Intermorphic has launched Mixtikl V1, its suite of music making applications for mobile and desktop computers, together with a range of ‘add-on’ Tiklpak content paks. On desktop, Mixtikl can run standalone, or as a plugin to a VST/AU enabled sequencer, giving users the freedom to create on mobile and remix on Mac or PC, or… Read More Mixtikl Desktop/Mobile Music App Released
PG Music has released version 2009 of Band-in-a-Box music accompaniment software for Windows. The company has added a long list of features (below) and an option of getting the software pre-installed on a USB drive.
Propellerhead has introduced a new section on its site, Artist Patch Charts, that features favorite patches of some top electronic musicians and Propellerhead Reason users: Ever wondered what the bass sound in that track was? How they made the harp glissandos in that movie, the shimmering strings in that commercial, or why the snare in that track sounds so… Read More Propellerhead Reason Patches Of The Stars
Sonoma Wire Works has released a free update for RiffWorks Standard recording software (Windows & Mac). With RiffWorks Standard you can record ideas, create complete songs with drums and effects, collaborate online with musicians around the world, post tunes to the RiffWorld.com online community and now export to any DAW for editing and mastering. Here’s… Read More RiffWorks Updated to Version 2.5
[display_podcast] Apple has published a backstage look at how Nine Inch Nails runs their live show using MainStage. It’s a promo video, but it reveals some of the secrets of their awesome stage show and has some undeniably great gear porn.
Digidesign has announced that it’s now shipping Pro Tools 8. Here’s what’s new: Pro Tools 8 features an updated interface, dozens of new plug-ins and virtual instruments, new scoring and MIDI features and expanded editing and mixing capabilities. New Music Creation Features: Fully integrated MIDI and Score Editor windows for enhanced MIDI editing functionality and professional… Read More What’s New In Pro Tools 8
The Synthesia platform is a project whose purpose is to create an open analog modeling musical synthesizer – a synthesizer implemented using both analog and digital components that intends to emulate the sounds of traditional analog synthesizers, controllable through Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI). The synthesizer platform exists upon it’s own standalone hardware, and may… Read More Synthesia – The Open Synth Hardware Platform
This demo video introduces SONAR 8’s TS64-Transient Shaper and the effects it has on various instrument loops.
An overview of what’s new in Cakewalk’s Sonar 8, including, exclusive solo mode, aim assist, new transport controls, and dynamic aiming.
Performance art duo O+A, AKA Bruce Odland and Sam Auinger, discuss “Requiem for fossil fuels”, which was recently performed in a bombed-out church near the Ableton offices: What really made us prick up our ears and listen, though, was the fact that Ableton Live forms an integral part of the performance. We decided to investigate.… Read More Performing A Requiem With Ableton Live: O+A
