News - October 2007

The Mira features abalone moons inlays, optional bird inlays, East Indian rosewood fingerboard, a solid mahogany body and neck, and more.

The 34-1/2" Standard and Custom guitars feature a 24-1/2"-scale neck, while the SWR and NJR models feature a 25"-scale neck.

Weighing in at over 300 drum sounds, this library has more than twice the amount of previous volumes.

All systems are 2009 Compliant and feature X2's proprietary companderless TruDIGITAL™ format and Q-DiversityPLUS™ (anti-jamming) technology.

Biting leads, fat basses, beautiful pads, and many other surprising sounds will enrich the sonic palette of your Minimoog V.

Contains over 700 samples and 1.6Gb of the most authentic disco and funk sounds from the 70s and 80s.

Nearly all of TASCAM's interfaces have been now been updated to support Windows Vista.

Bose engineers worked in close collaboration with manufacturers to develop the new ToneMatch presets.

Strings with ultra-thin NANOWEB® Coating will be available in gauges .045 through .105 for four-string, .130 for five-string, and .030 through .130 for six-string basses.

The Classic Chorus offers two effects in one solid diecast housing.

The Micro Series line of accessory pedals includes The Cable Tester, Tap Tempo, The Mini-Looper, The Mini-A/B Box, and the Patch Box.

A discreet Class A low-noise FET circuit is utilized to yield pleasing professional results.

Double-Pedal Gold is a new method for developing double-pedal technique.

The Monorail incorporates fundamental features pioneered by Evidence Audio that allow signal transmission with minimal degradation.

Included with the new Academic Editions is SONAR Music Projects, a set of materials aimed at secondary school Music classes up to GCSE.

These new versions are now Apple Intel-Mac/Universal Binary compatible.

The dynamic response and tone are faithful to those you'd expect from guitar tube amps and it reacts to your playing style just like the real thing.

Each box is individually hand-crafted by Guy using luthier quality woods.

Closing is expected to occur prior to January 1, 2008.

Available in Chorus, Delay and Reverb models, AFX is designed to provide the most sophisticated effects combinations imaginable.

The tools in this suite give extremely high quality results with minimal tweaking, hence they sound great and are easy to use.

This high-performance digital equalization algorithm simulates the sound and feel of American Mixing Consoles of the late 1960s.

The RhythmSource Metronome's revolutionary design features a circular "clock" system with lights, sound and pulses.

Barry Schrader will give a lecture on his compositional theory at the Electroacoustic Juke Joint in November.

Cme-pro.com is now updated daily with exclusive news release, product reviews, and feature profiles.

The RP90 and RP70 are guaranteed to find sounds that fit a multitude of playing styles.

Mbox 2 Micro features a rugged, ultra-compact, anodized aluminum case for ultimate portability.

The Pop-n-Play series features a built-in PE reinforced bottle cap opener (patent pending) and iPod®/MP3 player storage pocket.

The Phantom Classic is a phantom powered condenser microphone with fixed cardioid pattern based on the famous VM1 capsule design.

The Celebrity Online Scholarship Program is designed to reward and assist online students in their online Certificate Programs at Berkleemusic.

This library features 24 bit samples for Gigastudio 3.1 and Kontakt 2.1 on the same disc.

The library consists of a Martin HD-28 and Taylor 410 with each note sampled from ppp to f : up to 9 samples/note at 24/96 resolution.

Satellite Pro loads REX, Wave, and Acid files and includes features such as auto-mapping, a sample editor, and more.

Features 210MB of downloadable Percussion Loops and Samples performed exclusively by one of the UK's leading percussionists.

The combination of TRAKTOR 3 and TRAKTOR SCRATCH now enables up to four full-featured playback decks.

Now, musicians and others have a fast, effortless means of organizing the seemingly endless amount of cables that interconnect the various components of their music and A/V systems.

Most notable of the new features is the ability to import and export MIDI files.

Gateboy is an Audio Unit effect plug-in which incorporates an advanced gate sequencer and allows to add motion to any audio.

New company introduces a complete range of market driven acoustic and electric guitars specifically designed with input from the guitar community.

These Apple GarageBand tutorials are a complete guide to making music with GarageBand 08.

Blade Guitars introduces the new Durango Custom DC-2 electric guitar, which features a mahogany body capped by a broadleaf maple top.

Covering a variety of styles and genres, these samples are a great addition to any producer's toolkit.

This special very limited edition NS-230 anniversary bass features museum quality inlays on the neck of 5 different species of bass.

The ADL 700 is an all-discrete high voltage Class A channel strip (preamp/compressor/EQ) based on the ADL 600 two-channel tube preamp.

Temper includes a variety of tools for generating musical phrases and controller information.

Camel Audio's CamelCrusher and CamelSpace are now included with certain software and plug-in players.

The new S3 by Rees Electric Guitars is inspired by popular 3-pickup guitars.

The new features include a redesigned Sample Editor, side chaining for VST3 plug-ins, MusicXML support, and more.

The Amp Guard is a special gig bag tailored to fit all H&K tube amp heads.

The ASX is a DSP board which goes into the expansion slot of UF and VX series keyboards, turning the CME MIDI controller keyboard into a stand-alone synthesizer.

The new version comes with a completely revised modulation algorithm to simulate the air movement in natural rooms.

This Skull cable was voiced to scream like the thundering crack of a battle axe.

Volume 2 includes over 60 high quality 24-bit loops, riffs and phrases.

The Foot Mouse solves the problem of having to move your hands and eyes between a mouse, keyboard, and MIDI keyboard during composing/arranging.

Designed to copy the sound of an amp cranked to 10 with a controllable and usable level.

This is the first release for Stereoplacer in OSX compatible formats.

The Compressor recreates the tight, transparent squeeze and legendary soft-clipping of the original.

Scratch Pad's durable, multi-layered design shields your instruments from the scratches, dings and impact-divots.

Drum Werks IX: Power Rock offers 488 (638 MB) drum loops and 92 (73 MB) matching multi-velocity drum and cymbal samples total.

The SKB-PS-55 stagefive Professional Pedalboard incorporates SKB's rugged, time-tested design and features a durable hard cover for maximum protection.

Learn to play piano at your own pace by following the step-by-step lessons and over 70 large screen format videos.

SAE students will be given the chance to share the studio with Parsons and gain valuable first-hand experience while tracking a full band using SAE's state-of-the-art SSL studio.

This step-by-step approach to learning guitar is perfect for beginners of all ages for use with acoustic or electric guitar.

330 samples including 43 tearing breakbeat drum loops, 26 music loops, 16 bass loops, and more.

The new website, in both English and French, will guide you through sections such as recent A&L news, models, specs, and more.

These new versions bring several user interface and performance improvements.

Collection features instruments such as Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon and much more.

Alfred will present the world premiere of Jerry Lee Lewis: Killer Piano at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

This comprehensive, informative and professional video tutorial is a must for every Cubase user.

The SONAR 7.0.1 Update addresses various performance and stability issues across the entire application.

Prices of the Inspire 1394 and FaderPort each have been dropped from $199 to $149.

Using a patent-pending process for key detection, the new version provides even more accurate results.

Songbook spans Dream Theater's entire history and includes the never-before-released in print "YTSE Jam."

At Vapor's core is a network of diffusers, delay-based filters that soften and smear audio passing through them.

New refinements include: an upgraded sonic tuning of the patented passive Lace Sensor?? technology for greater harmonic response.

This is the unmistakable wah tone heard on Hendrix classics like "Up From the Sky" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)."

The updates are available for both Mac and Windows platforms in both standalone and plug-in versions.

The CME VX Series Controllers are the first to offer fully motorized faders and a host of other controls for DAW control

The Arp Kingdom soundset cover a wide range of sonic moods that are suitable for any music genre.

This is a new version of the first guitar sample library direct recorded for amp simulators.

As the student sings into the microphone, the program provides feedback for each note (correct, too high, too low, etc).

The E²Deesser features Eiosis' patented, exclusive processing structure and algorithm to bring you a new approach to de-essing.

Soundtracks can be composed in a matter of seconds, and the arrangement can be refined through adjustment of keyframes on the timeline.

Android Armageddon includes 100 files of glitching robotics, robot voices, dark soundscapes, and more.

POWERkits provide the musician and producer with a sound palette requiring very little processing power.

This new feature allows R-09 users to easily demarcate unique interview subjects and/or audio subjects without interrupting the recording.

This latest addition to the PowerCore family features eight DSP engines, which offers twice the processing power of PowerCore FireWire.

Red Bass was designed to be very easy to play live.

This new model will be the first 8" diameter tambourine with Grover's specially heat-treated jingles.

New features have been added to Wusikstation and Wusik Sample Editor.

Both products have AutoCue, which automatically cues a track to the start of the music and seamless looping, allowing DJs to focus on their audience.

The 150mb Drum kit features mixable direct and ambient microphones, Drum roll emulation via the Roll Control KSP script, multiple velocity layers and articulations.

TruePianos 1.0.2 features a new Sapphire Module, MIDI CC support to control sliders, and a new trial version.

T-rox Studio is a music notation software that has built-in automatic transcription functions.

The new software features an improved Scratch Mode to allow your HDC-3000 to scratch exclusively in Pitch Mode.

The Museum of Making Music will hold a workshop, panel discussion and concert featuring legendary recording artist Lyle Ritz.

These strings offer a clear articulate top end and solid midrange punch to cut thru a wall of guitars.

The new version includes a more intuitive interface, improved high-quality audio and video, and new fretboard skins.

The new drivers for Windows Vista are compatible with INSPIRE 1394, FireBox, FP10, and FirePod.

Eleven offers carefully selected emulations of modern amplifiers and speaker cabinets based on amps and cabinets.

The Speakerphone plug-in by Audio Ease provides sounds of classic guitar amps, dial tones, and more.

This refill includes 150 bass patches, 16 FX patches, 138 lead patches, 100 pad patches, and more.

If you want to check out the quality of realsamples libraries for yourself, the lute stop is available for free download.

This 14 GB/4 DVD library contains over 1700 instruments, tempo synced loops, and multis designed with you in mind.

A total of 14 giant rock hits, including the smash hit, "Hey There Delilah," are now available in one songbook.

The new cocktail drum kits include The Clubster, The Hipster, and The Trickster.

The M1 guitar is made out of single block of 6061 T6 aircraft aluminum.

The LED Bar has a total of 244 LED lamps to cover a wide surface area with dazzling color.

Produced on a Digidesign M-Powered system, this tutorial is filmed using the most popular Digidesign hardware/software combo on the market today.

The U-81 OCTAVO offers interference-free operation for virtually all applications and locations.

The Custom 225 is for the player looking for high headroom, handcrafted tube sound with unsurpassed quality and reliability.

Alfred presents the album-matching folio to Cowboys from Hell.

The Garritan Personal Orchestra Refill features high-quality orchestral instruments and is easy to use.

Featuring over 1.5GB of material, the package includes over 190 Breakbeats and Electro House drum loops, 15 drum fills, 53 twisted bass loops, 167 inspirational music loops, and more.

'Urban Guitar Bites' provides MPC users with numerous live nylon guitar riffs and sample bites from renowned urban guitarists.

Alfred introduces the album-matching folio to the soundtrack of "Camp."

Basslines comes in "elastic" Apple Loops and ACID formats, which means all loops will instantly sync to the tempo.

You can quickly connect a computer, a MP3 player or a mixer, and monitor all three sources at the same time.

Kyma X.47 features extensive support for multichannel sound synthesis and processing.

Similar to the smaller ZED-14, the 4 bus series features the same high performance DuoPre™ padless preamp.

Now available with improved circuitry and features such as true bypass switching, Maxon Nine Series effects remain the standard by which others are judged.

This pack is upfront and contains cutting edge club track essentials produced by one of the UK's most respected dance producers, Jeremy Sylvester.

THoTH Music Learning Software is a program that helps guitar teachers and students with scales, arpeggios, chord voicings, and other musical elements.

Vintage Stings MkII makes no use of samples and its sound is purely synthesized.

This emotive addition to the Custom Shop Tribute Series will feature an intricate reproduction of "Lenny" down to the smallest of details.

With USB plug connecting to computer, Footime™ Page Turner is a pedal with two buttons: One for forward page turning, the other for backward turning.

The new version 1.2 driver for AlphaTrack includes support for Live version 5.2.1 or later.

The tutorials, offering both 64-bit and 32-bit support, provide an in depth overview of how easy these virtual instruments are to use.

Alfred's new DVDs feature Jerry Donahue, Frank Gambale, and Allan Holdsworth.

This pack has been carefully compiled from scratch and contains over 600 files of beats, synths, and more.

The AEQ1 algorithm simultaneously achieves both absolute sonic accuracy and extremely high processing efficiency

Using a New Old Stock Soviet KT312 Transistor and NOS Germanium diodes, this versatile little box can boost, distort and even do a little fuzz.

Guitar Center will now sell Dell desktop and notebook systems powered by Dual-Core AMD processors for professional audio applications.

Finale PrintMusic 2008 is the latest upgrade to MakeMusic's best-selling music notation software.

Multi-Track Spectrum Analyzer Version 1.1.3 features new bug fixes.

This samplepack features 30 minimal house basslines, 60 new drum loops, 30 music loops, and more.

The RG-16 offers a highly intuitive user interface that's easy to program and use via front panel buttons and LEDs.

A limited number of "pre-launch" Taylor solid bodies will go on sale at select chain stores, independent music stores and online retailers, with a major launch planned for winter NAMM, 2008.

The KZX, available initially in a 5 string version, is an evolution of the popular "Z" basses currently on the market.

When you sign up for the two-day class, you are purchasing a custom amplifier kit.

Baldwin Custom House has created the "Exotic Collection" with wild designs and customized paints.

Phonic is including its own digital mixing software along with the Firefly 808.

This three day hands-on approach to drumming and rhythm section awareness will provide a unique opportunity for students of all levels to come together and communicate through rhythm.

The 3 day event will include a series of interactive and educational panels, a trade fair, and networking opportunities geared toward all facets of the music industry.

Now at version 7 Sonar continues to grow and offer everything for the mere recording hobbyists to the audio engineering professional.

Only 50 Ron Fellows Corvette Standard model PRS guitars will be built.

Vielklang allows quick and easy creation of natural sounding backing vocals, brass sections, and other harmony parts with up to four voices.

MoReVoX RetròVerb is designed for TLSpace, but is compatible with all convolution reverb plugins.

Phonic's line of FireWire products is now compatible with the new Microsoft Windows operating system, Vista.

Big Fish Audio brings you the taste and flavor of the Arabic world with Hadeeth 2, and a collection of neo-80s synth kits with Syntron-X.

The Chopper delivers white-noise sound; the Alu Bells produce long, sustaining notes; and the new Bronze Triangles are crafted from pure B8 bronze.

Ableton features several new add-on instruments, and Ableton Suite combines Live 7 with a selection of instruments.

This library is jam packed with extraordinary samples, basslines, leads, pads, fx sounds and a whole bunch of Drumsounds in 34 powerful Construction Kits.

The new high-definition IE-40 earphones use triple-driver technology for best-in-class fidelity.

The cab is built to the same standards and of the same components as MILLS Acoustics' larger Afterburner 412 cabs and is rated at 140 Watts of power handling.

Just like with Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst Pro, the frequency analysis can be fine tuned in details, and three modes are offered for each channel.

Drumtracker allows you to export all drums to one single MIDI file or as separate MIDI files, and to choose between different output MIDI mappings

TuneCore has announced partnerships with The Sound Guy and Roland BOSS US.

'RnB Keyz Loops' comes in sample accurate, stereo acidized WAV format, and is compatible with Fruity Loops, Acid Pro, Cubase, Sonar, ProTools, or any software reading WAV.

The new version of ELS Vocoder includes the SideChain feature, which allows you to use an external input as the carrier signal.

The highlights of the set are the electro sequences, a large collection of powerful grinding and sizzling electro-arpeggios.

Christmas Carols From Around The World and Jim Brickman: Homecoming songbooks are both for Piano/Vocals/Chords.

The new Daredevil has a classic double-cutaway with full thickness body, and ample amount of wood where the neck meets the body.

SampleMoog offers over 1,700 basses, leads, pads and effects' sounds.

DVD features an array of artists and performances, such as Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly, Neil Peart of Rush, Mel Taylor of The Ventures, and Carmine Appice of Vanilla Fudge.

Suitable for all levels of ability, this product covers fundamental beginner topics all the way through to advanced beat production techniques.

The Flying Eye Envelope Filter enables you to create a wide variety of classic wah wah tones.

A new kind of synthesizer, the Mandala 2.0 packages a musical range so wide it simultaneously offers players the top of the line.

Toontrack Solo is a host application for Toontrack Music samplers, providing standalone operation.

The Classic Chorus offers two effects in one solid diecast housing.

The Virtuoso gig bags come with Yamaha's exclusive Air Cell® pads on backpack-style straps for increased comfort.

G28 stripes are welded into the company's 1/4"-thick, premium-quality acrylic shells.

Wendler Instruments introduces the new lightweight KW electroCoustic guitar.

The names of the kits hark to 1849, the year that Joseph A. Rogers founded his firm.

Guitar Rig 3, Kontakt 3, Komplete Synths, Komplete Classics, and Komplete 5 are now available.

Maximus combines a high quality Maximizer, Compressor, Limiter, Noise Gate, Expander, Ducker and De-esser.

V-Synth Tweakbook Edition 3 brings a lot of new material, including 9 new articles, over 20 new patch examples, as well as updates to the parameter map.

The Parallax is a full-featured high voltage tube amp rich in versatility.

This groundbreaking collection of video tutorials shows you how one of the hottest songs included in the new Reason 4 Factory Soundbank was created.

The Debutante is designed to meet the needs of the budget conscious girl seeking Daisy Rock's lightweight, thin neck design.

The new PMD620 utilizes the SD flash memory card for data storage, a first for the PMD Series of recorders.

Visualizer MusicTech is a flexible FFT audio analyser designed to allow access to a range of audio analysis views via a single interface.