2002 AES
New Products Guide
Music
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2002 AES New Products Guide |
Music
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| INTRODUCTION AC Power Products Acoustical Materials CD/DVD Duplicators/Recorders Computer Peripherals Computer Software Connectivity Control, Sync & Automation Digital Converters Loudspeakers Microphone Preamps Microphone Products Mixing Consoles Music Products Power Amplifiers Recording Devices/Editing Systems Signal Processing—Hardware Signal Processing—Software Test Equipment Wireless Products Other Products |
ILIO Entertainments Memphis Horns This CD-ROM sample
library features trumpet and trombone, as well as baritone and tenor sax
sounds from the world-famous Memphis Horns duo of Wayne Jackson and Andrew
Love. This multidisc, phrase-based collection delivers phrases in their
original form or divided into flexible short phrases. Memphis Horns includes
phrases ranging in tempo from 70 to 140 bpm. The CD-ROM library is $299
for the multidisc collection; a two-disc CD-audio set is $149. Featuring pure analog
"Recto Direct" recording circuitry (no digital modeling), six
12Ax7 tubes and six modes (Clean, Fat, Brit, Raw and Vintage/Modern High
Gain), this unit provides a direct guitar output that sounds like hours
spent in the finest studios. Besides the versatile tone-shaping (gain,
bass, mid, treble, presence and master) controls on each channel, the
unit's flexible recording functions include: live/record output levels,
solo level, parallel FX loop with stereo returns and mix control, and
independent stereo main and recording outputs. Performance-oriented
drum loops arranged in song format, the Reel Drums package has 27 sessions
of 24-bit drum tracks, multitracked for complete ambience control at a
great drum room (Bear Tracks, Suffern, N.Y.). Joe Franco (credits include
Mariah Carey and Celine Dion to Twisted Sister) plays a selection of grooves—ballads,
pop, alternative to slamming double bass. Available for Pro Tools and
Nuendo, tracks were engineered by Kooster McAllister on the legendary
Record Plant Remote. The MC-09 PhraseLab Just Birds & Animals II—the second pair of effects CDs in Sound Ideas audio ark—features animals, birds and natural ambiences from around the world. The collection includes apes, hippos and hyenas, buffalo, horses, moose and wolves, domestic pets and farm animals, many different birds, badgers, wolverines, snakes, dragons, Tasmanian devils, lions, tigers and bears—oh, my! At $250 and with more than 340 sound effects, Just Birds & Animals II adds great wildlife to your productions! Sound Ideas "Impact Effects 2"Impact Effects
2 from Sound Ideas—another smash hit! Take out your frustrations
with 700 more small, medium and large crashes, scrapes, hits, drops, falls,
disasters, demolitions and heavy thuds. This single CD contains a wide
variety of objects and surfaces, many different impact styles and tons
of debris. At just $129, Impact Effects 2 is guaranteed to give
you your next big break! Spectrasonics' Stylus Vinyl Groove Module is a software instrument plug-in featuring a 3-gigabyte library of diverse groove elements, loops and samples, and can be used as a native plug-in instrument in hosts like Logic, Digital Performer, Cubase VST, Nuendo and Pro Tools. All 1,000 loops on Stylus are presented as Groove Control-activated versions, providing independent control over the groove's pitch, tempo, feel and pattern without the need for DSP. Stylus lists for $299. MAS, RTAS and VST Mac/PC included. Spectrasonics Trilogy Total Bass ModuleTrilogy, from Spectrasonics,
is a software instrument plug-in that integrates a custom 3-gigabyte library
of more than 1,000 electric, acoustic and synth bass sounds, in a dual-layered
format for flexible patch creation and manipulation. A total bass module,
Trilogy can be used as a native plug-in instrument with hosts like Logic,
Digital Performer, Cubase VST, Nuendo and Pro Tools. Trilogy lists for
$399. MAS, RTAS and VST Mac/PC included. This studio-quality,
low-noise guitar preamp with a footswitchable overdrive circuit is designed
for live and studio recording. The 100% analog design instrument preamp
interfaces with both pro and semi-pro recording equipment, instrument
amplifiers and was specifically developed for direct-injection recording.
The product was developed to provide a high-end, economical solution to
instrument interfacing with professional audio consoles and musical instrument
amps. List: $159. An excellent production elements CD has 492 powerful broadcast-quality production elements produced by Weirdoactivity. The CD includes cool-sounding beeps, lasers, flashers, power tones, whooshes, sweeps and many other special effects. A demo is available upon request. TRF Production Music "Kool Kat"TRF adds 30 new CDs
to the Kool Kat production music library, now containing 50 outstanding
contemporary, retro and traditional CDs. New releases include styles ranging
from old-school funk, country, ragtime, ethnic and jazz to cutting-edge
electronica, hip hop, rock, world beat, Latin and extreme music. Kool
Kat discs contain full-length and jingle-length versions. The first releases
from the most comprehensive orchestral sample library ever can now, for
the first time, be heard and tested in a sound-proof cube at the AES convention
in L.A. The DVD-ROM collections already feature more than 100,000 single-note
and phrase samples of strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion, played
by top musicians from Vienna's renowned orchestras and recorded in a specially
designed soundstage. Further editions on hard drive will follow. |