Winter NAMM Show: Submersible Music introduced DrumCore V3. Version 3 sports a new interface, over twice as much content and is now a plug-in. DrumCore gives songwriters and composers access to grooves and instrument sounds of over a dozen famous drummers and percussionists. It includes a library of both audio loops and MIDI grooves plus… Read More Submersible Music DrumCore 3
2009 NAMM Show update: FXpansion announced the debut of D-CAM: Synth Squad a collection of virtual vintage synths. D-CAM: Synth Squad is comprised of three modeled synthesizers, Strobe, Cypher and Amber that combine the best features found in classic synths with new modern features. The synths are brought together with Fusor, a semi- modular synth-layering… Read More FXpansion Announces D-CAM: Synth Squad
NAMM Show Update: EASTWEST introduced PLAY 2.0, which adds professional editing capabilities. The editor featured in PLAY 2.0 is the same software that the company uses to program its PLAY-powered virtual instrument collections. “When we originally designed PLAY, it was intended to offer a powerful but easy-to-use interface for users to playback the included sounds,”… Read More NAMM Show: Eastwest PLAY 2.0 Gets Pro Editing Features
At the 2009 Winter NAMM Show, Digidesign introduced two new Pro Tools LE system bundles: 003 Factory Complete and 003 Rack Factory Complete Both bundles combine a Digidesign 003 hardware interface with the new Complete Production Toolkit – the new expansion option for Pro Tools LE systems that combines a variety of plug-ins for both… Read More NAMM Update: Digidesign Intros Two Pro Tools LE System Bundles
2009 Winter NAMM Show: First up, let me state a pet peave: it should be against the law for software makers to advertise their software with awesome 3D models. All the ads for MOTU BPM make it look like it’s an killer piece of hardware, not a virtual instrument. This seems to be a favorite trick… Read More MOTU BPM Software Drum Module
Who is Ableton? What is Ableton Live? What’s so great about it anyway? Who uses Live? Why? All the answers are here, in this one-minute movie from the people at Ableton.
This is an official Ableton video that takes a look at Operator in Ableton Live 8. Operator has been given a major overhaul. This video gives you a taste of what’s coming!
2009 NAMM Show update: This Ableton video offers an introduction to Max For Live.
At the 2009 Winter NAMM Show, Cakewalk announced that SONAR V-Studio 700, Cakewalk’s “ultimate solution for music production”, is now shipping worldwide. Here are the details: SONAR V-Studio 700 matches SONAR 8 Producer with the VS-700C V-Studio Console multifunction control surface and the VS-700R V-Studio I/O, which includes an onboard Roland Fantom VS Hardware synthesizer.… Read More Cakewalk SONAR V-Studio 700
Last week, we reported, rather breathlessly, that “Microsoft Songsmith Makes Everybody A Composer!” Here’s Microsoft’s ad for Songsmith: Microsoft Songsmith promises to let you create fully arranged songs by just singing into your computer. You sing, it adds music and nobody gets hurt, right? Not exactly. We’ve heard what Microsoft can do – and it’s not… Read More 7 Reasons To Hate Microsoft Songsmith
