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Propellerhead Reason 10
Propellerhead Software has released Reason 10, which the company says is its largest update yet. Reason 10 features two new
synthesizers, three new live-sounding organic instrument devices, an improved acoustic piano, creative modulation device, and 3
GB of drum loops and samples.
The two new synthesizers are the Europa Shapeshifting Synthesizer and Grain Sample Manipulator. Europa is a dynamically-
generated wavetable synthesizer and users can apply a wide range of modulation to the waveform itself and add advanced
spectral filtering, harmonics processing, and draw custom waveforms. Grain provides granular synthesis for Reason users with
sonic power and an intuitive interface.
In collaboration with Soundiron, Reason 10 includes three new sampled instrument collections. Klang Tuned Percussion
includes 10 sampled melodic percussion instruments. Pangea World Instruments includes 11 world instruments, and Humana
Vocal Ensemble is a collection of choirs and solo vocals. Reason 10 also includes Propellerhead’s Radical Piano instrument and
Synchronous Effect Modulator.
For more information, contact Hal Leonard: 414-774-3630, FAX 414-774-3259, [email protected], www.halleonard.com.
Waves Torque Drum Tone
Shifter Plug-In
Waves Audio has released the Torque Drum
Tone Shifter plug-in.
Waves Torque can enhance and re-pitch
the tone of snares, toms, kicks, or an entire kit
with natural-sounding results. The plug-in is
a precision drum tone shifter that will help
users salvage mistuned drums, pitch them to a
specific key, and adjust their tone. This can be
done without retriggering or replacing, with-
out the sonic artifacts introduced by traditional
pitch shifters, and without losing body, timbre,
resonance, or attack. Driven by Waves’ Organic
ReSynthesis technology, Torque detects and
analyzes the drums’ formant, amplitude, and
carrier information, reassembles it, and allows
users to manipulate the tonal and pitch char-
acteristics, while preserving the natural attack,
resonance, and duration of the original sound.
For more information, contact Waves
Audio: 865-909-9200, www.waves.com.
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