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4FRONT
4Front Technologies is a software development company with a focus on developing digital audio solutions for UNIX. Its founding partners, Dev Mazumdar with an M.S. degree in Computer Science from University of Southern California and Hannu Savolainen with a degree in Computer Science from University of Helsinki, have extensive backgrounds in UNIX kernel drivers and audio hardware. 4Front's mission is to make Open Sound System a "de-facto" audio API for UNIX.
4Front is located in Culver City, the home of Sony Pictures Studios. 4Front is a privately held company founded in 1992 with development centres in Finland and USA.
George Yohng and Roel de Witt head up the 4Front True Pianos division.
4Front TRUE PIANOS
When the instrument blends transparently with the musician's hands, reality becomes music.
TruePianos VSTi was designed with exactly this in mind giving the inspiration an instant GO as soon as you touch the keyboard. TruePianos has multiple modules and offers an intuitive control to match your playing style.
"TruePianos is one of the best virtual Pianos I never heard and played before! You can enjoy one of the best Piano sounds today available... I was totally blown away... deep feeling and impressive performance! You have to check it out... absolutely! - Mistheria"
ACON DIGITAL MEDIA
Software for audio and video editing — that is our passion. Acon Digital Media is specialized in the development of software within the field of audio and video editing. Our products help professionals as well as beginners in their productive work. Our solutions are characterized by a large set of features combined with ease-of-use.
ANWIDA
ANWIDA Soft has a long experience in digital audio software. All our work relies on the synergy between our wide professional experience in the musical and in the scientific field. This allows us to produce carefully designed products developed by musicians for musicians.
ARTVERA
Excellent instruments by Artvera Music.
Golden ASET is a powerfull Synthesizer for Pads, Textures, Soundscapes & Athmospherics. It offers a wide range of sounds, combinations and rhythmical sequences. It can be used in different styles of music, from Disco, Rock to NewAge and Film Music.
I proudly use software by Artvera.
AUDIOLABS
Audio software engineering. Pro mastering VST plugins VALVEMASTER.
Blank Sheet Music
Print blank sheet music for free, supports guitar and bass tabs too, ready-to-print sheets in a few seconds, no software to download & install, no watermarks on prints.
C M E
STATE-OF-THE-ART master keyboards/controllers for live and studio work. I proudly use new UF series!
discoDSP
discoDSP aims to offer professional plugins for musicians who want the best quality.
I proudly use Discovery Pro!
DRUMAGOG
The professional drum replacer plugin!
Drumagog is a plug-in which automatically replaces acoustic drum tracks with your choice of other samples. Engineers and producers worldwide use Drumagog every day to fix and enhance their drum tracks.
EastWest
In its 18-year history, EASTWEST has established itself as a company dedicated to perpetual innovation and uncompromising quality - setting the industry standard for all to follow as the #1 producer and distributor of SOFTWARE INSTRUMENTS.
SOUNDSONLINE EUROPE (www.soundsonline-europe.com), a division of EASTWEST, is the #1 online source for professional sounds and software instruments in the industry, offering over 1000 products online. SOUNDSONLINE-EUROPE was launched in May 2006, based in Amsterdam, to handle European distribution.
I proudly use following products:
SYMPHONIC CHOIRS is an ambitious and powerful instrument capable of recreating the sound of a real choir with an incredible degree of realism. Nothing else quite delivers the control, sonic quality, and flexibility that SC offers.
MINISTRY OF ROCK is a huge collection of Rock Drums, Basses and Guitars recorded in the famous EASTWEST Studio 2, and the ultimate production toolbox for rock producers.
HGF Synthesizers
Synthesizer and algorithmic music systems (AMS) as VSTi for Windows(tm) by H.G. Fortune
IK MULTIMEDIA
Helping people that listen, play and produce music with a new generation of revolutionary software instruments, powerful and easy to use.
IK Multimedia Production is an international music software company directly operating in 4 countries (Italy, US, UK and France), privately founded in 1996 for the purpose of developing a new generation of music software designed to take advantage of the fast growing personal computer performance and revolutionize the way people compose and play music.
I prodly use: SampleTank (virtual sampler), SonikSynth (plugin synth workstation), Philarmonik (orchestra & choir workstation).
IZOTOPE
iZotope is a research-driven audio software company based in Boston, Massachusetts. iZotope focuses on developing innovative audio technology for professional and consumer applications. This core technology is presented to customers in its award-winning product line and through its extensive licensing program. From world-class implementations of traditional effects to completely new classes of audio transforms, iZotope technology is changing the way we create and enjoy audio.
MALANDRA Music Store
MALANDRA Music Store (Aielli-AQ, Italy) is my great support and collaborator for my activities and jobs.
Thank you very much for all to Ettore Malandra!
NOTRE DAME DE BUDAPEST
With NDB, you can perform music on two symphonic organs just as if you were in the cathedral. According to what organists and organ experts say, 'Notre Dame de Budapest Pipe Organ Samples' is the ultimate pipe organ sampling library. The only sample collection, which really contains all important combinations of stops of a symphonic organ.
NuGen Audio
I'm proud to announce my new sponsorship with NuGen Audio.
NuGen Audio produces great and useful audio software for all production jobs, they have amazing solutions such as NuGen Complete to finalize all your projects. I proudly use it!
OtiumFX
otiumFX is basically an one-man project run by yours truly (Rune Lund-Hermansen, Denmark). However, most products are being developed closely surrounded by fellow musicians, producers, sound engineers and coders.
So otiumFX is about producing instruments and effects with distinct character and personality.
PROMINY
We are seeking to create top quality sound libraries for professional music production purposes. We are also developing highly sophisticated audio application suites that allow artists and engineers to continuously improve and push the limits of computer music production. We have no room for compromise on the quality and quantity of our products.
Our ultimate goal is simple - to deliver the true sound of music right to your studio. If you are inspired by the musical possibilities our products open up for you, then we've reached our goal.
RAYZOON
Rayzoon Technologies was founded by Ralph Zeuner in 2001 to facilitate research and development of software that would simulate certain aspects of human musicians in order to simplify and accelerate song composition and arrangement. That is what Rayzoon is all about: creating tools that inspire you and simplify the creation of your music.
I proudly use JAMSTYX!
SONIC PROJECTS
SonicProjects OP-X and OP-X PRO are virtual emulations of the famous OB-X. The advanced engine copies the signal path of the original harware in every detail, including a separate signal path for each voice, analog detunings and a spot on emulation of the famous SEM filter. The plugins come with a library of hundres of famous patches including classic ob-x sounds as well as emulations of other famous analog synths.
Stringer is a virtual string machine containing hiend sample sets of the classic Solina, Logan and Welson ensembles. The sounds are available in two engines that can be mixed, layered and sent to separate outs.
SONY Creative Software
Sony Creative Software inspires artistic expression with its award-winning line of products for digital video, music, DVD, and audio production. Sound Forge, ACID, and Vegas software have defined digital content creation for a generation of creative professionals, amateurs, and enthusiasts. These signature product lines continue to advance the art of providing powerful, accessible tools to unleash the imagination. Today, there is a Sony Creative Software application for every level of expertise, including a full line of consumer software based on the company's professional applications. In addition, Sony Creative Software produces the extensive Sony® Sound Series collection of royalty-free loops and production music, Sony Pictures Sound Effects Series exclusive sound effects, Vision Series video creation assets, as well as www.ACIDplanet.com, the internet's premier site for independent music and video artists. As a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the company also develops applications that enhance the experience for users of Sony hardware devices including the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and Sony Ericsson mobile phones. Sony Creative Software customers span the globe and include seasoned professionals in the film, television, video game, and recording industries, students and educators, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and young children exploring music creation.
SOUND BURST
Established in 1997, Sound Burst has gained worldwide acclaim as one of the most dynamic soundware houses working in the field of computer music.
I proudly use Northmood and Ethnosphere.
SPINAUDIO
Plugins and applications for Native platform. Excellent products!
I proudly use Virtual Mixing Console, RoomVerb M2, SpinEQ, FX designer, SpinDelay.
STARPLUGS
VST plugins. A lot of great and excellent effects and synths to use on your works.
I proudly use (among others) MOONCLASS Synthsizer, absolutely amazing!
VOXENGO
Voxengo offers high quality professional audio software: PC VST plug-ins and sample rate converters. Our goal is to provide robust, user-friendly and efficient solutions for sound and music production, at highly competitive prices. You can use our plug-ins with Cubase SX, Nuendo, Samplitude, FL Studio and other PC audio applications with VST support, including Cakewalk pro audio products.
I proudly use... all of them!
Gear > Setup
CME UF70
Top of the 76keys master keyboards/controller. Live on stage its performance is superb!
CONCERTO Classical Organ
3 Keyboards and 32 notes pedalboard. My majestic instrument!
ELKATONE 700 LESLIE
Absolutely amazing, aggressive and powerful 100W RMS cabinet made by ELKA on 1984. It sounds really great with my Roland VK-7 hammond-clone.
KAWAI KG2-D Gran Piano
Kawai KG2D Grand Piano, ivory color. Great sound. Great piano.
KAWAI MP8
THE ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL STAGE PIANO!
With an amazing 256 built-in sounds, 192 voice polyphony, wooden key AWA PRO action and great effects and controller functions, the MP8 is a true professional stage piano.
ON STAGE OR IN THE STUDIO
The MP8 has 4 zones. Each zone can individually play internal sounds, MIDI out or both. Zones can be freely split, layered and velocity switched to create stunning personalized performances. And, you can save up to 256 of your favorite setups. A USB port is also provided for direct connection with a computer.
UNIQUE FUNCTIONS TO SUPPORT YOUR LIVE PERFORMANCE
To assist with your performance, the MP8 offers a unique, assignable ON/OFF switch to control external sequencers, metronomes and other panel functions.
GREAT REVERBS, GREAT EFFECTS!
7 reverbs and 20 standard built-in effects can be individually assigned to each of the 4 MP8 zones. On its control panel, the MP8 has 4 assignable knobs which can be used to control and edit the Reverb, Effects, EQ, Tone Modification and MIDI continous controller settings within a setup.
KAWAI PR-1
You've never seen anything like the Kawai PR-1... a complete system that allows you to mic and record any acoustic piano, or connect to any external sound system! Special microphones are the secret to the PR-1. These unique mics attach to any grand or vertical piano and then connect directly to the PR-1 control module. With the built-in CD recorder you can make CD recordings directly from your acoustic piano.
KORG TRITON EXTREME
The aggressive new TRITON Extreme is bursting at the seams with more of everything that has made the TRITON family the workstation of choice for tens of thousands of performers, producers and musicians the world over. Tricked out with vacuum tube processing, USB audio CD burning and data sharing, CompactFlash data storage, digital I/O and stuffed with sounds, it’s everything TRITON – taken to the Extreme.
VALVE FORCE!
Our new tube-driven Valve Force circuitry can be used as an insert effect or on the final outputs, adding just the right amount of warmth or snarl to your sound. You can even sample an external sound through the Valve Force circuit to impart "tube" quality to the sound. Valve Force has proven itself in our ESX-1 and EMX-1 Electribes. The enhanced version in the TRITON Extreme provides that same fullness of tone and also incorporates an Ultra Boost element designed to punch up the low end without muddying up the sound.
KORG WAVESTATION-SR
The WaveStation SR is a repackaged Wavestation designed to provide you with all the Wavestation sounds you could ever ask for in a more compact and less expensive MIDI Module. It is a 1-unit rackmount tone module that has all the raw power and sounds of the famous WavestationEX and A/D synths! The SR maintains the same advanced Vector Synthesis and Wave Sequencing synthesis method from a 4MB ROM card. While managing to increase the MIDI mixing and 16 part MIDI multitimbrality and shrinking the massive synth no sound nor edit parameter was sacrificed! Every parameter can still be tweaked, although much more tedious, however that is the trade-off for a compact, portable and richly multitimbral synthesizer module. Included among its vast array of amazing synthesizer sounds is 1 drum kit with 30 sounds making the SR an ideal centerpiece for any MIDI studio.
KURZWEIL K2600r
The K2600 is another amazing monster synthesizer from Kurzweil using their excellent V.A.S.T. synthesis. As a synthesizer, the K2600 is likely one of the most professional and superior instruments available. The V.A.S.T. variable architecture synthesis has 60 DSP functions, 438 preset programs (238 ROM, 200 RAM) and is capable of amazingly realistic acoustic instruments and a diverse range of analog synth sounds and other unique sounds complete with multi-effects and real-time MIDI control. The K2600's Sampler option offers a hi-tech real-time Live Mode V.A.S.T. and K.D.F.X. processing of external analog or digital signals, capable of interfacing with ADAT, TDIF and AES/EBU and receiving up to 8 digital channels at once. Any of the synths parameters can be used to tweak the external signal in real-time and with 20-bit digital output! The sampler has digital I/O and is capable of sampling while you play. K2600 is a must!
MIDITEMP PMM-88
Professional MIDI patchbay fully programmable. Midi Merge 8x8. Midi expander controller. Remote controlled.
OBERHEIM MC3000
This is the best master keyboard ever built! Very solid construction, good keyboard feel (not too heavy, not too soft), 8 zones with programmable dinamics and aftertouch curves, 8 programmable faders, 3 weels, 8 pedals. Incredible MIDI power: 2 midi in, 2 midi thru, 8 midi out with fully programmable internal patchbay. A powerful user interface with graphic diplay and mouse interface help the musician to control this 'monster'. A lot of memory is built-in to store Program change tables and system exclusive messages. What can we ask more...?
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ROLAND AX-1
The AX-1B strap-on remote MIDI controller has a 45-note velocity sensitive keyboard, switchable velocity curves, octave up/down, transpose, split/layering zones, tempo control for sequencers and more. The "Expression Bar" controls pitch and mod via a ribbon-like controller. This is the latest and best remote controller for your synths or midi modules.
ROLAND PK-5
Roland's PK-5 Dynamic MIDI Pedal bass note pedalboard lets you play a variety of sounds from any external MIDI device, leaving your hands free to play your favorite musical instrument. 13-note velocity sensitive foot pedalboard. The PK-5 places dynamic bass performance at any musician's feet. Built like a tank, it stands up to road abuse real well and has given me the opportunity to play synth & pedal improvisations that would otherwise have been impossible. In larger scale situations, it comes in handy even with a full band at my disposal: cueing program changes, sound effects or string lines. It features: 13-note pedal board spans the chromatic range of an entire octave; 13 different levels of velocity sensitivity; transpose over a nine-octave tonal range.
The PK-5 puts the excitement and versatility of live bass performance with full MIDI control within reach of any musician. It really is a must have for my shows!
ROLAND VK-7
Stepping forward to meet the needs of classic organ fans everywhere, Roland Corporation introduces the VK-7 Combo Organ. Using Roland's new "Virtual ToneWheel" sound generation technology, the VK-7 successfully recreates the distinctive classic organ sounds of the '60s and '70s, complete with harmonic bars, amazing COSM-based rotary speaker emulation and tube-amp simulation.
The 61-key VK-7 Combo Organ derives its stunning classic organ sounds from proprietary Virtual ToneWheel technology, which generously assigns 91 voices, or "virtual tonewheels," to the organ sound. These voices are in constant independent oscillation, allowing the VK-7 to achieve high-speed sound generation and full keyboard polyphony - perfect for the demands of progressive rock, jazz, soul and R&B playing styles. Additionally, Virtual ToneWheel technology eliminates wave split points and phase-shifted overtones at the same pitch, caused when multiple keys are pressed.
Taking its classic sound a step further, the VK-7 offers nine harmonic bars, which allow the player full tonal control over the organ sound, as well as key click noise, vibrato effects and "leakage" sounds, which can be added as desired.
Recognizing that classic organ sounds are often produced in conjunction with rotary speakers and overdriven amps, Roland employed its revolutionary COSM (Composite Object Sound Modeling) technology for some awesome rotary speaker cabinet modeling. With COSM, the VK-7 allows for the customization of speaker rotation speeds - complete with independent horn and rotor control - and several classic amplifier settings. Warm, natural overdriven sounds can also be produced by increasing the input level gain.
The VK-7 also incorporates an orchestral voice section with instrument sounds frequently used with organ - perfect for layering with the organ sounds or for splitting the keyboard. Featured voices include strings, choir, electric piano, brass, bass and more; a dedicated stereo chorus effect is provided for all of the orchestral voices.
Other VK-7 features include: an 11-pin rotary cabinet connector which allows for direct connection to an external rotary speaker; harmonic bar MIDI data transmission; two MIDI IN's for external MIDI controllers (including pedal keyboards like Roland's PK-5); built-in digital reverb for both organ and orchestral sections; a backlit LCD for control over all functions, including harmonic bars; and an attractive wood finish with alder wood sideboards.
The VK-7's internal memory accommodates eight user presets, 64 organ presets and 34 orchestral voices. For classic organ owners looking for a new lightweight option, or those looking to get that classic organ sound without losing MIDI capability, the VK-7 Combo Organ provides an amazing-sounding solution.
YAMAHA MOTIF ES8
Not only do the new MOTIF ES Music Production Synthesizers feature the largest wave ROM of any workstation keyboard available (175 MB in 16-bit linear format), but that Extensive Sonic library is at the heart of the most expressive, most musical synthesis system on the planet, bar none. The Enhanced Sound set of the ES 1,859 waveforms – the majority of them newly sampled specifically for the MOTIF ES series – provide the foundation for 1,024 outstanding normal voices plus 65 drum kits. There are even Mix Voices so you can edit and create your own Voices will listening to your songs and store them right along with the song data. The MOTIF ES delivers an extraordinary sonic depth and musical response. The range of sounds it produces is stunning — from the Emulative Sounds of acoustic piano and orchestra to the Extreme Synthesis of cutting-edge hiphop and electronica. You only have to hear the ES once to know this is the best sounding, most Evolved Synthesizer Yamaha has ever made.
The newly designed tone generator chip offers true 128-note polyphony that gives you the freedom to create intricate compositions using the full gamut of the MOTIF ES Exceptional Sonic power. These instruments are designed for serious music production. The newly developed synth engine offers new synthesizer parameters and faster, more precise envelope control.
YAMAHA SY99
The SY-99 is like having a super-sized sampling workstation with the synthesis and sounds of a DX-7mkII. Basically the same as the SY-77 it features a larger 76 note keyboard with upgraded synthesis, sample memory, sequencer and more! For its synthesizer section it employs a 6 operator FM synth engine similar to, if not better than, the original DX's. Sampled preset sounds (AWM2) can then be fused with the FM sounds to create entirely wild new sounds! And these sounds are quite shapeable thanks to the resonant multi stage Time Variant Filters which offer the ability to recreate the warm analog sounds of classic synths, or something entirely new.
There's an enhanced on-board sequencer section for creating your songs right on the SY-99. It's got 16 tracks, from which channel 16 belongs to the built-in drum synthesizer. The sequencer can hold up to 27,000 notes, 99 patterns and 10 songs. And since the SY-99 features 16 voices of polyphony for the FM section, and another 16 voices for the sampled sounds, there are 32 voices to go around to build your song. Not to mention there are 2 digital multi-effects processors which include reverb, delay, chorus, panning and more! Professional features for those of you want to really control and shape your sounds using the unique sounds (and complex synthesis) of a Yamaha FM synth with some special features up its sleeve.