LATEST NEWS ARCHIVE
3 October 2009
Received from Bill:
Bad news from Native Instruments, the following instruments have been discontinued:
Akoustik Piano,
B4 II
Bandstand
Elektrik Piano
Pro-
The article can be found here. http://www.native-
1 August 2008
The following website contains 20 demonstrations from the new Franz-
http://www.joergwahl.de/40555.html
1 February 2008
The Wersi Austria site has some further new sound samples which can
be auditioned at: http://www.wersi.co.at/shop/index.php?cPath= 29_50_58
(Update 3rd February: this link is to their latest additions. Since I placed it here the site has moved the contents which had a "January 2008" header into the main sounds area. The "January" sounds included various guitar sounds plus the solo violin sound. At 3rd Feb there are no "February" sounds yet. Possibly this link may be valid for new sounds each month!)
22 December 2007
The Wersi Austria site has a demo of the Drums 2007 package at: www.wersi.co.at/shop/index.php?cPath=1_7& sort=2a&page=1
There are also demos of some new sounds that are available to purchase at:
Bill has provided more YouTube links:
Leigh Wilbraham giving an orchestral sounds demonstration on his Abacus
Brett Wales playing at the Wersi Sommerfest : Video 1, the Louvre; Video 2, the Scala; Video 3, the Louvre.
Bill has also provided the following VST information:
NOTE: You will most definitely need at least a Dual Core CPU and 2GB of Ram with ideally a 2nd hard disk to get the best out of these. (The more the better). Enjoy your investigation of the sites, and don’t forget to listen to the demos.
Wersi has also announced a special offer on a new Pegasus Wing Keyboard. By paying a deposit of 1500 Euros before 30 September, three Optional Sound Packages will be included free. Contact Wersi HQ at Halsenbach.
Wersi has produced its latest Newsletter which I’ve translated and it can be downloaded from this link as a PDF file:
It advertises a new stand system for the Abacus instruments.
This Newsletter download link has also been placed permanently on our Wersi Express News page.
Received from Bill:
The following links demonstrate four new VST Pianos from Native Instruments:
Berlin Concert Grand
New York Concert Grand
Vienna Concert Grand
Upright Piano