NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Gibson Guitar has introduced what it calls “the first truly digital guitar”. The Gibson Digital Guitar brings the 1930s technology of conventional electric guitars into the Digital Age, opening a virtually unlimited array of musical possibilities for guitarists. The Gibson Digital Guitar System features: A genuine Gibson guitar, 100% compatible with… Read More Gibson Intros Digital Guitar
Open Labs, a creator of dedicated digital audio workstations, says that it’s “Time to eBay all your Cr#p!” At the Winter NAMM Conference in Anaheim, California, the company introduced the Open Labs MiKo, an audio workstation designed for DJs, VJs, music video hobbyists, amateur musicians and podcasters. The Open Labs MiKo is based on the… Read More Open Labs Says – Time to eBay all Your Cr#p!
2006 Winter NAMM Expo: Cycling ’74 has announced revision software 1.3 for the JazzMutant Lemur Multi-touch control surface. The forthcoming update will be available via download for all current Lemur customers. New software features in version 1.3 allow the Lemur to be reconfigured in powerful ways from a host computer via the OSC (Open Sound… Read More NAMM Expo: JazzMutant Lemur Update
2006 Winter NAMM EXPO: Tronical GmbH unveiled the first “invisible” automatic self tuning system for electric guitars. Tronical calls the new technology “a groundbreaking innovation in the construction of traditional instruments.” With the new PowerTune system, every guitarist can now forget about the danger of a detuned instrument in situations where there’s only one chance:… Read More Automatic Modular Self-Tuning Guitar System
Remixwars.com has announced its first official remix competition, in association with Substream records artists Auto-Auto from Sweden. Up for grabs to winners of the competition will be software packages, with the top winner receiving a prize with a retail value of €900. In conjunction with the competition, the band’s Totem EP will be available for… Read More Remix Wars Announces Remix Competition
MacWorld Update: Apple has announced iLife ’06, a major update to Apple’s suite of home multimedia applications, including iWeb, a simple way to make websites, blogs and podcasts, and GarageBand 3, which now includes podcasting support. iLife ’06 features iPhoto 6 with new printed books, calendars and cards, and Apple’s innovative new Photocasting for sharing… Read More Apple iLife Update Adds Podcasting, Video Podcasting Tools
Electroplankton is an abstract music creation “game” for the Nintendo DS platform. The project from media artist Toshio Iwai is less game than multimedia installation that you can control. Eectroplankton presents 10 digital “planktons” that react to your voice and touch, making gestures and sounds of their own. “Electroplankton, just released in Japan this past… Read More Electroplankton: NDS Audio Video Art
Babes, guns and MP3s appear to be a winning combination for British audiobook publisher AudioBooksForFree. They are using “a winning trio of Russian glamour models” to market their unusual AK-MP3, a portable MP3 player build into the ammunition clip of a Kalashnikov automatic rifle. According to ex-rock-star-turn-advertising-tycoon Andrey Koltakov, “100 top Russian models competed in… Read More Guns, Babes, MP3s
iCompositions has announced the launch of Artist Podcasts, a premium service that lets artists syndicate their music through iTunes and other podcast-tracking applications. For $4 per month, artists can host their music on iCompositions. It will be put into a podcast so fans can download the songs to their computers and iPods automatically. Every podcast… Read More Easy Podcasting Solution for Mac Musicians
The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and Thomson have announced the addition of two new elements to the MP3 Surround demo software: MP3 SX (MP3 Stereo eXtended) allows enhancing MP3 stereo files for multi-channel playback and Ensonido provides portable MP3 Surround sound using stereo headphones. MP3 SX enables listening to two-channel content in surround… Read More Fraunhofer Expands MP3 Surround Sound Capabilities
