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Audio Impressions DVZ Realtime Strings: Bill Holland's Best Of Summer NAMM 2007 |
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Audio Impressions DVZ Realtime Strings:
Bill Holland's Best Of Summer NAMM 2007
August 06, 2007
It sseems that Gearwire's Bill Holland and Rob
Warmowski agree when it comes to their picks for Best of Summer NAMM.
Warmowski has already thrown in his two cents worth on DVZ, now read
all about it from Bill Holland's perspective.
This year's Summer NAMM seemed a little
light, shall we say, on new material to cover. There were few grand
premieres like we often see at Musikmesse or Winter NAMM. Instead, we
often see products that we looked at not that long ago back in March.
However, Rob and I did stumble upon Audio Impressions' DVZ Realtime
Instruments: Strings, and were both blown away.
As someone who writes scores for short films
and documentary projects, I often find myself struggling to harness an
organic performance out of the software at hand. Right now, I run the
Sonar Production bundle with a multitude of samplers containing
hi-quality string samples. Of course, for each violin, viola, and
cello, there has to be a new track. DVZ allows you to forego all of
that, and looks at MIDI orchestration from a composer's point of
view.
Rob wrote a similar
on this,
talking about the screen real estate, and how the user interface is
really designed for a more intuitive experience. Given my experience
with creating string sections in Sonar, it's immediately obvious as to
why this software is revolutionary.
Realtime Strings provides the composer with
18 Violins I, 16 Violins II, 14 Violas, 12 Celli and 10 Basses, like
you would have in a standard orchestra. The software can run on one
computer, but to really harness the realtime power, it is usually best
to order the three computer turn-key system. This is not for the
amateur, hobbyist, or even normal computer musician. The software was
designed for hardcore professional composers who don't have time to
build their own production computer.
The way you create your string sections is the
same way in which you would audition chairs in an orchestra. The
violins, violas, celli, and basses can all be arranged in the order you
like, and labeled accordingly. Individual nuances can be applied to how
each instrument is played. You can sync patterns to your sequencer
clock , and automatically play Normale, Tremolando, Harmonics, Col
Legno, Pizzicato, Bartók Pizz, and Trills. Simply the fact that
you can create sync-able patterns is a lifesaver in and of itself.
Automatic effects can also be applied to your strings, including Con
Sordino, Sul Tasto, Sul Ponticello and automatic bowing or forced
heel/mid/tip bow selections.
The key to this software is in the way it
combines composer-friendly layout with ease of creation. Changing the
position of the bow in relation to the bridge on a violin can be done
in a simple click. Instead of having to wrestle with sequencers,
separate vsts, and the normal sync problems that come along with DAWs,
you can now create lush orchestral sounds-capes by playing a simple
melody on a keyboard. The DVZ Realtime Strings was hands-down the most
impressive thing I saw at this Summer,
and I cannot wait to see what they do with brass.
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| Posted by admin on Friday, April 04 @ 15:56:11 PDT
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Rain Recording Unveils NEW Element digital audio workstation |
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Dual and Quad Core Audio Workstation
Announcing the NEW Element,
a bold remix of Rain's original DAW enabling audio professionals to
push the boundaries of their creativity to the limit. Engineered to
provide powerful, stable and reliable performance in the most demanding
situations, the new Element now gives you
the power of Intel's latest "Penryn" technology and up to 6 Terabytes
of high-speed storage. At its core, Element is a balanced component
architecture, specially designed to prevent audio engine failure, data
bottlenecks and heat build up. And on the outside, a sleek,
all-alumimum chassis lets heat dissipate naturally so the internal
cooling system can run quieter for virtually silent operation.
Designed for Digital Audio.
Since the beginning of Rain, Element has symbolized our
pursuit of
the perfect digital audio workstation. Today, the new Element
officially marks the next generation of that effort with a powerful new
architecture engineered to be an unbeatable platform for
industry-standard digital audio software and hardware.

Configure your dream system
Shop
online at the Rain Store or call 1-877-MIX-RAIN today and
speak to a certified Rain technician about the perfect audio
workstation for your music. Add in a USB or Firewire audio interface and a copy of your
favorite DAW software and you're ready to roll.
Order Today: 1-877-MIX-RAIN
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| Posted by admin on Friday, April 04 @ 15:48:02 PDT
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Launch of Multi-Instrument 3.0, 21-day fully functional FREE trial ! |
| TestGuru writes: VIRTINS TECHNOLOGY has launched its sound card based test & measurement software - Multi-Instrument 3.0. The software turns a PC into multiple virtual instruments, such as: oscilloscope, real-time spectrum analyzer, octave analyzer, distortion analyzer, correlation analyzer, dynamic signal analyzer, signal generator, sound meter, data logger, data recorder, LCR meter, spectrogram, spectrum waterfall plot....The software can be downloaded at www.virtins.com for 21-day fully functional FREE trial !
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| Posted by admin on Thursday, January 17 @ 23:23:41 PST
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