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Portland, Ore. /Music Industry Industry/ — Audinate announces that it has completed support for both Windows and Mac 64 bit operating systems with the availability of Dante Virtual Soundcard for Mac OSX 10.7 Lion. The Dante Virtual Soundcard software allows your computer to connect directly to a Dante audio network. Dante Virtual Soundcard uses the […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (MuseWire) – A raffle to benefit the Bob Moog Foundation begins today. Two lucky winners will each receive the new impOSCar2 Controller from Touch Digital Controllers and an entire suite of five virtual instruments from GForce software—a prize package valued at nearly $2,500. The raffle will continue until all 500 tickets have been […]
MuseWire COLUMN: Until a few days ago, Nektar was nothing more than a puzzling footnote to me. According to everything I had read, this band was a standout progressive rock outfit in Europe during the nineteen seventies. Not making it big in the United States, their fame remained underground to many stateside music lovers, including […]
Risskov, Denmark (MuseWire) – The line of amazing guitarists tweaking the inner parameters of TC Electronic’s TonePrint guitar pedal range to create their own personal and downloadable sounds is growing at a rocking rate. Recently Troy Van Leeuwen set out to create three fluttering and warbly TonePrints for Flashback Delay and Hall of Fame Reverb. […]
HONOLULU, Hawaii (MuseWire) – An opportunity to play a three-song set at the Kona Music Festival in Hawaii is just one of the prizes awaiting the winner of the 2011 Goodnight Kiss Music and Song Competition which is now accepting entries. The Goodnight Kiss Competition (www.goodnightkiss.com/contest.html), now in its second decade of success, will this […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (MuseWire) – NTP Technology unveiled the newest addition to its wide range of broadcast-quality audio routing and control systems at IBC 2011. NTP’s new Penta 725 IP audio router is based on Audinate’s Dante technology, and will interoperate with products of other brands that support Dante networking. The new PENTA 725 IP audio […]
CARLSBAD, Calif. (MuseWire) – The Museum of Making Music and The Bob Moog Foundation announce the joint auction of a Moog Little Phatty Stage II analog synthesizer, signed by jazz fusion legends Herbie Hancock and George Duke. The auction, which benefits both organizations, will be hosted on the Bob Moog Foundation eBay portal from Sept. […]
Music Industry Newswire COLUMN: Buddy Holly. Songwriter. Rock and pop star. Not a one-hit or two-hit wonder, but a 27-hit wonder, all in about 18 months of worldwide fame. Born September 7, 1936, died February 3, 1959, but his songs will live until there is no more music.
Berlin, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today announced MASCHINE MIKRO, a highly affordable new entry into the world of its popular groove production system. By combining the full-featured MASCHINE software with a streamlined and compact controller, MASCHINE MIKRO makes the acclaimed tactile and intuitive music creation approach of MASCHINE available at a significantly reduced physical […]
Scotts Valley, Calif. (MuseWire) – Universal Audio (UA), a leading manufacturer of high-quality audio recording hardware and software, is proud to announce that the Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder – considered by many engineers to be the best-sounding tape machine for final mixdown – is now available as a faithful plug-in emulation on the UAD-2 […]
Scotts Valley, Calif. (MuseWire) – Universal Audio (UA), a leading manufacturer of high-quality audio recording hardware and UAD software, is pleased to announce enhanced Pro Tools compatibility and Mac OS X Lion compatibility with their newest software release, UAD Powered Plug-Ins v6.0. Now available as a free download on the UA website for Mac and […]
Scotts Valley, Calif. (MuseWire) – Universal Audio (UA), a leading manufacturer of high-quality audio recording hardware and software, is pleased to announce the release of the first new Direct Developer plug-ins for the UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins platform: the Brainworx bx_digital V2 EQ plug-in and the legendary SPL Vitalizer MK2-T plug-in. The Brainworx bx_digital V2 EQ […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (MuseWire) – JoeCo Limited is now shipping the eagerly awaited BBR-DANTE™ version of the BLACKBOX RECORDER. This latest addition to the multi-channel live audio recorder family is the successful result of a collaboration, announced during 2010, between JoeCo and Audinate, creators of the award-winning Dante digital media networking solution. The BBR-DANTE is designed […]
HAIFA, Israel (MuseWire) – V-Plugs introduces Mr. Soundman, a challenging free ear training game for music producers and sound engineers. Mr. Soundman is a powerful tool for assessing and improving frequency detection, a critical skill for mixing, recording and producing music. It also enables users to win excellence awards and prizes, and to compete with […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today the 2011 fall tour schedule for The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center. Using music and culture as diplomatic tools to bring people together and foster mutual understanding, The Rhythm Road: American […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (MuseWire) – Sweetwater, the third largest music instrument and pro audio retailer in the U.S., recently hired 12 new employees. The music company also showed its appreciation to four staff members for their exceptional efforts by promoting them. The new hires bring total employment at Sweetwater to 420. Sales Engineer Matt Lowe […]
REVIEW: Hearing one of the softer tracks from this album playing in my studio, a visitor dismissed it as “NIN lite.” I hear it as something much more complicated: “NIN expanded to include the invasion and conquest of modern classical music.” A chameleon alters its appearance to blend into its surroundings. A load-bearing wall supports […]
Berlin, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today announced TRAKTOR KONTROL S2, a versatile integrated DJ performance system that was designed to set a new professional standard in the two-deck category. Based on a compact version of the market-leading KONTROL S4 hardware, the KONTROL S2 provides a “2+1” setup with sample decks as well as comprehensive […]
AUSTIN, Texas (MuseWire) – They’re everywhere and are finally here for Mac OS X. Used by newscasters, business professionals, home theatre lovers, PC gamers and even toddlers, touchscreens are the next evolution in human – computer interaction. Today, Music Computing brings this exciting technology as complete fit-for-purpose solutions to the Mac OS community. The MotionCOMMAND […]
AUSTIN, Texas (MuseWire) – Ahead of a formal announcement, Music Computing Inc. has started to tease release of their second generation keyboard music “power station,” the StudioBLADE “Gen 2.” According to the company, the StudioBLADE (Gen2) is “the world’s most powerful keyboard production workstation.” And the specs back it up with 12-Core Intel Xeon Processors, […]
REVIEW: If his name sounds familiar, you are probably already a fan of rockabilly. But even if that genre’s blend of rock and country ain’t your thing, these songs are so much fun that you might become a Burnette-ette by the time you get halfway through the album’s dozen hip-shaking tracks. Perhaps you feel you […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (MuseWire) – The Bob Moog Foundation announced today that synthesizer and vocal sensation Tara Busch has donated a three song EP to support its mission of “igniting the innovator inside us all”. The ethereal electronica EP, “Rocket Wife,” created specifically for and donated to the Bob Moog Foundation, is available for download at […]
REVIEW: Before seeing the singer perform live, this album sat around the studio for a few months. After playing it a couple of times at various volume levels, the urge to write about it became too palpable to pass up. While several tracks leave me unmoved, the ones that work are propulsive, powerful and possessed […]
Worcestershire, U.K. (MuseWire) – Camel Audio Ltd. today announced “Ian Boddy: Analogica” – a rich marriage of classic synths and Alchemy’s sophisticated digital manipulation, comprising over 800MB of new samples from a studio crammed full of classic analogue hardware including the VCS3, Minimoog and Moog Voyager. A host of unique effects from shimmering ring mod […]
Sweden (MuseWire) – Toontrack’s new MIDI pack comes with an array of jazz drums – from subtle big band swing and waltz to rowdy blues. All played masterfully and with impeccable nuance and timing by jazz legend in his own right, Morgan Agren. According to the company: “For drums, jazz is likely one of the […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (MuseWire) – EVENT — Naomi and Wynonna Judd (“The Judds”) will soon take their final bow on The “Last Encore Tour,” as headliners for The Grand Oaks Festival in Florida, Saturday, October 15. The concert will benefit the Alliance Healthcare Foundation, a not-for-profit Foundation which provides philanthropic support for Leesburg Regional Medical Center […]
HOUSTON, Texas (MuseWire) – Houston-based teen rapper Baby Jay has been invited for a second time to perform at Fort Hood for their “Teen Back to School Bash & Carnival,” Roland Entertainment announced this week. Baby Jay has been creating a new movement in the hip-hop/rap industry and continues to make a positive impact in […]
BOSTON, Mass. (MuseWire) – Cakewalk today announced that SONAR X1c is now available for download. This update is free for all registered SONAR X1 Essential, Studio, and Producer customers. The SONAR X1c update addresses many issues reported back to us by the user community along with new user interfaces for the Step Sequencer 2.0 and […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (MuseWire) – ASCAP has announced a licensing agreement with Netflix. As stated by the organization: “Good news for ASCAP members…ASCAP recently concluded a licensing agreement with Netflix, which is shifting its main business from physical DVD rentals to its streaming video service. Netflix, the most popular Internet subscription service for watching movies and […]
Nashville, Tenn. (MuseWire) – ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) will stage its 49th Annual Country Music Awards on Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland. The invitation-only event will honor the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP’s most performed country songs from April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011. The Sunday […]
REVIEW: Noisemakers unite! Calling all anti-composers and radical music theorists! That was the idea of a group of wildly unpredictable academics and stars of the experimental music world back in “the sixties.” Cage, Oliveros, Neuhaus, Reich, Budd, Foss and dozens more appear in this collection of pieces originally published in the eleven unusual (and now […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (MuseWire) – DJ Jimmy Stewart Jr. just finished his “I have a Dream” record and Sesene Entertainment is promoting it via a free download online. Stewart is a Club 997 resident DJ, a radio station in San Francisco (997 NOW) – home to the Bay Area’s top hits, pop culture news, hot […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (MuseWire) – EVENT — Time to get out of the man cave: Max Jacques Entertainment announces Fight Night returns to the Playboy Mansion on August 27, 2011 as sexy “Girl Next Door” Bridget Marquardt hosts a world-class combat and concert event. In the main event World Heavyweight Contender Ran Nakash (25-1) from […]
BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – SKYLIFE announces the upcoming release of new SampleRobot 4 Sampling Suite. With the Sampling Suite, everybody who is into sampling will get a complete software package to master all sampling challenges elegantly and fast. Therefore the Sampling Suite offers a comprehensive and sophisticated set of tools for instrument mapping and export, […]
DALLAS, Texas (MuseWire) – If you like your pop music with a dash of what the hell? You might check out the latest work by controversial American artist Daniel Edwards. Justin Bieber (aka “the Beebs”) and Selena Gomez are presented as a “21st Century Adam and Eve” in a new life size portrait by Edwards […]
Syracuse, N.Y. (MuseWire) – Sample Logic and System Blue have joined forces to release Rumble – the world’s first Kontakt Player virtual instrument that combines the finest in traditional marching drums with cutting-edge cinematic sound design. This superbly flexible virtual instruments will give educators, composers, and musicians an imaginative, innovative, and inspiring new sonic palette […]
Jozefoslaw, Poland (MuseWire) – PSP NobleQ combines the features of passive program equalizers with a wide range of frequency settings and extended functionality. To make this plug-in a versatile tool we added several modern features such as an adjustable high pass filter, and the ability to switch high peak and shelf filters to Boost or […]
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (MuseWire) – It all started in front of a coffee shop in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. Pavlina Osta, a 10-year old musician, was playing the steel drums and piqued the interest of a local radio show; this quickly led to a show of her own and to the creation of Pavlina Productions. […]
RISSKOV, Denmark (MuseWire) – VoiceJam Version 1.2.50 – VoiceTone R1 now available as In-App purchase! New In-App Purchase: Add shine to your voice with reverb modeled from VoiceTone R1. Choose from several different room simulations, from a clean studio sound to huge arena reverberations. With the new inApp option, TC-Helicon now allows all users of […]
Sydney, Australia (MuseWire) – Audinate Pty Ltd, the leader in IP audio-visual media network solutions, has elected David Krall as chairman of its board of directors. His election as chairman comes at a time of rapid growth for Audinate, completing its most recent fiscal year (ending June 30, 2011) with almost double its revenues from […]
Middleton, Wis. (MuseWire) – Announced this week by Sony Creative Software, Cleanroom Electronica is a spiraling assortment of loops and one shots that strike a perfect balance between synthetic and organic elements. Produce complete pieces quickly using Quadrant 5 motifs, or go deep and explore electronica at the micro level to achieve truly unique results. […]
BOSTON, Mass. (MuseWire) – Award-winning music software company SONiVOX recently announced the release of the newest instrument from their NEMESYNTH Audio Research Group, “TWIST – Spectral Morphing Synthesizer.” An entirely new product: TWIST is a new tool that combines a brand new type of synthesis, intelligent performance controls, and an intuitive GUI designed to give […]
ARTICLE: You already know that pitching songs to music supervisors can be a good thing. In fact, everyone else also knows it, from players and songwriters to publishers and managers. That’s part of the problem. Too many people involved with music are aware of the excellent reasons for making a pitch, including money, exposure, money, […]
BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today announced KONTAKT 5, the next generation of its leading software sampler. The new version offers profoundly enhanced sound shaping through a host of new high-quality filters and studio-grade effect algorithms, superior time-stretching, vintage sampling modes, and more. Further accommodating its role as the central sample library platform on […]
BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today announced STUDIO DRUMMER, a new instrument for the efficient creation of studio-quality acoustic drum tracks. By combining premium sampled drum kits and a comprehensive studio-grade mixing environment with a wide assortment of professional grooves, the KONTAKT-based instrument provides a highly versatile and easy-to-use “virtual drummer” that gives authentic […]
Berlin, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today announced two new products that expand its recently established range of GUITAR RIG-based studio effects. The new SOLID MIX SERIES emulates the distinctive EQ and dynamics sections of one of the most revered mixing consoles of all time, while TRANSIENT MASTER recreates a popular hardware processor that provides […]
Berlin, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today announced GUITAR RIG 5 PRO, the next generation of its versatile effects studio. The new version expands the comprehensive feature set of the software with additional amplifiers and effects, advanced speaker emulation, and various new creative features that make GUITAR RIG even more powerful both for studio production […]
Berlin, Germany (MuseWire) – Native Instruments today announced new versions of its studio-standard software bundle. While KOMPLETE 8 has been further expanded to include 27 individual products at an unchanged price, the new KOMPLETE 8 ULTIMATE for the first time combines the full arsenal of Native Instruments’ KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects range at the same […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MuseWire) – On July 29, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Grammy Award-winning musician and producer will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas. During the meeting, Secretary Clinton highlighted the importance of educational and cultural ties between the United States and China, in particular, furthering the goals of President Obama’s 100,000 […]
Asheville, N.C. (MuseWire) – MOOG Music announced today the release of a free software VST controller plug-in for their popular MF-105M MIDI MuRF pedal. The MIDI MuRF (Multiple Resonance Filter Array) is an advanced combination of two legendary MOOG pedals: the MF-105 MuRF and the MF-105B Bass MuRF.It utilizes an 8 band array of resonant […]