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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 […]
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (MuseWire) – EVENT — What if you could live forever? Transcendent Man: A Conversation about the Future with Ray Kurzweil, LIVE from Lincoln Center in New York City on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 7:00 p.m. CT/ 6:00 p.m. MT and 8:00 p.m. PT (tape delayed) explores this […]
Burlington, Mass. (MuseWire) – Avid(R) (NASDAQ:AVID) today announced the release of Sibelius 7, the newest version of the company’s flagship musical notation software. Combining a deep, sophisticated feature set with an all new task-oriented user interface — putting all of the software’s features at the user’s fingertips — Sibelius(R) 7 enhances music writing through intuitive […]
BERLIN, Germany (MuseWire) – SKYLIFE MUSIC has announced the upcoming release of new SampleRobot 4 Sampling Suite. According to the company: “With the Sampling Suite everybody who is into sampling will get a complete software package to master all sampling challenges elegant and fast. Therefore the Sampling Suite offers a comprehensive and sophisticated set of […]
Grenoble, France (MuseWire) – XILS-lab, makers of some notable virtual synth recreations such as the PolyKB II, have announced The Synthix, which appears to be inspired by the Elka Synthex, but not a pixel by pixel or identical cloning as the typical Arturia instruments are wont to do. Apparently it was developed out of a […]
Pfinztal, Germany (MuseWire) – VirSyn Software Synthesizer announces the Addictive Synth for iPad. According to the company: “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 percussions, realistic human choirs to […]
AUSTIN, Texas (MuseWire) – Music Computing, the maker of advanced computer-based musical instruments announced today its new ControlBLADE line of all-in-one music keyboard production stations. Priced from $1,599, the line represents a new standard in value and performance. ControlBLADEs are all-in-one music production stations complete with piano keys, drum trigger pads, knobs, sliders, thousands of […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. (MuseWire) – ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) and Spotify have reached an agreement for the Spotify digital streaming music service, launched on July 14 in the US, to license the public performance of over 8.5 million musical works in the ASCAP repertory. Under the Agreement, Spotify is licensed to […]
MADISON, Wisc. (MuseWire) – VertigoTech: Electronica by Dual Shaman is the work of Transylvanian brothers Vio and Dacian, who started Dual Shaman out of pure devotion to innovative electronica and classic techno. Their uncompromised sound assimilates the best of everything electronic, from house to IDM to experimental electronica. VertigoTech concentrates on driving 4/4 beats and […]
ITALY (MuseWire) – Summer NAMM 2011 — At Summer NAMM 2011 in Nashville, IK is previewing three new products as part of their continuing revolution of the mobile music market: iRig MIDI connects all MIDI keyboards, drum machines, drum pads, pedal boards and more to an iOS device to control not only the included SampleTank […]
Okehampton, U.K. (MuseWire) – This latest release from Zero-G is from the same producer as last year’s cinematic success – Deep Impact – and features a vast collection of construction kits, atmospheres, drones, evolutive moods, beat loops, whooshes, hits, impacts, explosions, and lots more. Available as a DVD or download exclusively from Time+Space. From cinemascapes […]
CUMBERLAND, R.I. (MuseWire) – Summer NAMM 2011 — Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the new EIE Pro premium digital audio interface and USB hub. Akai Professional will exhibit the EIE Pro at Booth #400 at the 2011 Summer NAMM show from July 21st – 23rd in Nashville, TN. The EIE Pro […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (MuseWire) – 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 that provides the dynamics processing and EQ of a StudioLive-series mixer with […]
WARWICK, N.Y. (MuseWire) – The winners of The 2011 Communicator Awards were recently announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. Positive Sounds, a weekly Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) Radio Program hosted by Bob Taylor airing on WTBQ, earned an Award of Excellence, the highest honor in the Radio Programs Category. “Having the ability […]
BOSTON, Mass. (MuseWire) – 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 quality. Z3TA+ is highly revered as a classic synthesizer with unique character and tonality. Its unmistakable signature […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (MuseWire) – Summer NAMM 2011 — Casio America, Inc. is proud to announce three new models to its keyboard offerings, the CTK-4200, LK-280 and WK-225. Intended to advance the skill sets of amateur and intermediate musicians, Casio’s keyboards deliver ground-breaking sound quality and musical portability in a stylish design. The latest Casio keyboards […]
DOVER, N.J. (MuseWire) – More than 31 years ago, Casio America, Inc. introduced the CT-201, its first electronic keyboard and the world’s first digital sound bank instrument with 29 preset tones. With years of successful introductions, including the legendary FZ-1, the world’s first 16 bit sampler, as well as the Privia and Celviano line of […]
CUMBERLAND, R.I. (MuseWire) – Summer NAMM 2011 — Alesis, the fastest growing electronic drum brand in the world, announces the DM10 X Kit, a premium, six-piece, professional electronic drum set. Alesis will unveil the DM10 X Kit electronic drum set at Booth #400 at the 2011 Summer NAMM show from July 21st- 23rd in Nashville, […]
CUMBERLAND, R.I. (MuseWire) – Summer NAMM 2011 — Alesis, the fastest growing electronic drum brand in the world, announces an ultra-compact and affordable five-piece drum set, the DM6 Session Kit. Alesis will exhibit the DM6 Session Kit at Booth #400 at the 2011 Summer NAMM show from July 21st- 23rd in Nashville, TN. The DM6 […]
CUMBERLAND, R.I. (MuseWire) – Summer NAMM 2011 — Alesis, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional audio equipment and studio electronics, introduces the AcousticLink, new digital recording equipment for guitar players. Alesis will showcase the AcousticLink at Booth #400 at the 2011 Summer NAMM show from July 21st- 23rd in Nashville, TN. The AcousticLink contains a […]