Online Realtime Music Collaboration With Ohm Studio – What Does It Mean?

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Is online, realtime music collaboration going to be a big deal?

That’s the premise of Ohm Studio – a full-featured DAW for Mac & Windows that’s designed for online collaboration.

This video demonstrates a couple of musicians making music together online in Ohm Studio, which is currently in beta testing.

This seems like this could be the seed of something cool. Check it out and let me know what you think!

Stutter Edit By BT & iZotope Introduced

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At the 2011 NAMM Show, BT & iZotope introduced Stutter Edit – the first product to come out of iZotope’s partnership with BT.

Stutter Edit’s features revolve around a live sampling engine that lets producers, laptop performers and other musicians manipulate audio in real time. Stutter Edit slices audio into small fragments and sequences the pieces into rhythmic effects. Results can range from jarring to subtle.

We had the opportunity to talk with BT about his partnership with iZotope and he seemed genuinely excited.

Stutter Edit was originally a project developed by BT and his company Sonik Architects. iZotope brought resources that made it possible to make Stutter Edit multi-platform, more reliable and compatible with major DAWs. They also agreed to retain all the features that BT had developed, even ones that might be considered more esoteric.

BT and iZotope have interesting plans for some of Sonik Architects other products, too, but don’t have anything official to announce at this point.

Details on Stutter Edit below. Check it out and let us know what you think! Continue reading

SONiVOX Pulse Sneak Preview (Mac & PC)

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This is a sneak preview of SONiVOX PULSE Advanced Production Instrument, a new software music production workstation:

PULSE combines the feature set highlights of today?s popular hardware music production units, along with the power and multidimensional capabilities afforded by the software paradigm. In doing so, PULSE is able to offer music producers expanded features & functionality as well as an unrestricted workflow, eliminating multiple menus, button clicks, memory limitations, and more.

Features:

  • Next-generation music production software for MAC and PC, combining MPC style editing and workflow.
  • Imports most MPC file formats including MPC 60/II, MPC 3000, MPC 2000, MPC 2000XL, MPC 1000, MPC 2500, MPC 500, MPC 5000, as well as AIFF, WAV, Broadcast WAV, ACID & MP3 files.
  • 8 User-assignable stereo outputs and 8 User-assignable effects busses, complete with tempo sync stereo delay, EQ, and reverb effects
  • Onboard real-time sampling
  • 64 user assignable pads with Infinite sample layering and multiple playback modes
  • Per pad editing of LFO, volume, pitch, envelope, panning, and filter with ten user selectable filter types.
  • User-assignable auto pitch map, velocity override (full), choke and one shot modes
  • User adjustable input-quantize
  • Over 400 premium instruments and drum kits
  • Midi learn & save functionality, PULSE is instantly compatible with any MIDI keyboard or pad controller
  • Pad-specific variable resolution note repeat
  • Advanced multi-mode pattern and step sequencer which optionally locks to your DAW/host
  • Works as a MAC or PC Standalone application or as a VST, AU, & RTAS plugin.

PULSE is slated for a release date of November 1st 2010, with a MSRP of $199.99 and an estimated street price of $149.99. Some retailers will be offering PULSE at an introductory price of $99.99 throughout the holiday season.

miniDrum PRO Sneak Preview

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iPad Music Software: Here’s a sneak peak at the latest iPad music app from Yonac Software, miniDrum Pro.

miniDrum PRO will be available worldwide on the iTunes store on October 6th. Pricing is TBA.  Continue reading