June, 2007 archive

Native Instruments has published a free tutorial video (.mov) on using Battery 3.

Infection Music has announced that the pilot build of its unique Zeit desktop sequencer has been completed.
They call the Zeit the world’s best hardware sequencer and at £1199, it’s certainly one of the most expensive. You can preview a demo of the Zeit in action, below.
Here are the specs:

 

 Pulse 1 [7:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The New York Times has an article today about Herb Deutsch, looking at his collaboration with Bob Moog in the creation of the Moog synthesizer:
One night in January 1964, Herb Deutsch, an experimental composer from Long Island, and Robert Moog, an electrical engineer from upstate, sat with their wives at a little Italian restaurant in [...]

Neyrinck has introduced the Mix 51 Surround Panning and Mixing plug-in for Digidesign Pro Tools LE/M-Powered systems.
Mix 51 is a set of 5.1 surround panning and mixing RTAS plug-ins that allow you to take advantage of any Pro Tools system with six or more outputs such as Mbox 2 Pro, Digi 002/003, or M-Audio interfaces [...]

Pipeloops has released a new sample library for Kontakt-2, Cavaillé-Coll Organ of the Église de la Madeleine (Paris), that brings the sounds of a large French romatic cathedral organ to your studio. It comprises a small number of select combinations of stops, ranging from the soft sounds of the 8′-Fonds to the full and glorious [...]

 

 Chorale from: Felix Alexandre Guilmant: Sonata for Organ No 5 [1:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Nexoft’s LoopAZoid is a free tool for playing one-shot samples in your songs.
One instance holds up to 48 different samples, which can be freely assigned to up to 96 different MIDI notes - two each, for forward & reverse playback. Each of the 48 sample channels has a pre-defined MIDI note attached; triggering these in [...]

Blipdrums is a new web-based business specializing in unique electronic drum samples for musicians, sound designers and soundtrack creators.
“Blipdrums is dedicated to creating the best electronic percussion samples,” explains Bliphead and company founder Saul Stokes. Stokes creates Blipdrum’s sample using a mixture of software and hardware, combined with his own handmade analog modular music systems.
“We [...]

If there’s any doubt the we are in the golden age of wireless, check out the Gnarls Barkley Crazy Theremin Jam from the Ether and AEther Experiment:

Nice theremin work and great video production values. Note also the bizarre carpet massage effect.
Here’s how the Ether and AEther Experiment explains the video:
The main theremin was passed [...]

Ever wonder what would happen if a teutonic bikini babe’s laptop locked up one too many times?
Here, an Apple Powerbook feels the violent hammer of Tatjana:

The Bikinirama vlog features the collective work of three German bikinimädchen that specialize in wearing bikinis and destroying things.
Yes - it’s sick and wrong - but watching the bikinimädchen is [...]

Vienna Symphonic Library has released the new Vienna Instruments Collection Special Brass.
Description:
Like the recently released Special Woodwinds, the 21 GB Vienna Instruments Collection Special Brass offers resonant rarities that a first-rate virtual orchestra can’t do without.
To create the perfect counterpart for Vienna’s now famous Epic Horns, the team recorded an ensemble of six trumpet [...]