October, 2006 archive

Listening to iPods for as little as 5 minutes a day can cause hearing loss.
Researchers Brian Fligor and Cory Portnuff estimate that a typical person could safely listen to an iPod for 4.6 hours at 70 percent of full volume using the supplied earphones without greatly increasing the risk of hearing loss.
However, listening to an [...]

Lush is a Windows VST pad synth designed for creating ambient or spacey atmospheres in any kind of music. It is designed for creating slow, evolving, interweaving soundscapes, but it’s capable of turning its hand to bass and lead sounds as well.

Features
Four oscillators, three with sine, saw, triangle pulse (pwm) white and pink noise waveforms [...]

Godlyke has introduced the UTA-1 Universal Travel Adaptor accessory to the company’s Power-All brand of power solutions for musical devices.
The UTA-1 Universal Travel Adaptor allows the user to connect an electrical device with any type of plug to any power outlet type. The UTA-1’s main base socket features a universal input that will accept any [...]

Pro-Sounds has annouced the immediate release of Underground Sounds Bank 1 for reFX Vanguard.
This new set contains 128 Trance, Hard-Style, and Hard-Core sound programs designed by Steven Verboom of Buzzer Music. According to the company, the sound bank features “everything from murderous arpeggios, thunderous basses, and clandestine effects, to searing leads, silky pads, and more.”

Zero-G is now shipping The Big Reason, seven brand new sample libraries, over 6500 samples and over 4Gb of material, all for the price of one library.
The Big Reason is packed full of loops, instruments, pads, effects more, all programmed for Propellerheads Reason as REX2, NN-19, NN-XT, Re-Drum, Malstrom, Subtractor and WAV files.
Covering almost every [...]

reKon audio has released VST Virus A Editor 1.1 for Mac and PC.

The VST Virus A Editor is reKon audio’s third product offering and offers advanced control of the Access Virus A synthesizer. reKon also plans to release versions for the Virus B and C models, which will also support the Virus Rack and Rack [...]

The EAR Group (Electro-Acoustic Research) has announced a new partner – Synthbox, manufacturer of the Space Case acrylic synthesizer chassis.
“Sean Price and Synthbox have developed a unique solution which scores big on ergonomics, versatility and eye-candy,” according to EAR’s Peter Grenader.
Made from rugged 3/4 inch clear acrylic sheeting, the Space Case is fully powered and [...]

PreSonus Audio is now shipping the FaderPort controller.
The FaderPort is a desktop USB DAW controller for writing single-channel and group-channel fader automation along with complete transport control.
The FaderPort features a high-quality motorized long throw fader to give the user the feel needed for recording fades and writing automation. A foot switch jack is also included [...]

SCREAM (The Southern California Resource for Electro-Acoustic Music) plans to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a concert of works by the original members of SCREAM.
The concert will include the world premieres of Barry Schrader’s “Wu Xing: Cycle of Destruction” (solo electronic version) and Rodney Oakes’ “Variations on the Krakow Fanfare”. Also on the program are [...]

The Vienna Symphonic Library has announced that it is offering the world’s first legato-sampled choir, free to Symphonic Cube owners through November 30th, 2006.
Registered users and those who purchase and register a complete Symphonic Cube (Standard Libraries of all 10 Collections) before November 30th, 2006, are eligible to receive exclusive Legato Performance Patches of the [...]