Here’s some more sites for your reference. Some of you will find these really useful.

100 free plugins. Yes, there’s more. We want to hear from you to see which ones you guys think are the best, and why.

Email me – chris@audiotechnews.com
DSK Brass: Sample-based brass instrument, with two layers and 23 waveforms, effects, automation support, and even micro-detuning.

DSK StringZ: Sample-based strings, two layers, separate ADSR envelopes for each layer, effects, automation.

Syntar: A sytar-like synthesizer.

Dr-Fusion 2: Drum sampler and synth with, layering, per-sample controls.

Tapeworm: Mellotron-inspired synth with fine-tuning and automation support.

Enjoy.

Steinberg has issued an installer patch for the 4.0 versions of Cubase and Cubase Studio. The patch enables Cubase and Cubase Studio owners running OSX 10.5 to install their version of Cubase from the installer DVD. Steinberg product specialists recommend then additionally installing the free update to 4.1.

While this installer patch allows Cubase 4 and Cubase Studio 4 to be installed on Leopard, it does not offer full and official compatibility with this OSX version. Leopard will be fully and officially supported by Cubase and Cubase Studio with a later update to both products, which is planned for release in Q1 2008.

You can get the patches here and here

ASK Video Interactive Media are taking pre-orders for Cubase 4 and Reason v4 tutorials on DVD.

The Cubase 4 DVD features legendary Steinberg product specialist Steve Kostrey, whilst the Reason DVD has 4 long hours of instruction by Morgan Pottruff, aka Morg (author of the Live and Melodyne Tutorial DVD).

“Steve Kostrey is a product specialist and clinician at Steinberg Canada from 1995-2005, during which he has demonstrated every aspect and feature of Cubase at literally hundreds of clinics to thousands of musicians. Steve shares his wealth of knowledge and experience with you in this DVD.”

“Reason version 4 is a virtual studio rack rebuilt from the ground up with all the tools and instruments you need to turn your ideas into music. Morg will show you all the new features – a brand new sequencer, a revolutionary groove tool, a stunning arpeggiator and Thor, the synths to end all synths.”

For a limited time, customers who have purchased hardware products such as Steinberg’s Cubase LE or select Yamaha hardware products that include Cubase AI4 can get a fully-functioning crossgrade version of Cubase 4 or Cubase Studio 4 and save up to 50%.

Cubase AI4 supports the DAW extensions for Steinberg software and provides Advanced Integration between Yamaha hardware and Steinberg software. If only Bill Gates would release a version of Windows that runs properly on PC’s, we’d be laughing.