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New Edition of DAW Buyers Guide "It provides information on over 240 different DAW hardware and software products for all professional audio recording and editing applications, and includes complete systems, audio cards/units, software packages, disk-based multitracks and portable tapeless recorders." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Waves, ILIO, Line 6, and DigiDesign in News. |
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Sonic Foundry's CD Architect Is Back! "Sonic Foundry announced the return of their professional CD burning application, CD Architect. Version 5.0 will be released as a re-engineered stand-alone application that includes significant feature enhancements and a more complete production environment for producing Red Book CD pre-masters suitable for professional replication." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Sonic Foundry, GenieSys, Digidesign, Manifold Labs, and Steinberg in News. |
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Surround Sound Coming To ACID Pro 4 "Sonic Foundry Inc., a leading digital media software solutions company, announced the 5.1 Surround Plug-In Pack for ACID PRO 4.0. This new product allows users to encode ACID mixes to 5.1 multichannel surround or stereo Dolby Digital AC-3 files, and burn them to DVD." Click here for more info. Issue 16 of the DigiFreq newsletter has been sent out. If you didn't receive your copy it was because your e-mail inbox was full and I couldn't send the issue to you. Not to worry though, you can download issue 16 in the Issues section of the site. Also, new announcements from BIAS, Native Instruments, Electronisounds, Focusrite, Ahead Software, and Universal Audio in News. |
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Issue 16 has been published! Here's what you'll find in this issue: 1. Scott's Notes - Sonar 2 Power! 2. DFreqCONTEST - iZotope Ozone 2 3. DFreqDEALS - Code Audio's BeatBurner 4. DFreqNEWS - BitHeadz, MAGIX, MusicLab, Kenton, NI, and more... 5. DFreqDISCUSS - Auto-Saving In Sonar 6. DFreqFEATURE - Sonar 2 Q&A 7. DFreqSHAREWARE - Wave Corrector and Blaze Media Pro 8. DFreqFREEWARE - CD Scratch and Audioactive Bitrate Calculator 9. DFreqBUYWARE - Audio Cleaning Lab 3.0 10. DFreqREVIEWS - TDK veloCD, BeatBurner, and LiveSynth Pro 1.4 11. DFreqTIP - Encode Your Sonar MP3s For Free 12. DFreqFUN - Experience Music Project To read this issue, you need to be a subscriber. If you're not already, just click here to subscribe. It's free! (Current subscribers please allow 3 to 5 days for the delivery of your issue.) |
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iZotope Ozone 2 "We've heard it's been said that you should just leave a good thing alone. We've just never said it ourselves. Ozone 2.0 is here. It's got a few additional features that you might find useful, but they're kind of hard to summarize in a couple lines. So we invite you to check out the full list of things we added." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from iZotope, MusicLab, MixMeister, and HomeGrown Sounds in News. |
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D-I-Y: Blessings, Curses and Limits "The do-it-yourself approach to marketing and promoting music that began back in the 1970's and, perhaps, as early as the 1950's as an experiment that was often an exercise in futility, but has, ironically, become the standard by which we all exist, also comes with its own sets of blessings, curses and limitations." Click here to read this MusicDish article. Also, new announcements from PG Music, M-Audio, SoUnDEnGiNe, and GenieSys in News. |
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Arturia Storm 2.0 "Arturia has released the version 2.0 of its successful virtual studio, Storm Music Studio. In this major update, users will benefit from such features as the Hall, the Composition Wizard, the Shadow module, improved synthesis and effects algorithms, ability to launch and synchronize two Storm studios together on the same computer, thanks to the ReWire protocol, and more. Also, this release is a free upgrade to registered users." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Arturia, MAGIX, Peace Love Productions, LinPlug, and Clavia in News. |
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TDK veloCD FE-241040 FireWire CD Burner "When shopping for a CD burner, there are many things you need to consider… price, performance, packaged software, ease of use, and installation. You may also need to decide upon an internal or external drive depending on the availability of your PC’s IDE connections and drive bays. And in some circumstances, the burner’s ability to work on both a Mac and PC can be a consideration. In that case, a FireWire drive would be your choice and one of best to be currently found on the market is the external veloCD FE-241040 FireWire drive from TDK." Click here to read my review. Also, new announcements from GenieSys, BitHeadz, DigiDesign, MAGIX, and WebsterAudio in News. |
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New Free SampleTank Sounds "This month there are more sonic textures for SampleTank from Sonic Reality with SynFlugel Lead and Syntech Bass. Any SampleTank users can try the sounds from the Sonic Synth library by simply downloading them." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Blueshock, IK Multimedia, Companion Engineering and Design, and Digidesign in News. |
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Shure Musical Roots Contest "Do you have that one-in-a-million song? The Shure Musical Roots Contest is here to help you celebrate your music and those who influenced you. Step up and share your music with the world; enter your song in the 2nd Annual Musical Roots Contest. You might win Shure gear and a free trip to Southern California in January, 2003 to attend the surprise benefit concert." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Sonic Stop, Native Instruments, Anwida Soft, and IK Multimedia in News. |
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LiveUpdate's LiveSynth Pro 1.4 "LiveSynth Pro was recently updated to version 1.4. Support for SoundFaction's Alive SoundFont editor has been added (version 1.3.8 and later). You can now load SoundFonts directly from LiveSynth Pro to the Alive SoundFont editor, edit them, and preview the sounds using LiveSynth Pro." Click here to read my review and get more info on the LiveSynth Pro DigiFreq Deal. DigiFreq readers get 20% off! Also, new announcements from MusicLab, HomeGrown Sounds, Kid Nepro, and Shure in News. |
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Code Audio's BeatBurner (Review and DigiFreq Deal) "BeatBurner is a software application that combines sample loops and audio processing to provide a new type of software synthesis and sample loop creation. The basic premise behind BeatBurner is that it allows you to create many different musically related sample loops from a single original sample loop. BeatBurner uses the original loop as a basic sound generator that drives the program’s internal synthesis and filtering functions, which in turn produce loops that are brand new but still musically related to the original loop. BeatBurner works best with original loops that are percussive in nature. For example, by loading in an original drum loop, you can use BeatBurner to create new bass line loops and other melodic loops that will blend perfectly with your original loop." Click here to read my review and get more info on the BeatBurner DigiFreq Deal. DigiFreq readers get 10% off! Also, new announcements from LiveUpdate, Kenton, and Native Instruments in News. |
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Microsoft Debuts Windows Media Player 9 Series "Windows Media Player 9 Series offers a host of new and improved features for both digital media enthusiasts and the power users who demand ultimate control and audiophile-level quality for creating, managing and playing back their digital music and video collections. The beta is available for download." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Native Instruments, LinPlug, and Emagic in News. |
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Native Instruments Presents 1,001 REAKTOR Ensembles "The REAKTOR User Library is celebrating an impressive milestone: More than 1,000 REAKTOR ensembles have been uploaded since its inception five years ago. As more and more REAKTOR users around the world have been sharing their cabled creations, the User Library has quickly developed into the world's largest collection of synthesizers, effects, drum machines, samplers, and eccentric audio machines. All registered REAKTOR users can freely download and upload from the daily-growing User Library." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from MusicLab, Wave Arts, Sonic Stop, J. River, and PWSoft in News. |
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Feature Film Looking For Artists For Soundtrack "Neo-Pangea, a production company outside of Philadelphia, is looking for demos and albums for inclusion into their feature film, Townies. All genres accepted - unique sound preferred. Some scenes will also require music reminiscent of the 1980s. No covers please. All music must be available for non-exclusive contract rights. Send CDs to: Neo-Pangea, Townies Soundtrack, P.O. Box 646, Shillington, PA 19607-0646." Click here for more info about the film. Also, new announcements from Peace Love Productions and Delaydots in News. |
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Native Instruments Updates ABSYNTH "Version 1.3.3 adds several features and enhancements to ABSYNTH, such as dual processor support in VST, the ability to patch modules without interrupting the sound, and compatiblity with the Absynth PC file format. In addition to several cross-platform improvements, the PC version now runs seamlessly in Sonar 2.0 and CubaseSX." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Yamaha, Native Instruments, and Steinberg in News. |
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Yamaha CRW-F1: The Ultimate CD-Recorder "Yamaha Electronics Corporation provides you with the introduction of the industry's first 24X ReWritable recorder with Mt. Rainier support, exclusive DiscT@2 technology that eliminates the need for labels, Advanced Audio Master recording mode, reliable Full-CAV writing, a software bundle worth over $300, and an awesome new external design." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Yamaha, Fxpansion, Sonic Foundry, Synapse Audio, Spin Audio, and BitHeadz in News. |
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Cakewalk Releases Pyro 2003 "Cakewalk Pyro 2003 is the complete system for playing, organizing, editing, and enjoying your favorite music. Whether you want to make MP3s, burn and share mix CDs of your favorite music, digitize and clean up your old LPs or cassettes, or archive important data files, Pyro does it all." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Cakewalk Music Software, Steinberg, Clavia, Wave Arts, and BIAS in News. |
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Sonic Foundry ACID Pro 4.0 "Sonic Foundry's award-winning, professional loop-based music creation tool that allows users to create original, royalty-free music is now available. This newest release includes sought-after professional features designed to help music and multi-media professionals produce high-quality musical arrangements -- using pre-recorded sound clips called loops -- for use in production, commercial recording, streaming media creation and corporate audio-video presentations." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Sonic Foundry, MultiLoops, and Digidesign in News. |
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New SampleTank Free Sounds "Two new sounds for the free version of SampleTank are available this month courtesy of Sonic Reality's SonicSynth. The sounds are B5 rotary organ and Piano & Strings. And if you don't have SampleTank Free yet, you can download that too." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Native Instruments, M-Audio, and Electronisounds in News. |
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Finding and Joining a Songwriter Organization "Look for a group that is committed to helping you learn and develop your songwriting skills as a beginner. Feel free to ask that question of the staff or person who is running the group." Click here to read this MusicDish article. Also, new announcements from Ahead Software, VirSyn, BitHeadz, and Utopia Sound Division in News. |
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irock! 300W Wireless Music Adapter "My Kia Rio is a very economical car. As such, it only came with the basics including a lowly FM stereo radio with cassette player. Well, as far as I’m concerned, cassette is dead. I use a portable MP3 player to listen to my tunes. But what if I want to listen to my tunes in the car? Sure, I could record them onto cassette and play them that way, but I don’t have time for that. This is where the irock! 300W from First International Digital comes into play (no pun intended)." Click here to read my review. Also, new announcements from Wave Arts, Elemental Audio Systems, and BitHeadz in News. |
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Radio Airplay 101: Radio Referrals "After spins, charting, and the other basic areas of a radio airplay campaign are under way, there are some very useful things that you can use the stations for while you are still promoting to them." Click here to read this MusicDish article. Also, new announcements from Electronisounds and Innova SON in News. |
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Cakewalk Plasma FXPad - Free Download "The Plasma FXPad DirectX 8 plug-in, regularly $19, is now available for FREE as a download to registered SONAR 2.0 users. Please have your serial number ready prior to downloading. Offer expires 8/31/02." Click here for the free download. Also, new announcements from MusicLab, LinPlug, and Sonic Stop in News. |
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Song Construction Tips "Lyrics or melodies take on a whole new life when they're together. The song is greater than the sum of its parts." Click here to read this TAXI article. Also, new announcements from Mackie Designs, Sonic Implants, Metric Halo and Cakewalk in News. |
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25 Strategies for Better Living Through Music "Listen to your favorite music and analyze what makes it so good. If it is music that has stood the test of time, examine what qualities make the music timeless." Click here to read this MusicDish article. Also, new announcements from TASCAM, Stanton, Akai, and Steinberg in News. |
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Finding And Joining A Songwriter Organization "If you are a beginning songwriter, there are some things to think about before joining a songwriting organization... Fortunately, songwriting is one area of the music business where being young and pretty are not important to your success as a songwriter. Relax and have fun with it." Click here to read this MusicDish article. Also, new announcements from Sonic Foundry, BIAS, TDK, and Cakewalk in News. |
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Steinberg Cubase 1.02 Update - Channel sets can be organized in Mixer View Presets. - Two Mixers are now available for use with different Mixer Views. - Any unused MIDI port can be marked as not shown. - SMPTE sub-frames can be added to the Timecode displays. - Organize Zoom presets. - and more... Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Sonic Stop, Cakewalk, Zygoat Softwerks, Homegrown Sounds, Roland, and Scarbee in News. |
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TAXI A&R Insider -- Marshall Altman "Having seen it from both sides (artist AND A&R person), Marshall offers advice on how to get your band signed." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from eMedia, Dublab, Garritan, Clavia, and Native Instruments in News. |
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Steinberg's Free my MP3 player for Windows "Steinberg's my MP3 player is the free version of my MP3 3.0, the all-in-one MP3 and CDR software that lets you listen to, organize, convert and then burn your music onto CD. With this version, you can listen to your MP3 music, create your own playlists and organize your music files in the audio Pool." Click here for more info. Also, new announcements from Kenton, Cakewalk, MAZ, Waves, and Emagic in News. |
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