October, 2006 archive

ZERO-G and SONOMIC, home to the largest online library of samples, sound effects, and royalty-free music, have announced that now even more Zero-G Sample CD titles are now available as Downloadable CDs via the Sonomic website.
The following titles have now been added, making over 100 titles available to download:

Afrolatin Slam - REX
Afrolatin Slam - ACID/WAV
Akoustik [...]

Native Instruments today announced several changes in regard to its DJ product policy and the TRAKTOR product line. In the future, the DJ Division of Native Instruments will completely concentrate its operations on the TRAKTOR platform, and will also develop integrated solutions for the DJ market based on its own internal hardware engineering capabilities and [...]

Levelground Media has released updates to Fattenizer and Vintasion, and introduced two new plug-ins, Super Graphic and Polishizer, digital audio processing plug-ins for use in Audio Unit supporting host environments on Mac OSX.

Fattenizer 3.0, Vintasion 3.0, Super Graphic 1.0, and Polishizer 1.0 offer recording musicians and engineers of all skill levels the ability to enhance [...]

PLAY.FM, in co-operation with the artist-in-residence program of quartier21/ MuseumsQuartier Wien is offering two scholarships for “Talented Artists of the DJ and Club Culture.”
“We owe this to a vital club culture without which PLAY.FM would not have been possible. Therefore we want to promote young talent as part of our promotional program for new talent,” [...]

Red Microphones has introduced the Type A, a tube microphone based on a system of interchangeable capsules. To celebrate the release of this new mic, Red will be including a free R7 capsule ($650Value) to customers who purchase the mic by September 31, 2006.
The Type A vacuum tube microphone system is a high quality innovative [...]

BT is firing on all cylinders with his latest release, This Binary Universe. BT takes a creative leap, creating a dynamic, glitchy electronic work that also captures the range of acoustic instruments, from delicate to full orchestral power.
This Binary Universe comes as a CD/DVD set. While both are excellent, the DVD offers 5.1 sound, along [...]

Kraak & Smaak’s debut release, Boogie Angst, is a hook-filled funkfest.
The Dutch trio (Mark Kneppers, Wim Plug and Oscar De Jong) dance around hip-hop, funk, jazz and house genres, mixing them up to create “Dance music to listen to.” While they may hop from genre to genre, wherever they stop, they give the style a [...]

Blue Microphones, a leading microphone technology vendor, has introduced two new Applets for their Snowball USB Microphone which add further flexibility to its dual-capsule design by giving users more control over the input gain.
The Snowball has been popular with computer musicians because it is a relativley inexpensive USB microphone.
“In addition to its dual capsule design, [...]