Get Savvy with ABLETON LIVE: Innovative Online Music School Soundfly Launches Class-leading Ableton Live Course
/MUSEWIRE – Music Industry Newswire/ — As musicians around the world await the imminent release of Ableton Live’s latest version, Live 11, Brooklyn-based music education platform Soundfly today launches one of the first and most comprehensive online courses on making music with Ableton Live, exploring the cutting-edge features that will be available in the upcoming Live update.
Spitfire Audio drums up new DRUMLINE sound library, working with world champion The Blue Devils drum corps to create cinematic ingredients
/MUSEWIRE – Music Industry Newswire/ — British music tech company Spitfire Audio has announced availability of DRUMLINE — the eighth release in its ongoing ORIGINALS series of instant library tools. These are offered with the same outstanding recording quality as the ‘full-blown’ scoring professional libraries with which it has built its reputation.
Bob Moog Foundation Introduces At Home With Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — The non-profit Bob Moog Foundation announced this week that, “In order to create engagement in science and sound, spark curiosity, and stave off boredom for your youngsters, we’ve created At Home With Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool.” This series of short videos is inspired by the ten week comprehensive curriculum of Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, and designed to lead you and your children through short, fun, and easy experiments using materials commonly found at home.
John Bowen SOLARIS Synthesizer Keyboard OS 2.0 released with 4-part Multimode and Phase Distortion Oscillator
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — John Bowen Synth Design announced on Christmas Day a notable update to their class-leading virtual analog keyboard, the SOLARIS. New v2.0 Multimode OS for the Solaris features 4-part Multimode and a new Phase Mod/Phase Distortion Oscillator Type.
UVI announces new virtual instrument library, Synth Anthology 3, for all classic synth lovers
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — UVI recently announced a major update to their virtual instrument library for all classic synth lovers, Synth Anthology 3. The all-new version delivers the pure and powerful sounds of 132 hardware synthesizers, gently processed to taste with the best hardware processors on the market. You’ll find everything from classic analogs like the Oberheim SEM and ARP 2600 to digital powerhouses like the Synclavier and FS1R.
Satirist Gallospole’s Music Video for TARAC WIPPP Wins Awards at 2020 Film Festivals
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — Gallospole and TARAC WIPPP (tey – rak – wip) have won distinguished awards at international film festivals throughout the year 2020. A music video for “chair conspiracy” propagated by the political satirist, Gallospole, has been recognized as the Best Trailer at the Direct Monthly Online Film Festival.
Polyend pushes Tracker standalone workstation further with MIDI channel aftertouch and polyphonic aftertouch
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — Polyend announced today that the company is proud to push the Tracker standalone workstation further forward with a welcomed functionality-boosting firmware update taking it up to v1.3.0 — also adding the timely introduction of onboard games into an otherwise musical mix, allowing users to take a breather from music-making and refill their creative juices, just in time for Christmas.
Heritage Audio launches BritStrip hardware console channel strip with Successor-like compressor
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — Heritage Audio has announced the BritStrip — “beautifully representing the culmination of 50 years of analogue design in a single-space 19-inch rack device that nails the sound of yesteryear’s iconic recordings for present-day demanding engineers.” It is a British-spec discrete Class-A console channel strip with the same diode bridge compressor found in the European pro audio manufacturer’s multi-award-nominated Successor stereo bus compressor.
Virtual Instrument and Sampler, SynthMaster Updated to v2.9.9 with Enhanced MPE Mode
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — KV331 Audio has announced that, “After months of heavy work + internal testing + user testing from our Facebook users group and KVR Audio users, we are proud to announce the release of SynthMaster v2.9.9 (Rev 10287).” Registered users can download this update now inside SynthMaster by checking for updates.
Audified takes Linda Audio under its wing with Linda RockStack guitar amp plug-in
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — Audified is proud to take experienced mastering/mixing engineer, musician, and programmer Martin Linda’s namesake Linda Audio under its wing with Linda RockStack — realizing a long-held dream of creating a virtual guitar amp sim suited to a wide range of rock and metal sub-genres as a chorus and delay effects-equipped three-channel amplifier and cabinet plug-in.
FabFilter updates its music processing plugin line with native Apple Silicon support
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — FabFilter recently announced the introduction of Apple Silicon compatibility across its entire catalogue. Every effect and instrument in the range — from the Pro-Q 3 equalizer, Pro-L 2 true peak limiter, and Pro-C 2 compressor to the Pro-R reverb, Saturn 2 multiband distortion, Twin analogue synth, and beyond — now loads natively in macOS Big Sur running on Apple Silicon (or as a Universal Binary on Intel Macs), in VST2, VST3, and AU formats.
Music Gear: Boutique pedal company McGregor Pedals launches the Crunch Plus Overdrive
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — Boutique pedal company McGregor Pedals has launched its second pedal: The Crunch Plus overdrive. It follows on the heels of the McGregor’s debut pedal, the Crunch Transparent Overdrive, a single-channel, low-gain overdrive pedal for guitar and bass, released a year ago in December 2019.
New Music: YUNG Citizen Champions Message of Inequality With Latest Song and Music Video, ‘Brown Butta’
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — Citizen Music Group wants you to know and follow Christopher “YUNG Citizen” Williams, Charlotte (N.C.) native, and you will discover someone deeply passionate and committed to raising awareness to the injustices and social inequities that exist in society today.
New Music: no1uno Completes Their 20th Anniversary Remastered EP ‘no1uno2′- an eclectic rock epic
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — no1uno (pronounced “no one you know”) have released the Special Remastered EP Edition from their 2000 full-length CD, “no1uno2.” In celebration of its 20th anniversary, this EP edition features select tracks including their eclectic rock epic, “down – the dance,” described as a “dark moody atmosphere” with a “beautifully eerie vibe.”
New Music: Brian Field’s New Album for Choir and Orchestra Becomes Mystical Reflection of Life and Memory
/MUSEWIRE – Music News/ — RMN Classical is excited to announce that “CHORAL & ORCHESTRAL WORKS” by Brian Field, produced by Rick Romano and distributed by RMN Music, released worldwide on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Music and all digital platforms. The album, a collection of 12 works written by the composer in recent years, explores mysticism and includes instrumental works for ensemble, large orchestra and choral works.