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sonicLAB has released version 2.1 of the Cosmosƒ, a stochastic synthesis tool for Windows and Mac.

Cosmosƒ, an advanced stochastic synthesizer offering elegant sound design possibilities with precision and real time operations, suggesting a new paradigm in sound synthesis while extending its polyphonic structure.

Cosmosƒ 2.1 comes with new LFO waveforms.

Changes in Cosmosƒ v2.1

• Wide range of new LFO waveforms from harmonic oscillators to different types of stochastic waveforms, all with pristine quality of audio results.
• The sample playback engine allows backwards or randomly directed sample playback
• The presets engine is rewritten and allows text based handling.
• Many tiny improvements on the user interface for better handling of the sofware.
• Cosmosƒ V2.1 audio routines are solid and stable, to run safely your installation days long.

Cosmosƒ is available to purchase for Windows and Mac, priced at 89 EUR.

More information: sonicLAB

Sound designer Alessio Mellina has released r0b0.coder, a free effect processor for Windows and Mac.

r0b0.coder is a standalone multi-effect processor created using Max/MSP.

It features a series of different real-time processing techniques that can be applied to a live input or .wav samples.

Parameters can also be randomized and/or controlled by LFOs in order to achieve unexpected timbres.

The r0b0.coder is a free standalone application for Windows and Mac (does not require Max/MSP installation).

More information: Alessio Mellina / r0b0.coder

Yamaha and Steinberg have joined forces to create Nuage, an advanced production system that empowers professionals in the television, advertising, film, and media industries with unprecedented capabilities and efficiency.

Yamaha hardware integrates seamlessly with Steinberg software in a cohesive platform that ushers in a new era of post-production productivity.

Digital audio workstations, controllers, interfaces: professional post-production capabilities can only be realized when all components work together in perfect harmony. Nuage Integrated Audio Production System brings it all together in a collaboration that defines new standards of quality and workflow efficiency for virtually every aspect of the production process. Yamaha control and interface hardware seamlessly integrates with Steinberg Nuendo DAW software in a purpose-built system that offers unprecedented productivity and flexibility as well as premium audio quality.

Discerning engineers and artists who already depend on the sonic quality and intuitive workflow of Steinberg’s native-processing Nuendo DAW will be pleased to learn that Nuendo 6, included with Nuage, takes that performance to a new level. And for maximum system versatility the dedicated Yamaha control surface and audio interface hardware is modular, so you can easily create a custom configuration that ideally matches your application.

Nuage for mixing, editing, dialog replacement in audio post production applications. Top-class hardware and software in perfect harmony at last.

More information: Steinberg / Yamaha

zplane.development has announced the launch of a free beta of its new sonicAPI.com online audio processing service.

sonicAPI.com offers an API for professional grade audio effects and high end music processing engines to web and app developers. For a long time, many of these technologies were only accessible through proprietary C++- interfaces as opposed to the easy-to-use HTTP interface sonicAPI.com provides.

The featured technologies include effects such as reverberation, time stretching and pitch shifting (changing the tempo and pitch independently) and analysis engines for the detection of tempo, loudness, and musical key. More technologies will be added continuously. They enable developers to build services for automatic audio database tagging, for creating mash-ups of songs with different tempo and key, and for applying state-of-the-art effects to their recordings.

“The increasing diversity of programming languages and platforms used for music processing results in increasing difficulties for developers to integrate our highly optimized C++ software development kits into their apps. Moving these technologies into the cloud and offering an easy, platform-independent interface speeds up the development cycle and allows our technologies to be used on any platform in any programming language”, says founder Alexander Lerch.

More information: zplane.development / sonicAPI.com

iZotope has announced it has licensed a suite of audio repair and restoration tools for the debut of Sound Forge Pro Mac, Sony’s Professional Digital Audio Editor.

Built on a clean slate for OS X, Sound Forge Pro Mac provides a contemporary application environment that’s perfect for recording, editing, processing, and rendering broadcast-quality audio master files.

“Sony was looking for highly innovative, easy-to use technology to raise the bar,” says Alex Westner, Director of Business Development for iZotope, Inc. “We’re proud to be a part of the long-awaited release of Sound Forge Pro Mac.” Sound Forge Pro Mac includes three algorithms to solve common audio problems: iZotope’s DeClicker, DeNoiser, and DeClipper. These professional sound repair tools allow quick results directly in the Sound Forge interface. The inclusion of additional iZotope technology in Sound Forge’s Mac version is a perfect complement to the iZotope Mastering Effects Bundle, found already in Sound Forge Pro for PC since 2007.

“These new audio repair plug-ins are versatile, easy-to-use, and work like magic in a wide variety of situations,” says Dave Chaimson, vice president of global marketing for Sony Creative Software. “For more than a decade, audio professionals have turned to Sound Forge software for recording and editing, and we’re pleased to bring iZotope’s acclaimed tools into the mix.”

Sound Forge Pro Mac software, including audio repair algorithms and mastering effects powered by iZotope, is now available worldwide through software stores and online retailers for an MSRP of $299.95 USD.

More information: Sony Creative Software / Sound Forge Pro Mac

Plugin Boutique has announced it is having sales for the Waves Native Gold Bundle collection of effect plugins and the iZotope RX2 audio restoration software suite.

We’re pleased to announce the addition of the superb iZotope label to our catalogue with a sale on their amazing RX-2 software, and we’ve launched a new sale on the excellent Waves Audio Native Gold Bundle.

Get 50% off a collection of 30+ plugins with the Waves Native Gold Bundle.

Gold brings a wealth of signal processing power to your studio, geared toward tracking, mixing, and mastering. The Gold Bundle now includes Waves Tune LT, IR-L Convolution Reverb and Doubler as well as many of our most sought after processors. With dynamics processing equalization, reverb and more, Waves Gold Bundle is a great introduction to the power of Waves.

iZotope RX2 is 30% off for a limited time at Plugin Boutique.

iZotope RX™ 2 is the most complete audio repair toolkit on the market, enabling you to remove noise, hiss, buzz and hum, eliminate clicks and crackle, restore clipped audio, visually select and suppress unwanted sounds, resynthesize missing audio and much more.

More information: Plugin Boutique / Waves Native Gold Bundle / iZotope RX2