http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/originally.announced.in.september/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/absynth5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Native Instruments has begun selling updated versions of several core music programs. The first is Absynth 5, a software synthesizer which has been improved with better audio quality, as well as new synthesis and effects features. Amongst the latter is the Mutator tool, which creates variations of a preset based on related ones.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/01/originally.announced.in.september/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/balinese.gamelan.virtual.instruments/ <img align='left' src=' http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/NIBtemp.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Native Instruments in collaboration with the sound-design house Soniccouture, have announced the latest KONTAKT-powered virtual instrument BALINESE GAMELAN. The new audio software is the second entry in the "discovery series," offering an assortment of ethnic instruments of classic Indonesian music. The instruments in this software were sampled from the London Symphonic Orchestraís Semara Dana Gam... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/balinese.gamelan.virtual.instruments/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/kontakt.and.absynth.update/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0908/nisml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Native Instruments on Tuesday announced updates to several of its products, Absynth and Kontakt. Absynth 5 adds a number of new features and capabilities, along with improvements to overall sound quality. The software synth integrates a new MIDI-controllable "Aetherizer" algorithm that breaks down sound into smaller pieces, then rearranges them in complex ways.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/01/kontakt.and.absynth.update/ Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/native.instruments.apps/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0907/nisml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Native Instruments on Wednesday introduced several new products including Kontakt Player, Maschine Drum Selection and Evolve Mutations. Kontakt Player works as a software instrument based on the company's Kontakt 3.5 sampler, with support for Kompakt and Intakt formats. The player takes advantage of 64-bit systems, extended memory addressing, DFD streaming and multiprocessor configurations with up... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/05/native.instruments.apps/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/28/kontakt.3.crossgrade/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/kontaktsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Native Instruments says it is now offering its KONTAKT 3 sampling software in a crossgrade package for owners of GigaStudio. The software features 1,000 instruments across six collections, totaling over 33GB of data. Users can edit with simple or advanced tools, the latter including freely-drawable envelopes. A wave editor, meanwhile, allows samples to be looped, sliced, or tempo-synced. Integrate... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/28/kontakt.3.crossgrade/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/15/ni.kontakt.retro.machines/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/retromachines.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Native Instruments has released a new addition to its line of Soundpack libraries for KORE 2 and KORE Player, KONTAKT Retro Machines. The library emulates a number of classic electronic instruments invented in the 1970s and '80s, used in genres such as electro and hip-hop; five digital synths, 11 analog synths and six drum machines are reproduced, across 135 KoreSounds. Each instrument sound als... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/15/ni.kontakt.retro.machines/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/11/kontakt.3.demo.released/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0712/kontakt3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Native Instruments has released the demo version of KONTAKT 3, its latest pro sampling software. The program is said to have "universal" file import ability, and incorporates a wave editor which goes beyond standard functions such as looping, slicing and tempo sync. Users can draw envelopes directly within the waveform, and apply 18 different effects, such as amp and cabinet simulations. The fu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/11/kontakt.3.demo.released/ Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:10:00 GMT