Monday, August 31, 2009

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Wondering what the next version of Sonar will be like?

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 01:30 AM PDT

The past weeks Cakewalk is \'hinting\' what the next version of Sonar will be like. Everyday they release a detail on Sonar 9. All thanks to the wonder world of Twitter!

Sunday, August 30, 2009

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Beatslicing is more FUN when you hold the sample in your hands

Posted: 30 Aug 2009 01:58 AM PDT

Still only in prototype stages, OTTO is an electronic musical instrument for realtime manual beat slicing of audio samples.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

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Apogee announces compatibility with Snow Leopard

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 11:31 PM PDT

Apogee Electronics is pleased to announce Snow Leopard compatibility for Duet, ONE, Mini-FW, USB and X-Firewire interfaces.

Symbolic Sound releases software for chaining Pacarana with Kyma software

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 11:22 PM PDT

Symbolic Sound Corporation has expanded the real-time sound-computing power of its Paca(rana) sound engine by making it possible for Kyma sound designers to chain two or more multiprocessor Paca(rana)s together via the built-in A/B Expansion ports.

Stanton announces new SCS.3 System

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 10:34 AM PDT

By combining two of the Revolutionary SCS.3d controllers with the new SCS.3m MIDI mixer, plus including Native Instrument\'s Traktor LE software, Stanton has put together the most popular SCS.3 configuration, all in one box ready to go.

Best Service TITAN FREE now as a free download

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 08:56 AM PDT

Get your free copy of our brand new TITAN Synthesizer now and discover how to make a big sound experience in our Sample Player ENGINE based on 12 great TITAN multi samples! Did you know that you can even import up to 24 of your own samples (per layer...

Hardware step sequencer from Taktmaschinen: mOne

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 07:53 AM PDT

The mOne is a open source hardware sequenser from Germany.

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Symbolic Sound releases software for chaining Pacarana with Kyma software

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 11:22 PM PDT

Symbolic Sound Corporation has expanded the real-time sound-computing power of its Paca(rana) sound engine by making it possible for Kyma sound designers to chain two or more multiprocessor Paca(rana)s together via the built-in A/B Expansion ports.

Hardware step sequencer from Taktmaschinen: mOne

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 07:53 AM PDT

The mOne is a open source hardware sequenser from Germany.

Friday, August 28, 2009

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Propellerhead Record 12th micro video tutorial

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:37 AM PDT

In this tutorial Propellerhead is exploring some of the creative uses of pattern based effects that are available in the Reason sound bank. If you have Record and Reason, all of Reason\'s effects can be used on audio tracks in Record.

MOTU ready for the Snow Leopard

Posted: 28 Aug 2009 02:09 AM PDT

Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard is due to ship on August 28th. To prepare for this major OS release, MOTU has worked closely with Apple to ensure a smooth transition for your MOTU products when you make the move to Snow Leopard.

Akai MINIAK now available

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 09:03 AM PDT

Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces that the MINIAK, the synthesizer specifically designed for today\'s music production and performance styles, is now shipping to retailers.

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Akai MINIAK now available

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 09:03 AM PDT

Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces that the MINIAK, the synthesizer specifically designed for today\'s music production and performance styles, is now shipping to retailers.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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Nord C2 Organ now shipping

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 08:35 AM PDT

Nord is proudly shipping the new Nord C2 Combo Organ. This is a direct descendant of the acclaimed and award winning C1, with the addition of many exciting features including a stunning baroque pipe organ. Ever since the introduction of the Nord C1...

Finalised design for the Denon DN-HC1000S Controller

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 07:05 AM PDT

Skratchworx has the scoop on this one. They are showing the final design of the Denon\'s Scratch Live focused DN-HC1000S controller. Designed to interface and aid DVS systems (turntables / CD players) with today’s most popular DJ software...

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Nord C2 Organ now shipping

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 08:35 AM PDT

Nord is proudly shipping the new Nord C2 Combo Organ. This is a direct descendant of the acclaimed and award winning C1, with the addition of many exciting features including a stunning baroque pipe organ. Ever since the introduction of the Nord C1...

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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Xone:22 DJ Mixer from Allen and Heath Now Shipping

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:22 AM PDT

Allen & Heath is proud to be shipping the new Xone:22, a 2-channel analog DJ mixer offering high quality audio and a professional feature set at an amazing $399 US MAP price. The smallest and most affordable Xone mixer to date, the Xone:22 is...

Tech / Progressive House Pack Alert

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 08:51 AM PDT

Latest from Wolsfraektroes Music - Tech House & Progressive House Producer will give you 200MB of up to the moment Tech House and Progressive House Bass Loops, Synth/Lead Loops, Drum Tops and Sidechained Effects. Tech House & Progressive...

Propellerhead Record 11th video tutorial

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 08:10 AM PDT

The Record micro tutorials is a series of short and focused tutorial videos that will highlight one aspect of Record in each installment. Part 11 - Send effects are the effect units that you feed from the mixer\'s effect sends. These are useful for...

Driver updates for Lexicon I-ONIX series

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 06:15 AM PDT

Lexicon today announced it has released new Windows and Mac software drivers for the I∙ONIX series of Desktop Recording Interfaces. With the new 64-bit Windows driver, these interfaces now operate seamlessly on computers running Windows 64-bit...

Access TIOS 3.1.0.0 has been released

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 05:02 AM PDT

Access is happy to announce the availability of OS 3.1.0.0 for the entire Virus TI range of synthesizers. The new version is based on the recent public beta builds and focuses on stability enhancements. Access recommend every user to update their...

Scarbee Pre-Bass - New Kontakt Powered software instrument

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:57 AM PDT

Native Instruments today introduced SCARBEE PRE-BASS, a new software instrument that provides a meticulous, highly musical rendition of the iconic Fender Precision bass. PRE-BASS is derived from the acclaimed Scarbee Blue Bass library, and the first...

Jeroen Breebaart releases Room Simulator plugin

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:50 AM PDT

The perfect listening room - Many have experienced the difficulty to realize a listening environment free of standing waves, undesirable reflections, the perfect reverb time, perfect loudspeaker placement with a flat frequency response, and without...

Presonus Studio ONE demo available

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:41 AM PDT

Studio One is a groundbreaking music-creation and production application for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista that makes audio recording, MIDI sequencing, and audio mastering ridiculously simple right out of the box, yet provides a wealth of...

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Access TIOS 3.1.0.0 has been released

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 05:02 AM PDT

Access is happy to announce the availability of OS 3.1.0.0 for the entire Virus TI range of synthesizers. The new version is based on the recent public beta builds and focuses on stability enhancements. Access recommend every user to update their...

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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Sonic Charge Synplant 1.0.1 and new patches available

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:47 AM PDT

It has been a bit quiet at Sonic Charge lately, but rest assure that it only means that they were concentrating harder. A few new projects and upgrades are slowly taking shape on their assembly line. Meanwhile they have decided to release a minor...

Wacom today announces the launch of Nextbeat

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 06:46 PM PDT

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New Sounds and Samples from Producer Loops

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 11:32 AM PDT

Ambient Glitch Volume 1 - This amazing collection features some of the darkest and most atmospheric loops and samples ever committed to a Sample Pack! It was produced by Jeff Rhodes who has been working as a professional sound designer and soundtrack...

Advanced Integration updates for Cubase 5, MR816 CSX/X and CC121

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 09:52 AM PDT

Steinberg is pleased to announce that it has today released a set of updates to its software and hardware solution consisting of Cubase 5, MR816 CSX and CC121. The added capabilities include substantially extended control options for CC121, workflow...

Novation SL Mk II controllers now shipping

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 09:40 AM PDT

Novation is now proudly shipping the new SL Mk II range of Controller Keyboards featuring Automap 3 technology. With seamless support for Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic, Nuendo, Cubase, Sonar, DP, RTAS, TDM, VST, AU plugins and software instruments,...

Steinberg updates Cubase Essential to Version 5

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 09:27 AM PDT

Steinberg is pleased to announce an update to its Cubase Essential Personal Music Production System to version 5. Offering a streamlined feature set that offers newcomers to Cubase a comprehensive set of composing, recording, editing and mixing...

Waves Eddie Kramer tour hits Europe

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 06:03 AM PDT

Starting in the UK, the legendary producer/engineer comes to Strongroom Studios in support of the new Waves plug-in bundle, The Eddie Kramer Collection. Waves Audio has announced The Eddie Kramer Experience, the newest events in its ongoing Waves...

discoDSP Vertigo for Mac released

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 05:20 AM PDT

discoDSP Vertigo is a 256 oscillators additive synth with resynthesis and sound morphing. Imports WAV audio and PNG images. It has a very accurate recreation of complex musical phrases, drumloops, speech and simple tones. Beta version includes 128...

Monday, August 24, 2009

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QuikQuak releases version 2 of Crowd Chamber

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 03:19 AM PDT

QuikQuak has released a new major version 2 of Crowd Chamber. Crowd Chamber is an audio plug-in that layers multiple variations of a signal to create a crowd simulation. From simple chorusing effects, small crowds and stadiums, on to impossible...

Saturday, August 22, 2009

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Ueberschall announces Caribbean Flavors Vol.1

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 11:05 AM PDT

All material provides the live-emphasized essence to aid in production realism, artistry and identity. Sessions were recorded with world-class musicians from Puerto Rico, Columbia, Cuba, Venezuela and Germany. Arrangment and ideas come from the...

Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP is now shipping

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 09:41 AM PDT

<!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } -->The New Saffire PRO 24 DSP with VRM Monitoring Technology is now shipping. The new Saffire PRO 24 DSP is a 16 Input / 8 Output FireWire audio interface that features VRM, a...

Minimal Electro Soundset for Waldorf Largo available

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:50 AM PDT

The new Minimal Electro Soundset for Waldorf Largo from german sounddesigner Holger Steinbrink is now available in the Waldorf Webshop.

Sugar Bytes release Eloquence 1.0.1.

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:20 AM PDT

Eloquence, the perfect MIDI Sequencer is now available in version 1.0.1. This update includes some nice features and fixes.

112dB updates Redline Monitor to 1.0.3

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:17 AM PDT

112dB announces that Redline Monitor, the high-quality near-field monitor simulation for headphones, has been updated to version 1.0.3. This maintenance release applies to both the retail and the trial version.

Friday, August 21, 2009

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The end of a Red audio legend

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:15 AM PDT

After 15 years of outstanding sales, Focusrite are finally to discontinue the legendary Red 3 Dual Compressor / Limiter. The Red 3 was launched in 1994, secured a TEC award in 1995, and went on to become an industry standard worldwide. Almost every...

Welcome to the University of Recording

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 06:55 AM PDT

Propellerheads introduce Record U, the University of Recording. Record U is a series of articles created for those who are new to Propellerhead Record, or recording in general. All you need to follow along will be a full or demo version of Record,...

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Speck Electronics announces LiLo Mixer - Revision Two

Posted: 20 Aug 2009 12:45 AM PDT

The LiLo is a desktop analog line mixer that offers features and flexibility for use in the most serious recording applications. With more than 100 balanced input/output connections, this 16 channel modular console will mix 32 signals with unmatched...

Arsenal Audio is dead, long live JDK Audio

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 07:11 AM PDT

Automated Processes, Inc. (API) have renamed their Arsenal Audio brand to JDK Audio after receiving a complaint from JVC America of the use of the word \'arsenal\' in reference to API’s recently introduced brand of pro audio equipment. Arsenal...

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Ableton Denver User Group is live

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 01:46 AM PDT

Early this morning the site at abletondenver.com turned LIVE. This new website facilitated file sharing, learning, and loop/sample exchange thought the custom file system programmed for the site. Registration is open to anyone and file uploads are...

FireStudio to go from Presonus released

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 12:32 AM PDT

Finally, a new-generation, studio-quality FireWire interface that you can use anywhere! The PreSonus FireStudio Mobile combines the superior analog-circuit design and advanced platform technology of our acclaimed FireStudio rack-mount interfaces with...

Introducing the next step in the evolution of The Moog Guitar: The Model E1

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 09:01 AM PDT

The Model E1 is the production model of The Moog Guitar. It uses the same innovative electronics and pick-ups as the original Paul Vo Collector Edition, with some exciting new changes. Its available in three new finishes; Butterscotch, Candy Red and...

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Ableton Denver User Group is live

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 01:46 AM PDT

Early this morning the site at http://abletondenver.com turned LIVE.  This new website facilitated file sharing, learning, and loop / sample exchange thought the custom file system programmed for the site. Registration is open to anyone and file...

Introducing the next step in the evolution of The Moog Guitar: The Model E1

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 09:01 AM PDT

The Model E1 is the production model of The Moog Guitar. It uses the same innovative electronics and pick-ups as the original Paul Vo Collector Edition, with some exciting new changes. Its available in three new finishes; Butterscotch, Candy Red and...

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

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Sugar Bytes Eloquence video introduction

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 01:48 AM PDT

Sugar Bytes recently released Eloquence. It is an extremely powerful and intuitive MIDI stepsequencer plugin, giving you control over just about all aspects of your favorite MIDI devices. This video gives you...

IK Multimedia announces ARC System TDM version

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 01:25 AM PDT

IK Multimedia is pleased to announce that ARC System is now available as a TDM plug-in for use within Digidesign’s Pro Tools|HD Accel DAW platform. Now, Pro Tools owners with these systems can mix and master in a monitoring environment that is...

ADAM releases new SX-Series monitors

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 12:42 AM PDT

A significant evolution of ADAM Audio\'s critically acclaimed S-Series, the new SX-Series reference monitors feature completely redesigned transducers, drivers, and electronics to enable the most transparent reproduction possible.

Pioneer Teaser: New CDJ1000?

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 10:30 AM PDT

OKay lets call it the CDJ1000 MK4? You can e-mail us your suggestions or tips!

Monday, August 17, 2009

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Dave Smith showing more of his new Tetr4 synth

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 12:36 AM PDT

Tetra is the next-generation analog poly synth. Tetra takes the award-winning sound and features of Mopho, multiplies them by four, and packs them in a box less than half an inch larger. Tetra has multiple personalities. It is a four-voice, analog...

Rodriguez DJ tables from SpaceTek

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 12:32 AM PDT

No..We will not chance our name into furniturejunkies. But the DJ furniture from SpaceTek looks very cool.

Waves releases Eddie Kramer Collection

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 12:20 AM PDT

The Waves Signature Series is an exclusive line of Application-Specific Audio Processors, created in collaboration with the world\'s top producers, engineers, and mixing engineers. Each and every Signature Series plug-in has been precision-crafted...