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iZotope Iris Spectral Synthesis Virtual Instrument
Posted by Scott R. Garrigus
iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in digital audio signal processing, has released iZotope Iris™, a new concept in sound design and sample manipulation in the form of a “visual instrument.”
Powered by iZotope’s award-winning visual feedback technology, Iris lets you unearth a world of sounds you’ve never heard before. Delve into Iris’s spectrogram to extract, layer, manipulate, and discover new sounds from within any audio file. With extended synthesis features, hundreds of presets, and 4 GB of source material, Iris is an impressive tool for sound design, musical inspiration, and sonic experimentation...
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REVIEW: Gemini MS-USB Portable Sound System
Posted by Scott R. Garrigus
What do speeches, assemblies, tradeshows, parties, outdoor events and music performances have in common? They all require some type of PA system. Of course, most large events are covered by either in-house PA or a dedicated staff of sound engineers and roadies with truckloads of PA equipment. Small venues and solo performers, however, need something a bit more compact and portable. Enter the MS-USB Portable Sound System from Gemini.
The MS-USB provides portable sound amplification in a compact unit with a wide variety of features. It is an all-in-one unit with a high-quality rugged, metal enclosure containing a 100-watt amplifier, a 5-inch woofer and 1-inch tweeter, and a digital music playback system that can be run on either AC power or via a built-in battery that lasts approximately 12 hours on a full charge. Included...
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Native Instruments SKANNER XT
Posted by Scott R. Garrigus
Native Instruments introduced SKANNER XT, a unique and highly distinctive KOMPLETE instrument, designed by the expert team behind REAKTOR. With a strong focus on unconventional tone and genuine musical expression, SKANNER XT is both an exceptional library addition for REAKTOR 5 users as well as an excellent sound resource for the free REAKTOR 5 PLAYER.
Part sampler, part synth, SKANNER XT utilizes a unique synthesizer architecture to create a wide variety of intense and cutting-edge sounds for contemporary electronic music production and sound design. Two oscillators 'scan' a sample, which at low frequencies deliver a scratch sound. At higher frequencies the oscillators, shaped by the sample waveform, become the dominant force. In this way, SKANNER XT provides a broad range of highly distinctive sounds - from heavy and dirty bass tones to morphing soundscapes and organic pads...
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Led Zeppelin Guitar Method Book and CD Set
Posted by Scott R. Garrigus
Alfred Music Publishing, the world leader in educational print music publishing since 1922, releases Led Zeppelin Guitar Method Book & Enhanced CD set, the first ever guitar method to feature songs from the legendary band, with instructional material by award-winning authors Ron Manus and L. C. Harnsberger.
The highly anticipated Led Zeppelin Guitar Method teaches the essentials required to play guitar right away, applied to 26 time-honored songs from the iconic band, written in standard notation and TAB. Beginning with the vocal melodies, the method book quickly moves on to teach authentic-sounding guitar parts of such classics as “Stairway to Heaven,” ”Immigrant Song,” “Whole Lotta Love,” “Misty Mountain Hop,” “Over the Hills and Far Away,” “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You,” and many more. Zeppelin songs are used to illustrate and teach concepts such as popular chord forms, major and minor scales, power chords, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and much more...
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ARTICLE: Customizing The Cakewalk Tools / Utilities Menu
Posted by Scott R. Garrigus
Cakewalk SONAR allows you to launch other software applications using the Tools menu. [Ed. Note: In SONAR 8.5 or earlier, it's referred to as the Tools menu, but in SONAR X1 or later, it's referred to as the Utilities menu. For the remainder of this article, I will refer to it as the Tools menu.] For example, if you have an audio editor installed on your computer (such as Sony's Sound Forge), you will see it listed in the Tools menu. This lets you edit your audio data using another program without having to close down the Cakewalk software.
But the Tools menu can also be used to launch any other type of software. Programs like Sound Forge are usually detected by your computer automatically, but for other programs like utilities, you have to add them manually. This is done with a little tweaking of the Windows Registry via the Registry Editor...
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VIDEO: Cakewalk SONAR: DreamStation Synth Demo
Posted by Scott R. Garrigus
Scott Garrigus demonstrates how to use the DreamStation software synthesizer that comes included with Cakewalk SONAR. Topics include working with presets, building a basic DreamStation project, and creating your own DreamStation sounds. In addition, a secret sound creation feature hidden in the DreamStation interface is revealed.
The DreamStation soft synth simulates an analog modular synth. It provides three oscillator modules, an amplifier module, a filter module, an LFO (low frequency oscillator) module, an envelope module, vibrato and portamento features, and controls pertaining to synth output, such as volume and panning...
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Modartt Pianoteq 4 Virtual Piano Instrument
Posted by Scott R. Garrigus
With Pianoteq 4, a new milestone is reached in the piano world, bringing you the best and latest technology of virtual piano software. A thoroughly refined acoustic model is represented by the new astonishing grand piano instrument D4, designed with extreme care, each note being adjusted and voiced up to perfection. Thanks to its extraordinary playability and sonic authenticity, it meets the high demands from live musicians and recording studios.
From Pianoteq 3 to 4, three years of research were necessary to refine the physical model that describes the hammers, the strings, the soundboard and their interaction. A grand piano Steinway D from Hamburg has served as reference. Its main characteristics have been used for feeding the physical model from which the new grand piano D4 is born...
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eMedia Interactive Rock Guitar
Posted by Scott R. Garrigus
eMedia Music Corp., publisher of the world's best-selling series of guitar tutorial CD-ROMs, announces the release of eMedia Interactive Rock Guitar. The eMedia Interactive Rock Guitar CD-ROM makes learning quick and easy with over 100 audio- and video-enhanced guitar lessons and rock gear tips.
You can start from scratch, and eMedia's revolutionary teaching style will have you playing songs, chords and riffs within minutes. The Animated Fretboard shows you all the fingerings. Instant Feedback helps you learn quickly and easily. eMedia's advanced audio recognition software technology actually listens to your playing melodies and shows you whether the correct notes are played. It's like having a teacher point out your mistakes...
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VIDEO: Line 6 Mobile Keys iPad Demo
Posted by Scott R. Garrigus
The world’s first tri-platform keyboards, Mobile Keys premium controllers provide an exceptional playing experience on your iOS device, Mac and PC. Featuring full-sized, velocity-sensitive keys, essential controls and easy bus-powered operation, Mobile Keys controllers perfectly complement CoreMIDI music apps and digital audio workstations such as GarageBand. Whether you're a beginning musician or an experienced player, Mobile Keys controllers are the ideal way to compose and perform with all your music-making devices.
No more worrying about adapters, drivers, or compatibility issues. Mobile Keys controllers are designed to integrate with your iOS devices, Mac and PC, so you can use a single, great-feeling keyboard every time you want to create. Thanks to class-complaint operation on each platform, Mobile Keys controllers work the first time you plug them in, no driver downloads required...
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