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MuseWire COLUMN: The history of Capitol-EMI in the late 1980s – early 1990s is one of constant turmoil and upheaval. Management devised, attempted to implement, and then discarded different strategies as it tried to respond to the dynamics and exigencies of a rapidly-changing market for the origination and delivery of recorded music. A. Joe Smith […]
Pfinztal, Germany (MuseWire) – VirSyn announced today that iVoxel 1.3 is available now. iVoxel is not only an amazingly sounding vocoder for iPhone/iPod and iPad – the unique concept of iVoxel turns this vocoder into a singing machine going far beyond the capabilities of traditional and software vocoders on any platform. iVoxel lets you: Speak […]
Berlin, Germany (MuseWire – Native Instruments today introduced GEORGE DUKE SOUL TREASURES, a new software instrument that makes the charismatic keyboard work of soul legend George Duke available for any music production. Based on advanced KONTAKT sampling technology, the instrument provides over 500 exclusive licks that can be easily tweaked and re-arranged to suit any […]
AUSTIN, Texas (MuseWire) – They’re all the rage. They’re used by musicians, newscasters, business professionals, home theatre lovers and more. They’re large format multi-touchscreen controllers and they’re everywhere! And, Music Computing(TM) is the first company to deliver this revolutionary technology for amazingly low prices. “While we’re rolling out several new products, these touchscreen products are […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (MuseWire) – Symbolic Sound’s new ‘Kyma Control’ app for the iPad gives sound designers, musicians, and researchers a new wireless multi-touch controller for the Kyma/Paca(rana) sound design workstation. ‘Kyma Control’ bundles four of the most popular Kyma controller-types into one, wireless multi-touch package that includes: * An auto-mapped, labelled, bi-directional controller/display that mirrors […]
WATERLOO, Ontario (MuseWire) – SuperMegaUltraGroovy has released Capo for the iPhone and iPod touch, available now in the iTunes App Store. Capo allows musicians to choose music from their iTunes library and helps them learn how to play it by ear. “This release was long overdue,” says Chris Liscio, the company’s founder. “If I could […]
Grenoble, FRANCE (MuseWire) – ARTURIA is happy and proud to announce that Origin Keyboard is now shipping. The Origin project started in 2004 and was aimed at creating a new kind of synthesizer. Ambitious from a features stand-point, innovative in design and sounding like no other digital synthesizer on the market- the Origin concept was […]
Sydney, Australia (MuseWire) – Audinate announced today that it has formed a European operation, Audinate Limited, based in the UK. A significant portion of Audinate’s OEM partners and customers are based in Europe and this expansion reflects the widespread industry adoption of Audinate’s Dante™ media networking technology. As a result of this new expansion, Audinate […]
Brighton, U.K. (MuseWire) – Sample Magic today announced the release of the DemoGod iPhone/iPad App, putting the world’s largest collection of dance music A&R contacts at your fingertips to make demo submissions a breeze. DemoGod is a brand new iPhone App that contains over 700 labels with active A&R interests, including the biggest labels in […]
(MuseWire) – IK Multimedia this week announced a new “free” edition of their venerable SampleTank virtual instrument, appropriately called “SampleTank FREE.” With a 500MB sample library on tap, this free instrument rivals many classic ROMpler keyboards of the past for its base sound set, and is an ideal addition to anyone using min-keyboards, portable keyboards, […]
ONTARIO, Canada (MuseWire) – TC Electronic is proud to announce that PowerCore 4.0 software for Mac is now ready for download. At the same time this marks the final release of the Vintage Guitar Bundle that is now available for both Mac and PC. The Mac version supports OSX 10.5 (Leopard) running in 32-bit on […]
(MuseWire) – As if the announcement about the Moog Voyager XL and a new iPhone audio app weren’t enough, music dealers have started putting Moog’s latest creation into their sell systems, even though it’s not officially yet on Moog Music’s own website. The new Moog SlimPhatty is basically a keyboardless version of the Moog Little […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (MuseWire) – Moog Music this week announced Filtatron, a real-time audio effects engine and powerful studio tool coming soon for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The heart of the Filtatron is a finely-modeled Moog Ladder Filter, the same filter that gives Moog instruments their warm, thick character. It musically shapes the sounds supplied […]
(MuseWire) – For those of us who weren’t paying attention this morning, Apple has released an update for Logic Pro, which is a minor update as noted by the dot-dot revision number of 9.1.2, versus a major update such as 9.2. So, while there aren’t really any new content pieces or plug-ins, there are some […]
ONTARIO, Canada (MuseWire) – BH500 is the newest addition to TC Electronic’s Bass Amp 2.0 line up, and combined with the BC410 / BC212 / BC210 cabinet range, it stacks up to become any rig imagineable – for small bar gigs, indoor rock clubs, outdoor stadium concerts, or anything in between! The BH500 feature set […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (MuseWire) – Audinate and Four Audio are pleased to announce collaboration in which Audinate’s Dante(TM) networking solution will be integrated into several future Four Audio products. Four Audio has licensed Audinate’s Dante Brooklyn modules to provide a high quality, tightly synchronized TCP/IP networking solution for their HD2 loudspeaker management system. This will enable […]
MuseWire NEWS: — Music Computing, based in Austin, Texas, announced today it will roll-out both the new company and a new product line in a special live streaming broadcast October 20, 2010 (12:00pm CST). The virtual product tour and event will be at www.MusicComputing.com, where the company will showcase eight new hardware and two new […]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (MuseWire) – The Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine (SIRM) announced last week the release of a new song and video inspired by and dedicated to couples dealing with infertility. The song, “I Believe,” sung by musicians Steve Carlson (co-written and produced by Darren Sher, son of SIRM Founder Geoffrey Sher, MD) and […]
China (MuseWire) – One of our favorite virtual analog synths for Windows has been updated to a new “enhanced” edition, according the publisher, SonicProjects. According to the company, “OP-X PRO-II is the new top flagship of the OP series and is the consequent continuation of the development of OP-X PRO, based on many collected wishes […]
Cambridge, Mass. (MuseWire) – iZotope, Inc., a leader in audio DSP processing, has released RX 2 and RX 2 Advanced, updates to their award-winning audio repair software suites. With a range of new features and functionality, iZotope has expanded the scope of RX into any field where audio is recorded or restored by both consumers […]
SAN BRUNO, Calif. (MuseWire) – DJ Jimmy Stewart Jr. and Sesene Entertainment are joining forces at a free fundraising event to support the victims of the San Bruno, CA fires. The event is scheduled for September 25, 2010, from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the San Bruno Recreational Center and San Bruno City Park […]
Hollywood, Calif. (MuseWire) – EASTWEST, one of the industry leaders in virtual software instruments, follows their critically acclaimed Hollywood Strings Diamond Edition virtual instrument with the announcement of “Hollywood Strings Gold Edition,” bringing the best professional scoring tools within the reach of any composer. Designed for film, television, and video game scoring, Hollywood Strings breaks […]
A lot of people listen to current hits and familiar oldies. They stream them, play them, download them, hear them in clubs, and sometimes even buy them. They embrace them to such a degree that any unique music is virtually excluded from their lives. True, new artists and new songs are played, but the music […]
Sweden (MuseWire) – According to Toontrack, the new set “Allen Morgan II S2PP” was produced “in conjunction with our good friend Allen Morgan, this pack of presets for Superior Drummer 2.0 picks up right where Allen´s last pack left of. Giving you yet another great set of tools to spice up you Superior Drummer 2.0 […]
Ontario, Canada (MuseWire) – ASK Video Interactive Media, a leading creator of software tutorials on DVD, is now shipping The Studio Edge: Pro Audio Recording Series Tutorial on DVD, announced in July. This first installment, entitled Studio Concepts, Gear & the Physics of Sound, is designed to give home recording enthusiasts the solid grounding in […]
Cambridge, UK (MuseWire) – Prism Sound, manufacturer of the SADiE product range of high-end DAWs, is delighted to announce a major addition to its new SADiE 6 release. In a deal just announced with iZotope, all SADiE 6 systems will include an expanded audio effect feature set powered by iZotope technology. These nine VST plug-ins […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (MuseWire) – Allen & Heath and Audinate showed a Dante networking audio interface card for the iLive digital mixing series at PLASA 2010. The Dante audio interface card allows iLive systems to work with Audinate’s Dante audio networking solution, providing capacity for 64×64 bi-directional audio with full network redundancy. iLive MixRacks and modular […]
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (MuseWire) – As a long time Novation SuperNova II owner, I was pretty surprised to hear about Novation’s new keyboard, the “UltraNova,” which appears to be targeted to the popular small form factor of synths like the Akai Miniak, sibling Micron SE, Korg’s MicroKorg and R3, etc. What has been interesting to […]
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (MuseWire) – For those of us wondering when we’d see something new from Moog that wasn’t a pedal or a guitar, or yet another backlight color for the Minis (“Select” et al.), it was pretty exciting to learn this week about the first truly “big” Moog since the company relaunched under the late […]
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (MuseWire) – IBC 2010 – iZotope, an industry leading audio digital signal processing company, has licensed their acclaimed 64-bit Sample Rate Conversion Engine (SRC) to Soundminer for integration into their new HD Plus Asset Management System and is also scheduled to be added to an upcoming release of their noted V4/V4pro product. […]
DENMARK (MuseWire) – IBC 2010 — New loudness meter conforms to the latest American, Japanese and European broadcast standards. Launching at IBC 2010, LM2 brings an authority meter within the reach of any production studio. TC Electronic is already at the forefront of loudness metering for the broadcast industry. For decades, TC has been responsible […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. (MuseWire) – The Pit Stop Players, a thirteen-member instrumental ensemble, will play its opening concert of the season on Monday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m., at New York’s Second Presbyterian Church, 6 W. 96th St. @ Central Park West. The eclectic, genre-defying group will perform works by William Bolcom, Anthony Barrese, Dmitri […]
New York City, N.Y. (MuseWire – Renegade Media Group, a leading sample library company founded by producers Josh Harris and Bobbybass, announces BLAST: Modern Urban Production Tools Vol. 1 and 2, two new sample libraries chock full of kits, sounds, and loops. Bobbybass himself used sounds from this very library on the #1 billboard, 3x […]
Cambridge, U.K. and Portland, Ore. (MuseWire) – BLACKBOX RECORDER manufacturer JoeCo and Audinate, creators of the award-wining Dante(tm) digital media networking solution, have announced the start of a collaboration which will see Dante technology incorporated into a range of BLACKBOX RECORDER products. The award-winning JoeCo BLACKBOX RECORDER is the first dedicated large-scale multi-channel recorder for […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (MuseWire) – Sound designers, composers, sound artists, film makers, game designers, researchers and others sharing an intense interest in sound will be convening in Vienna Austria from the 24th through 26th of September to immerse themselves in sound design and music for three days of discussions, concerts, demos and courses at the annual […]
NEW YORK, N.Y. (MuseWire) – ASCAP this week announced a new mobile app for Apple’s iPod touch, iPhone,and iPad. The new app allows members to view royalties, membership info, catalog data, as well as ASCAP’s entire repository of over 8.5 million copyrighted musical works, and up-to-the-minute news about ASCAP and the music business. According to […]
Miami Beach, Fla. (MuseWire) – Safta Consulting has announced the latest update to their Gigastudio/Gigasampler sound file player, G-Player 1.2.4, is now available. For those not familiar with the product, G-Player was created to emulate the Gigastudio sound as close as possible. According to the company, “When other samplers can only improve their Gigastudio file […]
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (MuseWire) – EASTWEST, the industry leader in virtual software instruments announces the TERAPACK, the company’s entire collection on a terabyte hard drive with free 10-day trial versions of all products. The TERAPACK is designed to allow users to demo the entire EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP product line quickly and easily on their own systems without […]
SUNRISE, Fla. (MuseWire) – Sonic Reality announced today that their new Neil Peart series drum sample instrument library, Neil Peart Drums Volume 1: The Kit, is shipping in the NI Kontakt-compatible edition (requires SR’s Infinite Player for authorization). The BFD2 version was announced as shipping earlier this month. Neil Peart, legendary drummer of the band […]
Berlin, Germany (MuseWire – Native Instruments today announced TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, an integrated DJ system with state-of-the-art performance capabilities and intuitive tactile control. Based on ten years of digital DJing expertise, TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 combines a special version of the TRAKTOR PRO software with an advanced hardware controller, both developed in unison to give DJs […]
HOLLWOOD, Calif. (MuseWire) – EASTWEST, an industry leader in virtual software instruments has released THE DARK SIDE, created and produced by Doug Rogers and David Fridmann, THE DARK SIDE is the first of its kind: an unconventional, hip and exciting collection of virtual instruments, some dark and eerie, and some which have been purposely—and skillfully!—mangled, […]
OXFORD, U.K. (MuseWire) – Version 4.1 of Bounce Metronome Pro – the metronome with the precise Gravity Bounce Conductor. To practice swing, polyrhythms and mixed meters with mixed note types, almost any rhythm. This metronome with its gravity bounce conductor can show you any rhythm precisely. You can use it to work with tricky rhythms […]
MuseWire Update: As a long time supporter and customer of Open Labs (see my reviews of the Neko TSE and XXL models on this site), I was surprised, like many, to see the notice of auction for OL’s assets and IP announced July 30, 2010. Rather than jump in and comment on the potential demise […]
Pfinztal, Germany (MuseWire) – Our friends at VirSyn announced today their new “singing vocoder” for the iOS products from Apple. According to the company, “iVoxel is not only an amazingly sounding vocoder for iPhone/iPod and iPad, the unique concept of iVoxel turns this vocoder into a singing machine going far beyond the capabilities of traditional […]
ATLANTA, Ga. (MuseWire) – CDSoundMaster, an accomplished developer of custom mixing and mastering software, as well as custom recording hardware, announces the release of the NICE EQ VST Plug-In. This ground-breaking software equalizer package includes two plug-ins: the NICE EQ Solid State EQ and the NICE EQ Vacuum Tube EQ. According to the developer, this […]
Ontario, Canada (MuseWire) – ASK Video Interactive Media, a leading creator of software tutorials on DVD, announces The Studio Edge: Pro Audio Recording Series Tutorial on DVD. The first installment, entitled Studio Concepts, Gear & the Physics of Sound by Jim Pavett, is designed to give home recording enthusiasts a solid grounding in audio engineering […]
Worcestershire, U.K. /MuseWire/ — Our friends at Camel Audio Limited announced today another great free sound bundle for registered users, bringing yet another massive infusion of sound patches and creation capabilities to their flagship Camel Alchemy virtual instrument. According to the company e-mail, “Alchemy Factory Presets & Samples Bonus 3 offers over a gigabyte of […]
Berlin, Germany /MuseWire/ — Native Instruments today announced KOMPLETE 7, a significantly expanded version of its studio-standard software bundle. The next generation of KOMPLETE now combines 24 instruments and effects including five entirely new products with over 10,000 sounds and 90 GB of samples, resulting in a comprehensive suite with unparalleled versatility for […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (MuseWire) – Audinate announced today that its innovative Dante Virtual Soundcard is now available to purchase on-line. 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 […]
WARSAW, Poland /MuseWire/ — PSP Audioware let us know today they have announced a release of their new delay plug-in: PSP 85, the successor of the PSP 84. According to the company: “PSP 85 is the product of our eternal fascination with the endless possibilities offered by variable sample rate delay lines. PSP 85 benefits […]