February, 2005 archive

MP3tunes, a new digital music store started by Michael Robertson, founder and former CEO of MP3.com, has opened at www.mp3tunes.com. Robertson, CEO of MP3tunes, unveiled his new venture at the Desktop Summit in San Diego this week. Songs are available for download from the MP3tunes site for $0.88 per song or $8.88 per album.
All music [...]

Wizoo has unveiled the first five Xpansions for Xphraze, as well as the official release of version 1.2. Xphraze now supports AU for Logic 7 users.
All five expansions contain new phrases, styles and combis recorded and programmed by professional sound designers and musicians from all over the globe.
Designed to cover a range of styles from [...]

Not hearing enough clapping at gigs? The new sample library from MPCsounds.com has you covered.

The most extensive MPC claps library available today, the Klub Klapz 1 Collection offers users a wide variety of claps styles including Bounce, Dirty South, Urban, Top 40, RnB, and more. The sound library for the Akai MPC1000/2000/XL/3000/LE/4000 drum samplers is [...]

Godlyke has introduced the Maxon Real Tube Series of guitar effects to the North American market.
Identical to the original circuits, the Maxon Real Tube Series brings professional-quality tube tone to the stompbox world. Each Real Tube Series model features a heavy-duty; 1/16” bent steel chassis with air vent for tube. Only the highest quality components [...]

From England (aka the UK), the lovely and mysterious thereminist Hypnotique sends news that the end is near.
Her spectacularly dark and disturbed debut album The Hanging Garden, soothing and uplifting music for the impending apocalypse, will be available from March 2005 on limited edition CD with handmade artwork and MP3 download on Hypnotique’s own [...]

World Groove, the latest release from Putumayo, features 10 tracks of electronic dance music from around the world. The CD is full of upbeat and fun songs that highlight how people everywhere are creating music that mixes traditional regional influences with electronic dance beats and synth grooves.
The CD is part of Putumayo’s Global Groove series. [...]

NAMM 2005: The SGI Studio Guitar Interface is a ’send & receive’ combo that allows a guitar signal to travel from the control room across balanced studio wiring to a distant amplifier as far as 500 feet away while retaining the natural tone of the guitar. With the Radial SGI connected, it allows the guitar [...]

Namm 2005: Peavey proudly introduces the new FX Series mixing consoles, available in 16-, 24- and 32-channel versions with exclusive Silencer mic preamps, dual DSP engines, dual USB ports and built-in MP3 compression for exporting audio directly to a computer.
FX Series mixers feature new, Peavey-exclusive technology to enhance live sound reproduction and project studio recording, [...]