February, 2006 archive

Spectrasonics has announced support for its Stylus RMX – Realtime Groove Module on Apple Computer’s new Intel Macintosh platform. The new version of Stylus RMX supports all Mac OS X Universal Binary VST and Audio Unit hosts, including Logic Pro 7.2, Garageband 3, Ableton Live 5.2, and others.
Stylus RMX is a groove-based virtual instrument plug-in [...]

Apple has announced that one billion songs have been legally downloaded from the iTunes Music Store since it was launched less than three years ago.
The billionth song Speed of Sound was purchased as part of Coldplay’s X&Y album by Alex Ostrovsky from West Bloomfield, Michigan. He will receive a 20-inch iMac, 10 fifth generation iPods [...]

Enriched Visions is a new science fiction book that is based on the music of ambient music pioneer Robert Rich (Enriched Visions). Matt Howarth has previously done work inspired by Pink Floyd, Steve Roach, Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream.
Description:

Embark on a series of fantastic voyages, where you’ll encounter: the link between a massive brushfire and [...]

Algorithmix has released a Mac version of reNOVAtor, previously released for PC–based DAWs, for users of Pro Tools’ AudioSuite platform. The high resolution processor can remove unwanted disturbances without audibly affecting the original program, even if the impairment overlaps desired material.

The majority of audio material tainted by annoying acoustic events can now be cleaned up [...]

QuikQuak has released the RaySpace 2.1 VST plug-in, a 3-D acoustic simulator.
This reverb introduces a new engine that lets the characteristics of the room shape, height, positions and materials be adjusted in real-time. Combined with the 3D view and the parametric equaliser, the user is given the complete audio and visual feedback of room designs.
With [...]

Limited numbers of the iTab, a custom tablet PC based on the Mac iBook, are being made available by their manufacture through eBay auctions.
The iTab is built by taking Apple’s 12? iBook laptop, taking the screen off, applying a touchscreen, then flipping the screen around and fastening it on. The whole thing is finished off [...]

Electronica pioneer Kevin Saunderson has released an update on the future of the Fuse-In Detroit Electronic Music Festival:
Ladies and Gentleman; I know many of you want to know what’s going on with the festival for 2006. I can not tell you for sure, but I have been told that the City of Detroit is in [...]

Macintosh Universal Binary applications are ones that run natively on both PowerPC and Intel-based Mac computers. These are sometimes referred to as Mactel versions, because they run and the Macintosh Intel-based machines.
Mactel Music Applications:

Airfoil
AudioExpress
AudioLeak -  an Leq (Long-Term Equivalent Level) analyzer for audio files.
CastAway - Wooden Brain Concepts
Crystal Synth
Boom Recorder
eJamming Station -  Real-time Internet-based music [...]