Equinox Sounds Releases Deep Electro Lounge Production Sample Library

Equinox Sounds has released Deep Electro Lounge Production Pack, a collection of melodic and rythmic loops and phrases for creating Electro Lounge music. The pack features 22 full mixed tracks with their separate mix layers containing synth loops, arpeggios, basslines, drums, etc. There are a total of 150 loops and phrases presented in ACID/WAV format.… Read More Equinox Sounds Releases Deep Electro Lounge Production Sample Library

February 16, 2007Leave a comment

VirSyn Cube Updated

VirSyn has released a new version of their resynthesizer, Cube 2.2. Cube 2.2 comes with a vastly improved resynthesis for complex and inharmonic sounds. Also included is a free soundbank and some bugfixes. You can preview the sound of VirSyn with the Vivaldi demo below. Demo versions for Win/Mac are available, along with more sound… Read More VirSyn Cube Updated

February 15, 2007February 15, 2007Leave a comment

Audiofile Engineering Releases voXover 1.0.1

Audiofile Engineering has introduced voXover, a new voice-over automation tool and batch recorder for Mac OS X. voXover is a voice-over automation utility and batch-recorder for multimedia projects that require large numbers of individual audio files to be recorded where a typical multi-track recorder is not feasible. Examples range from video game development and broadcast… Read More Audiofile Engineering Releases voXover 1.0.1

February 15, 2007Leave a comment

Version 3.0 of the Voyager Editor Librarian Now Available

Moog has announced Version 3.0 of the Voyager Editor Librarian, which includes a new user interface. The Minimoog Voyager Editor-Librarian is a program that is designed to be the ultimate tool for organizing and creating presets for the Minimoog Voyager. Version 3.0 of the Editor Librarian is free to registered users. If you are a… Read More Version 3.0 of the Voyager Editor Librarian Now Available

February 15, 2007Leave a comment

Apple Patents Music Synthesizer

Apple has patented (#7,176,374) a music synthesizer and a method of generating a synthesizer output with a constant beat. In a nutshell, the patent covers a design that lets two oscillators be synced with a Hz difference that is constant across the range of the keyboard. If you tune (detune) the oscillators to be 6… Read More Apple Patents Music Synthesizer

February 14, 2007Leave a comment

Cakewalk Announces Updated Sonar Home Studio

Winter NAMM Show: Cakewalk announced new versions of SONAR Home Studio and SONAR Home Studio XL titles. SONAR Home Studio 6 and SONAR Home Studio 6 XL feature the power of Cakewalk’s flagship SONAR 6, but at an entry-level price. New Features: Designed for compatibility with Microsoft® Windows Vista Core feature set based on SONAR… Read More Cakewalk Announces Updated Sonar Home Studio

February 12, 2007February 12, 2007Leave a comment

Mackie Unveils Next-Generation Mackie Control Pro Series

2007 NAMM Show: Mackie announced the Mackie Control Pro control surface series, the next generation of the Mackie Control Universal line of controllers. Made up of the Mackie Control Universal Pro, Mackie Control Extender Pro and Mackie Control C4 Pro, the series is designed to seamlessly work together to deliver ultimate hands-on control of mix… Read More Mackie Unveils Next-Generation Mackie Control Pro Series

February 11, 2007February 11, 2007Leave a comment

Insane Casio Keyboard Mod

Metku Mods, a hardware modding site, has an interesting step-by-step photo essay on modding a Casio CTK 530 keyboard. Why spend hours turning a cheesy Casio keyboard into a control keyboard that only offers limited control? Here’s modder Jani Pönkkö’s reason: When not modding, I usually compose some music. As an input device for the… Read More Insane Casio Keyboard Mod

February 11, 20072 Comments

Mackie Announces Tracktion 3 Digital Audio, MIDI Software

At the 2007 NAMM show, Mackie announced the release of Tracktion 3, the next generation of its Tracktion digital audio and MIDI production software. Tracktion 3 introduces more than 150 new features and improvements, while retaining the clutter-free, single-screen user interface that made previous versions of Tracktion a success. Tracktion 3 also continues to offer… Read More Mackie Announces Tracktion 3 Digital Audio, MIDI Software

February 11, 2007February 10, 2007Leave a comment

Video: Hands On With The New Axis MIDI Controller

One of the coolest things we saw at the NAMM Show this year was a new MIDI controller introduced by C-Thru Music, the bizarre AXiS-64 MIDI controller. Designer Peter Davies threw out preconceptions of what a music keyboard should be and designed a layout based on the Harmonic Table. According to C-Thru Musiic, the arrangement… Read More Video: Hands On With The New Axis MIDI Controller

February 10, 2007February 10, 20073 Comments

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