This year's NAMM show is set to shake the industry with some serious new product announcements in the coming week!

Psicraft Designs will be well represented at the show in a number of new products that feature Vyzex and Vyzor editors as part of their included software.

Even if you aren't attending - Bookmark the show's website (linked to the left through the NAMM Show graphic) and make sure to follow along as the latest news and announcements are made public!

Vyzor Evolver Legacy, the highly anticipated upgrade to Vyzor Evolver will be finally released in Q1, 2010 to coincide with the launch of our new Vyzor online store and several other exciting new retail editor products (TBA).

Of the many advances to the editor here are the most news-worthy:

• Intel Mac (Tiger, Leopard & Snow Leopard) support.
• Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 support.
• Single Window editing of all data from your Evolver/PolyEvolver.
• Automatic Evolver type detection and editor configuration.
• Enhanced VST 2.4 host support of interactive editor features.
• Audio Units support on Mac OSX
• Integrated Waveshape editing with user waves displayed in the Digital Oscillator block. Waveshapes are now named.
• Waveshape sequence graphical real-time display in Seq Mode.
• Integrated Combo editing for PolyEvolver Rack and Keys instruments - Allows on the fly program part editing, complete with Vyzor Evolver's interactive sequencer.
• Virtual combo audition function that permits you to edit and hear all four parts of a combo without them even being stored in your PolyEvolver's combo bank: Perfect for checking out combos in your library without overwriting your 'performance' program data.
  
• Parent/Child tracking between combos and programs - Move a combo referenced program and the combo will update automatically. Also, you can see at a glance if a program is used by a combo
• Confirmed VST support under the following hosts:
  Sonar 3-8, Cubase SX3 (Win only), Cubase 4 & 5 (Mac & Win)
  Ableton Live 8 (Mac & Win), FL Studio 8, Tracktion 3, Samplitude 10 & 11, Reaper 3.13 (Mac & Win).
• Confirmed AU support under Ableton Live 8 & Apple Logic Studio.
  
• Full access to the Vyzone online community including Evolver program & combi patch exchange, programming tutorials and discussion threads.
  

You can browse screen captures taken of every one of Vyzor Evolver 2.0's modes by clicking here. Enjoy!

NOTE: Vyzor Evolver 1.00 is no longer available for purchase or download. Please stand by for the version 2.00 release and the launch of our new e-commerce site.

Vyzor Evolver 1.00 is now released: After a record breaking 13 months of field testing and improvements, our first commercial release is ready to rock, rave, trance & (insert your music style here) your world!

Vyzor Evolver includes these Evolver sound creation features:

• Program Editing
• Program Bank Editing
• Main Editing (Evolver Desktop and MonoEvolver Keyboard)
• Combo Editing (PolyEvolver Rack and PolyEvolver Keyboard)
• Global Editing (PolyEvolver Rack and PolyEvolver Keyboard)
• Set, Collection, Library and individual component file management
• Library search functions, patch generator functions

Vyzor Evolver is much more than an editor/librarian however: It represents your Evolver as a virtual instrument whose many dimensions are separate editor modes. Each of these modes is intuitive and ultra-ergonomic, so instead of the typical ed/lib scrolling window of confusing knobs and sliders, each editor in Vyzor Evolver is a complete re-imagining of what the Evolver would look like (in our humble opinion) if Dave Smith had been working with an unlimited budget for parts and materials when he created them.

What's more, each of Vyzor Evolver's editor modes facilitate your music making by including many new features not found on the Evolver itself, such as arpeggio generators, wave editing tools and many others. Vyzor Evolver is also interactive: When run stand-alone (it also runs as a VST plug-in) Vyzor tracks along with the sequencer, so you can see and hear the evolution of your sound as it plays!

Psicraft Designs has just released a new UniQuest editor produced specifically for Akai Professional's brand new MPD24: UniQuest MPD24 features all the stellar editing capabilities of Psicraft's Vyzor virtualizing editors in a stand-alone application.

Akai Professional's MPD24 is the velocity sensitive pad controller for musicians and DJs working with sampled sounds. The MPD24 features 16 MPC-style velocity and pressure sensitive pads plus transport controls for interfacing with DAW/sequencing applications. With Akai’s MPC 16 Levels and Full Level features for ultimate pad control, four selectable pad banks totaling 64 pads, six assignable faders and eight assignable, 360 degree knobs for transmitting MIDI Control Change data, the MPD24 provides unprecedented creative freedom for manipulating sampled material.

• 16 MPC-style velocity and pressure sensitive pads
• 4 selectable pad banks for a total of 64 pads
• 6 assignable Faders for transmitting MIDI Control Change data
• 8 assignable 360 degree knobs
• REW, FF, STOP PLAY and REC buttons that transmit MMC (MIDI Machine Control) messages to DAW/ Sequencing applications
• Backlit, easy to read LCD display
• MIDI and/or USB operation
• USB powered (or powered via optional AC adaptor)
• Included UniQuest MPD24 Librarian software (Mac and PC)
• Akai Sample library of classic drum machines (software included)
• MPC 16 Levels and Full Level feature support

For more info, check out http://www.akaipro.com.