Steinberg Announces ReCycle 1.7

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January 28, 1999 -- Steinberg and Propellerhead Software are happy to announce version 1.7 of the award winning application ReCycle, for MacOS and Windows 98/NT.

Since its introduction ReCycle has become an industry standard for anyone working professionally with drum loops. The application can be heard in professional productions in practically all musical styles comprising looped drum elements: dance, hip-hop, r&b, techno, industrial, etc. It has even been said that the program has helped form loop intensive musical styles such as drum'n'bass and jungle.

ReCycle prepares drum loops for use in samplers by analysing and slicing them. It then creates the necessary audio elements and transfers them to the sampler and at the same time saves the required MIDI sequencer data to disk.

The effect of this is that the loop becomes tempo independent, that you can edit its components freely to "rebuild" the loop, and that the timing information in the recording (the musician's "groove" and "feel") can be applied to other (sequenced) elements of the music.

Version 1.6 ReCycle introduced the highly acclaimed REX format, which expands the use of the program to Audio Tracks in Cubase VST. With REX files, VST users can take advantage of ReCycle, without owning a sampler. More and more content suppliers will support the REX file format in the future.

With version 1.7, ReCycle has been completely rewritten from the ground upward as a preparation for future major enhancements. Version 1.7 features a revised and enhanced user interface and is faster and easier to use. A number of sampler drivers have been added; now all the industry standard samplers are supported. Sampler test routines and troubleshooting tools have been implemented as well as SoundFonts (PC only) and REX-File export (as introduced on the Macintosh platform in 1997). The application is now 32-bit, supports long file names and DirectX audio playback as well as featuring native Windows 98/NT SCSI-support, including support of multiple host adapters.

ReCycle 1.7 will be available in Q2 1999. The update from Version 1.6 is free of charge and available as a download from www.steinberg.net and www.propellerheads.se

For more information, visit Steinberg at http://www.steinberg.net/