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If you like Ableton Live 8 and you like freebies, you’ll want to check out extendlive’s free live pack Time Designer:
Features:
* 50 advanced multitap delays for Live 8
* Annotations for all presets
* 10-step tutorial
* An example Live Set demonstrating some of the presets
Requirements:
* Live 8 or later
* 10MB of disk space
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Akai Professional has announced that the Akai Miniak is now available.
The Miniak combines Akai’s control surface with Alesis’ synth engine.
The Miniak lets you create programs with up to eight multi-timbral voices, each with three oscillators. You can create complex sounds using the Miniak’s two multimode filters, three envelope generators, two LFOs, stereo effects and 40-band vocoder with gooseneck microphone. The MINIAK also has a comprehensive sequencer with step and dynamic real time phrase sequencing, a drum machine/rhythm sequencer and an arpeggiator.
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ePipes has released The Fred Morrison Sound, a virtual bagpipe instrument for Windows.
The Fred Morrison Sound is a software based bagpipe that, when used with the Technopipes or any MIDI bagpipe, lets you play high quality studio-sampled Highland pipes, Scottish Smallpipes, Border pipes and even Uilleann pipes.
See our Complete Guide To MIDI Bagpipes for information on the Technopipes, the Frankenpipe and other MIDI pipes.
All instruments can be played with your own bagpipe fingering in any key over a two octave range. Each virtual instrument is composed from sound samples played by Fred Morrison on his own pipes.
The Fred Morrison Sound is available as a VST instrument for Windows PC for £70 GBP, excl. VAT.
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The compact MX1804X offers six mono channels with many of the same professional features as the MX3242X, including INVISIBLE MIC PREAMPS, inserts, 3-band EQ with sweepable mids and switch-able low-cut filter, plus four stereo channels with 4-band EQ. Additional features include two aux paths with stereo returns, an extra 2-channel bus (Alt 3-4) and inserts for main and Alt 3 - 4 busses. The built-in effects section sports a stereo input, allowing it to be used separately. The 7-band graphic EQ in the master sections enables quick overall sound correction.
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CDM’s Peter Kirn has put together a very nice look at the new Cakewalk V-Studio 100, an example of a new class of all-in-one computer music devices. .
The Cakewalk V-Studio 100 features:
* High Speed USB 2.0 Audio Interface
* Universal DAW Controller
* Personal Digital Mixer
* SD WAV Recorder
* VS Production Pack suite of virtual instruments and effects (Mac/Win)
* SONAR VS digital audio workstation (Win)
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Apple has released Logic Express 9, the entry-level version of its industry standard DAW, Logic Pro.
Like the new version of Logic Pro Studio, Logic Express 9 adds a variety of features for guitarists and flex time, Apple’s tools for editing the timing and tempo of recorded audio.
Features include:
* More than 70 studio-quality effect plug-ins, including vintage and modern compressors, delays, reverbs, and more;
* New Amp Designer plug-in to help you re-create the sound of 25 legendary amps and 25 speaker cabinets;
* New Pedalboard plug-in with an assortment of 30 virtual stompbox pedals inspired by the classics;
* 36 software instrument plug-ins, including the Ultrabeat drum synth and beatbox, ES2 synth, and EXS24 sampler.
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Meatscience has introduced the Open Impulse Response Library, a free impulse response library for users of all convolution reverbs.
Library Features:
* Free for users of ANY convolution reverb.
* Easy to upload.
* Supports WAVE/AIFF/SDII/FLAC (libsndfile).
* Clean, attractive user interface.
* Onsite playback of convolved IRs.
* Coming soon : Batch upload / 4 Channel Support.
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Digital Music Doctor has published an updated version of their Music Software Internet Popularity chart.
The chart ranks the top 10 music programs, using search engine requests as a gauge of interest.
The Top 10 Music Applications
Q2, 2009, based on search requests
1. Pro Tools
2. Cubase
3. FL Studio
4. Cakewalk Sonar
5. Apple Logic
6. Adobe Audition
7. Ableton Live
8. Apple Garageband
9. Sound Forge
10. Sony Acid
Obviously, there are a lot of other ways you could rank music applications – by sales dollar, by sales units or by registered users, for example. Garageband would probably top the list by those measures.
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Description:
RPM8 studio monitors are two-way, active, bi-amplified, nearfield loudspeakers. The two-way monitors each feature an eight-inch woven-kevlar low-frequency driver with 80W RMS of continuous amplification for full bass all the way down to 39 Hz. The monitors’ high-frequency system consists of a one-inch silk-dome tweeter with 40W RMS of continuous amplification, mounted on a custom, functionally optimized waveguide for excellent control of directivity and reduction of unwanted early reflections.
RPM8 studio monitors contain active, fourth-order crossovers for outstanding separation and optimal power management. Their cabinet is constructed of industry-standard MDF for low resonance, and is dually ported on the front baffle for bass extension in any setting including soffit-mounted installations. The bi-amplification, ported cabinet design and overall acoustical efficiency combine to produce a speaker that can deliver up to powerful 113 dB SPL and with accurate frequency response from 39 Hz to 20 kHz. Producers will appreciate the RPM8s’ bicolor LED clip indicator, which assists them in avoiding damage to their system. Engineers can connect their professional studio systems to the RPM8s’ combination XLR-balanced 1/4? TRS inputs for compatibility with a wide variety of source equipment.
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DSK Music has released a new free software synth for Windows, DSK Synthopia 2.
DSK Synthopia 2 features:
* 3 layers with 128 sounds featuring bass, synths, keys, pads…
* Midi channel selector for each layer
* Amp. envelope, detune and panorama control
* 3 advanced filter with ADSR control
* 3 advanced LFO, with route option
* 2 send Fx (Chours & Delay)
* 1 Master Fx (Reverb)
* Midi automation
* Velocity response
