December, 2007 archive

VeryBestDjSets is a new site that offers a library of free dj sets in MP3 format that you can download.
You can preview a few sample sets below.
The site features more than 40 GB of dj sets of artists from the international electronic scene. The site lets you download files directly, without registration or hassle. Plus, [...]

Band-in-a-Box has been updated with over 50 new features, including RealTracks which includes real audio recordings of Acoustic Guitar, Pedal Steel, and Tenor Sax. Other new features include MultiStyles, an updated Audio Chord Wizard, RealDrums style changes, Medley Maker, and many more.
Here are the details:
RealTracks - features three additional “Real” instruments, including Real Pedal Steel, [...]

NuGen Audio has released the Stereo Pack bundle, which Stereoizer, Monofilter and Stereoplacer plugins, allowing the user to analyse, enhance control and fine tune audio with a high degree of precision.
Suggested applications:

Re-adusting the stereo image of individual sounds
Stereo differential spectral analysis
Adding stereo depth to mono source files
Widening/narrowing existing stereo images
Improving bass definition
Re-focusing bass frequencies where [...]

Check out the Drum Buddy, an awesome electroacoustic drum machine:

Only 10 Drum Buddies were made - all in New Orleans, Louisiana - and the one for sale (in the photo above) is serial #1. It is also the instrument which was originally intended to belong to Quintron. He has decided to let this one go [...]

They guys at fotosis have come up with a bizarre cardboard synth:
The keyboard is a simple enough affair as it is based on a simple circuit that involves a 555 timer chip to produce a square wave. The casing was created by laminating lots of layers of cardboard together using glue and wood screws. In [...]

Apple quietly introduced an update to Garageband that adds a cool new feature: iPhone ringtone creation. Anything you’ve got in Garageband, you can turn into a ringtone.
For some people, that may mean the end of getting double-charged for ringtones at iTunes. If you’re a musician, a sound designer or if you’ve got a podcast, you [...]

AudioWarrior has released a new sample library, Elektrik Guitar for Kontakt.
The library features a special electric lead guitar technique that creates authentic guitar-string vibrato that blends the original note into its relative harmonics [up to 3 harmonic tones per note]. This technology lets you emulate leads like Jimi Hendrix’s Star Spangled Banner, or the multi-layered [...]

Ready for another download of great free electronica mp3s?
Then check out Binärpilot’s Bend, above. Then listen to and download Tokyo Matrix 3000, below. Then check out the reams of free mp3s you can download from the Binärpilot site. If you like what you hear, use the contribution button at the site.