GarageBand users can learn how to create musical compositions from anything – vocals, guitars, MIDI keyboards, and even the kitchen sink – with the help of Take Control of Recording with GarageBand, the latest ebook by Seattle musician Jeff Tolbert. An excerpt from Tolbert’s previous book is featured in the Synthtopia article, GarageBand Tips and… Read More Take Control of Recording with GarageBand
Fraunhofer IIS, Thomson and Agere Systems unveil free MP3 Surround evaluation download. Full versions of MP3 Surround encoder and decoder available from www.mp3surround-format.com. MP3, the world’s most popular audio compression format, goes multi-channel. Scientists and engineers from Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, who developed MP3 together with their colleagues from Thomson, the exclusive licensing… Read More MP3 Surround Sound
SpinAudio has announced the release of RoomVerb for PowerCore 1.0. RoomVerb is based on Virtual Room Acoustic modeling technique designed to simulate various acoustic spaces from small bath rooms to large halls using a single set of parameters. Such an approach provides a unified way of controlling reverb and removes the limits inherited in traditional… Read More SpinAudio brings RoomVerb to TC PowerCore
IK Multimedia has announced that AmpliTube Live is now available as a standalone application for Windows XP as well as MacOS X. AmpliTube Live box now includes the AmpliTube LE plug-in for most major formats (VST, Audio Unit, DX and RTAS). AmpliTube Live users can now get a taste of the power of the AmpliTube… Read More AmpliTube Live Guitar Amp Simulator Now Available
Line 6 has announce a PC-based recording system for guitarists, GuitarPort RiffTracker. GuitarPort RiffTracker is an all-in-one rig that lets guitarists quickly record their musical ideas. It consists of GuitarPort hardware, which connects a guitar to a PC, GuitarPort software that provides a complete amp, stomp box and effects tone rig, and RiffWorks recording software… Read More Line 6 RiffTracker – Computer Music for Guitarists
Native Instruments has updated Guitar Rig to version 1.2. The free update adds four more stomp boxes to the guitarists arsenal, all modelled after popular real world units. Offering two distinctive new flavours of both classic fuzz overdrive and powerful hi-gain distortion, version 1.2 makes NI´s critically acclaimed digital guitar studio even more powerful. New… Read More Native Instruments Updates Guitar Rig
PG Music Inc. has released the 2005 version of Band-in-a- Box intelligent music software for Windows. With over fifty new features, Band-in-a-Box 2005 offers users a major upgrade in features and functionality. New features include a fully-featured “Piano Roll” window; support for alternate guitar tunings; new harmonies with voicing in 4ths; “auto endings” added for… Read More Band-in-a-Box 2005
TerraTec has released Mac drivers for the PHASE 24 FW Audio Interface. The Phase 24 already supports PCs running Windows XP. Boasting excellent technical specs – two balanced analog inputs/outputs, digital and MIDI I/O as well as a FireWire connection – the external PHASE 24 FireWire audio interface by TerraTec Producer is designed for recording… Read More TerraTec Producer PHASE 24 FW Mac/PC Audio Interface
Version update 2.3 of Soniformer, an advanced mastering compressor in PC VST format, is now available for download. Version 2.3 fixes minor issues, introduces panning envelope and a compression disable switch which transforms Soniformer into a multi-band stereo field adjustment tool, with a lower CPU usage overall. This version also implements minor performance optimizations, increases… Read More Voxengo Updates Soniformer Mastering VST
Developer Richard Wolton has announced the release of the Hypnos Vocoder plug-in for DirectX audio hosts. The Hypnos Vocoder produces sound ‘effects’ which utilize brainwave entrainment functions integrated at the core level of a vocoder effects processor. Unlike other methods (“BrainWave Generator” etc.) there is no simple addition of beat frequency sine waves to the… Read More Hypnos Vocoder Brainwave Entrainment Plug-In
