aadrvark |
| FeedBack, le 15-06-2001 Aardvark proposes an update of its drivers for the soundcards Direct Pro
24/96, LX6, Aark 24 and others. These drivers are compatible with Windows
95/98/98SE/ME, MME, ASIO2, DirectSound and GSIF.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Houston, here ! |
| FeedBack, le 15-06-2001 The first Houston consoles are now available on the market. This surface of
control allows you to control Cubase or Nuendo, finished the mix with the
mouse ! Careful, this comfort has a considerable price !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| New InWire Site |
| Special Steinberg Newsletter, le 13-06-2001 "At Steinberg's new site, we provide you with all the information you need to create music on the Internet. The sessions take place in the virtual studios on the Rocket
Networks servers, and are accessible to musicians from all
over the world via the Internet. You can choose between the Private and Public Sessions. The Public Sessions are open to everyone and are free of charge. Take part in the virtual studio experience !"
More about it... |
| Contest IK Multimedia |
| Sam, le 13-06-2001 Let's note the contest launched by IK Multimedia, that allows to gain not
less than 6 of their new VSTi, very (too much) expensive Sampletank. (a
another reason to gain it !).
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Promotion on Retro AS-1 |
| Sam, le 13-06-2001 A little interesting promotion ;op Bitheadz offers 50 % of reduction on the
price of Retro AS-1 VST for Windows. Until August 1, you can thus buy it at
the price of 100 $US (instead of 199).
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| VX7 by SpeedSoft |
| Sam, le 13-06-2001 Speedsoft came out a version pre-beta of its future VSTi, the VX7, an
emulation of the famous DX7.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| !jasonsynth in version 1.2.1.0 |
| Sam, le 13-06-2001 !jasonsynth presents a new VSTi a few days ago, which has been just updated
in v1.2.1.0. Details by following the link.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cronox in version 1.1 |
| Sam, le 13-06-2001 Cronox from linplug has been updated in version 1.1. For more informations,
follow the link !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| DR-008 by FxPansion in beta version |
| Sam, le 13-06-2001 FXPansion has just launched the public beta version of its news drum
machine, the DR-008, which succeeds the DR-005. The final version will be
sold at 150 $US. Those who wish to take part in the beta-tests can now buy
it for the sum of 100 $US. The owners of DR-005 could have a free update if
they take part in it. Note that it's not only a drum sampler like LM4 or
RM2, it is much more complete (analog synthesis, etc.). New modules of
synthesis will be born, modules that could be developed by other companies
(MDA and Smartelectronix support this project). I have to tell you too that
they updated their VST-DX adaptater, available now in v3.01. A demo version
limited to 28 days is also available.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Kit Zero Decibel for LM4 ! |
| FeedBack, le 08-06-2001 The site Zero Decibel proposes new free kits for LM4 ! Cubase.net has told people about this and we are much proud since the creator of those kits is a very active member of our mailing-list Cubase-fr ! Samuel, we recognized
you ! Congratulations, friend ,o)
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R5PB5 ! |
| FeedBack, le 08-06-2001 I didn't even have any time to announce the PB4 that the PB5 is already available ! Nothing really amazing, except the usual corrections of bugs. Note however that the optimization for the AMD processors that had been
setted off in the PB4 is again active in the PB5. The PB5 includes also an optimization for INTEL bi-processors, as well as the last version of the file rewire.dll.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Multiclient drivers for Delta |
| Martin Boyer, le 08-06-2001 Finally ! The beta multicclient drivers for the audio soundcards Delta series by M-Audio (Delta 44, 66,10/00, DIO24 and Audiophile) are finally available in version VXD for Windows 9X and in version WDM for Windows ME and Windows 2000. So, for those who want to work with Wavelab
and Cubase, or Cubase and Gigathingtrick, at the same time, well, they should be able to do it now.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Native Instruments's Traktor Player |
| FeedBack, le 06-06-2001 People at NI still had some spare time so they offer you a little
freeware named Traktor. It's an MP3 player that can also play wav
files and mix CDs in a DJ-like way. It offers some crossfade options
between two sources.
When will the ever stop? ;op Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Cubase praised at MacWorld Awards |
| FeedBack, le 06-06-2001 Steinberg proudly announces that Cubase VST was awarded by the
MacWorld magazine in the "creation software" category. Cubase is
second right after Photoshop. For Steinberg to be proud of this
result, and dedicate a special page of their site to it, is quite
understandable !
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| A poll on Cubase's dongle |
| FeedBack, le 06-06-2001 Did Cubase's dongle ever cause you trouble? Does it make a hell out
of your life ? You don't really like it but you understand the need
for prevention from piracy ? You're madly in love with it, without it
you're life would be misery ? You avoid puchasing software protected
this way? You think dongles are all eventually "cracked" so you don't
see the point ? Or you don't even know what a dongle is ?
Such is the list of possible answers to the poll proposed by the more than excellent site dedicated to VSTi, namely K-v-R ! Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Interview of Sonic Timeworks' M. Olsen |
| FeedBack, le 06-06-2001 Hans Van Even, from the French-speaking site devoted to... Cakewalk
(nobody's perfect ;op ) informs us that he interviewed one of the
programmers from Sonic Timeworks. This company develops fairly
surprising DirectX plug-ins. Don't miss this food for thought !
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanber More about it... |
| WaveLab version 3.04c |
| Found by Jean-Luc Mailer, le 02-06-2001 WaveLab moves to version 3.04c. Here's the list of corrections :
- Converting a file to MP3 or WMA from the Master Section could cause a crash - Samplers : a file received from a sampler could be damaged - In certain cases, it was not possible to burn multiple CDs (when setting this option in the "Write CD" dialog) - Audio Montage : a copy/paste anomaly has been fixed - Audio Montage : unpleasant graphical flashing could occur when making a selection in a clip - Users under Windows 2000 in "User Mode" could not access the CDR drive - The latest CDR drivers are installed in this patch. First sentence translated by Daino ,o) More about it... |
| Cubase Vst PC 5.0R5PB3 |
| FeedBack, le 02-06-2001 A new beta version of Cubase PC is available since May 31. As usual,
consult the file "Version History" to obtain the list of the corrections.
At first sight, they are only corrections, no improvement has been added.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Steinberg.net is back ! |
| FeedBack, le 01-06-2001 After a few days of stop, the official site of Steinberg is accessible
again. Nothing to add ;o)
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Nuendo in version 1.5.1 |
| FeedBack and Regis Lamora, le 01-06-2001 Nuendo passes in version 1.5.1. Among the improvements, let's note the
update in real time of the visual aspect of the Audio files, various
improvements of the graphic interface, import / export of the MP2, MP3 and
QuickTime formats, CD burning, ...
Let's note also that Steinberg announces the nearest coming of a plug-in Dolby DIGITAL encoder. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| A PatchName manager program |
| FeedBack, le 28-05-2001 ScriptMaker (for PC only), will let you create (or modify) your own PatchNames scripts independantly from the notepad.
First arrived with Cubase 5.0, the PatchName function gives you the opportunity to call your midi expanders program by their nick name instead of their program number, this is when the script already exists. If it isn't so, this is a way to make one, and the good news : it's a freeware !
Translation : Alan Booth More about it... |
| MixPack from PSP-AudioWare in v1.5 |
| FeedBack, le 27-05-2001 We have already presented several products from PSP (see on the site the section Plug-ins / Users' Opinions, tests of MixSaturator, MixTreble and MixPressor) and we acknowledge : we like them ! They are plug-ins without superfluity that do very well what they are made for !
The MixPack, which includes MixSaturator, MixTreble, MixPressor and MixBass, thus passes in version 1.5, free update for the registred users. Innovations of this version 1.5 : - According to Antoni (Mr PSP, greetings !), the principal innovation consists of a "slider" that allows to mix between treated sound and pure sound. This is original for plug-ins predestined with a use in insert ! - Other innovation : mono versions for the softwares that manage only one input / output on a mono track, like Logic - MixPressor and MixSaturator are released with a series of additional presets (miam !). The price is ridiculous, 30 $US for each plug-in or 100 $US for the whole ! Trasnlation : Daino More about it... |
| Magneto in version 1.5 ! |
| FeedBack, le 25-05-2001 There's a trick that often shocked me with Steinberg : they come out a new
plug-in, often very innovative. Thereafter, no update or improvement is
proposed, leaving the care to competition to mend the concept and improving
it. Last example in date : Battery which takes up the idea of LM4 but with
adding to it all that missed with LM4 !
But there, Steinberg proposes an update of Magneto (without communicating besides on the subject), plug-in that had allured many people at its exit. So much that some clônes saw the day (in particular the excellent MixSaturator from PSP-AudioWare). Magneto thus passes in version 1.5, version which proposes inter alia a new interface and compatibility with 96 Khz. A strange thing again : this update is not available in download. Your version must be registered at your distributor to claim the free update on CD. Understands who could ;op Traznslation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R5PB2 |
| FeedBack, le 24-05-2001 Available maybe since May 22, the R5 Public Beta 2. Do not search the PB1,
it never existed ! As usual, it is necessary to consult the file "History
Version" to have the list of the corrections and modifications.
For this version, the list is long ! Let's note especially that this version was tested with DirectX 8.0. On this subject, Steinberg announces that some plug-ins are incompatible with DirectX 8.0. As a result, Cubase crashes, but Steinberg is not responsible ;o). Other contribution of this version, the optimization of the Eq-ins for the AMD and Pentium III processors. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| MP3.com purchased by Universal |
| FeedBack, le 24-05-2001 Here's a news that could make noise : Universal (Vivendi) has just offered
to itself MP3.com. Well ! The first opinions are very divided. There are
those who think that it's a chance of independence that has just fallen
into the hands of almost a monopoly. Indeed, what remains to those who want
to be self-produced or who don't have the luck to interest the decision
makers of these "majors" ? Moreover, the objective is clearly announced :
to be the number one ! On another side, some people think that MP3.com was
only a start-up more called to die like so many others and that this
purchase will make it possible to certain "independent" artists to be based
on a sure value.
A thing seems to be certain, it will be necessary to well read the contracts binding the musicians to MP3.com in order to flush out there the swindles already revealed during the opening of balanceleson.com. Take care with the small page footing lines ! Translation : Daino |
| Nuendo for Mac ! |
| Tout Pour La musique, le 24-05-2001 The digital audio software of production by Steinberg is available for
Macintosh. It was presented on last 12 May to the convention AES of
Amsterdam. In the tread, let's note that the users of Nuendo on Macintosh
have from now on access to the reverberation plug-in 5.1 of TC.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Steinberg + Wizoo = Wizoo Sound GmbH |
| FeedBack, le 21-05-2001 Steinberg, you know a little, no ? And Wizoo ? But yes ! Wizoo, the company
which developed the soundbanks for LM4 ! These two entities have just
created a third one, named Wizoo Design GmbH. This new company (60 % of
Steinberg for 40 % of Wizoo) will develop and sell sound and sample.
Beginning of the festivity : at the beginning of May. So, it's right now !
To be continued...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| R-mix, free plug-in for Mac |
| Soif - MacMusic, le 21-05-2001 The untired Dragan Petrovic (now called PolyFractus) has just come out
R-Mix, a new plug-in compatible with VST (Macintosh).
R-Mix is an editor of loops in real time, provided with some functions to "remix". It can loop sounds until 20 seconds, with release and cancellation of phase. It was tested with : Audio Logic Platinum (Emagic), Cubase VST (Steinberg), Spark (TC), and Peak (Bias). R-Mix 1.0b is available in the shape of a free beta version. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Attack in version 1.01 |
| FeedBack, le 16-05-2001 Attack profits already from an update, but minor. Indeed, according to what
can be readen on the updates page of Steinberg, only one correction would
be made : the correction of a bug (salts stupid !) that crashes the
software host each time you close the Edit window !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| PowerCore available ! |
| FeedBack, le 16-05-2001 The very wanted PowerCore from TC-Works is now available. Let's recall that
it's about an audio card that's got 5 processors (1 PowerPC and 4 Motorola)
adding up to 2,8 GHz of computing power ! The role of these processors will
to be ensure of the audio processing, thus reducing the workload of the
processor of your microcomputer. Be careful, like very often, the
advertisement of a new release doesn't mean its immediate availability in
France !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Reason in version 1.01 |
| FeedBack, le 16-05-2001 The mythical Reason passes in version 1.01. The number of the improvements
is impressive ! The best thing to do is to consult the page to have the
list of them...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| WaveLab in version 3.0a |
| FeedBack, le 10-05-2001 Philippe Goutier proposes an update of WaveLab 3.0. The access to the
server ftp of Steinberg being broken down since a few days, I haven't been
able to recover the list of the innovations. To be followed !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| LM4 Drum Kit Editor in version 1.6 |
| FeedBack, le 10-05-2001 The famous Drum Kit Editor for LM4 passes in version 1.6. This version
makes only one improvement but of size : compatibility with Windows 2000.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Many updates at Native Instruments |
| FeedBack, le 10-05-2001 They are untiring at Native Instruments ! Not only they create wonders on
wonders but moreover, they still find time to propose updates of their
VSTi. You'll be able to find them by following the updates 2.2 of Pro 52, 1.1 of B4, etc.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Linplug presents CronoX |
| Sam, le 10-05-2001 Linplug has just come out a new VSTi, the CronoW. Its main oscillator is a sample provided by the user, this one being able to be assisted by an analog oscillator. Some characteristics : 24 ways of polyphony, programs of 64 sounds, analog
filter with cut off and resonance, sensitive to many MIDI controlers, like velocity, aftertouch, pitch bend, modulation, etc, 2 additional LFO's, and many other things... Be careful, it's not a sampler, but in fact a trick that makes you possible to arrange and to transform your sounds.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Fruity loops in version 3.01 |
| Psycom - Audiofanzine.com, le 07-05-2001 Fruity Loops, the famous software of "easy" composition with Audio and Midi
loops from the same company, has just announced version 3.01 of its software.
Among the innovations, let's quote : A "Piano Roll" (pattern that you draw with the mouse) An arpegiator The support of the VST Instruments and VX Some new Midi functions, too many to be detailed here Synthetiser integrated in the software (like the VSTi) The prices are 49 $US (Pro version pro) and 99 $US ("Full" Version)... More about it... |
| Opening of Cyberzik |
| FeedBack, le 07-05-2001 Our friend Deepsound tells us the opening of a site defined like this :
"Cyberzik is a new independent musical gate, a no-commercial directory to
Websites of artists and French-speaking groups that propose music on their
sites." Not so bad, isn't it ?
Translation : Cats More about it... |
| New version of Bit Stream |
| FeedBack and Vincent Lordier, le 07-05-2001 Vincent Lordier, while coming on the site, let us this little information :
Wave Idea will release a new version of its universal Midi controller : the
Beatstream.
It's about a MIDI control surface that allows to drive some softwares
like Reason, Rebirth, Gigasampler or even Midi hardware.
Translation : Cats More about it... |
| Auto-Tune sur TC PowerCore |
| FeedBack, le 07-05-2001 We've already told about it. The powercore is a soundcard with DSP that
could manage some VST effects. Antares announces that Autotune will be
adapted to run on this card. Let's bet that many editors will follow the
movement !
Translation : Cats More about it... |
| Digital Ear Version 3.0 |
| FeedBack, le 07-05-2001 Epinoisis presents Digital Ear v3.0. What is this all about ? Simply a
software capable of converting any wave file of a voice or an instrument in
a midi file. There's no Mac version available at this time and the price
has not been annouced yet.
Tranlation : Cats More about it... |
| Version 1.5 of the Storm available now |
| Sam, le 07-05-2001 The version 1.5 of the Storm software is available at the price of 1490 FF (free update for registred users). Some of the improvements : total recasting of the software (Mac and PC versions are finally similar), new modules such as Bass52 (generator of bass sounds by physical modeling), Orpheus, a polyphonic synthetiser, new reverb module, better compatibility with VST...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Reaktor v3.0 will be there soon |
| FeedBack, le 01-05-2001 Native Instruments announces that the version 3.0 of Reaktor will be
available early May for PC and later the same month for Mac. The
principal improvement seems to be the optimisation of the audio engine
that will use the new instructions of Pentium IV or G4 processors. NI
says that this complete reworking helps performances by 30 to 50 %. Of
course there are a lot of other surprises that you'll find by following
the link...
Translation : Frédéric Côté More about it... |
| Cubase 5.0R1PB1 for Mac |
| From Philippe Loiseau - Steinberg, le 01-05-2001 Cubase 5.0R1PB1 for Macinstoch is available in a public beta version.
The official release should happen in 2 or 3 weeks from now. A review of
the corrections and addings is on the FTP site.
Translation : Frédéric Côté More about it... |
| 3 free plug-ins from Big Audio |
| Sam, le 30-04-2001 Big Tick Audio has just released 3 free vst plugins. They are : a dual delay with a resonant filter, Hexaline, a
chorus / enhancer / stereo expander and Nastyshapper, a waveshapping distorsion.
Translation : Sam More about it... |
| A poll for Public Beta versions |
| FeedBack, le 27-04-2001 The K-v-R site launches a poll on this topic. What do you think about such intermediary versions ?
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R4 available |
| David Nicholson, le 26-04-2001 The Cubase PC 5.0 r4 is now available for download from the direct on our ftp site.
There is a complete version history file on the ftp site too.
When navigating to the ftp location please be aware that there are 6 patch files in the relevant folder. Three are for the Japanese versions, and three are for the international releases. These files update any installed 5.0 version to R4. The ftp address is: ftp.steinberg.net/download/pc/Cubase_VST/Cubase50x/50r4/ The version is practically identical to the PB6. If you look at the version history you can see three extra items at the top. Naturally I would like that you all switch over to this official version, because that will be the basis for the continued public beta program. My thanks to all you public beta testers, literally without we could not have achieved this. That reads a bit half-hearted but being English, understatement is the only way. best regards David Nicholson Cubase Project Manager Steinberg Media Technologies More about it... |
| Cubase.net is back |
| FeedBack, le 23-04-2001 After one week of stop for change of server, Cubase.net is back with, as promised to us, a faster access.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Update of Tritium BassLine |
| FeedBack, le 23-04-2001 Tritium BassLine has been updated to version 4.2. This VSTi is available
only for PC.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Acid 3.0 has just come out |
| Psycom - AudioFanzine, le 20-04-2001 For the inconditionnal ones of Acid, the famous software by Sonic Foundry
for inveterate loopers, know that a new version has just come out, the 3.0
Beta. On the menu : the simultaneous recording and playing in MIDI, "Video
Scoring", the possibility of engraving and ripping CD, the "Beatmapper"
(allows to add information of tempo in the audio files), the "Chopper"
(makes it possible to create new loops starting from audio files that
already exist or, better, starting from a complete Acid piece), the support
of the formats of standard compression MP3...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Plug-in Frohmage by OhmForce |
| Sam, le 20-04-2001 OhmForce has just come out a new plug-in, the "Frohmage". It's a
multi-tapes resonant filter, and free. Its characteristics : highly
resonant low-pass filter, cut off exprimable in Hz or note, up to 15
additional tapes, delay on each tape, for phaser effects, stage of
distorsion...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| SampleTank is out ! |
| Sam, le 19-04-2001 It had been announced a while ago, now it's real, the SampleTank VSTi is
(finally) out. This VSTi is available in 3 versions, DJ, L and XL. The first
2 can only play the sounds provided with them (about 1 GB), while the third
one allows for launching one's own samples, and is compatible with the Akai
format. They display such nice features as a system enabling to double the
capacity of launching samples into RAM. My opinion is that its main
disadvantage lies in its price, US$ 249 for the first 2 versions, US$ 499
for the larger one (as a matter of comparison, HALion is announced at US$
350).
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| The Cubase.net site is down this week |
| FeedBack, le 18-04-2001 If you're used to visit this site, you'll have noticed regular
breakdowns in a recent past. As a consequence, the webmasters have
decided to move it to a faster server. The site will therefore be
closed down for a few days, say about a week, which will enable you
to free up some time to make music instead of being Internet
freaks ;op
Traslation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| The ECVST and the VST Laboratory |
| FeedBack, le 16-04-2001 The ECVST has just put on line a new page, the VST Laboratory and we hope
that it will be one of the most significant one of the site.
Like any software, Cubase is not perfect. The VST Laboratory enables you to express yourself and this in two ways : 1 - by proposing improvements that you would like to see appearing in Cubase. 2 - as a voter for those which seem to be a priority for you. We hope that Steinberg-France will be able to send these informations to Germany ,o) On our side, we will ensure the follow-up while indicating for each proposal in which version it appeared ! The English version of the VST Laboratory will be soon on line... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| 2 Plug-ins by RGCAudio |
| Sam, le 16-04-2001 2 new DirectX plug-ins and 1 VSTi recently came out to RGCAudio.
On the side of the DirectX effects, there's a reverb and a "high frequency simulator", which is a kind of eq specialized in the trebles. The reverb is based on the algorithms of the famous FreeVerb by Jezar, while adding to him control of the predelay, the early reflections and the dial tone. The VSTi is called Triangle 1. It's a monophonic synthethiser with some astonishing characteristics. Let's quote, for example, the MIDI implementation more than complete and the possibility to bypass certain processings in order to reduce the CPU load. The graphic interface was created by Matthys L.C. Van Amsterdam (Alterex, for those who attend the forums of K-v-r). All these plugs are free; -) Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Music Player discovers Cubase VST 5.0 ! |
| FeedBack, le 16-04-2001 Admittedly, with a little delay, Music Player comes to realize that Cubase
had passed in version 5 ;op Of the blow, they propose a complete review of
the release, very flattering although late ! The author gives 10 good
reasons besides to make the update...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| A lesson of VST Instrument ! |
| FeedBack, le 16-04-2001 The site Music Player proposes a lesson on VSTi for those for which this
concept would be still a little obscure ! This page initially proposes a
recall of the VSTi concept and then offers a lesson step by step as for
their use, video with the support. Pretty work !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R4PB6 |
| FeedBack, le 14-04-2001 Release 4's saga continues with a public beta number 6 fulll of fixes.
The list is available on the FTP site. Seeing the work done by Steinberg
in the last couple of weeks, we can only hope for a stable and bug-free
R4 ,o)
Translation : Frédéric Côté More about it... |
| New version of ReValve |
| Alien Connections newsletter, le 14-04-2001 A new version of ReValver has just been released
and can be downloaded from our web site. The new
version adds DXi compatibility, with automation
in DXi hosts like Sonar.
DXi is an extension of the common DirectX plugins standard adding midi automation functionality. Among the other new features are branded speaker models and a complete new and improved sound. You can find the new ReValver on our web site. This is a free upgrade for all registered users. More about it... |
| Sonic Syndicate VSTi Scorpion |
| Sam, le 13-04-2001 Sonic Syndicate just released the demo of their future VSTi synth, called Scorpion (PC only). It features : 2 scillators, Up to 4-note polyphony, 1 LFO, 2 ADSR envelopes, integrated Ring Modulator, Lo-pass filter, glide. Finally, there is a possibility to choose the age of the synth. No, I'm not kidding ! 4 choices available : new, 10, 20 or 30 years old, cool, isn't it ?
Translation : Sam More about it... |
| Fresh Killed Beat updated |
| FeedBack, le 11-04-2001 Fresh Killed Beat, the "Drum Synthetiser" from Audionaut has been upgraded
to version 1.2. It's a pure VSTi, a real synthetiser, and not a reader of
samples.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Minprint Product Bundle |
| FeedBack, le 11-04-2001 Here's a small beast which should enjoy many people ! Judge rather : it's
about a "all in one" package including a case of pre-amplification, an
Audio interface from RME and a software offer, Cubasis VST (limited to 16
Audio tracks). See the detail while following the link, announced price :
less than 600 $US...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Free Drum Kit for LM4 |
| Sam, le 10-04-2001 ZeroDecibel offers a free LM4 Drum Kit. Actually it is the LM4 version of a
SoundFont produced by Up Metal Studio. Because of the method used to port it
to the LM4 format (re-sampling), the kit is 4 times as big as the SoundFont,
but the benefit lies in the fact that it can take advantage of the multiple
audio outs of LM4 or RM2. This is an exclusivity, for the moment !
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Update of Sync Modular |
| Sam, le 10-04-2001 Though Dr. Sync now works for Native Instrument, he keeps correcting bugs in
his Sync Modular. Pretty cool, he?
For those who don't know it, this is a wonderful virtual modular synth. Possibilities are endless... ;-) Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5R4PB5 |
| Sam and Steinberg ,o), le 08-04-2001 The Insert automation stopped working in the last public beta. Now connected again.
A bug was fixed where existing entries in the instrument columns could not be seen or edited if the song was created originally in a 3.7 version and studio module was used in the 3.7 version. It was possible to create doubled instrument entries for the first VST instrument. There is a new option in the General Preferences. 'First Click Activates Window' When ON, the first click on a deactivated window is used to bring the window to the front. When OFF, a click on a deactivated window brings the window to the front AND the click is send to the window content. (3.7 mouse behaviour) We made a change in the handling of the number of files saved on the file menu. The value you set was being saved with the song! Which didn't actually any sense. Now the value is a simple user preference. Inspector mini fader, and track columns mini fader now agree on their text info about the level they display. More about it... |
| Drums soundbank for Gigasampler |
| Sam, le 06-04-2001 Sonic Emulations has just come out its first drums soundbank in Gigasampler
format. They are 8 complete drumkits, sampled from Gretsch and Yamaha
top-of-the-range drumsets. The sounds cover many styles, rock'n'roll, pop,
jazz, jungle, anyone should find its account there. They also announce that
this new release will be available in different formats. So, make an
effort, any small compatibility to AKAI ?
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| MDA Piano for Mac |
| Felix Tchicaya, le 05-04-2001 The Mac version of MDA Piano came out. I didn't test it yet, but if it
follows the line of the mda products, it's OK !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Version Vst 5.0r4pb4 |
| Sam, le 05-04-2001 New PB version of Cubase with those corrective measures : crash caused by
the Score Edit when signatures are different from 4/4 or 2/4 corrected. The
R4PB3 authorized more than 8 VSTi, which caused a crash when opening songs
which contained more than 8 VSTi. The limit was Re fixed to 8. The
installor has been improved (the Rollback function mainly).
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Attack came out ! |
| Sam, le 05-04-2001 Here it is, the new VSTi from Waldorf is on the market. It's Attack, a drum
machine. I remember you his characteristics : analog virtual synthesis, 16
sets of percussions per bank, 24 sounds per set. By sound : 2 oscillators,
each one having 9 waveforms, FM synthesis, module Ring Modulation ' Crack'
for authentic analog Claps sounds, 6 filters (with resonance), 2 envelopes
assignabled with the pitch, FM rate, filter cut off and loudness. All the
parameters are assignable to MIDI controllers, 8 audio outputs (2 stereo +
4 mono), 2 ' modulation delays' integrated, synchronisable for the 2 stereo
outputs. Its price ? 142.88 Euros.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| 2 new plug-ins from Wave |
| Sam, le 05-04-2001 Renaissance Bass : based on the MaxBass technology of 2nd generation which,
according to them, sounds better and is easier to use Renaissance Vox : the ultimate compressor / vocal limiter. Know that there is a limited offer : if you buy one of the 2 plug-ins, the other is offered to you. The price ? 200 $US each one. To also note " advantageous " prices for the following plug-ins : Enigma (kind of delirious multi-effect with special effects, containing flanger, phaser, delay, etc...), 120 $US instead of 150$. C1 (the very known compressor of the mark), 160 $US instead of 200$. WaveConvert Pro (batch processor with L1 technology implemented), 240 $US instead of 300$. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Soundcards with DSP VST ? |
| From Steinberg-France, le 05-04-2001 Two of these cards will come out on the market very soon : The first, Power Core, developed by TC Works, will make turn up to 8 MegaReverb, the same ones as on TDM (Protools), on only one card DSP. To see here... The second one from Universal Audio, here... In both cases, these cards will initially make turn the plug-ins owners of the marks, then they will open the development with the other editors, Spectral Design, Waves, etc... On the other hand, the two marks announced us that they would keep control on the marks which they wanted to validate. It is probable that it won't be possible to use the shareware or freeware plug-ins. Translation : Daino |
| Be Inc lays off |
| FeedBack, le 05-04-2001 For the rare people who still expected Nuendo for BeOS, the news which has
just fallen will be difficult to swallow : Be Inc has just announced a lot
of dismissals, 27 in all. Be Europe, located in Paris - La Defense, is
closing. On the 27 removed workstations, some are related to the developers
themselves !
Be Inc centres more and more its small deterrent force on BeIA. As much to say that the death of BeOS is almost announced. It will leave a bitter taste to many people, as well to the users who were waiting, that with the editors who had bet for this platform, Steinberg included... Your CDs of Windows still have a beautiful future. :o( Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Deck, compatible with VST |
| FeedBack, le 05-04-2001 Deck, published by BIAS, also editor of Peak, will come out soon in version
3.0. Let's recall that Deck is a multitracks audio software for Mac.
Deck, which was integrated already the ASIO technology since version 2.7, will be now compatible with VST. BIAS indicates that since VST is an audio standard on Mac, it was very natural that Deck comes there one day, Charly will appreciate. ,o) This version 3.0 will be available the next six months to the advised price of 399 $$US, or freely for the owners of versions 2.7. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Voice Machine |
| Sam, le 03-04-2001 Steinberg announces that the Voice Machine will come out. It is, as
Steinberg says, the ultimate application for working the voices, simply by
deteriorating its pitch while leaving the natural character of the voice
intact, or by trafficking it completely Its characteristics : "natural" pitch-schift in real time, up to 4 additional ways for a mono track, release by MIDI ON/OFF, portamento and height correction, LFO with various waveforms and delay to simulate a vibrato. All the parameters can be controled by assignable MIDI controls. Independent control of the pitch and the character of the voice, which can by the way be linked to obtain a traditional pitch/shift effect. Voice control in real time Available during the second six-month period from 2001 for the moderate amount of 149 $$US. Translation : Daino More about it... |
| VSTi Organ one |
| Sam, le 03-04-2001 Bojo Software has just come out a new VSTi (for PC only). It is called
Organ One, a virtual organ with 16 ways of polyphony. Its other
characteristics : 9 drawbars per oscillator (and per way), LFO (8 various
forms of wave, of which random), section of stereo effects, several MIDI
controllers implemented... Demo available. Full version in a few days.
Price: 25 $$US
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Innovation on @telier VST |
| FeedBack, le 03-04-2001 The @telier VST (The VST WorkShop), our own Rocket NetWork, proposes you a new collective
creation. It's a composition which was created layer by layer, each
participant adding his own part to it. The result is astonishing ! With you
to judge !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Plug-ins Singer |
| Sam, le 03-04-2001 You will find two plug-ins, the first is a kind of VST-i, but in fact, it
is well an effect. It needs a Wave track, which replaces a wavetable and a
MIDI track to control this same table. The second is a low-pass filter.
Unfortunately, no anti-aliasing for these 2 plugs, but well, it is
freeware. There is also a documention in this same page.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| 2 competitions based on K-v-r |
| Sam, le 03-04-2001 On K-v-r, 2 competitions at this time : the first to gain Fruityloops, the
second to gain the VSTi from reFX. Justo find a name for their future VSTi,
the C-64 SID (temporary name)...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| The ECVST in the press ! |
| FeedBack, le 03-04-2001 The *out of the ordinary* Studio Multimedia N°4 is entirely dedicated to musical creation on computer. All the MAO softwares are approached there, Cubase including of course ! The article on Cubase is written besides by...
a faithful of the ECVST. The ECVST is entitled to a small insert at the end of this article, which always makes happy. ;o)
Translation : Daino |
| Fresh Killed Beat from Audionaut |
| Sam, le 03-04-2001 Audionaut came out Fresh Killed Beat, its first VSTi, a drum synthetiser
for Windows : 12 sounds per pads (1 full octave), on each pad : volume,
panoramic, amplitude of envelope, pitch of envelope, low-pass filter (cut
off and resonance), waveform sine / triangle / squared switchable. Demo
available (limited to 4 sounds + timeout), Price : 35 $$US.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5R4PB3 |
| Sam, le 02-04-2001 What could be better than an URL to have some news, hey FeedBack ; -))
So, the R4PB3 is available. Now, what about the corrective measures,
compared to the PB2 : "Mastertrack tempo entries in a certain range of
tempos were not properly read by the song loader". Approximately, no more
bug in the MasterTrack where it was bugging sometimes. ; -))
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Omega Sample Synth from LinPlug |
| Sam, le 03-04-2001 Linplug announces the coming of their future VSTi, Omega Sample Synth. A beta public version is currently available, and if you are interested, you have to know that the 3 " best beta-testers " will receive freely the licence of Omega and one plug-in on their choice from Linplug.
On the menu : 24 ways of polyphony (dependent from the CPU, of course), programs of 64 sounds, an user oscillator sample (wav / AIFF up to 96khz /24 bits), time stretching and pitch-shifting in real time (cool ;o), oscillator with additional analog modeling, multimode filter with cut off, resonance, controllers for velocity, aftertouch, pitch bend, modulation, ADSFR envelopes to control the amplitude, the cut off, and an assignable additional envelope, matrix of modulation from the type of 8*8 Gakstoar (more than 200 routings of modulation), 2 LFO with synchronization of the tempo, various waveforms, etc... Delay section, system that allows to assign easily a controller, sample accurate timing, for almost all VSTi, complete automation etc... The price will be soon announced. It seems to be interesting the animal, no ? Tanslation : Daino More about it... |
| A French Mailing-List for WaveLab ! |
| FeedBack, le 02-04-2001 It was missing to the ECVST, that's now done, many thanks, Christophe ! We
propose a new French-speaking Mailing-List dedicated to WaveLab. Detail of
importance, a certain Philippe Goutier is subscribed there. He is the
creator of WaveLab ! To subscribe, follow the link below...
More about it... |
| DR-Verb, a free VST reverb for MAC |
| Soif (MacMusic), le 02-04-2001 MacMusic.org is REALLY PROUD to distribute the lastest macintosh
shareware released by Dragan Petrovic: DR-Verb v1.1
DR-Verb, a new VST compatible plug-in, is a high quality Reverb which emulates any room from small rooms to "Hall" or "Church" large rooms. Thanks to its large number of controls and to its EQ section, this reverb can also be used to produce strange ambiences or even FX sounds. Just play with the parameters and experiment by yourself. As the author (Dragan Petrovic) made a great programming work, this plug-in only uses about 30% of the CPU on a G3-300 (in the "FULL" mode with 3 bands Parametric EQ.) which is really small for a complex reverb algorythm. It has been tested fully compatible with Cubase (Steinberg), Logic Audio (Emagic), Spark (TC Work) and Peak (Bias). More about it... |
| The Mailing-List turns official ! |
| FeedBack, le 30-03-2001 Born back in September 1997, the French-speaking ML just geared up. It
becomes the official Mailing list of French-speaking Cubase users. Official,
because it is supported by Steinberg France, though still independently
managed by the ECVST team. Only registered users of Cubase, Cubasis (except
OEM versions) or Nuendo will have access to it. Like the old one, it will be
100% French-speaking.
The old ML will still be moderated for a short while, so that everyone (with a valid serial number) has time to move to the official one. But after that the moderators will focuss their efforts on the official ML. Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger |
| Plug-in Magenta (MAC) by Prosoniq |
| FeedBack, le 22-03-2001 Not easy to describe this plug-in, presented like a "Pitch Resynthetiser" ! It makes it possible to control with MIDI the "Pitch" of an Audio source, the whole in real time. Any PC version available at this time...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| New VST Instrument : MDA Piano |
| Samex, le 20-03-2001 Everything is in the title, or nearly. Surely not better than Gigapiano, but not as bad either as some expanders...
And it is free !
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| My MP3 2.0 and Clean 2.0 |
| FeedBack, le 19-03-2001 Two products presented by Steinberg to CeBit 2001.
My MP3 is a software which makes it possible to listen to radios on line, to record the music in real time of it. Respecting the fashion of the world MP3, My MP3 is "skinable". It also connects with readers MP3 hardware... As for Clean, software of restoration of Audio files and burning, it passes in version 2.0 with new processing, of Surround, Audio Cd burning or MP3, a version Lite of WaveLab... Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Noise Blaster Live! for... MAC ! |
| FeedBack, le 27-03-2001 I have read this information some time ago on the MacMusic forum, and here which is confirmed : Creative has just released Live! for MAC !
Here's an advertisement which should make noise ! The cards from Creative do not achieve the unanimity, far is necessary some ! Pros : Not expensive Management of Soundfonts MIDI interface Compatible with all Ideal partner of the player Cons : Audio Quality debatable Works well under Cubase only in 48 Khz No ASIO driver Then, to see unloading this card in the universe of Apple whereas it is the platform considered as professional, here which is surprising. Don't APPLE take the risk to discredit their machine while trying to touch a larger audience ? The more so as the software offer (Cubasis AV in others) which accompanies the card does not record too the level. It's not specified either if a driver ASIO is proposed. It would be astonishing since Creative never wrote any for the PC platform. As a result : a latency which will prohibit monitoring and the direct play with VST Instruments under Cubase ! Announced price: 50 $$US. Dear MacManiacs, welcome in PC universe ;op More about it... |
| No show for Steinberg this year ! |
| FeedBack, le 16-03-2001 We had announced it recently, we confirm, Steinberg, like many of other
leaders of the market of the music, will not be present at the Show of the
Music this year. We will thus not have the occasion, like the two last
years, to be able to meet you ! Given part ?
Translation : Daino |
| Drivers ASIO/W2000 for Delta soundcards |
| FeedBack, le 16-03-2001 Midiman has just put on line the " candidate drivers " Windows 2000 for all
the Delta series. Version candidate wants to say that one left the beta
phase to arrive at the final phase. Beyond, my first tests, if they
revealed that these drivers were stable, did not enable me to work into
24/96...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| In Attack ! |
| FeedBack, le 16-03-2001 Always to the VSTi ray, Steinberg introduces Attack, a synthetiser of
percussions created by Waldorf, famous creators of the PPG...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| New synths at Native Instrument |
| FeedBack, le 16-03-2001 Native Instrument presented two new VSTi in Frankfurt. On the one hand the
FM7, which as its name indicates it is a software for the nostalgic ones of
the synthesis FM, and on the other hand, AbSynth of which NI promises that
it is able to generate all kinds of sonorities !
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubasis InWired (following) |
| FeedBack, le 11-03-2001 We were announcing a few days ago an "InWired" version of Cubasis mentioning that this free upgrade allows principally to connect to Rocket Ntwork virtual studios. It seems that we got that one wrong. In fact (we are waiting for a confirmation from Steinberg-France), it is a free and
full version of Cubasis, but that only allows to save your work onto the Rocket NetWork server. And as well : 48 Audio tracks, 64 Midi ones, 3 VSTi etc... etc...
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| Test the audio performances of your PC ! |
| Vincent Burel, le 16-03-2001 I made a small software of measurement of performances of the power of a PC in the use of numerical audio applications. It is free ! As it is in "franglais ", I make you topo rapidos :
this small software determine in an unit a little special, the power of your machine, in situation real of processing audio numerical time-reality < br> The measurement take account of power of the machine, but also of the operating system (that me make think that I don't know if it there have change of performance of one Windows with other), of multitask, etc... That allows thus to have a idea of power of a PC according to its config... And even in time to check if there is variation of the performances between "Juste after lighting " and " 2 hours of intensive use ". Even if you do not understand to 100 % the units which I use, that will enable you to have a software of measurement of performance to make the comparative ones from one machine to another. (what is practical). Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase / Nuendo Poll, the following ... |
| FeedBack, le 11-03-2001 We placed online a couple of days ago a survey aiming at gathering opinions of Cubase users about Cubase and Nuendo. As of today, 200 votes have been recorded, giving a good idea of what the final result could be like. To vote or check others votes, check the following link...
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| Cubase.net is back ! |
| FeedBack, le 11-03-2001 After a couple of misfortunes (see below), Cubase.net is back with a new look. One very bad point though, they do not provide any link to L'Espace Cubase VST ;op
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| New version of the LM4 Drum Kit Editor |
| FeedBack, le 11-03-2001 You will often hear as a reproach that it is a pitty that the LM4 does not
come with its own built in bank editor. But lucky enough, a talented
programmer proposes the LM4 Kit Drum Editor. Version 1.5 has just been
released and includes full support of WAV or AIFF 16, 24 and 32 bits.
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| Oberheim OB-Tune plug-in |
| Doc Zicmu, le 07-03-2001 Oberheim finds new ground in the field of plug-ins and launches the
OB-Tune, a pitch corrector in the same vein as Antares' Autotune. In
brief, you just input the unerving signal of your favorite whiner,
cat-meow-like singer and the same dreary voice will be output, only in
tune this time! And of course it can be used to obtain that infamous
Cher voice-effect (do you beliiiiiieeeve in OB-Tune?). Only downloadable
from this site for $45 US.
Translation : Frédéric Côté More about it... |
| Anwida presents DX Reverb Light |
| FeedBack, le 05-03-2001 Anwinda proposes a free version of its DirectX reverb, told to be less
powerful than the cost version. On the menu, stereo treatment, internal
resolution in 64 bits, supports 24/96, some presets available and a stereo
output ...
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase.net hacked !!! |
| FeedBack, le 02-03-2001 If you are reading this you are probably also a Cubase Net user. So here's just some information about Cubase Net and what happening with it.
We have been offline for over a week now and some of you have surely seen the message on our main sites about server configuration problems. Well there were server problems, even if that is rather an understatement. Cubase Net was hacked and that did indeed damage the server configuration, but this is just be beginning of the story. At the same time that Cubase Net was hacked, and was taken offline, another site appeared on the Internet using the same IP address. We assume there is a connection between these actions. Because of the content of this other site, the American justice authorities contacted Steinberg as the 'owner' of the IP address and requested an explanation. We were advised by our legal advisors to keep Cubase Net offline until investigations were complete, and to make no statements beyond the 'temporarily of service' message. Dave Nicholson Cubase Project Manager Steinberg Media Technologies AG |
| Cubasis InWired |
| FeedBack, le 02-03-2001 The InWired version (that allows any connexion via Internet to virtual
studios of Rocket Network) is now available as a free update.
Translation : Daino More about it... |
| Cubase / Nuendo Poll |
| FeedBack, le 01-03-2001 A fairly lively debate on the MLs lead us to offer you a way to
express yourselves. The point, in short, is to indicate what version
of Cubase (incl. warez) you're using, what use do you make of it, how
do you rate it, what do you think about Nuendo, etc. Of course we
want it crystal-clear to everyone that this poll is absolutely
anonymous, and even us can get no knowledge of your identity. We'll
only provide the URL of the aggregate results page to Steinberg so
that they can get a feel about what users' do think. You have the
floor, that doesn't happen everyday, seize upon the opportunity!
Translation : Arnaud Le Boulanger More about it... |
| Plug-in 3DPanner by Spin Audio |
| FeedBack, le 01-03-2001 3Dpanner is a plug-in software that allows 3D mixing as does 3Dmixer include in
BeOS. Audio sources are symbolised by icons we can move. Surprising isn’t it?
This plug-in takes advantage of the SIMD intructions set, included in PIII and
PIV Intel CPU.
Translation : Gilles Raffelsbauer More about it... |
| Soundforge for 99 $US |
| Martin Boyer, le 01-03-2001 Sam broke the news about this special offer and the link was posted by Tom
Goldschmidt. IT’S NOT A JOKE ! If you click on the link that was given by
Tom, you can buy SoundForge 5.0 for 99 $US (directly from Sonic Foundry’s
web site…) ! SoundForge is a powerful audio editor who will sell about 350
$US. … Furthermore, XFX (DirectX effect from Sonic Foundry) offers with
SoundForge 5.0 can be plugged in Cubase as DirectX effects!
This is not a joke or a hoax! I have bought and installed it. It’s definitely the complete version of SoundForge not an update or an XP version. Do as you like, but it’s a godsend! It’s important to use Tom Goldsmith’s link because if you go through Sonic Foundry’s home page , you’ll buy SounForge 349 $US for the downloadable version. The file’s size to download is about 60Mo including Vegas Lite, but it's worth it. Translation : Gilles Raffelsbauer More about it... |
| Cubase 5.0 R3 available ! |
| FeedBack and DeepSound, le 24-02-2001 After a series of public beta-versions, Steinberg has just uploaded the
ultimate R3 to Cubase 5. Thus, on the ftp server, you will find the
updater files to the following versions: Vst, Vst Score, Vst 32, and a
little bugfixes text file.
Translation : Régis Lamora More about it... |
| Wk2 drivers for Echo audiocards |
| Serial P, le 24-02-2001 Ladies and gentlemen, and especially happy Echo audiocards users (owning
a Darla, Gina, Layla, etc...), a new release of Win2K drivers has just
come, including amongst other things, a new install mode.
Concerning the Asio2 documentation, you'll have to download it (since it's not copyied anymore in the Asio folder during install) I did not try it yet, but bugfixes are announced, as well as the promise of a better stability... You'll find it there: Translation : Régis Lamora More about it... |
| PSP MixTreble Review |
| FeedBack, le 23-02-2001 As promised, Gilles BLAIS fully reviewed the PSP-Audioware plug-in, the
MixTreble. We can only advise you to tryout the products of this company as
so far, they have all been quality one's.
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| LM4 patch for Windows 2000 |
| FeedBack, le 22-02-2001 This is it, at last compared to what Steinberg had announced, the patch allowing to install the LM4 on win2000 is finally available. Better late than never... On the menu, win2000 and 32 Bit audio compatibility.
Carefull, there as it gets a bit tricky. The read me file indicates that you first have to run the patch in order to install the DLL and then only you can start the installation from the original CD, asking the installer to install only the soudbanks and audio files on your hard drive. According to my first attempts, it works fine, making the entire thing worth waiting for. Ahhhh patience..... Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| Cubase.net is down ! |
| FeedBack, le 22-02-2001 You might have already noticed that the Cubase.net website is inaccessible
since a few days.
It has been confirmed on the international Mailing List, and on Steinberg
website.
Their server has been stopped for maintenance and should be up and
running within a few days...
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| About Public Beta Versions |
| Claude Després, le 19-02-2001 If you downloaded a Cubase 5.0r3 PB version from www.steinberg.net or www.steinberg.de you will have seen the following statement...
A public beta version is not a normal beta version. A 'normal beta' version is one that is created from an ongoing project under construction and test. A public beta is one that is based on a release version, plus some vital fixes that are important for our users. I wrote that to try and create a distinction between a public beta version, a release version, and a 'work in progress' version. In fact it doesn't matter what I write, there will be always a proportion of our customers who feel that they are acting as unpaid testers. Well whether we call a version, a public beta version, a beta version or a release version, if you use it, then you are testing it. The aim must be that the results of you using our software are that you can work - it doesn't matter what we call it. The issue is getting the best possible Cubase version to you within a reasonable time scale. With this in mind we instituted a public beta program to correct the mistakes in 5.0r2. I wanted just to say a few words about how we plan to carry on with the public beta versions. As you will have seen by the time you read this we have released the 5.0r3 PB2 to cover the next most important batch of problems. This was based directly on the list created in the forum. Our thanks to those who took part in that. We now plan to do the following. If a serious problem is found in the current Cubase 5.0r3 version, we will do our best to provide a fix as soon as practically possible. Otherwise we plan to consider what is on the agenda to be fixed with the intention to make a public beta version available on an approximately monthly basis. Aside from this public beta program we will be using the results of the public betas to release conventional releases that will be available for download and production CDs, so those who are not interested in using software that quite openly undergoing a public beta program do not have to do so. We respect that position, if you are paying for our software, you get to choose. Regards, Dave Nicholson & the Steinberg Cubase Team. More about it... |
| What's new with Wavelab 3.03c and d ? |
| FeedBack, le 17-02-2001 A friendly visitor (thanks Joël COOCHE!) sent us the complete list of
improvements brought by versions 3.03c and d of Wavelab. Listening only
to our never-ending courage we immediatly put these informations online,
no chance of losing them now ,o)
Translation : Frédéric Coté More about it... |
| WaveLab 3.03d now available |
| FeedBack, le 16-02-2001 A new version of Wavelab is now available online. Weirdly enough, it answers to the name 3.03d, whereas they never released any 3.03c ! Steinberg weebpages do not give anymore informations about what changes and modifications have been made. We will keep you posted !
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| OhmBoyZ, delay plug-in |
| FeedBack, le 15-02-2001 OhmForce introduces a new delay plug-in. Available on their website: a demo
version, screen-shots (slick interface), audio exemples, etc...
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| Starr Labs Z6, the Midi Guitar |
| FeedBack, le 15-02-2001 For guitar players who made a point never to play the keyboard properly ;o) ,
Starr Labs created Z6, A midi guitar. Now let's learn to play it properly !
Translation : Christophe Lehmann More about it... |
| ReCycle 2.0 |
| Docteur Zicmu, le 12-02-2001 Would 2001 be the Propellerhead year ? After the Reason bomb, here is ReCycle 2.0 release ! Major upgrade since it now supports stereo files. It also takes in account Rex2 files and is Asio compatible. Real-time preview implementation, and a dozen of new exciting functions.
Supported samplers : - Akai S1000 / S1000PB / S1100 / S1100PB / S2000 / S3000, including versions I and XL, Akai S5000&S6000 via AKP files - Digidesign SampleCell 1&2 - Ensoniq EPS/EPS16+, ASR-10, ASR88 - E-mu ESI-32, EIV, E64, and every modules running under EOS operations system - Kurzweil K2000 / K2500 including X, R & S models - Roland S-760. Translation : Régis LAMORA More about it... |
| PSP MixTreble |
| FeedBack, le 12-02-2001 Our polish friends of PSP-Audioware are producing new quality plug-ins one after the other. So After MixCompressor, MixSaturator, and the StereoPack, Here is the MixTreble. This plug in offers: Hiss supression, harmonics enrichment, etc... You can download the demo. Mac versions available. Gilles BLAIS Should be offering a full review soon...
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| New version of Bismarck |
| FeedBack, le 12-02-2001 A new version of Bismarck is out. A free Update. On the menu: envelops,
LFO's, Filters, 64 voices and corrected bugs.
I tried the Beta, and it worked fine. As a reminder, Bismarck is a VST
Instrument which allow really easy use of soundfonts.
A demo is available.
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| ECVST changed URL !!! |
| FeedBack, le 09-02-2001 If you read this page, you might have noticed a little change ;o)
ECVST finally got a real domain name and hosting.
Let's hope that you won't miss that f***** pop-up ;o)
In order to update your bookmarks, right-click on the link below, and "add bookmark"
Translation into english : Régis Lamora More about it... |
| Rocket Control version 2.3 |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 The new release of the module allowing to connect to Rocket NetWork virtual studios is available. You need Cubase 5.0r2 for PC, 5.0 for Mac, or Cubasis 2.0. More about it... |
| Creamw@re Luna II |
| FeedBack, le 09-02-2001 Creamw@re introduces, a new all-in-one soundcard, the Luna II.
It's a 24/96 card, with a MIDI interface, 2 analog I/O, 2 digital I/O
and 3 internal DSP. It is PC and MAC compatible, and provided with Asio2
drivers allowing a low latency, Gigasampler drivers, etc...
Translation into english : Régis Lamora More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5.0R3 |
| Cubase.net, le 08-02-2001 Please read the rest of this mail before beginning to download.
The third public beta version of Cubase 5.0r3 is now available. It contains the following fixes. a) A bug we found that is reproducable if you repeated turn Master Effect on and off. b) A bug where the ASIO driver name and all the Bus names could be blank after loading a song. c) Some people have the arrange page badly drawn after starting the program the first time. The fix is now really in this version now. d) Cycle mode with the Left locator at 1.1.0 (as seen when bar offset equals zero) is fixed. Sorry for that we built that in when making the Rewire device loop properly. NOW THE IMPORTANT STUFF This public beta will ONLY patch the 5.0, & 5.1 and 5.2 versions. It will not patch the previous public betas! - My colleague who would modify the patchers in not in the office at the moment so we have to live the patching script that already exists. For the same reason, this version DOES NOT patch the VstDx.dll, so that the bug with DirectX effects as inserts will be there until the VstDx.dll file is manually updated. I have copied the file over to the PB3 folder but it is identical to the one issued already. regards Dave Nicholson Cubase Project Manager. -- (Translated into French by Gilles Raffelsbauer for ECVST) More about it... |
| Essential Instruments de Cycling74 |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Cycling offers a pack of 14 VST instruments including, amongst others, a 6-voice sampler, a drums sampler, a 3-osc synth, a bass modeler, a Theremin, etc. The link below doesn’t mention whether Mac and/or PC versions are available, by Cycling74 is well known for its Mac “Pluggo” packs. This pack is priced at US$ 99 and demo versions will be available in March. More about it... |
| VirSyn updates to VST 2.0 |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Steinberg, as it becomes more and more obvious, truly created an industry standard when they launched the VST 2.0 plug-ins concept, also known as VST instruments. VirSyn is no exception and adapts its software synth to this standard. VirSyn is a 64-voice modular synth, which offer FM and analog synthesis, modeling, 9 oscillators, 2 resonant filters, i.e. the full monty! The VST version is priced at US$ 149 and a “stand alone “ version is also available for US$ 249. More about it... |
| Boosted Cubase / Beos poll! |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Following up on an article published on the “Le Buzz” site (which deals with everything about audio under BeOS), our Cubase / BeOS poll leaped forward to suddenly reach 400 voters or so! Despite an unequivocal result, we unfortunately believe that this poll will only serve to make ourselves happy and comfort us in our opinion ;o( More about it... |
| Retro and Unity updates |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Retro and Unity, the two best sellers from BitHeadz, were just updated. More about it... |
| 5R3PB2 patch |
| Samex, le 08-02-2001 In case some of your DirectX Plug-ins (TC Native Bundle, RBC Voice Tweaker, etc) don’t work despite the use of the r3PB2 update, this is because the patch supposed to correct this bug doesn’t work. Solution: download the file "vstDx.dll" at the following address and copy it into your "VSTPlugins" folder, replacing the file with the same name that it contains. More about it... |
| Virtual Studio NewsLetter |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 In English, this means: Steinberg now offers a monthly newsletter providing news, tips and tricks, etc… We’ll see whether it’s possible to translate it (into French) on ECVST, or to add it here. More about it... |
| MusicMania 2001 |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 The Paris music fair will take place from March 31 to April 3, 2001. However, according to the first rumors, many of the usual partners mention not attending it this year, challenging financial and environmental on-site conditions. To be continued… |
| Updated Steinberg.fr site |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 As this doesn’t happen every day, let’s signal that the web site of Steinberg France was updated recently. No offers information on Midex 8, Reason, and new technical notes in the “Support” section. More about it... |
| SC-D70 digital Sound Canvas |
| Doc Zicmu, le 08-02-2001 This had to happen, Sound Canvas now goes digital. Named SC-D70, the beast builds up on enhanced SC-8820 sounds, includes an audio interface for recording guitars, mikes and line, as well as a digital mixer and a magical tool which for instance allows for digitalize midi sounds ! Mixing available from digital ins as well as an audio source in order to mix everything within the li’l box.
24 bits 44.1 or 48kHz, optical and coax SPDIF I/O, USB, midi I/O, midi GM2/GS, Asio VST, Mac, pc. 4.800 FRF (Edirol list price). |
| InWire new version |
| Traduit par No, le 08-02-2001 Message sent to InWire users :
”Tomorrow, Friday, 26 January 2001, Steinberg InWire and Rocket Network will unveil a new version of the Rocket Network ! On that day the Rocket Network may be offline for a short period of time while our systems are updated. We apologize for any inconvenience this could cause you, but hope you'll understand that we're working to bring you a better network. The next time you log into Rocket Network you will need to download an update to your RocketControl™ software. Rest assured that your data will be safely protected during the transition and will be waiting for you the next time you login. Thanks for being a member of the Rocket Network! We look forward to seeing you online again soon. Sincerely, Pam Miller, CEO Rocket Network, Inc.” (Translated into French by No for ECVST) |
| Time-Stretching Tutorial |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 The MusicPlayer site offers a complete lesson on Time-Stretching, in English and with MP3 examples. More about it... |
| TC PowerCore |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 This is a DSP-based card, supposed to relieve our poor ol’ processor of some workload. More about it... |
| 3 new products at Native Instr. |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Definitely very active, NI introduces BATTERY (a drums samples player), SPEKTRAL DELAY, an fx-processor using 1024 bands, and version 3.0 of REAKTOR. When do these guys sleep? ,o) More about it... |
| reFX BassLine |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 BassLine is a 4 monophonic voices VSTi, which name suggests the sounds it aims at producing! MP3 demos for download… More about it... |
| VST 5.0R3PB2 update |
| Martin Boyer, le 08-02-2001 After the 5.0r2 cataclysm, Steinberg seem to try to make amends by issuing successive public betas at lightning speed… Dave Nicholson from Steinberg just announced the release of the new VST5.0r3PB2. These last days, Steinberg programmers must have used some strong black coffee ;op More about it... |
| VST5.0r3pb1 Cubase update |
| Gilles Rallelsbauer, le 08-02-2001 This update can be downloaded now from Steinberg’s FTP sites. However, you need a registered version 5.0, 5.0r1 or 5.0r2 to run the update patch. New features: Auto-crossfade. A new Auto-Crossfade function automatically fades any segment with the following one for smooth transitions. This function can be independently activated on each audio channel. The fade is automatically updated during edit and therefore doesn’t use up any additional CPU power during playback. A new, quite interesting feature for those working with sliced audio or REX files. “State-of-the art” support for multiprocessing (this one will please Martin Boyer :-) ) Advanced multiprocessing for Windows allows for audio processes to be equally split across the two processors. While only one of them handles midi, file management and GUI, its remaining bandwidth (spare CPU time, that is) may be used for audio tasks. This new multiprocessing support increases CPU performance by 50 to 60% compared to a mono-processor system. Rewire is updated. Thanks to this update of the Rewire system, software such as rebirth or the brand new Reason may be integrated into your VST environment. |
| EXS24 now available as a VSTi |
| Daino, le 08-02-2001 EXS24 is available as a VST 2.0 instrument. Emagic announces VST 2.0 compatibility of the EXS24 virtual sampler for Mac and PC. This means that, in addition to Logic Audio users, users of software supporting the VST 2.0 standard can now use EXS24. The number of EXS24 units which may be used in parallel depend upon the host software. Each EXS24 may generate up to 64-voice polyphony, depending on hardware resources. |
| Cubase VST 5R2 removed from FTP servers |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Dave Nicholson, Cubase Project Manager with Steinberg, answered to posts on the numerous bugs of Cubase VST5.0r2. Firstly, Steinberg are supposed to remove R2 from their FTP sites. Secondly, they will release bug-correcting updates on a more frequent basis, under the form of “public betas”, in order to generate less waiting delay as was the case with the disappointing 5.0r2. The first public beta, numbered 5.0r3PB1 will be available today. Thirdly, Steinberg apologizes for the “dubious” r2 they released. More about it... |
| RM-F from LinPlug |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 LinPlug, the editor of the RM2 drum samples player, offers a lite, free version of this VSTi. The philosophy stays the same, with limit put mostly on the number of samples per pad, i.e. only 2. LM-4 and LM-9 scripts can however be imported if this limit isn’t exceeded… More about it... |
| Deepsound in "Libé" ! |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Following up on the upload of his article on the tax on private copy introduced in France, and his most recent “to whom does the tax go ?” file, Deepsound was contacted by a journalist with Libération, a very large national French newspaper. Result : JC and his Saceml mailing lists are in today’s issue !!! (Note for non-French readers : this tax, introduced in France very recently, imposes an additional duty, to be paid by every customer, on any recording media such as CD-R, etc., to supposedly compensate music majors and artists for the losses they incur because of piracy)
More about it... |
| Samples of Fender Rhodes |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 For fans of fenderian sounds, Gmedia offers a CD with something like 300 midi loops, 3000 wav or aiff loops, and SoundFonts. The price is US$ 50. MP3 demo can be downloaded. More about it... |
| RME card for laptops ! |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Wow, this is serious stuff ! RME ports its Hammerfall technology to laptops ! The technical specs would be too large to present here. The best is to go read for yourself… More about it... |
| New features list of WaveLab 303b |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Once more, ECVST offers most up-to-date, translated news! Namely, the official Steinberg’s list of new features in Wavelab 3.03b is already translated, formatted and uploaded! News gathered by Christophe Chenevard and translated by Arnaud Le Boulanger, thanks guys ! More about it... |
| Update of Virtual Sampler |
| David Dupré, le 08-02-2001 Here’s some hot news on the update of Virtual Sampler from SpeedSoft, that little piece of soft which puts a threat on HALion, especially as far as price is concerned ! More about it... |
| WaveLab: new 3.03 b update |
| Christophe Chenevard, le 08-02-2001 Steinberg found a bug the 3.03a update for Wavelab: communication with a sampler wasn’t reliable for everyone. You can download the update at : More about it... |
| Cubase VST 5R2: the date ! |
| Martin Boyer, le 08-02-2001 As it is mentioned by the project manager in charge of Cubase at Steinberg, Dave Nicholson, the long awaited R2 for VST 5.0 PC will be available on January 19! Another little week of waiting. I got this news from the cubase.net forums. More about it... |
| Cubase 5 Documentation in French |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 We learned yesterday that distribution of the long awaited French PDF documentation will start very soon. Without mentioning a precise date, let’s bet on a 2-week delay. Let’s remind that in order to receive this French documentation, the registration card included in the original box must be returned to Steinberg France. |
| Cubase 5 R2 update coming soon ! |
| According to Philippe Loiseau, le 08-02-2001 It seems that, unless there’s a last minute delay (experience teaches caution here), Cubase VST PC 5.0r2 should be out before the end of the month. Besides some minor bug corrections, it should offer: automatic cross-fade option between audio parts, support for advanced multiprocessing (see the Mac version), support of Rewire 2.0 for Reason… |
| Tax on CD-Rs, precisions |
| Christophe Chenevard, le 08-02-2001 In December 2000, the French government decided to introduce a tax on digital media in order to “compensate” copyright losses caused by illicit copy. It took effect on Monday January 08, 2001, and not on January 22 as formerly announced… More about it... |
| FruityLoops and VST Instruments |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Here we go again! Another editor adopted Steinberg’s VST instruments technology. FruityLoops can therefore now use them, adding some more sonic diversity ! More about it... |
| A li’le lesson on editing audio ? |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 The Music Player site offers a short online training on audio files tweaking. To be read if you’re new to this. More about it... |
| Tax on CD-Rs, follow up! |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Here’s quite a beautiful page on this topic. Everything’s there: legal texts, interviews, petition, etc. This one is a must, and don’t believe we say it because it’s the site of Deepsound, one of the ECVST moderators, ha ! More about it... |
| Reason on Harmony Central |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Yet another review of Reason with detailed features, minimal requirements, links, etc… More about it... |
| Vote for HALion! |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Answer to this question: is HALion the sampler you were waiting for ? On K-v-R’s superb VSTi site…
More about it... |
| Patches for Model E |
| FeedBack, le 08-02-2001 Mig Music offers a collection of patches for Model E. All in all, 320 sounds, analog, bass, brass, strings… Price : US$ 39, but you can download demos before you make up your mind !
More about it... |
| Celemony introduces Melodyne |
| Doc Zicmu, le 08-02-2001 A new software for real-time audio tweaking, with about 30 tracks: pitch, time-stretch and real-time tempo, audio detection, automatic formants correction, Mac/PC, Asio 2, VST-i compatible, etc… More about it... |