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MAGIX Music Studio 2004 Deluxe "Consumers can now compose and record their own music, control MIDI equipment, and create custom CDs from their original recordings, all with one fully-integrated, highly-affordable package. MAGIX music studio 2004 deluxe is a complete music production software capable of taking original musical ideas from concept to final product; yet it is designed to meet the usability requirements of a home studio environment." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Magix, Arboretum, Auralex, Native Instruments, FMJ Software, AdeQ-music, and Propellerheads in News. |
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PowerCore FireWire "TC Electronic presents PowerCore FireWire, providing audio professionals on the move with high quality audio processing on laptop or desktop systems. This addition to the highly acclaimed PowerCore platform offers almost twice the power of the PCI-card version. Now even complex mixes become a reality using just a laptop computer and one PowerCore FireWire. Of course the PCI-card and the Firewire version of PowerCore can be used at the same time." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from TC Electronic, JustEnough Learning Company, Wave Idea, and CutterMusic in News. |
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Project5 Ships "Cakewalk Releases Project5 Soft Synth Workstation - A complete, open-platform, virtual studio environment; combining a suite of professional soft synth instruments, samplers, pattern-based sequencing and editing tools, automatable effects, ACID-format loop editing, live mixing, and more." Click here for more information. New in Reviews: George Pendergast: Essential Percussion Loops for ACID Also, new announcements from Cakewalk, CutterMusic, Outsim, and ConcreteFX in News. |
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Sequoia 7 Now Available "Sequoia is a digital PC audio workstation software for professional use in media production, post-production, broadcasting and for mastering, with the best editing engine, available at the moment. The ideal targeted applications are stereo and multi-track editing for classical, video, radio and film productions, interview and dialog editing,and surround mastering in stereo, DolbyT 5.1 and ProLogic." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from X Vision Audio, SpinAudio, Devine Machine, and Voxengo in News. |
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Bradley Fish: Unstrung Loops for ACID “An incredible stringed instrument library created by a truly unique musician… This collection contains an outrageous blend of riffs and licks, produced using an equally outrageous assortment of instruments. Seven-string metal, blues-based rock, and sweet acoustic riffs mix it up with Chinese zithers, banjos, sitars, and more. Ever hear a mountain dulcimer shredded by a full Marshall stack? Banjo licks strained through a Morley wah? Now’s your chance.” This is the description you’ll find on the back of the CD jacket for Sonic Foundry’s new Loops For ACID product called Bradley Fish: Unstrung. Click here to read my full review. Also, new announcements from Soundart, MOTU, Sound Burst, Exact Signals, and Massiva Music in News. |
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iZotope Trash - Amp Modeler & Distortion Effect "Distortion, the perfect seasoning for any track. A hint of tape saturation on a vocal track. A dash of overdrive on a keyboard part. A pinch of fuzz on a lead guitar. No matter what you're serving, a little distortion goes a long way towards getting a good sound. iZotope Trash is your 64-bit spice rack of distortion. No matter what you're serving, it's got something to add to your tracks.Trash is also a killer amp simulator. Extremely realistic modeling of amp cabinets and speakers. A lot of them. Classics, combos, boutique models, stacks... a tone and character for any occasion. And a whole bunch of cabinets that don't even exist in the material world... Telephones. Clock Radios. Sheet Metal. Plexiglass tubes. Piano cabinets, and more!" I've managed to get a special deal on Trash for us DigiFreqer's... 10% off the regular price. Click here for more information and the discount! Also, new announcements from iZotope, TME, Native Instruments, Samplitude, and Kenton Electronics in News. |
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FL Studio 4 "FL Studio 4 replaces FruityLoops software. FL Studio is based upon the Fruityloops technology, but got a major update in both looks and features. This FL Studio will focus more on becoming the best price/quality virtual studio available on PC today. With a build-in full-featured sequencer, support for both VSTi & DXi plugins, advanced MIDI, 64-tracks advanced Mixer, Audio Tracks, Wave Editor and included high-quality Sound generators it has become a tempting tool for both the beginning as the advanced music producer." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Image Line Software, FASoft, DiscoDSP, and Renoise in News. |
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Ikaron Modular PC Synthesizer "IKARON is a modular synthesizer. Build your own sound generator or just start playing and enjoy this versatile musical instrument. It's an expansion card for PCs running Windows 98, 2000 or XP. With its own hardware for sound generation, it behaves just like a rack synthesizer. The PC serves as a comfortable user interface while remaining virtually unloaded." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Frei Audiotechnik, SpinAudio, Soundart, Big Tick, Creed, and Tiny God in News. |
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So You Wanna Be A Star... "As musicians, we're already broke - it can only get better from there. So, my first question is: Do you want to be a star? This question is the nucleus around which the rest of the questions gather. If you're looking at fame and fortune... you can follow the yellow brick road..." Click here to read this MusicDish article. Also, new announcements from Defective Records Software, Plogue, Korg, VirSyn, and Electronisounds in News. |
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The IK Studio Bundle "IK Multimedia announced that the new Studio Bundle, a complete suite to play, record and master musical productions, is now shipping. Created for those musicians who are looking for an all-in-one package to cover every studio need, every instrument and every genre, Studio Bundle offers everything musicians need for state-of-the-art, easy-to-use plug-in music production at a value price. IK Studio Bundle includes AmpliTube guitar amp and fx plug-in, SampleTank XL plug-in sound module and T-RackS plug-in, an analog-modeled all-in-one mastering solution." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from IK Multimedia, Yellow Tools, CutterMusic, LinPlug, and Big Tick in News. |
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Windows Professional Audio Roundtable "At the February 2000 NAMM show, Cakewalk invited representatives from Microsoft and over 30 major hardware and software vendors to the first annual Windows Professional Audio Roundtable. The purpose of the roundtable was to work together towards solutions that will make Windows the ideal platform for professional audio. This paper presents the results of the roundtable discussions." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Native Instruments and Steinberg in News. |
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Reason 2.5, The X-tra FX Update "The Reason 2.5 update is good news to anyone with an interest in music production in general and heavy-duty effects processing in particular. And if you are a registered Reason 2.0 user, the news is beyond good. Because for you, this update is completely free. That's correct, all you have to do is to wait for an email from Propellerhead Software telling you that the update is available and Reason 2.5 is all yours." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Cakewalk Music Software, Native Instruments, Scarbee, Sonic Stop, BitHeadz, and NTONYX in News. |
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Musician's Corner: Genre Wars "Do you think all country music artists are hillbillies? Is all heavy metal music just a bunch of screaming and noise? Are pop bands talent less? Are all rap music song lyrics filled with images of violence and profanity? Is grunge dead? Are hair metal bands on the way back? When EF Hutton talks do people really listen? The assumptions that this type of band is crap because they play that kind of music, or another artist is great because they don't, etc. There is simply no foundation for that type of thinking." Click here to read this MusicDish article. Also, new announcements from ConcreteFX, Massiva Music, Green Oak, Tiny God, and STL Music in News. |
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Music Site Payola Scams "MP3.com has turned into the biggest scam payola music site in the Internet, at the top of the food chain of a growing multitude of other payola music sites on the Internet, into something very different from what the original artist content providers were led to believe it would be, an outlet for the music of independent artists. It has changed into a payola site designed to pick the pocket of unsuspecting musicians and a cesspool of major record label and payola junk." Click here to read this MusicDish article. |
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MusicLab's SlicyDrummer and Fill-in Drummer 2.0 "Good news about our Drum Tools: SlicyDrummer 2.0 and Fill-in Drummer 2.0 are released. Event Edit mode now incorporated turning both Drum Tools to full-featured drum sequencers. From now on you can insert/delete/drag individual beats right inside the plug-in windows which allows to fully edit the prerecorded fills or create your own from scratch." DigiFreq visitors get 10% off! Click here for more information and the discount! Also, new announcements from MusicLab, Sound Devices, Visiosonic, and Anwida Soft in News. |
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Free Tassman 3 DXi For Sonar 1 XL Users "The Tassman DXi was included in the first version of SONAR XL in the interest of offering Cakewalk's new users with a complete software-based instrument solution, certain to provide inspiration for the wide range of projects SONAR XL users would inevitably undertake. As a result of this, we are pleased to provide the DXi version of the Tassman 3.0 to all SONAR XL 1.0 users as a free upgrade. This upgrade will be available until June 1st 2003." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Applied Acoustic Systems, Wave Arts, Sonicreef, Psycledelics, Mark Henning, CutterMusic, and Swar Systems in News. |
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Evolution Electronics' eKeys "Evolution Electronics, the UK based manufacturer of USB computer music products, announce the immediate launch of eKeys, a brand new USB music keyboard and software package that gives everyone, from total beginners to wannabe producers, the exciting opportunity to start playing and making music on their PC or Mac." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Evolution Electronics, Kenton, TC Works, Kid Nepro, and Antares in News. |
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Clear Channel Worldwide's New Music Network " This site makes it possible for aspiring musical talent to reach the public and the music business with their music via an online service provided free of charge for musicians and consumers." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Sound Enhancements, FASoft, i3, Green Oak, Anarchy Sound Software, discoDSP, and Plogue in News. |
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PowerFX Dyad DXi "Dyad DXi is the advanced software sample player and DXi virtual instrument just released from PowerFX. The focus is on performance - It comes packed with a variety of excellent sounds and lots real time processing features that makes an incredibly powerful tool. Dyad DXi comes with a powerful arsenal of tools to effect and manipulate your sounds and samples while reads and importing all sf2 files." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from PowerFX, FXpansion, Electronisounds, Groovecube, and Expert Sleepers in News. |
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX "Creative announced immediate shipment of the only THX-certified consumer sound card capable of six-channel DVD-Audio quality 24-bit/96kHz recording. The new Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX includes the convenient and easy-to-use Audigy 2 External I/O Module for home studio quality connectivity through three analog stereo connections, plus optical and coaxial digital I/O, full-sized MIDI I/O and two SB1394 (FireWire) ports. Featuring ASIO 2.0 support for low-latency recording and a host of music creation software, the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX enables aspiring musicians to use the PC as a recording studio." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Creative Technology, Cakewalk, and Emagic in News. |
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Sonic Foundry Vegas 4 and Vegas+DVD "Vegas 4.0 provides integrated real-time video and audio non-linear editing with comprehensive features that allow for mixing, compositing, color correction, titling, streaming media creation and surround sound production for multimedia professionals. Vegas+DVD not only includes Vegas 4.0, but also offers complete DVD authoring (featuring DVD Architect) and a Dolby Laboratories certified multichannel AC-3 encoder." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Sonic Foundry, Digidesign, Making Waves Audio, TenCrazy, Axxeom, and MusicLab in News. |
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Applied Acoustic Systems' Tassman 3 "With version 3.0, in addition to Windows users, Mac users can now experience the power and possibility of the Tassman for the first time, and benefit from the tightly integrated audio handling of Mac OS X.2. The latest version of Tassman also offers an intuitive browser interface, providing drag and drop access to all of the tools necessary for modifying and building your own unique instruments. Add to this a host of new control modules, effects, synths, and presets, and the Tassman 3.0 provides more creative possibilities than ever before." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Applied Acoustic Systems, Evolution Electronics, Synapse Audio, Spectrasonics, i3 Software, and Dash Synthesis in News. |
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The IK Studio Bundle "A power force for your studio: AmpliTube, SampleTank XL and T-RackS. IK Studio Bundle is ideal for 360° professional or project musical production and offers the perfect solution for playing, recording and arranging your own music. The savings package includes all the instruments needed in a high-quality recording and post-production studio. It doesn’t matter what kind of music you play, the IK Studio Bundle Suite makes it easy to create superb-quality sounds and productions." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from IK Multimedia, SoUnDEnGiNe, Wave Arts, and Kenton in News. |
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Free Cakewalk Sonar 2.2 Update "Extending SONAR's support to include hardware products like those from RME and Digidesign provides our customers with more choice and flexibility in configuring their PC studios," commented Michael Hoover, VP of product marketing at Cakewalk. "It also provides an opportunity for customers who own ASIO-based hardware to take advantage of SONAR's extensive suite of audio and MIDI tools, without having to modify their existing hardware or driver configuration." Click here for more information and the free download. |
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Jade Hill: Rock/Pop Guitars Loops For ACID "Sonic Foundry and Jade Hill Studios present Rock/Pop Guitars, a beautifully crafted collection of guitar loops designed specifically as tools for chartbound singers and songwriters. Choose from a variety of jangly, bluesy, funky, and hard rock chord structures. And personalize your creations with guitar solos that range from clean and melodic to chunky and shredded. With over 600 loops to explore and choose from, there’s an infinite number of songs waiting to be created." This is the description you’ll find on the back of the CD jacket for Sonic Foundry’s new Loops For ACID product called Jade Hill: Rock/Pop Guitars. Click here to read my entire review. Also, new announcements from Native Instruments, Groovecube, FASoft, Massiva Music, Ultimate Sound Bank, and GVOX in News. |
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Cakewalk Project5 Virtual Studio "Project5 goes beyond stand-alone soft-synth 'rack' software by providing a complete, flexible production environment. It gives electronic musicians everything they need to experiment, create, and perform music using integrated sequencers; software synths; samplers; audio and MIDI effects; audio looping tools; all integrated in one workstation. In addition, Project5 provides advanced capabilities for synth layering, real-time pattern genesis and triggering, and a seamless live-performance audio engine." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from M-Audio, Tascam, Synapse Audio, MHC Synthesizers and Effects, and Native Instruments in News. |
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TerraTec Aureon 7.1 Space "TerraTec's new SoundSystem delivers first-class audio quality and a connection to tomorrow's audio technology. Left, right, front, back. Aureon 7.1 space delivers punchy, realistic surround sound to turn your games and DVDs into a breathtaking audio experience. The SoundSystem adapts flexibly to a variety of speaker configurations and playback situations with a choice of two-, four-, six- or 8-speaker playback." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from TerraTec, AKG, Bremmers Audio Design, ART Teknika, MHC Synthesizers and Effects, FMJ Software, and Native Instruments in News. |
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ProActive 5.1 Surround Monitoring System "Alesis announced a new THX-certified 5.1 speaker system, the Alesis ProActive 5.1. The ProActive 5.1 is equipped with Dolby Digital and DTS hardware decoding for true 5.1 digital sound. This is the first system to deliver THX-certified surround sound to the Pro Audio and Music Industry market at an estimated street price of $399.00. The ProActive 5.1 is the ideal solution for the home recording studio, with simultaneous use with multiple audio sources including PCs, home audio and recording equipment, and other sources such as DVD players and portable audio players." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Alesis, Cakewalk, Ultrafunk, Steinberg, Native Instruments, M-Audio, Sibelius, and Elemental Audio in News. |
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Revolution 7.1 Surround Sound Card "M-Audio is proud to announce the release of Revolution 7.1, the first high-definition 7.1 surround sound card providing up to eight channels of professional 24-bit/192kHz audio with consumer-oriented features. Revolution 7.1 allows PC and Mac owners to play DVDs and music in surround sound, experience more realistic gaming, and record or mix their own music." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from M-Audio, GenieSys, Cakewalk, Sonic Foundry, Native Instruments, BIAS, and RME in News. |
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Amphony Model 2000 Wireless Headphones "As the world's first audiophile wireless RF headphones to provide audio transmission at full CD quality, Amphony is unveiling its 2.4 GHz Digital Wireless Headphones, Model 2000. By offering an extended frequency response, the Model 2000 targets the audiophile and audio professional who expects the same sound quality that corded audiophile headphones provide without wanting to be tied down to home or studio equipment." Click here for more information. Also, new announcements from Amphony, NUSofting, FMJ Software, Groovecube Technologies, Celemony Software, VirSyn, Electronisounds, and FindSounds in News. |
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