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Plug-In Suggests Ways To Shape Your Own Sound

Sound Magic releases Artificial Intelligence Assistant Tool standalone version for Windows


It's probably best if we let Sound Magic tell you about this themselves:

"Since virtual instruments have become popular, we musicians keep asking one question: how do we achieve the same skill level shown in the official demos? Now that the physical modeling era is here, we're asking another question: how can we shape our own unique sound? Although many modeling instruments give you control over many parameters of the sound, it's still difficult to achieve your own ideal sound for the very simple reason that we are musicians and not technicians.

Bad luck has no limits!

Sometimes it's not your piano software that's the problem - it might just be the keyboard that you play. Most players don't realize that nearly all keyboards have a non-linear velocity response. Combine this with the fact that hardly any keyboard players have the skills or desire to actually play an accurate linear velocity response and achieving a good dynamic is a really challenging task!

To get beyond these technical limitations, we musicians have had to spend a lot of time and energy learning the quirks of not only our instruments but our software as well. And when a software developer decides to issue an "upgrade" that thoroughly changes the basic parameters, we get to start over again. While a new trumpet is something to enjoy, modern musicians cringe at the thought of having to learn an entirely new keyboard or new software!

The purpose of Artificial Intelligence Assistant Tool (A.I in short) is to free musicians from technicians' work and let us focus on our music, not continuous controller assignments or tweaking the velocity curves! A.I is a bridge which connects your musical feelings and ideas to the technical data. With A.I, musicians no longer need to be technicians. A.I will make achieving your ideal sound more... well, musical! NO NEED TO REMEMBER arcane terminologies, finicky operation steps or the intricate specs of your keyboard. A.I will auto test your keyboard - learn all about it - and then use artificial intelligence to make suggestions for you. It is a simple to use and it speaks the same language as musicians - YOUR language - not the geek-speaks of technicians. A.I will test your keyboard velocity response, pedal support and most importantly suggest ways to shape the sound that you are looking for. A.I makes it simple quickly achieve your ideal sound."

Pricing and Availability:
€50

More information:

www.supremepiano.com/product/AIAT.htm

AES12: The Ultimate Distortion And Audio Mangling Toolbox

iZotope announces Trash 2 a decade after the release of its predecessor


iZotope has announced Trash 2, which they describe as the ultimate distortion and audio mangling toolbox. Fully overhauled from Trash 1, Trash 2 adds a wealth of new features including twenty new distortion algorithms, fresh filter modules, fifty new impulse responses, multi-band waveshaping, 64-bit support and much more.

iZotope tells us that it's been nearly a decade since Trash first arrived, and it's remained a cult favorite of artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Noisia, Garbage, KoRn, Sigur Rós, and anyone looking to add dirt, grime, and character to their tracks. Now, nearly ten years later, Trash is back. Completely rewritten from the ground up, Trash 2 takes the best of Trash and makes it even better. With an entirely new sonic architecture, brand new features, optimized performance, better sound quality, and support for modern hosts and formats, iZotope sys that Trash 2 is primed for a powerful new era of audio mangling, distortion, and experimentation.

Product Manager Jack Côté, told Sonic State, "Designing a new product, or in this case redesigning an old product, is much more than adding a new set of features. With Trash 2, we took a careful look at each aspect of Trash 1 and examined what made it so compelling and what could be improved. By preserving the best that Trash 1 had to offer, and at the same time, optimizing Trash for the modern era, we've developed a tool that we feel will excite both Trash 1 devotees and anyone looking at Trash 2 for the first time."

Pricing and Availability:
Trash 2 will be released mid-November 2012.
Trash 1 customers who purchased after October 1, 2012 will receive a free upgrade to Trash 2 upon release.
Special upgrade pricing will be available for all previous Trash owners.

More information:

www.iZotope.com/trash2

Grab Some Urban Sounds

Producer Loops releases Urban Minimal Vol 1 sample set




Producer Loops tells us that Urban Minimal Vol 1 kicks off a brand new series of diverse Construction Kits created and produced exclusively for Producer Loops by Simon Rudd of The Fliptones. They say that this pack contains five hot Urban jams and a wide range of contemporary influences and also includes MIDI and one-shot samples and comes in a variety of formats.

A spokesperson told Sonic State, "This pack brings together elements of Urban/Hip Hop music with the cutting-edge sounds of Dubstep, Dance and Minimal electronic styles to create a unique stripped-back vibe perfect for adding vocals and additional layering. Sparse synths, reese basslines and powerful drum loops give Urban Minimal Vol 1 great cross genre appeal and will make this a versatile addition to your library of Producer Loops products."

Technical Specifications:
44.100 kHz 24-Bit audio quality
MIDI loops and one-shot samples included
Over 100 individual files including full mixes
Royalty-free for use in commercial or personal releases
Supplied in ACID/WAV, Apple Loops, REX and ReFill formats

Pricing and Availability:

Urban Minimal Vol 1 is available for instant download for £19.95 / 24,65 EUR / $26.69 USD.

More information:

www.producerloops.com

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