FL Studio 10 – the latest version of the popular digital audio workstation
Image Line has introduced FL Studio 10 – the latest version of its popular digital audio workstation – adding 64-bit plugin support, improved memory management, unlimited Fruity scoring and automation flexibility and more.
Here’s what’s new:
- 64 bit plugin support – The Wrapper now automatically detects 64 bit plugins and opens them in 64 Bit ‘Bridged’ mode (see below).
- ‘New pattern’ (+) button – On the Channel Window / Step Sequencer. Add a Pattern and open the naming window.
- Small scrollbars in editors – Smaller scrollbar for the Piano roll, Event Editor, Playlist etc. See F10 > General Settings.
- Horizontal zoom – Improved Playlist, Piano roll & Event Editor.
- Improved memory management – Two changes have been made to lower demands on FL Studio’s memory allocation. 1. 32 & 64 Bit VST plugins can be opened in ‘Bridged’ mode. The maximum memory available to the plugin will be at least 2 Gb for 32 Bit Windows and up to 192 Gb depending on your version of 64 Bit Windows. 2. Audio Clips & Sampler Channels Keep on disk option now opens the sample in a separate memory allocation. Each Audio Clip / Sampler Channel can now load a sample of at least 2 Gb for 32 Bit & 64 Bit Windows versions.
- Improved audio options – ASIO: ‘Mix in bufferswitch’ and ‘Triple buffer’ may improve performance with some ASIO drivers. ASIO/Primary Sound: Revised ‘Playback tracking’ options to help with alignment of visual & recorded events where soundcard problems exist.
- Autosave / Autobackup – FL Studio can now be set to back up the current project at 5 to 15 minute intervals. Never lose project data again!
- FL Studio Fruity Edition – Now gains access to Playlist Pattern Clips for unlimited scoring and automation flexibility.
Image Line describes FL Studio 10 as “the fastest way from your brain to your speakers.”
See the FL Studio site for details.
Pellegrini space time keyboard for iPad
Demonstration of the pellegrini space-time keyboard. A free open source iPad app based on the Control system, it allows wireless MIDI control of synths. The synths used in this demo include modular Moog.
The Glue – compressor effect plug-in for Windows and Mac
Cytomic has released version 1.1.4 of The Glue , a compressor effect plug-in for Windows and Mac. The Glue is a high quality analog modeled plug-in based on The classic 80′s British big console buss compressor with some additional features. It uses the same high quality algorithms used in circuit simulation packages but optimised for real time use
Cytomic has released version 1.1.4 of The Glue, a compressor effect plug-in for Windows and Mac.
The Glue is a high quality analog modeled plug-in based on The classic 80′s British big console buss compressor with some additional features. It uses the same high quality algorithms used in circuit simulation packages but optimised for real time use. It’s quick and easy to use and has an uncluttered interface.
Changes in The Glue v1.1.4
- New feature: smoothed Threshold, Makeup, Range, Mix, and Sidechain HP controls so no pops, clicks, or zipper noise when adjusted from gui or automated.
- Recent feature: linear phase high quality oversampling to support up to 12 MHz (x256) – note that x2 is recommended for Realtime and x8 is recommended for Render.
- Recent feature: next and previous preset buttons.
- Fixed: removed CPU spikes when drawing the graphical user interface on Mac.
- Fixed: removed CPU spikes on first play, and when switching oversampling amounts.
- Fixed: preset menu not showing with some hosts on PPC.
- Fixed: reduced memory footprint with large oversampling amounts with large host buffer sizes.
- Known issue: you cannot use both the AU and VST version at the same time in hosts that support both (eg: Ableton Live or Studio One).
The Glue is available to purchase for $99 USD. The update is free to all customers.
More information: Cytomic
Mixing Dance Music with Ableton
Point Blank Online has announced MDMA, a new “Mixing Dance Music with Ableton” course.
Point Blank can’t stop the music! Due to massive demand and over-subscribed courses, the team at the world’s premier online school has put the finishing touches to a fastrack guide to mixing your tracks like a true pro. The Hoxton crew have enjoyed sustained success with Mixing Dance Music on Logic and have been inundated with requests for an Ableton Live version virtually since the course was inaugurated last year. So, as they say, here it is….
Spaced evenly over 4 weeks, the course includes a minimum of 240 minutes video tutorials, 4 x DVR™ , the school’s bespoke 1-2-1 video feedback system and 4 hours of live online masterclasses by your expert pro producer tutor and with your classmates from around the world. While the course is running you gain 24/7 access to forum and the course materials which include over 80 pages of notes and exclusive audio resources to download. After the 4 weeks is up you still have a whole year’s access to this content, and get your track signed to Point Blank Music, who can get your music out on Beatport, Junodownload, iTunes and Amazon.
The course has been developed by producer and remixer Danny J Lewis who has releases on labels including Defected, Masters At Work, Ministry of Sound and XL Recordings. It also features contributions from other Point Blank tutors including electro breaks producer Rogue Element (aka Ben Medcalf) and Grammy nominee Mike Koglin (Noys Music). Thanks to this expert input, the course is suitable for producers of any style of dance music. Class sizes are strictly limited so if you would like to learn more then head to www.pointblankonline.net where you can view a full summary of the course and watch free sample videos. Point Blank is an Ableton Certified Training Centre and has been voted “Best Music Production School” for six consecutive years at the annual T-Scan Awards.
The MDMA courses start 4th April, 2nd May, 6th June 2011. Course fee is £355 GBP.
More information: Point Blank Online / Mixing Dance Music – Ableton Live
Studio Evil
Studio Devil has announced the release of Studio Devil LIVE, a free standalone application for each of its award-winning plug-ins that lets you play in real-time.
Now, there’s no more need for hosts, and no more hassles…just plug in, click, and play!
Each of Studio Devil’s plug-ins now installs a LIVE application, so you get Audio Units, VST, ProTools RTAS, and Studio Devil LIVE with your download…and at no extra cost. Best of all, Studio Devil LIVE is also included with British Valve Custom (BVC)…our FREE plug-in. So now you can turn your laptop into a practice amp…for FREE!
Studio Devil LIVE is included with the latest downloads from the Studio Devil website.
More information: Studio Devil
New VST effect plug-in – the Dub-Expander
ASL SoundLab has announced a new VST effect plug-in – the Dub-Expander. They tell us that the Dub-Expander adds extra width and depth to whatever sound you run through it.
Pricing and Availability:
Free download.
More information:
New documentary on Brian Eno
Musician, composer, producer, music theorist, singer and visual artist; probably best known for his early work with Roxy Music, his production duties for U2 & Coldplay, and as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. This documentary film – the first ever about Eno – explores his life, career and music between the years 1971 & 1977, the period that some view as his golden age. Featuring numerous exclusive interviews, contributions from a range of musicians, writers, collaborators and friends – plus performance and studio film and an abundance of the most exceptional music ever created
Adam Szabo has announced the release of JP6K
Adam Szabo has announced the release of JP6K , a virtual synthesizer instrument for Windows. JP6K is a synth dedicated to emulating the famous Super Saw sound, first found in the Roland JP-8000 synthesizer in 1997.
Adam Szabo has announced the release of JP6K, a virtual synthesizer instrument for Windows.
JP6K is a synth dedicated to emulating the famous Super Saw sound, first found in the Roland JP-8000 synthesizer in 1997. It aims to capture the essence of the sound and the behaviour of the original oscillator. Even after a decade, the Super Saw is still sought after by people all around the world, and is a crucial part of such music genres like Trance.
JP6K features
- 32 voice polyphony.
- Two Super Saw oscillators, an upper and lower.
- 1 noise oscillator.
- Three filter modes: low pass, band pass and high pass with -12 & -24 dB/Oct.
- Three independent LFOs controlling the filter, amp and pitch.
- Built in delay and EQ.
JP6K for Windows (VST) is available to purchase for $25 EUR.
More information: Adam Szabo / JP6K
Kraftwerk sounds for Arturia Origin users
Arturia offers a sound bank of Kraftwerk inspired sounds to all customers of Origin.
Chip from L-TRON
http://l-tron.bandcamp.com/album/l-tron Upon discovering what the program was capable of, the scientists took immediate percautions, securing it inside of the nearest electronic device they could find: A nintendo Game Boy. They feared its power yet could not bring themselves to destroy it. Trapped inside the machine with no way to escape and return to its own time, the program began expressing itself through the sound chip of the Game Boy. Eons passed… An exploration vessel near a planet called earth recorded the following transmissions – code-named: L-tron credits released 01 May 2010 All songs written and arranged by: L-tron Engineered and mastered by: Logan Erickson Recorded and mastered @ little bit studios (Studio B) Artwork By: Ree LBR003 Copyright 2010 L-tron + little bit records
via ChipMusic.org, for more info click here
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