Livelab has released version 1.4 of LiveSlice, a beat slicing app. The update features an improved look and feel, undo, keyboard shortcuts and more. New features: Customizable colors Multi level undo Keyboard shortcuts Cut / copy / paste of events Sync playback to host (drum machine mode) Locate slice feature Now supports 32 bit IEEE… Read More Livelab Updates LiveSlice
No Island Media, a digital media production company producing a video about synth pioneer Dave Smith, has announced that it is producing a documentary on Benjamin Fargen and Fargen Amplification, to be released July 2006. “There is a lot of talk about ‘tubes’ in selling music products to musicians”, says No Island’s Executive Director Trevor… Read More Tube Amp Craftsman to be Featured in Video Documentary
Moog Music has announced a contest to win a trip to this year’s MoogFest. Contest period is from May 1, 2006 (Contest-Start) to 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time May 31, 2006 (Contest-End) Prizes: The prize winner will be chosen in a random drawing at (Contest-End) and win: 2 concert tickets to Moogfest 2006 compliments of… Read More Win a Trip to Moogfest
Electronisounds has released their second virtual instrument, The Shark VST-i. Description: The Shark is a sample-based VST-i synth with a unique sound and character. Packed with 50 one-shot samples and 64 presets, The Shark is capable of creating just about any sound you could need for electronic music productions, and really shines with phat basses… Read More Electronisounds Intros The Shark Virtual Instrument
Four brief excerpts from the upcoming Dave Smith Documentary are available via real media stream at the No Island site. Here’s an excerpt that takes you on a tour of the facility used to manufacture the Poly Evolver: A May 17th date is set for the production of the the performance portion of the… Read More Dave Smith Documentary Video Teasers
via Axehole: Eboardmuseum looks like it may be the ultimate synth freak wet dream. The museum, in Viktring, Austria, features only electric keyboards, like the stack of what looks to be 4 minimoogs, above, Prophet 10’s, Prophet VS’s, and some modular synths. Over 700 keyboards are crammed into 500 square meters of space. The Eboardmuseum… Read More Eboardmuseum – The Synth Freak Wet Dream
Cycling ’74, a San Francisco-based music software company, today released UpMix, a surround processing and mixing software package. UpMix has been developed and tested by a team of surround sound professionals and utilizes proprietary algorithms to convert stereo audio into an immersive 6-channel mix suitable for Film, DVD, HD Broadcast and Music surround formats. The… Read More Cycling Releases Upmix Surround Processing App
FabFilter has released updates to all of its products. The new versions contain bug fixes as well as improvements and new features. The OS X versions of the plug-ins are now Universal Binaries that can be used on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Features and Changes: Added support for Intel Macs. FabFilter Twin, Volcano and… Read More MacTel Update: FabFilter
Native Instruments has released more information about Kore, in anticipation of its May 8th release. KORE Videos: 7 short Quicktime videos explain KORE’s most important aspects and advantages. These can be viewed online or downloaded onto your hard drive. KORE Days at Local Dealers: Native has organized a “KORE Days” world tour. As of May… Read More Native Instruments KORE Info
Radiohead has announced a series of theatre dates in the U.S., beginning June 1 & 2 in Philadelphia and concluding with a pair of dates June 29 & 30 at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater. Set lists for the shows will draw heavily on the newer material the band has been working on over the past… Read More Radiohead Announces US Tour Dates
