Sunday, July 31, 2011

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Native Instruments announces Cymbal Digger?

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 07:01 AM PDT

As we would have expected, that Native Instruments would introduce details about the new Komplete Bundle versions, after some adverts leaked onto the internet, they pull out a teaser for something \'kompletely\' different. Well that\'s what we think...

Saturday, July 30, 2011

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Something for the Weekend: Local Vocal 90s Acapella Medley

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 12:46 AM PDT

Maybe you saw this video already this week, as it was a hit on the internet on Twitter and many blogs. But we thought to share it with you because it is just one of those really nice, really cool videos for the 30+ (of age), as the video takes us...

Moog Announces Free VST MIDI MuRF Controller

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 08:21 AM PDT

MOOG Music announced today the release of a free software VST controller plug-in for their popular MF-105M MIDI MuRF pedal.

Morphing Sounds for Tone2 ElectraX VSTi

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:54 AM PDT

Tone2 Audiosoftware has announced the release of the Morphing soundset for ElectraX. Morphing is a captivating collection of 200 presets for ElectraX programmed by a team of professional sound designers.

Friday, July 29, 2011

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Introducing Avid Sibelius 7 Notation Software

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:54 AM PDT

Avid Sibelius 7—the latest generation of the world\'s best-selling music notation software—is designed to meet the demands of top composers, arrangers, and publishers. Work quickly with the intuitive, task-oriented user interface....

Thursday, July 28, 2011

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Tannoy Reveal monitors set the standard at Chicago Recording Company

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:24 AM PDT

To say Chicago Recording Company (CRC) is in demand is more than a bit of an understatement. “I’ll see my work at least once a night watching TV,” says senior post engineer, Eric Cauwels, “and that doesn’t count other...

SONiVOX Releases TWIST Spectral Morphing Synthesizer

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 12:13 AM PDT

SONiVOX, Boston MA, based award-winning music software company today announced the release of the newest instrument from their NEMESYNTH Audio Research Group, TWIST – Spectral Morphing Synthesizer.

Steinberg releases Cubase 6 Maintenance Update

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:03 AM PDT

Steinberg is pleased to release the 6.0.3 maintenance update to its music recording and production systems, Cubase 6, Cubase Artist 6 and Cubase Elements 6.

Gospel Musicians Neo-Soul Suitcase Library for Kontakt 4

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:13 AM PDT

The Neo-Soul Suitcase Fender Rhodes Plugin, is a very specific urban sounding rhodes that is designed to reproduce the exact sound, feel, and playability of a real Fender Rhodes Suitcase with the detail and expressiveness of the fender cabinet and,...

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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LegitMix - Monetize Works Made Using Copyrighted Music

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:36 AM PDT

Thanks to Phil Morse from DigitalDJTips we came across this new service called LegitMix. Legitmix is a simple-to-use browser-based software application. Artists use it to create Legitmix files for their works containing other people’s...

Gospel Musicians Fender Rhodes Sounds for Kontakt 4

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 03:13 AM PDT

The Neo-Soul Suitcase Fender Rhodes Plugin, is a very specific urban sounding rhodes that is designed to reproduce the exact sound, feel, and playability of a real Fender Rhodes Suitcase with the detail and expressiveness of the fender cabinet and,...

Alesis Unveils The Cadenza Digital Piano

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:02 AM PDT

The Cadenza is an 88-key, hammer-action digital piano. Musicians will appreciate its sound, feel and performance features that they can use to bring their musical ideas to life. The Cadenza\'s 88 hammer-action keys equip players with a full range of...

Griffin Technology StompBox Now Available

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 11:27 PM PDT

Griffin Technology is excited to announce that StompBox is now available. StompBox is a programmable multi-functional foot controller that enables virtual guitar effects. 

u-he updates ACE and MFM

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 06:15 AM PDT

Urs from u-he have informed us that they have updated Any Cable Everywhere (ACE) modular synth plugin and the More Feedback Machine (MFM) complex delay and multi-effect plugin.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer II Unveiled

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:29 AM PDT

Line 6 introduces MIDI Mobilizer™ II, its latest portable MIDI interface that connects all classic and modern MIDI equipment to Apple® iPhone® and iPad®. Descended from the first-generation MIDI Mobilizer (the world’s first...

Virsyn releases Addictive Synth for iPad

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:24 AM PDT

Virsyn Addictive Synth for iPad - It was never so easy to create beautiful sounds and driving loops. The unique dynamic wavetable synthesis allows you to explore an unprecedented wide range of sonic territory. From acid loops, crystal clear...

Monday, July 25, 2011

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Gemini RS-415USB Now Shipping

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 01:28 AM PDT

Gemini is now shipping the RS-415USB, a great sounding loudspeaker that combines impeccable audio quality with a built-in USB and SD media player, allowing you to select and play tracks directly from a memory card or USB storage device. 

Equator Audio D5 Studio Monitors Now Available

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:29 AM PDT

Final assembly of the anticipated Equator Audio Research D5 Studio Monitor is now in process.  Initial delivery is expected Monday, July 25. All preorders of the D5 studio monitors will lock in the introductory price of $299.99 per pair. The new...

Introducing the new DiscoDSP Corona VSTi Synth

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:22 AM PDT

The new discoDSP Corona is a virtual analog and wave synthesizer for Audio Units, VST hosts featuring 3 VA + WAVE oscillators, up to 14 combine modes between oscillators resulting in extensive timbres, 8 destination matrix modulations, 3 LFOs, 3...

Saturday, July 23, 2011

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Asif Illyas talks SSL Nucleus, MX4 and Alpha Link

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:09 AM PDT

Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and control surfaces, is pleased to announce that Asif Illyas recently installed a Solid State Logic ‘Nucleus’ control surface and ‘MX4...

New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:51 PM PDT

These are the releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches ...

New Presonus Audiobox VSL interfaces announced

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 05:00 AM PDT

PreSonus has raised the bar high for audio interfaces with the introduction of the AudioBox 22VSL, AudioBox 44VSL, and AudioBox 1818VSL. For the first time, you can get a compact, rack-mountable USB 2.0 interface with tightly integrated software...

Friday, July 22, 2011

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Boss MICRO BR BR-80 Digital Recorder Now Available

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 02:18 AM PDT

BOSS is now shipping the MICRO BR BR-80 Digital Recorder, an updated and improved version of its popular MICRO BR multitrack recorder. The first MICRO BR, launched in 2006, was a big hit among musicians, offering pro-quality multitracking in a...

Cakewalk Z3TA+ 2 VSTi coming in August

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 01:09 AM PDT

Cakewalk, the world\'s leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces Z3TA+ 2 the Second Generation Waveshaping synthesizer featuring improved sound design, real-time expression, and sound ...

IK Multimedia Sampletank for iOs Announced

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 08:24 AM PDT

SampleTank for iOS is the mobile version of IK’s SampleTank for Mac and PC, the leading virtual sound workstation for the studio, now available for your favorite iOS mobile device and designed for live performance. It is a 4-part multi...

IK Multimedia announces iRIG MIDI

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 08:15 AM PDT

iRIG MIDI is a compact iOS MIDI interface that connects MIDI-equipped instruments and devices to an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad by using the 30-Pin connector. You can play virtual instruments on your iOS device ...

Numark DJiO portable USB audio interface updated

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:50 AM PDT

Numark, the world’s leading manufacturer of DJ technology, announces the redesign of the popular DJ|iO portable USB audio interface. Numark will showcase DJ|iO at Booth # 400 at the 2011 Summer NAMM show from July 21- 23 in Nashville, TN.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

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Upgrade to Lion - Yes or No?

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 03:13 AM PDT

As any Mac user probably knows by now, yesterday Apple have released Lion (Mac OS® X). Since yesterday we get a lot of questions if it is safe to upgrade to Lion, referring to the use with audio applications, plugins, audio interfaces, etc. To be...

Release T-Pain from iZotope

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 01:31 AM PDT

The T-Pain Effect centers on The T-Pain Engine, a self-contained beat-making and vocal recording application for PC and Mac. Aspiring artists can get started immediately by selecting from over 50 professionally crafted song templates comprised of...

Algoriddim djay for Mac enhanced for OS X Lion

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 12:48 AM PDT

Algoriddim have just released djay 3.1.3 for Mac — a free update for all registered users of djay 3 that takes full advantage of exclusive features the brand-new OS X Lion with a new full screen mode, improved multi-touch control and more.

Mac OS X Lion Available Today From the Mac App Store

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 06:19 AM PDT

Apple today announced that Mac OS® X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system with more than 250 new features, is available today as a download from the Mac® App Store™ for $29.99. Some of...

Numark NDX900 DJ Controller to be introduced

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:35 AM PDT

Numark, the world’s leading manufacturer of DJ equipment, introduces NDX900, a professional DJ controller and MP3/CD/USB player. Numark will showcase NDX900 at Booth # 400 at the 2011 Summer NAMM show from July 21st- 23rd in Nashville, TN.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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Danfield MX30-t Desktop Recording Channel

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:47 AM PDT

The MX30-t is an innovative new recording channel for the studio desktop. It is designed for the contemporary recording facility where tabletop rack space is a premium, and there is a necessity for a high degree of control whilst tracking. It is...

Eventide Q&A with Engineer/Producer FLOOD

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 06:40 AM PDT

Long-time Eventide user and Grammy Award winning alternative record producer/engineer FLOOD will be fielding questions on recording techniques on Eventide.com\'s forum for the month of July. 

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

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Synapse Audio EKS Pro - Next-generation kick drum synthesizer

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 02:47 AM PDT

Synapse Audio Software is proud to announce release of an our new software synthesizer EKS Pro. This new VST/AU instrument is a complete overhaul of the former EKS-9 drum synthesizer plugin. Featuring six models, the EKS Pro now ...

Pioneer DJM-2000 Firmware Update Available

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:17 AM PDT

Pioneer have released a firmware update for the DJM-2000 which will add new features and improve performance. The DJM-2000 is the mixer of choice of many top DJs and is used in number of famous clubs around the world for its excellent sound quality...

Guitar Mutations for Camel Audio Alchemy and Alchemy Player Released

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 01:12 AM PDT

Camel Audio is pleased to announce the release of Guitar Mutations for Alchemy and the Free Alchemy Player. Guitar Mutations contains 150 presets and costs just 59USD / 49EUR / 39GBP. Guitar Mutations features a studio full of classic guitars warped...

Reloop RHP-5 DJ - Choose Your Color

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 11:08 PM PDT

As is known, Reloop\'s successful RHP series stands for premium headphones that appeal to and inspire quality-spoiled discjockeys. With the RHP-5 Reloop presents new rotatable and retractable compact headphones with highest wearing comfort, intended...

IK Multimedia Sampletank for iOS Soon

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Ok then ... One cat is out of the bag. It seems one of the two new products from IK Multimedia will be Sampletank for your iPad/iPhone. The funny thing is that IK leaked this news themselves. The guys from AudioFanzine spotted the Sampletank app on...

More Sounds for the U-He Zebra 2 released

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 04:56 AM PDT

Just following last week\'s release of Zebra 2.5.1, U-He is releasing 3 new patch banks for it: Alexander Hacke\'s \"New York City\", BIGTONE Studios \"Stratospheres\" and Zebra DancePack.

Monday, July 18, 2011

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Sounds from BLKRTZ for AAS Ultra Analog VA-1 and AAS Player

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 01:41 AM PDT

Inspired by his work in a wide array of genres over the last 12 years, Deadbeat\'s Sounds from BLKRTZ is a collection of 100 presets for Ultra Analog VA-1 which truly push the instruments to its earth shaking low and shimmering high extremes. It will...

UJAM: compose, produce, and publish your music

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 10:48 PM PDT

UJAM is a free cloud-based service enabling everyone, musician or not, to produce great sounding music and share it with their friends and the world.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

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Beatport Has Evolved - HTML5 vs. Flash

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 01:20 AM PDT

Beatport is one of the major download websites for EDM (Electronic Dance Music). For years and years the website has been operated on the Flash platform. Several months ago they developed a \'next version\' website running HTML-5. After a beta test...

Saturday, July 16, 2011

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Dance Producer Peter Luts Transforms Studio with SSL Matrix, X-Rack, X-Patch & I/O

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 02:09 AM PDT

Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles, is pleased to announce that Peter Luts has installed a Solid State Logic Matrix, X-Rack and X-Patch at the heart of his home studio. The prolific...

Motu Microbook USB Audio Interface released

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:29 AM PDT

MOTU has introduced MicroBook, a pocket-sized, USB-bus-powered audio interface for Mac or PC. The MicroBook provides four simultaneous inputs for a microphone, a guitar, and a keyboard or other stereo line-level device. The mic preamp \"delivers...

Friday, July 15, 2011

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Allen & Heath iLive at Glastonbury

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:27 AM PDT

Rental company, APR Audio, provided PA and control systems for the West Holts and John Peel stages at Glastonbury 2011, selecting Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems to manage FOH and monitor mixing duties, which were also networked...

AVID webinar with Grammy-winning producer Frank Filipetti

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:56 AM PDT

Join Grammy-winning producer/engineer/mixer Frank Filipetti (Book of Mormon, James Taylor, Korn, Elton John) and Avid\'s Tony Cariddi for an insider\'s look at what it takes to be successful in the music industry. Hear about Frank\'s beginnings and...

Kenton MIDI USB Host released

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 08:51 AM PDT

With the introduction of the MIDI USB Host it\'s never been easier to interface USB-enabled devices directly to those with standard 5-pin DIN MIDI connections, either In or Out, without the need for a computer. Leading electronics expert Kenton is...

Thursday, July 14, 2011

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New Elektron Octatrack Tutorial Videos available

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:57 AM PDT

The Octatrack DPS-1 is an 8 track dynamic performance sampler. The Octatrack is ideal for radical audio processing and performance oriented sampling. Every track features real-time pitch scaling & time stretch and the next generation Elektron...

What's IK Multimedia teasing now?

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Since last week IK Multimedia has started teasing us with two new up and coming products. To be clear we really don\'t have a clue! Is it a new FX plugin or an instrument plugin (Sampletank update thingy)?. Who knows? The only fact that we do know is...

U-HE Zebra 2.5.1 out in the wild! Plus a Zebralette for free

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 09:20 AM PDT

Urs Heckmann (u-he) proudly presents a new version of Zebra: V2.5.1 is now available for download. With numerous improvements, including the new oscillator effects and 64-bit support, version 2.5.1 is much more than a normal maintenance update.

Steinberg LoopMash Free and Loopmash 1.1. released

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:40 AM PDT

Steinberg is elated to release a free version of LoopMash for iOS as well as the 1.1 update to the existing LoopMash app. 

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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Alesis iO Dock - Now Available

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:07 AM PDT

Alesis, a leading manufacturer of professional audio equipment and electronic drums, announces the iO Dock, the world’s first pro-audio dock for Apple’s iPad and iPad 2 is now shipping to pro-audio and instrument retailers everywhere.

Madeon - Pop Culture (live mashup) with Novation Launchpad

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:35 AM PDT

The video below is from Madeon, a 17 year old DJ/producer from France. He uses the Novation controller to make a live mash-up with numerous tracks (check out this Youtube description for the complete tracklist). The Launchpad is purpose built for...

Forge Audio Designs BEAT to MIDI Available Now

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:28 AM PDT

BEAT to MIDI is a fast acting, low overhead Beat Detection and Drum Replacement tool which producers and musicians can implement to extract MIDI data from Drum loops. BEAT to MIDI allows for the correction of poorly captured or performed...

Propellerhead Balance Audio Interface with Reason Essentials

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 02:38 AM PDT

The music production package that has everything you need to create anything you want. Sounds as good as it looks. Works as great as it feels. Propellerhead have taken care of all the tedious stuff – calibration, setup, the works. You can ...