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Vienna Symphonic Library has announced the release of its free Remote App for Tablet PCs.

Vienna Instruments PRO now comes with a free Remote App for both iOS (5.1 or later) and Android (4.0 or later) tablet PCs.

Use your tablet as a convenient external MIDI controller when recording in your sequencer, sending key switches and controller data for the selected Vienna Instruments PRO instance. Articulation switches and fader movements (such as Master Volume, Velocity Crossfade, Expression, Tuning, etc.) can be controlled and recorded instantly in real-time, and even multiple faders can be moved simultaneously.

Remote App for Vienna Instruments PRO (sequencer view).

Remote App features

• Real-time wireless touch-pad remote control for Vienna Instruments PRO.
• Control your Vienna Instruments PRO instances on multiple computers from one tablet.
• Replaces MIDI slider boxes and complex key-switch setups.
• Elegant screen real estate control, using your tablet’s browser – no download from app stores!
• Embedded MIDI driver in your DAW for synchronized interaction.
• Automatic Activation Mode: Automatically display on your tablet the Vienna Instruments PRO instance that is being performed via MIDI.
• Unleash the power of Vienna Instruments PRO’s internal APP Sequencer with great sequencer control options (available when APP Sequencer is activated in a Vienna Instruments PRO instance).

The Remote App for Vienna Instruments PRO 2 (latest build) requires an iPad with iOS 5.1 (or later), or Android 4.0 (or later) with Chrome or Firefox browser.

More information: Vienna Symphonic Library / Remote App

Vienna Symphonic Library has updated its Vienna MIR PRO and Vienna MIR PRO 24 multi impulse response mixing and reverberation software, which now comes in plug-in formats for Windows and Mac.

Vienna MIR PRO—Multi Impulse Response convolution-based mixing solution.

With the latest free update, both Vienna MIR PRO and Vienna MIR PRO 24 come as universal plug-ins in the formats AU, VST, RTAS, and AAX, allowing users to run them directly in their favorite DAW, without the need for additional software.

Users may place their Vienna Instruments, 3rd party AU/VST instruments and any audio signal on the virtual stages of Vienna MIR PRO / MIR PRO 24 and benefit from the ambience of venues such as the Vienna Konzerthaus or the soundstage of the Teldex Studio in Berlin. 11,000 impulse responses are included – and additional acoustic spaces are available with two optional RoomPacks.

The update is available to download to registered users of MIR PRO and MIR PRO 24 at no cost.

More information: Vienna Symphonic Library / Vienna MIR Pro

Vienna Symphonic Library has released the Vienna Jazz Drums sample library.

With the release of Vienna Jazz Drums the Vienna Symphonic Library brings a decade of experience in sampling and software development to the art of jazz drumming.

The full sonic variety of an exclusive customized 60’s Rogers drum set with original 60’s Avedis Zildjian cymbals has been captured in all the subtle details.

Thanks to the intelligent performance detection features of our free Vienna Instruments player, the liveliness of your performance will be jaw-dropping – especially with the included MIDI drum loops. More good news for users of Vienna Instruments PRO: Start grooving instantly at the touch of a single finger with exclusive drum loops that live inside the internal APP sequencer!

Vienna Jazz Drums features

• Exclusive customized 60’s Rogers drum set, Paiste 2002 signature snare drum prototype and original 60’s Avedis Zildjian cymbals.
• Snare, bass drum, hi-hat, 2 toms, ride and crash cymbal, recorded with close and room microphones at Vienna’s famed Silent Stage.
• Great variety of playing techniques: Single strokes, flams, rim shots, ruffs, rolls, press rolls, stick on stick, cross-stick (all styles include various repetition patterns).
• Extensive brush set: Tip, tap, flat, flams, bouncing strokes, legato strokes and more.
• Different kinds of swishes: Normal, circles, 6/8, samba swishes.
• “Speed Control”: Your playing speed is used as a controller to achieve realistic repetitive performances (essential for the sonic behavior of brush swishes and cymbals).
• GM drum set mapping included.
• Customized Vienna Suite settings for the entire set.
• Ready-made mixing environment in Vienna Ensemble and Vienna Ensemble PRO.
• Includes MIDI drum loops for the internal APP sequencer of Vienna Instruments PRO.
• 14 GB of sample data in 44.1kHz/24bit (uncompressed data size).

The Vienna Jazz Drums library is available to purchase for 95 EUR.

In addition to Vienna Jazz Drums, VSL has introduced 17 new Single Instruments from its Vienna Instruments DVD Collections.

The new Single Instruments are full-fledged instruments and ensembles taken from our big Vienna Instruments DVD Collections, offering an enormous wealth of samples and articulations at very favorable prices. They are instantly available for download.

And now, the prices of most of our Single Instruments Standard Libraries have just been lowered! So this is the perfect time to expand your orchestra according to your needs and budget – more choice, lower prices and a special offer!

Through July 2012, you can buy any 2 Single Instruments and get 1 Single Instrument for free.

More information: Vienna Symphonic Library

PreSonus has announced it is shipping AudioBox 1.2, a free update that significantly enhances the performance and versatility of their AudioBox 1818VSL interface and also provides a number of new features for its AudioBox™ USB, AudioBox 22VSL and AudioBox 44VSL audio/MIDI interfaces.

The AudioBox recording systems get support for the AB1818VSL Remote app for iPad.

One of the biggest enhancements for the AudioBox 1818VSL is that support has been added for AB1818VSL Remote for iPad®. With this free app, you can control virtually every parameter in Virtual StudioLive for AudioBox 1818VSL from an iPad, including volume, pan, aux sends, FX buses, and Fat Channel parameters.

As a result, users can use an AudioBox 1818VSL and USB-connected laptop as a full-featured mixer/recorder for small gigs, rehearsal spaces, and mobile churches, with the iPad serving as a touchscreen mixing surface. In the studio, manage the monitor mixes from your iPad while dedicating your computer screen to a DAW.

A firmware update rescales the preamp tapers on the AudioBox 1818VSL to add more headroom; Virtual StudioLive for 1818VSL now sends all channels to outputs 7/8 (headphones) by default.

With the AudioBox 1.2 update, all AudioBox-series interfaces become compatible with USB 3.0-a rarity among audio interfaces.

This update also provides enhancements for specific AudioBox-series models:

• The AudioBox USB gains a new, optimized Windows driver for improved performance and a new Windows control panel to adjust buffer size and sample rate.
• The meters in Virtual StudioLive for all AudioBox VSL-series interfaces have been recalibrated to match the RMS meters in PreSonus’ Studio One DAW.
• All AudioBox VSL-series interfaces have been integrated into Studio One™ Cue Mix, providing volume and pan control over monitor mixes with the same near-zero latency that Virtual StudioLive software provides.

This free update is recommended for all AudioBox-series users. AB1818VSL Remote is a free download from the Apple App Store.

More information: PreSonus / AudioBox

Vienna Symphonic Library has announced the release of two new collections for the Vienna Special Editions, its entry-level orchestra packages.

The Vienna Special Editions offer a large-scale orchestra and more at your fingertips, in resource-saving, affordable packages. They are available in four BUNDLES, six COLLECTIONS and 14 individual instrument SECTIONS (Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion & More, Keyboards & Guitars) that may be purchased separately.

New Vienna Special Edition libraries

• Special Edition Vol 3 (“Appassionata & Muted Strings”) – Apart from the lush and cinematic Appassionata Strings with a wide variety of playing techniques in normal and muted variations, the Special Edition Volume 3 focuses on “con sordino“ (muted) recordings of the Solo Strings and Chamber Strings. Additionally, you’ll find an alternative Harp to the one included in the Special Edition Volume 1. All instruments include Vienna Symphonic Library’s famed Legato Performances – real note transitions, smoothly and authentically performed by the algorithms of the Vienna Instruments software player.
• Special Edition Vol 4 (“Special Winds & Choir”) features 15 woodwind and brass instruments that are not included in the Special Edition Volumes 1–3, such as the “Fanfare Trumpets” (a powerful ensemble of 6 trumpets), bass flute and contrabass clarinet. What’s more, the most important articulations of our Vienna Choir are included, covering the full range of the human voice with soprano, alto, tenor and bass ensembles. Add another dimension and a very human touch to your music, especially to your orchestral scores!

The new Special Edition collections are available to purchase at the introductory price of 325 EUR (Vol 3) and 245 EUR through June 15, 2012.

More information: Vienna Symphonic Library / Special Edition Collection

ILIO has announced Vienna MIR Pro 24, a special version of Vienna MIR PRO with a maximum of 24 instruments and ensembles that can be placed on its virtual stages. Apart from this limitation, Vienna MIR PRO 24 includes the full set of features and options of Vienna MIR PRO, at half the price.

Vienna MIR PRO 24 is a network-capable mixing solution for Mac and PC, based on Multi Impulse Response convolution. Its direct connection with Vienna Ensemble PRO 5 allows for a seamless integration with any audio production environment. Each audio signal can be routed into Vienna MIR PRO 24 and delivered in stereo, or in various surround formats on up to 8 output channels after processing.

Vienna MIR PRO 24 merges all parts of the creative process – composition, orchestration and mixing – into a single intuitive workflow. The software offers a holistic approach to the spatial modeling of virtual orchestras, allowing the user to interact with the players more like a conductor than an engineer. Its innovative multi-parameter Control Icon replaces conventional faders and pan pots and offers concise control for positioning each instrument on the virtual stage, changing its volume and stereo width, and even rotating it within a fluid three-dimensional environment.

Vienna MIR PRO 24 combines specific directional frequency profiles with reflection information from every instrument, assembling all of the acoustic interactions into an accurate recreation of musicians playing their instruments in place and in space. Vienna MIR PRO 24 is much more than just “a multi-sample” of a hall – and this is where it far surpasses any other convolution reverb available on the market. Vienna MIR PRO 24 is multi-source, multi-directional, multi-positional, and multi-format.

Vienna MIR PRO 24 comes with 11,000 impulse responses from four halls in the famous Vienna Konzerthaus, plus its grand foyer. Further RoomPacks offering recording studios, sound stages (e.g., Teldex Berlin), and churches are available as optional downloads.

Vienna MIR Pro 24 integration with Vienna Ensemble Pro 5

Vienna MIR PRO 24 features

• Direct integration with most modern DAWs via Vienna Ensemble PRO 5.
• LAN capability.
• Graphical user interface depicting 3D renderings of the selected room (venue maps) with scroll wheel zooming.
• GUI options such as Instrument Grouping, Hide Icon, Instrument Focus.
• Intuitive multi-parameter Control Icon for quick interaction with instruments and visual feedback – and direct access to the connected audio source.
• Microphone Position Offset allowing for movement of virtual microphones in the room.
• Room EQ and Master EQ.
• Pre-listening feature before selecting a room.
• Character Presets (such as ‘Air’, ‘Silk’, ‘Bite’, ‘Distant’, ‘Warm’) for quick timbral changes, available for most Vienna Instruments.
• Reverb length can be changed individually for each microphone position.
• MIRacle plug-in – Direct access to a tailor-made algorithmic global reverb for “sweetening”.
• Adjustable Room Tone (natural noise floor).
• Automation of user-defined parameters.
• MIDI remote control of user-defined parameters.
• 3rd Party VSTi hosting.
• Audio inputs.
• Direct and/or stem outputs.
• AUX sends for individual instruments and input signals.
• Works with any commonly used sampling frequency, up to 192 kHz.
• Learn All/Optimize All for Vienna Instruments.
• Master Tune for Vienna Instruments.
• Full latency compensation.
• Windows 7/Mac OS X compatible.

Purchase Vienna MIR PRO 24 at ILIO and receive a discount of 20% on purchases of the optional Vienna MIR RoomPacks, only through April 30, 2012.

More information: Vienna PRO 24