March 01: It’s free electronic music month at Synthtopia. All month, we’re going to help you kick the RIAA habit by highlighting great electronic music that’s available for free on the Internet. We’re getting things started with a free CD of trance tracks, Trance Planet, by the French techno/trance group, NeXuS. NeXuS has release several… Read More Free Trance Music From NeXuS
Vinyl isn’t as retro as you might think. The Tennessee Times Leader reports that Nashville’s United Record Pressing cranks out 20,000 to 40,000 records a day, making it one of the largest — and last — vinyl record manufacturers in the country. Most of the discs are 12-inch singles destined for professional DJs at radio… Read More Vinyl LP Manufacturer Growing
Elsewares, a web store that sells indie art and design works, has a cool MIDI Plug Keychain. The keychain created from a male or female MIDI plug attached to a split ring via a 10 gauge wire terminal. Ships in 1-2 weeks. Made in USA.
NAMM Show: EASTWEST introduces Quantum Leap Pianos, the most detailed collection of the world’s finest grand pianos. More than half a million dollars’ worth of pianos are included in this collection, all meticulously recorded. These include a $225,000 Bechstein D-280 Concert Grand, the same kind of piano engineer/producer Ken Scott used to record Elton John,… Read More EastWest Intros Quantum Leap Pianos Virtual Instrument Collection
At the 2007 NAMM Show, Cortex made a variety of introductions for DJs: HDC-1000 – New Software Update Available The NAMM show marked the debut of the latest free software and database manager update for the HDC-1000. V1.8.10 contains new features such as Scratch capability, Playlist Creation ability (using the new Cortex Database Manager V… Read More Cortex Updated DJ Gear
2007 NAMM Show: EASTWEST announced a new virtual instrument collection themed around the Beatles, Fab Four Virtual Instruments. The result of more than a year of research, equipment acquisition and recording, Fab Four Virtual Instruments — unaffiliated with or endorsed by Apple Corps. Ltd. — presents a faithfully executed, incredibly accurate and comprehensive collection featuring… Read More EastWest Intros Virtual Beatles Instrument Collection
Raveta has announced the release of Audio Fabric, a new service that lets musicians jam together live over the Internet, using any type of instrument – acoustic, electric, MIDI, or voice. Musicians in different locations can play together as if they are in the same room using their ordinary broadband Internet connections. Audio Fabric also… Read More Audio Fabric Wants You To Stop Surfing For Gear P0rn & To Start Jamming On the Net Instead
Arturia has created another interesting video, this time on the Moog modular synthesizer and its history. It looks at the synth’s features, famous users, Moog modular recordings, and uses this as a starting point for introducing Arturia’s Moog Modular V.
Cisco and Apple today announced that they have resolved their dispute involving the “iPhone” trademark.Under the agreement, both companies are free to use the “iPhone” trademark on their products throughout the world. Both companies acknowledge the trademark ownership rights that have been granted, and each side will dismiss any pending actions regarding the trademark. In… Read More Cisco and Apple Reach Agreement on iPhone Name
NAMM Update: Korg introduced the MR Professional Mobile Recorder, an affordable solution for source recording, podcasting, broadcast journalism including ENG/EFP, as well as archiving final mixes and master recordings. The hand-held MR-1 is capable of high quality 1-bit / 2.8 MHz recording and playback, while the tabletop MR-1000 delivers up to 1-bit / 5.6 MHz,… Read More Korg Intros MR-1 1-Bit Portable Audio Recorder
