OT: Architect Nikola Basic has recently received the European Prize for Urban Public Space for the very cool Sea Organ project, an architectural and experimental musical object located in Zadar, Croatia.
“The Sea Organ is a pipe organ that has a set of 35 musically tuned tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps played [...]

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We had a chance to see Tony Monaco again at NAMM, and like always, we were impressed by his incredible musicianship and his warmth.
This is the way he greeted us - even though we’d only [...]

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

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Vienna Symphonic Library introduced three new Collections, including Appassionata Strings, Bösendorfer Imperial, and Vienna Konzerthaus Organ.
Appassionata Strings
As the name suggests, these string ensembles are quite simply, passionate. Their lush, broad and emotive cinematic sound defies expectations for a virtual instrument. The large ensembles of 20 violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos and [...]

For the first time in the company’s history, the Vienna Symphonic Library has focused their attention on keyboard instruments. With the endorsement of “Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik”, the Vienna team has developed its first sampled grand piano software instrument, a recreation of a Bösendorfer 290 Imperial. And with the support of the “Wiener Konzerthaus”, the Vienna Symphonic [...]

Grandious, over-the-top, out-of-date, overblown and synfully fun, Wobbler’s Hinterland is a massive slice of prog-rock that will come as a godsend to fans of 70’s bands like Yes, ELP and Gentle Giant.
Wobbler is a Norwegian group that plays prog music in the traditional style, with no real attempt to update it for the new millenium. [...]

Thirty years ago, before most of the genres of popular electronic music had evolved, there were only a few musicians that incorporated electronic instruments into their music. One of those early pioneers was Rick Wakeman. Wakeman pioneered the use of synthesizers in the world of progressive art-rock. The Six Wives of Henry VIII is one [...]

NAMM 2006 Winter Show Update: M-Audio announced shipment of the ProKeys 88sx digital stage piano. This new keyboard offers many of the features of the popular ProKeys 88 in an lightweight package.
“Many players need an ultra-lightweight stage piano without sacrificing great sound quality,” said M-Audio’s Adam Castillo. “The finely-tuned multi-velocity layered samples on the ProKeys [...]

Precisionsound has released Philicorda GM 751, an organ sound library for HALion, Kontakt & SoundFont.
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VOX and Farfisa organs may be the most known of the “squeaky” pop organs of the -60ties, but the Philicorda GM751 is probably the coolest. The Swedish pop group “Soundtrack of our life’s” may be the once who put this vintage [...]

Korg brings a heightened level of realism and feel to its line of portable digital pianos with the new SP-250. It provides an expanded range of expression and performance with an outstanding new stereo piano sound, which is matched to the company’s newest RH3 keyboard action.
The SP-250 features all-new piano PCM with velocity switched stereo [...]

AES Update: Native Instruments announced B4 II, an updated version of their virtual classic drawbar organ. The B4 II offers even more authenticity and flexibility due to further advances in sound synthesis and amplifier emulation technology, and brings a wide range of additions and improvements that make it the most versatile and easy-to-use drawbar organ [...]

AcidMusicLoops.com has announced 6 new Loops CD releases for Apple Garageband.
AcidMusicLoops is expanding their catalog of Loops CD for Apple’s loop-based audio programs like Garageband, Logic and Soundtrack. There are now a total of six CD titles that feature original Apple Loops for users of Garageband and other Apple Music Creation Programs:

Symphonica - [...]

Budapest based Shirokuma Ltd. has announced the release of the new edition of Notre Dame de Budapest (NDB) Pipe Organ Samples.
“We have not stopped working since we announced the new edition and
we are happy to report that we can offer even more than what we
promised,” said Csaba Huszty, NDB architect and lead engineer. “The new
edition [...]