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Cakewalk Guitar Tracks Pro 4 and USB Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, announces Guitar Tracks Pro Version 4 and Guitar Tracks Pro USB, a new version and look-and-feel for the leading software designed for the recording guitarist and singer/songwriter, plus a new, complete recording solution that includes a high quality audio interface.With Guitar Tracks Pro, you get easy multi-track recording, precise editing tools to comp-together the perfect solo or vocal track, a virtual mixing Console, effects arsenal, and the ability to burn CDs and upload your music directly to the web. At the core of Guitar Tracks Pro is a powerful engine based on Cakewalk's award-winning SONAR audio and MIDI technology. The SONAR engine ensures industry-leading sound quality, but Guitar Tracks Pro makes music production even more accessible with a sleek new interface that has been optimized to take your music from riff to hit easier than ever. Guitar Tracks Pro includes much more than just recording software: you get... Continue reading: Cakewalk Announces Guitar Tracks Pro Version 4 and Guitar Tracks Pro USB for Windows in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Toontrack Metal Foundry SDX for Superior Drummer Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  The originators of multi sampled drums and Drumkit From Hell, Toontrack®, Music announces the worldwide shipping of the all-new SDX expansion pack for Superior Drummer® 2.0 - The Metal Foundry SDX™.The Metal Foundry SDX™ is an all-new recording with Meshuggah drummer Tomas Haake, featuring seven massive drum kits, spanning 300,000 sound files of raw, single hit drum recordings in the vein of Drumkit From Hell and dfh Superior, covering Hard Rock to Metal, from the early Blues tinged sound of the late 60s to the fragmentation of todays music, from Power through Thrash, Death and Progressive Metal. The Metal Foundry SDX™ celebrates the Toontrack® Music Hard Rock and Heavy Metal legacy of the first Drumkit From Hell, on which the company has built its following. This in turn has spawned such groundbreaking products as dfh Superior, EZdrummer® and Superior Drummer® 2.0... Continue reading: Toontrack Music Announces Worldwide Shipping of The Metal Foundry SDX in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: Presets to Power User Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  With the rise of digital recording software and the advent of the “one man computer music studio” there has been an astronomical rise in the number of people with software instruments, but many of these musicians have no idea how to use the modular synthesizers included with their music software programs. “Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User” is the first book that explains what a modular synthesizer is, how it works, and how to use software synthesizers to make music. The book takes a highly practical approach to the subject providing a readable guide which opens up the subject to a broad spectrum of readers. It begins by explaining what the basic building blocks of modular synthesis are, and how they interact. Then it continues to specific exercises utilizing software synthesizers that will be readily available to the reader, regardless of platform or digital audio workstation of choice.Features: * Not only covers modular synthesizers, but provides a comprehensive introduction to the world of synthesis as well. * Covers industry leading software synthesizers as well as software recreations of classic hardware synthesizers... Continue reading: Course Technology Publishes Becoming a Synthesizer Wizard: From Presets to Power User in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56 Audio Interface Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Focusrite is proud to announce that the Liquid Saffire 56 is shipping and widely available in stores across the USA. The Liquid Saffire 56 is Focusrite's new flagship Firewire interface. It has generated a great deal of excitement as it marries Focusrite's celebrated Liquid technology with its new generation of Saffire interface technology (pioneered by the critically acclaimed Saffire Pro40).The Liquid Saffire 56 features 2 Liquid mic-pre’s evolved from the original award winning Liquid Channel. Each Liquid Pre-amp lets you choose from ten different classic pre-amp emulations including the API 3124+, Neve 1073, Pultec MB-1, Telefunken V72, Focusrite’s own Red 1, and more! Matching the microphone type with perfect pre-amp setting is the key to capturing the perfect performance... Continue reading: Focusrite's Liquid Saffire 56 Audio Interface Now Shipping in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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MAGIX Professional Software Products Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  MAGIX AG continues to focus on the development of the Professional segment. Growth will be supported by new product releases and optimized internal structures."To be able to grow internationally we are adjusting our organization. Customer-oriented support and sales structures are of particular focus in this area. Sales have therefore been decentralized, thus utilizing the existing international structures of the consumer segment. While previously there were only three employees available for a product such as Samplitude, there now are eight employees dedicated to national and international sales. They are assisted by three support employees at our Berlin headquarters, who are available to help our customers and sales team with their expertise. This enables us to achieve the necessary support for our professional customers," says Patrick Peeters, Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing at MAGIX. MAGIX has held a leading position among providers of professional software solutions for the audio applications sector. Samplitude and Sequoia are used by TV and broadcasting companies and mastering studios like Sterling Sound. The upcoming release of Sequoia and Samplitude 11... Continue reading: MAGIX Sees Growth in the Professional Sector in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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DOWNLOAD: Image Line Autogun VSTi Synthesizer Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Enter an amazing and unexplored sonic universe, armed only with Autogun, search 4294967296 (Four Billion Two Hundred Ninety Four Million Nine Hundred Sixty Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety Six) presets for their acoustic potential.But wait! If you listen to 1 preset, every second, 24 hours a day, it will take you over 136 years to complete this task. It’s clear you will need backup, and you have it, your fellow Autogun users. Every Autogun is set to start from a unique preset number, so that each member of the team is assigned a personal starting address, ready to explore. However, you can at any time, jump to a new location in the preset-space by simply entering a preset number. Once a prized sound is discovered, and it’s preset number logged, share them with other Autogun users... Continue reading and get the free download: Image Line Autogun VSTi Synthesizer (Windows - Free) in Downloads. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Intellitouch PT10 Guitar Tuner Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  OnBoardTM Research’s new PT10 Model is Thinner and Smaller with a Bright, Multicolor Backlight. The new Intellitouch® PT10 tuner pushes forward the boundaries for small, compact size while still having a large, easy-to-read backlit display.Features include a needle display, calibration from 430Hz to 450Hz, elegantly simple controls, aggressive pricing levels and a multicolor backlight that makes tuning easier than ever by turning red when out of tune and green when in tune. A Retail Price of $39.95 and OnBoard Research’s unique “No Questions Asked” Limited Lifetime Warranty will satisfy even the most cost conscious musician... Continue reading: New Intellitouch PT10 Guitar Tuner for Musicians in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Waves Grand Masters Collection Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing software and hardware solutions, introduces the Grand Masters Collection, an all-inclusive set of mastering tools. Featuring the complete original Masters bundle (L2 Ultramaximizer, Linear Phase Equalizer, Linear Phase Multiband Compressor), the Grand Masters Collection adds ten new plug-ins, providing users the precision and processing power they need for subtle or surgical manipulation of their mixes.The Waves Grand Masters Collection includes the following 13 plug-ins: - MaxxVolume - PuigTec EQP-1A - PuigTec MEQ-5 - Waves Dorrough Meters - Stereo Edition - Waves Center - L3-16 Multimaximizer - L3 Ultramaximizer - L3 Multimaximizer - L3-LL Ultramaximizer - L3-LL Multimaximizer - Linear Phase Equalizer - Linear Phase Multiband Compressor - L2 Ultramaximizer Continue reading: Waves Introduces the Grand Masters Collection - An All-Inclusive Set of Audio Mastering Tools in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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eMedia Music Piano Scores Unlimited DVD-ROM Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  eMedia Music Corp., publisher of the world's best-selling series of music tutorial CD-ROMs, announces the upcoming release of IPE Music's Piano Scores Unlimited. This invaluable addition to any home or school music library is the largest digital collection of popular piano scores from the masters available on one DVD-ROM.The Piano Scores Unlimited DVD-ROM puts 630 major works from Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Joplin, Mozart, Schubert and many others at your fingertips for less than ten cents per score. With 2,500 pages of printable music, pianists at every level will find something new to play. Piano Scores Unlimited allows you to print high-quality, royalty free sheet music with no restrictions. Piano Scores Unlimited is easy to navigate for everyone: scores are available sorted by Composer, Level of Difficulty, Style or Alphabetical. An important bonus feature of this product is the 26 hours of recorded scores. The scores were recorded by virtuoso pianists, and listening to them will engage players on a whole new level - inspiring them to emulate master musicians playing these classic recordings... Continue reading: eMedia Music Announces Piano Scores Unlimited DVD-ROM in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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DEAL: Ohm Force - 10% discount off all products! Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Since 2001, French software house Ohm Force has delivered top-notch, creativity stimulating and surprisingly original audio effects, such as their three best-sellers Ohmicide:Melohman, OhmBoyz and QuadFrohmage. Ohm Force is highly used by hundreds of professional studio facilities around the world and by big names such as Peter Gabriel, Chemical Brothers, Depeche Mode and The Prodigy, among many others.Ohm Force products include : * OHMBOYZ (Delay) - The ultimate delay! Multi-tap stereo delay, with filter and distortion in the feedback path. Per-parameter LFOs help to achieve a wide range of effects. * OHMICIDE:MELOHMAN (Disto) - Often referred to as the "best disto ever," this one is a hell of a plugin. Multiband dynamics, 80+ distortions, insane morphing... we're all gonna die! * PREDATOHM (Disto) - A multi-band distortion and dynamics effect. Includes a feedback simulator. Best plugin award in Future Music magazine! * HEMATOHM (Frequence Shifter) - A frequency shifter with a delay, an LFO and an envelope follower. Turns little girls voices into aliens, or a guitar into a bell. * MOBILOHM (Phaser) - Four-band phaser effect, reproducing 1960's/70's phasing effects or modern ones. Per-parameter LFOs, extra filters and analog like gain stage. * QUAD FROHMAGE (Filter Bank) - Quad Frohmage is a creative filterbank featuring a heap of modes, modulation, distortion, and an astounding sound quality. A free version called FROHMAGE is available for download. * SYMPTOHM (Synth) - A new breed of synth: the SyncGrain synthesizer, a technique using bits of samples to produce sounds. It is followed by a filterbank similar to the Quad Frohmage effect. The Melohman functionalities allow the performer to morph patches from the MIDI keyboard in a unique way. This DigiFreq Deal allows you to get a 10% discount off all Ohm Force products! Use this coupon code: DIGIFREQ-OHM Visit the Ohm Force site: Ohm Force And for more DigiFreq Deals from other music manufacturers, visit the DigiFreq Deals page! - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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DOWNLOAD: Ohm Force Frohmage Filter FX Plug-In Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Sorry, did someone say FREE? Yes indeed. Ohmforce's most affordable plugin offers, as you would a expect, a unique palette of sounds, combining lowpass filtering and analogue crunch with a bundle of special features.You can easily tune the filter to resonate with specific notes in your music, and the built in harmonic multiband feature adds tons of warmth to your sound. For extreme fun, delay effects can be applied across the filters at the turn of a single knob, creating swish phasing or weird gliding echoes. Finally, why not dial in some distortion. Whether you like your music to scream in pain, or simply crave that phat, analog tone, Frohmage's final overdrive stage is waiting to be abused. Oh, and did we mention that it's free? Continue reading and get the free download: Ohm Force Frohmage Filter FX Plug-In (Mac/Windows - Free) in Downloads. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Get my SONAR 8 Power book FREE from Cakewalk! Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Cakewalk Music Software is giving away free copies of my SONAR 8 Power book when you purchase (or upgrade to) their SONAR 8 Producer MIDI/digital audio music recording software. SONAR 8 Producer gives you what you need for recording, composing, editing, mixing, and mastering. Get innovations that matter, from exclusive features to ignite creativity and perfect your tracks, to groundbreaking technologies that always keep you in control, all backed by the industry’s leading 64-bit audio quality.Covering both SONAR 8 Studio and Producer Editions (as well as SONAR Home Studio 7 and 7 XL), SONAR 8 Power! is the eighth edition of the best-selling SONAR Power book series providing detailed training for Cakewalk's SONAR 8 music recording software. Written for both new users and veteran upgraders alike, SONAR 8 Power! walks you through all of the features of the software with step-by-step instructions and exercises. To get your FREE SONAR 8 Power! book, first go to the Cakewalk Music Software Store and add the SONAR 8 Power book to your shopping cart when you place your order for the SONAR 8 Producer software. Then use the following promo code: "GetPro". The offer ends June 29, 2009. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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MakeMusic Finale 2010 Music Notation Software Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  MakeMusic, Inc. announced that Finale 2010 is now shipping. The flagship of the world's best-selling family of music notation software – and the world standard for more than 20 years – Finale 2010 offers a broad range of enhancements that reduce the distance between inspiration and perfection on the printed page. From percussion notation and chord entry to rehearsal marks and measure numbering, dozens of everyday tasks have been automated and simplified, saving music professionals and educators time and money, and ensuring that the upgrade quickly pays for itself.In addition to ease-of-use and productivity enhancements, Finale 2010 now includes more than 350 sounds from the makers of Garritan Personal Orchestra. This provides a robust library rather than simply a sparse introduction to premium sounds found in other software. Among the dozens of additions to 2010 are new organ, guitar, bass, handbell, synthesizer and brush kit drum set sounds. Finale 2010 also adds support for VST/AU effects as well as instrument plug-ins, so those wishing to expand upon Finale's prestigious built-in sound capabilities will have no limitations... Continue reading: MakeMusic, Inc. Releases Finale 2010 Music Notation Software in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Native Instruments Deep Reconstructions Soundpack Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Native Instruments has released DEEP RECONSTRUCTIONS, a collection of cutting-edge multi-effects based on the powerful sound processing features of the KORE platform. The new KORE SOUNDPACK provides a wealth of advanced effect configurations that can be used to tweak and transform any audio material in innovative and inspiring ways, for direct use in KORE 2 and in the free KORE PLAYER.Complementing the acclaimed DEEP TRANSFORMATIONS library, the second multi-FX collection in the KORE SOUNDPACK arsenal provides sophisticated time-based effects configurations that can drastically alter and rearrange beats, melody lines, vocals and any other audio material. DEEP RECONSTRUCTIONS offers 150 complex effect patches with 1,200 Sound Variations, which draw on both the high-quality KORE effect algorithms and on the integrated engines of REAKTOR, ABSYNTH and GUITAR RIG for their signal processing power. Through intricate combinations of delay, reverb, modulation, pitch shifting, resampling, filtering and dynamics processing, signals can be sliced, frozen and sequenced with spectacular and unconventional results... Continue reading: Native Instruments Introduces New KORE Soundpack - Deep Reconstructions in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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Computer Orchestration Tips and Tricks Posted by Scott R. Garrigus  Using modern technology, composers no longer need to wait until an orchestra plays their score to hear what their music will actually sound like. Using a computer and suitable software, it's possible for anyone to produce high-quality results that can be used for music CDs, film and TV scores - or even as a basis of a recording session using orchestral players.Many musicians would like to add synthetic orchestral colour to their work but are often left feeling frustrated that their first attempts don't sound very realistic or that the techniques needed will be too difficult to learn. Computer Orchestration Tips and Tricks--the newest installment in PC Publishing's series--is aimed at those with... Continue reading: Computer Orchestration Tips and Tricks - Guide to Creating Realistic Sounding Orchestras in News. - Comments (Reply To Topic) |
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