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KVR News: Top Stories - Jul 29 2010
29th July 2010: Along with Komplete 7, Native Instruments has also announced Komplete 7 Elements, a new software bundle that provides musicians and producers with an especially affordable arsenal of instruments and ...
KVR News: Top Stories - Jul 29 2010
29th July 2010: Plektron has announced the release of WTComp, which is described as an analogue tube compressor. It's available for Windows as a VST effect plug-in and it is free. WTComp distinguishes itself from ...
Sound On Sound NEWS - Music Production | Recording Technology | Computer Music Software | Pro Audio - Jul 29 2010
Retro electronic music festival
KVR News: Top Stories - Jul 29 2010
29th July 2010: Relab Development has announced the release of an accurate emulation of a legendary hardware reverb. The LX480 Lite plug-in goes far beyond emulation by using the exact same reverb technology and in...
KVR News: Top Stories - Jul 29 2010
29th July 2010: Native Instruments has announced Komplete 7, a significantly expanded version of its software bundle. The next generation of Komplete now combines 24 instruments and effects and#8211; including five ...
Create Digital Music - Jul 28 2010
When it comes to software sonic goodies, loads of virtualized gear you can add to the digital, computer-based studio, Komplete is one of the deepest boxes out there. Komplete 7, announced today, is the latest edition of Native Instruments’ bundle of virtual studio software. As always, that means a refresh of what’s in the box [...]
Mix - Jul 28 2010
In 2007, the Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing and BMS/Chace, a leading media data management firm, partnered with the Library of Congress to create both a standardized approach and a software model for gathering and managing metadata for recorded music. The resulting metadata standard, dubbed CCD (Content Creator Data), and accompanying studio collection application, were previewed June 14 and 15, 2010, in New York City at the DDEX (Digital Data Exchange, LLC) Plenary and NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) Digital Task Force meetings.
Mix - Jul 28 2010
Warner Music Nashville (WMN), the Nashville-based music operations of Warner Music Group Corp., announces that Rod Riley has been named president and CEO of Word Entertainment, WMG's Christian music division. In his new role, Riley will oversee Word's entire operation, including A&R, sales and marketing, music publishing, distribution, church resources and artist services.
Mix - Jul 28 2010
MOTU has released DP Control, a free application that allows Digital Performer users to control DP over a Wi-Fi network using an iPhone, iPad or third-generation iPod Touch. Built specifically for use with Digital Performer Version 7.2 or later, DP Control gives users easy access to the most important transport and mixer functions for tracking, mixing and live performance.
Electronic Musician - Jul 28 2010
Komplete 7 is a significantly expanded version of the company's software bundle. The next generation of Komplete now combines 24 instruments and effects?including five entirely new products?with more than 10,000 sounds and 90 GByte of samples.
Electronic Musician - Jul 28 2010
The FL Studio 9.5 beta is available to all registered FL Studio 9 owners for testing. Users can download the FL Studio 9.5 beta from their user account page. The installer is available below the regular FL Studio registration.
Electronic Musician - Jul 28 2010
The PSP 85 benefits from aggressive algorithm optimization and adds significant new features while retaining full preset and bank compatibility with the PSP 84 delay. The plug-in comes with 60 new presets and a supplementary bank containing more PSP 84 factory programs.
Create Digital Music - Jul 28 2010
Four Tet playing live. Photo (CC-BY-ND) Jonathan Fisher. Jon Hopkins – Vessel (Four Tet remix) by Four Tet Angel Echoes (Jon Hopkins remix) by Four Tet London-based Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden, is a genre all his own, a maestro of electronic sounds and a superstar on Domino. He’s… Actually, you know what? I can’t [...]
Create Digital Music - Jul 28 2010
VirSyn have announced one of the nicest effects I’ve seen yet on a mobile platform in the form of iVoxel, a vocoder for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad. On the handhelds, it looks like something you could easily hold up to your mouth and rest atop a synth; on iPad, you get a nicely-sized touchable keyboard [...]
ProToolerBlog - Jul 28 2010
Here’s a new “no-brainer deal” from audioMIDI – five Steven Slate Drums Expansion Kits for $80. Actually sounds like a really good deal if you’re into Steven Slate Drums. The ones included are: Essential Rock/Pop 1, 2 and 3, Rock Classics, Metal and More. Check it out at audioMIDI. Steven Slate Drums
KVR News: Top Stories - Jul 28 2010
28th July 2010: Loomer has updated Aspect to v1.6.1 for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. This release adds the following fixes and features: Native 64-bit versions for Mac OS X Audio Unit, and Windows VST. New built-in...
KVR News: Top Stories - Jul 28 2010
28th July 2010: Boomplug has announced the release of BoomComb, a MIDI tuneable comb filter perfect for creating similar effects to a flanger or for just generally doing things like spicing up synthetic drums. The...
MusicRadar - Computer Music - Jul 28 2010
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Dolphin Music - News Feed - Jul 28 2010
Together, AmpKit iPhone App and AmpKit LiNK provide musicians of all skill levels with a powerful and convenient way to jam with high quality tones anytime and anywhere.
Mix - Jul 27 2010
Audio post facilities The Surround Factory in North Hollywood, Calif, and Arvintel Media Productions in Marietta, Ga., which have worked in partnership over the past 10 years dubbing films, cartoons and commercials into English and Spanish, announced that they have "gone paperless" by adopting Apple's iPad to display scripts for voice-over talent. The Surround Factory states that the two facilities had discovered Avatron Software's Air Display software, which allows an iPad to act as a wireless display for a Mac OS X computer.
Mix - Jul 27 2010
Focusrite announces the ISA428 MkII ($1,799.99 MSRP) 4-channel mic preamp and A/D converter, which the company says will supersede the existing ISA428. Like its predecessor, the ISA428 MkII features four of Focusrite's transformer-based ISA preamps, which are found in the Focusrite Forte console, as well as the same analog circuit board as the ISA428.
Create Digital Music - Jul 27 2010
In this guest column, we turn to veteran synthesist and music tech expert Jim Aikin. When Jim wants to do digital synthesis, one of the tools to which he turns is a veritable favorite with a direct-line legacy to the beginnings of computer sound. That doesn’t mean Csound hasn’t kept with the times, though, or [...]
Electronic Musician - Jul 27 2010
In Ethno World 5, users will find more than 240 professionally recorded ethnic instrument samples in the following categories: bowed instruments, stringed instruments, woodwind and brass, key instruments, bell-type instruments, metal type instruments, world drums, world percussion, and gongs and bowls, as well as new category voices and choirs.
Electronic Musician - Jul 27 2010
Dante Virtual Soundcard acts like a physical sound card or audio interface, including the ability to play and record audio using any Windows audio application with standard ASIO multichannel audio support, or any Core Audio Mac application. This includes applications such as Cubase, Nuendo and Logic, and additionally for Mac, more general audio applications such as iTunes.
MusicRadar - Computer Music - Jul 27 2010
Web consultancy musikame has released an early version of a web app that allows users to mix between tracks from audio hosting site SoundCloud.
At this stage all the mixing is done automatically by the app itself: the user just picks the tracks and the length of the crossfade between them. While it's not actually possible to beat-match tracks as yet, the software does have pitch control with adjustable range, FX, looping and reverse capabilities, hinting at more advanced functionality in the future. You can check out SoundCloud DJ Player for yourself here.
Create Digital Music - Jul 27 2010
Michigan-born, Brooklyn-based artist Shigeto is one of my favorite artists on Ghostly International. AKA Zach Saginaw, Shigeto has been making collages of electronic beats, richly-textural releases, many of them following the narrative of his family’s experience in Japanese internment camps here in the US during World War II. “What We Held On To” is a [...]
Create Digital Music - Jul 27 2010
Looking for all the world like a high-end audiophile stereo radio receiver as much as pro audio equipment, the shiny, new Symphony I/O has arrived from Apogee. It’s a top-of-the-range audio interface designed for low latency, high-quality digital-to-analog conversion, and quality clocking, as well as flexible input and output, coming from a company known in [...]
ProToolerBlog - Jul 27 2010
PSP Audioware has released the successor of their PSP 84 delay – PSP 85. OK, so the name is just one digit different but the changes are more interesting. Or how about this? From the PSP Audioware press release: - pre-delay for creating complex rhythmic patterns, - delay line output panning, - delay gating, which offers extended control over [...]
Dolphin Music - News Feed - Jul 27 2010
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Sound On Sound NEWS - Music Production | Recording Technology | Computer Music Software | Pro Audio - Jul 27 2010
Modular audio interface and converter
ProToolerBlog - Jul 26 2010
Apogee has just introduced a brand new audio interface, of course optimized for Logic but like some earlier Apogee products it actually has support for Pro Tools HD as well. Actually, if you read the fine print on Apogee’s website you’ll see that Symphony I/O will replace AD-16X, DA-16X and Rosetta 800. Symphony I/O is a [...]
Sound On Sound NEWS - Music Production | Recording Technology | Computer Music Software | Pro Audio - Jul 26 2010
500-series compressor from Elysia
Dolphin Music - News Feed - Jul 26 2010
The VS-20 USB Audio Interface is now available for MAC. To celebrate we're giving you a freebie if you buy it...
Sound On Sound NEWS - Music Production | Recording Technology | Computer Music Software | Pro Audio - Jul 26 2010
Spat, Verb and Trax plug-ins now available
Sound On Sound NEWS - Music Production | Recording Technology | Computer Music Software | Pro Audio - Jul 26 2010
Mic incorporating USB interface
ProToolerBlog - Jul 26 2010
This years biggest news at Musikmesse in Frankfurt was, to me, by far the collaboration between Flux and Ircam. When Flux first showed it to me I was blown away, and when I was at the public demo I was blown away once again. Now it’s finally here – IRCAM Tools. IRCAM Tools is, if you [...]
ProToolerBlog - Jul 25 2010
If I had to choose between live musicians or La Machine [Synclavier], I must admit, from time to time I’m almost tempted to opt for the “human element.” - Frank Zappa
MusicRadar - Computer Music - Jul 23 2010
The time is nearly here for CM's first ever live event! Hosted in conjunction with our sister title Future Music, Producer Sessions Live is happening at SAE London on 25 and 26 September. The weekend is set to be a top one, stuffed with product demos and masterclasses from industry heavyweights and big-name producers.
Many of the music technology industry's giants will be exhibiting their wares and demonstrating how you can get the best sounds from it. Roland, Steinberg and Korg are bringing all their latest gear for you to play with and providing specialists to reveal industry tips and tricks. Ableton and Novation are hosting a workshop on Live 8 and the funky Launchpad controller, while Source Distribution ? UK distributor of Genelec, Universal Audio, Event, Presonus, Moog, Eventide and Lynx Aurora ? are giving in-depth demonstrations of several of their biggest products.
Sound Technology ? UK distributor for Propellerhead ? will be showing off Reason 5, Numark are bringing their range of Serato-compatible hardware controllers to the party, and Akai Professional will be showing off their range of revered beat production samplers. The list doesn't stop there, either: Avid, Solid State Logic, MOTU, Time+Space, FXpansions, ReBEAT Digital, Focal Professional, Jamhub, Fostex and Tascam will also be vying for your attention. For the full list of exhibitors and what they'll be doing, head to the Producer Sessions Live website.
An impressive array of top producers are also holding masterclasses at PSL, of course, including Freemasons, Dave Spoon, Danny Byrd and London Elektricity. So what are you waiting for? Entry is £8 per day, and each Producer Session costs £4. Buy tickets and find out more at www.producersessionslive.com.
ProToolerBlog - Jul 23 2010
Novation is offering a software bundle for free to all new and existing Nocturn Keyboard owners. The free software bundle includes: ? Automap Pro Upgrade ? Novation FX Plug-in Suite: The full suite of Novation plug-in effects ? Novation Bass station: Software emulation of the Bass Station ? Novation V-Station: Virtual synthesizer plug-in This special offer is available to all existing [...]
Dolphin Music - News Feed - Jul 23 2010
Together with the iRig adapter, turn your iPad into the ultimate portable multi-touch guitar and bass multi-FX
Dolphin Music - News Feed - Jul 22 2010
One of the first models to feature PRS birds, the SE Orianthi Model SE is based off of the celebrated PRS Custom 24 model with several unique appointments,
Dolphin Music - News Feed - Jul 21 2010
Roland give us some advice about home recording...
MusicRadar - Computer Music - Jul 20 2010
Point Blank's online hip-hop production course is led by pro producer Paul Waller, who has worked with De La Soul and Gang Starr amongst others, and you can win a place on it using Point Blank's Music Machine software.
Simply register with the site and use the software to create your own hip-hop masterpiece to be in with a chance of bagging yourself a place on the course, worth £325. For more info check out the preview video here.
The course starts on September 6th, so make sure your entry is submitted by September 1st. The track that gets the most votes wins, so get your family, friends and impressionable strangers on board!
MusicRadar - Computer Music - Jul 15 2010
It's been a while since the amazing modular sound design and performance environment has been updated, but a new version of Reaktor is finally on the way!
The new version of Reaktor has been released in beta form, and the list of new features and improvements will put a smile on the face of anyone who has been waiting the age it has taken for Native Instruments to update their pièce de résistance. Highlights include new additive and modal synthesis capabilities, the ability to load instruments as ensemble and vice versa, revised one-window GUI with flexible split view, and new "structure bookmarks" feature. You can see the full list here.
To be eligible to download the beta you need to be a registered Reaktor 5 user, and for more details on the update check out Native Instrument's official forum post.
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MusicRadar - Computer Music - Jul 14 2010
The CM fan page on Facebook has become a thriving community in the few months since it launched, with readers sharing links, posting tracks and discussing music production.
Now CM fans on Facebook have another reason to celebrate: XILS-lab are offering them 20% off their stunning virtual analogue synth, polyKB! Check out the offer and become a fan here.