May 28

iPhone Composer

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Features:

Record what you are humming and transcribe the melody to five line staff.
Playback with 130+ different instruments, including piano, organ, drum set, strings, guitars, reed, brass.
Edit music score with multi-touched staff editor.
Compose up to 8 voice parts simultaneously supported by multi-tracks editing and mixing.

May 28

Reaper 3.0

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New Features:

Automation lanes.
Nested track folders.
Multiple tabbed projects.
Multichannel (greater than stereo) media support, including MOGG.
FX parameter controls on track and mixer control panels.
Customize toolbar icons and actions.
Programmable MIDI joystick/game controller support.
MIDI Improvements:

Inline MIDI editing.
Edit multiple MIDI items in one editor.
Sync MIDI editor to arrange view, including looped items.
Export project MIDI, with tempo map support.
MIDI event filter.
Track MIDI controls (manage bank/program changes, sysex, automate CC).
MIDI hardware timing improvements.
Full sysex support.

May 27

WIDI Wireless Midi

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The WIDI-XU is the smallest member of the WIDI family, needing no MIDI IN/OUT port, just an USB plug. Plug it into your computer, to enable wireless Duplex MIDI data transfer with other CME WIDI products.

The WIDI-XU provides one-to-multi communication; one WIDI-XU can connect to many wireless MIDI devices, up to 64 MIDI channels. The WIDI-XU also has the same capability as other larger WIDI products, for example: 80m maximum wireless range, powerful error correction with automatic notes-off and on-line detection etc.

Features:

USB class compliant for Win XP and Mac OS X, supporting hot plug. No driver needed.
The working band is 2.4GHz ISM.
USB RF transmission mode.
Duplex wireless MIDI data transfer.
Manual switching for one-to-multi communication (auto finding and selecting).
Low power consumption, high speed, powerful error correction with automatic notes-off and on-line detection.
Maximum wireless transfer distance is 262 feet without obstacle. (Your mileage may vary)
64 radio channels for MIDI data transfer, with manual or automatic radio channel setting mode.
When connected to computer via USB, this product will be automatically recognized as the USB Audio Device, fully support MIDI data stream, compatible with Cakewalk, Sonar, Cubase etc.
Automatic searching, manual or automatic channel setting and other system function can be controlled by the special MIDI SysEx command from USB.
Powered and upgrade program via USB.
Indicator for signal and power.

May 26

Double Six XXL

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6-operator FM synth with 32 DX7 algorithms and 16 4-operator algorithms.
Every operator has its own envelope. You can choose between 1 and 8 stages and set the sustain point from 1 to 7 or off.
Every operator has a clipper,overdrive,lowpass filter,and a distortion.
2 octave sequencers with Destinations operator 1 to 6.
4 envelopes with retrigger mode on BPM rates.
3 LFOs with 19 different waveforms with 16 different BPM rates and free rate(manual) mode. Destinations of the LFOs are pitch operator 1 to 6,phase monulation 1 to 6 and cutoff
The LFOs can start free (anypoint of the lfo waveform) gated starts when you hit a key or first (starts when you hit play in the sequencer).
A octave pitch
14 different curves for the envelopes.All envelopes have a time knob.You can switch between the envelope and volume.
The operators can be disabled, fixed or pitched and have a octave range from -6 to 3, fine-tune and pulse width.
11 different waveforms for the operators.
The filter has the same envelope and there are 10 different filters types low-pass 12db,low-pass 24db,low-pass db32, hi-pass,band-pass,CK low pass,CK Band pass,CK hi pass,CK notch,CK,peak.
Volume envelope.
EZ preset: This allows you make new sounds fast. You can reset all fine-tunes with the hit of a button or change all waveforms, set all the octaves the same and the times of the envelopes.
Phase modulation depth control and a feedback control
Volume envelope.
Note sequencer
Built-in effects are Chorus, stereo delay, gater,clipper,ovedrive,distortion and phaser effects.
Velocity controls
Voice/poly control

May 25

Avid Sibelius 6

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New Features:

Magnetic Layout - designed to cut the writing time between the moment of inspiration and the final printed score — all individual objects are positioned conventionally on the score where musicians expect to find them. The software automatically spaces and lays out scores to look professional and clear from the very first note. Previously, aligning individual score objects required time-consuming manual adjustments which now occur transparently to the user.
Versions - enables educators to track student progress, spot plagiarism and promote collaboration. Students can record progress and submit creative commentary with their final coursework. Professionals now have a effective way to track changes or collaborations with copyists, orchestrators and publishers by saving, manipulating and comparing revisions of a work piece within a single file.
Keyboard and Fretboard Windows - provide a visual approach to the music education process, allowing aspiring musicians and composers to follow lighted key and finger positions as a score plays back, reinforcing the relationship between staff and tab notation with real instruments. These windows also create a new way for customers to input music directly from an on-screen piano keyboard or guitar fretboard, as opposed to using conventional methods such as clicking on the staff of the note or typing the note names on the computer keyboards via a separate MIDI keyboard.
Classroom Control - offers a simple and single window for common classroom management tasks. This enables educators to keep students on subject by creating a streamlined approach for sharing files across the network during review cycles and facilitating daily classroom instruction. Messages sent by the educator appear on the student’s workstation screen. Now, educators can easily attract attention despite any challenges in the teaching environment, such as students wearing headphones.
ReWire Support - simplifies the once challenging process of incorporating audio tracks into notation-focused projects, making it an ideal tool to facilitate a film’s orchestral session. By synchronizing Sibelius software with Pro Tools software (or other DAWs running on the same computer,) customers can start real-time playback in Sibelius and the DAW will follow, or vice versa. Further, composers or orchestrators can easily add a vocal to a song created with Sibelius or augment an existing recording for enhanced creative options.

May 14

Xenyx 502

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Premium ultra low-noise, high headroom analog mixer
State-of-the-art XENYX Mic Preamp comparable to stand-alone boutique preamps
Neo-classic “British” 2-band EQ for warm and musical sound
Main mix, stereo CD/tape plus separate headphone outputs
CD/tape inputs assignable to headphone output or main mix outputs
High-quality components and exceptionally rugged construction ensure long life

May 14

Juno G Synthesizer 2.0

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Features:

Stunning “Fantom-X-quality” sound engine, 128-voice polyphony
Audio/MIDI multitrack recorder with dedicated transport controls and mixer
SRX Expansion slot for adding great new sounds
Wave Expansion Board SRX series
Large, friendly display and front-panel controls
Arpeggiator, Chord Memory, Rhythm Pattern, and multi-effects built in
USB port for MIDI communication, AIFF/WAV file exchange, and data transfer
PC Card slot (which accepts CompactFlash or SmartMedia cards via adapter)
Cakewalk SONAR LE software CD-ROM bundled
SONAR LE
Invisible infrared D Beam controller

May 13

Various Statistics

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Digital Music Doctor has updated its chart of the top digital music apps, based on recent Internet search activity on Google, Yahoo, AOL & MSN.

Here’s how they rank:

The Top 10 Music Applications

DigiDesign Pro Tools (11.4)
FL Studio (10.1)
Steinberg Cubase (7.3)
Cakewalk Sonar (6.0)
Apple Logic (3.5)
Adobe Audition (3.5)
Apple GarageBand (3.1)
Sony Sound Forge (2.3)
Ableton Live (2.0)
MOTU Digital Performer (1.9)

May 12

Pedal Board PB600

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This awesome pedal board makes hooking up six 2.5″ x 4.5″ pedals as easy as hooking up just one (of course, if you’re using pedals that aren’t 2.5″ x 4.5″, the snug foam padding can be cut to accommodate pedals of varying shapes). The PB600 includes 1/4″ patch cables, so you can leave your pedals connected to one another, ready to pass signal even when you’re transporting them. It also comes with 1 x 6 daisy chain cabling so that when you plug in the 1.7 A power adapter, all your pedals receive power. Meanwhile, all cabling remains safe and free of strain. Failure is almost guaranteed when you’re dealing with a rat’s nest of loose cabling, but with the PB600, your effects chain is always safe and organized.

May 11

NIN’s iPhone Application Gets Approved

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Trent Reznor just announced, via Twitter, that Apple has now approved an update to Nine Inch Nails’ iPhone app.

We reported earlier in the week that Apple had rejected the updated NIN app because of objectionable content.

It’s great to see that Apple used some common sense in this case.

They still need to implement a simple parental guidance system and stop censoring apps over content that would be acceptable in book, movie or music form.