News - April 2007

The TXC Compressor and MP1A Mic Preamp are debuted at the show.

You can select a single stage preamp or a dual stage preamp using one of three preamp gain structures.

This new driver supports Windows XP, XP64, Vista 32, Vista 64.

The company also announced its plans to further invest in the growth and development of its flagship brand, Acoustic Guitar.

With vielklang musicians can easily generate and prototype natural-sounding background vocals and brass sections.

USB2200a, USB1000a, Instrument Reflexion Filter, Instrument Reflexion Filter Studio Kit, Z5600 II and Gemini II are now shipping.

3.5GB, 400 Groove Shadows, 1,600 loops, and over 4,000 single sound FX.

Features two gold diaphragm capsules with an X/Y pick-up pattern.

Easy to set up and use, AURA pedals eliminate intrusive stage noise and expensive microphone setups.

Previously, this system was only available as original equipment on USA-made Guild® guitars.

Groove Construction Kits II offers 100% pure acoustic multi-velocity drum and cymbal samples for use in all software and hardware samplers.

An exact replica of the 1963 Brown Vibroverb®.

Award-winning drum software now available in "demo" and "player" versions.

Version 1.2 adds new support for displaying the note pitch in standard music notation alongside the bass fretboard and configurable note display options.

Bridges the gap between computer technology and the modern guitar player with a comprehensive series of plain-language tutorials.

Compatible with all Hot Hand systems, the Hot Hand Wireless Adapter can be used as a convenient alternative to the wired sensor.

Techniques and features of Stylus RMX covered include: creating custom Edit Groups, Rack Effect Combinations and the Chaos Designer.

All AAS Professional and Session Series instruments are now available on Mac OS X as Universal Binaries.

Take complete control of the drum mix by discretely mixing volumes, EQ and FX on individual drum and cymbal loops.

DrumCore adds more features for making custom drumkits, playing live and previewing song transitions.

The partnership aims to provide innovative new ways for women to learn how to play guitar.

Korg USA is offering a $100 rebate on a new 61, 76 or 88-key TR Music Workstation purchased from an authorized Korg dealer in the U.S.A.

Packs an amazing amount of high-end features into its small frame, including a 24-bit/96kHz processing engine and a backlit LCD

This on-going program offers recording and sound technology students and graduates across the country the opportunity to gain additional in-the-field experience.

Influenced by the legendary Roland D-50 digital synth, the P-50 Linear aims to recreate classic 1980's sounds within a modern hosting environment.

At each store location, top DJs will perform while customers can enter to win the latest in DJ gear.

The XD-53's incorporate a circumaural isolation design, providing high level isolation from ambient noise.

Featuring Carvin's legendary Tune-O-Matic bridge with the strings feeding through the body.

Designed for broadcasters, sound recordists and videographers, these phantom-powered models feature independent line-cardioid and figure-of-eight elements configured in an M-S (Mid-Side) arrangement.

Additionally, AutoCal has been updated to include Symmetrical Placement EQ™.

This 128-preset add-on is the perfect complement to the String Studio factory library.

Produced by Simone Coen of Chocolate Audio, the three new releases put superb sounding, flexible, and easy to use drum loops in user's hands.

Popular MIDI controller ships with DJ software to provide integrated hardware/software solution.

A faithful recreation of the early Silicon Fuzz Face™, the Hartman Fuzz captures the dynamic behavior of that classic pedal.

The Bonzo drum kit is a sampled rendition of a Ludwig™ VistaLite™ drum kit with Paiste™ cymbals.

The school is now an Apple Authorized Training Center for Pro Applications and a Digidesign Certified Training Location for Pro Tools.

Users can connect any two SATA-I or SATA-II devices to expand their data storage configuration.

Urban Fire takes influences from today's top producers in both the Hip Hop and Pop industries.

Available as a free download from the company's website.

Greatly enhanced in both quality and ease of use, TimeFactory 2 comes as native Universal Binary optimized for both PowerPC and Intel Mac models (MacOS X 10.4.9 or better).

The G-Tour Amp Head case is constructed of plywood with a rugged PVC exterior, stackable ball corners and EPS tricot-covered foam interior.

eBook covers a number of modifications that can be made to the Epiphone Junior.

Dubstation now works at all sampling rates, up to 192kHz.

Comes with a massive library including 40 construction kits which contain cutting-edge Club and Trance sounds.

In this three video set RSO has compiled some extraordinarily useful and important production techniques.

The input and output sections of the 6416dio module can be independently configured to operate within a specified 16-channel A-Net Slot range for maximum versatility.

This library features 24 bit samples for Gigastudio 3.1 and Kontakt 2.1.

The 64B LED Pro black-finish par can and 64P LED Pro silver-polish par can are equipped with 181 extremely bright 10mm LEDs that combine to create smooth palettes of color.

Companies may adapt the case style to their own instruments.

Calculates delay, time to BPM, BPM to time, BPM note shift, timestretch, tempo shift, lfo rate and more.

New player allows users to search tutorial videos by keyword, present tutorial videos in full screen, or resize videos so users can work along with the lessons.

Realistic Rock, originally published by Carmine in October 1972, has sold over 350,000 copies to date, making it the best-selling instructional rock drum book of all time.

The most intensive and up-to-date artist, singer, songwriter, and recording training for all styles and genres.

The acoustic pianos consist of the Bösendorfer 290, the Steinway D, the Baldwin Vertical and the Yamaha C7.

This library is jam packed with samples in 40 powerful construction kits, containing Hardtechno and Schranz sounds.

This website is a community for musicians to find other local musicians with similar interests, ranging from specific genres to future goals and aspirations.

The company announces authorized dealers in an effort to curtail growing trend of counterfeit instruments being produced and sold out of China.

The selection includes vintage snares from Rogers Dyna-sonic from 1974 through the classic Ludwig Supraphonic (1988, and classic maple to the most up-to-date snare drum.

The 2007 camp will once again feature two sessions of classes, from August 19 to 25, and from August 26 to September 1.

Grammy-winning, multi-platinum engineer/producer Francis Buckley is featured in this educational series.

The show will air Thursday, April 19 on CBS-TV.

Gilbert shares stories about Mr. Big, amps, and BOSS pedals before discussing playing techniques and giving a few sneak-peek album previews.

The celebration will feature original design drawings, as well as members of the Ibanez team that builds this continually evolving instrument.

TEST RUN contains a collection of the best sounds from past Puremagnetik packs and is available for immediate download.

Version 2.1 of Music Man adds an automatic MP3 Clip making feature.

Includes information of how to transpose any chord or chord progression, add and sus chords, and an introduction to more advanced chords.

Developed jointly with PMC (the Professional Monitor Company, based in the UK), the new RMS monitors unite Digidesign's deep expertise in digital audio with PMC's legacy for fine, cutting-edge loudspeaker designs and meticulous manufacturing.

The Producers Conferences are taking place all over the world, the first of which is slated for April 21st in Los Angeles, with others to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, Guilford, UK, Manchester, UK, Ireland, and Hamburg, Germany.

Not just ordinary stickers, Editors keys are made from over 40 micro-interweaved PVC layers of the highest quality, both for optimal durability and to help blend in with your own keyboard.

The updated version of this Spectrum Analyzer brings major performance improvements and user interaction enhancements.

The update brings a completely new GUI, new envelopes, enhanced analog approximations and a lot of new sounds.

A multicultural, inter-disciplinary curriculum for the general classroom, takes students on a journey around the world to explore drums and the diverse cultures they have influenced.

The update is free to users who purchased and registered their instrument after the 1st October 2006.

The 12-String Acoustic Strummer is a virtual rhythm guitar that will Auto-Strum in any key and any tempo with a wide variety of songwriting chords

Studio to Go! v2.0 also includes many usability improvements which go to make this the most compelling version yet of the leading Linux Audio distribution.

The Disc Makers Medley DVD/CD publisher is a low cost, easy-to-use automated disc printing and burning system.

Ideal for professionals and audiophiles demanding the highest possible accuracy.

These boxes range in size from 2U to 4U and include built-in power supply redundancy with either single or dual IEC power connections.

The college's first radio station in its 61-year history, will officially kickoff April 30 - May 3, with a week of special programming.

The 'Soundcraft A-Net 16V' card can be installed or retrofitted to any Soundcraft Vi series console rack.

Reel Tape Suite features three plug-ins: Reel Tape™ Saturation, Reel Tape™ Delay, and Reel Tape™ Flanger.

The 8XT contains a 1.5-inch-diaphragm compression driver coaxially loaded by an eight-inch low-frequency transducer in a bass-reflex tune enclosure.

The system consists of an 8" powered subwoofer (which also contains the amplifiers and bass management circuitry for the system), Left & Right 2-way satellite speakers, and a desktop remote 'hub'.

The event will provide a particularly wide focus and cover an extremely comprehensive range of audio technology.

Many hours of development and feedback from the Harmony Central Electric Guitar Forum community have gone into these new models.

Performers include David Grissom, Nashville's Johnny Hiland and Band, Derek St. Holmes from Ted Nugent's band, Bernie Marsden from White Snake, and more.

Learn tips and tricks from audio professionals.

Together they provide music educators the means to guide, motivate and inspire student practice time as well as a practical, realistic way to document individual student progress.

The Zaxcom Deva 5.8 records 10 tracks of audio directly to a compact flash memory card.

Streamlined mixers with integrated KAOSS Pad provide a new level of control and functionality for DJs.

Also released are three new Green Day Ultimate Play-Along titles.

Users will find classic C-64 sounds, including drums, basses, leads, sequences, sound effects, and more.

In addition to his work at Acoustic Guitar, Gerken has also been a contributing author to several guitar books.

The AxeGuardz™ LCM™ Pickguard provides improved RFI shielding with "hum" diminishing technology.

The update includes time-averaging options added to Spectrum analysis displays and more.

A MIDI bridge, organizer and wrapper between different drum sampler formats.

he three video collection goes into great details about production and mixing techniques designed to help the viewer understand how to achieve professional results in their digital studios.

More than 27,000 various drum & percussion sounds.

The Z7-S sports most of the hardware features and all of the software features that complement the high-end Ztar controllers but at a more affordable price.

Among other enhancements, the new version adds tutorial videos and a new Help function from within the Virus Control AU/VST plug-in.

Groove Monkee Blues contains over 800 beats for blues and blues rock arranged as 8 and 12-bar segments.

Application-focused booth and live personal mixer demo offers broadcasters, contractors and church sound pros a wide range of innovative audio technology.

The éHO's repeat quality decreases when the delay time increases, producing low-fi repeats.

The TRX700 records up to 12 hours of timecode-referenced audio on a removable miniSD card.

EDIT is the ideal solution for Nuendo users who require a compact, professional control surface.

The preamp's ergonomic, soundhole-mounted design puts slider controls at the player's fingertips to maintain a natural playing position.

Both applications now offer full Universal Binary support for Intel-Macs.

In his two programs David Ellefson displays some of the techniques that have made him one of the most sought after metal bassists in the world.

Includes MIDI learn for all controls, 260 new presets and several improvements and bugfixes.

Newest version of Sound Forge provides powerful new tools for creating and editing stereo and multichannel digital audio files.

A limited number of tickets are available to the general public for the Music Rising auction event at Hard Rock Cafe New York.

Tesla's AH-1 Active Humbucker pickups give players the benefit of noiseless performance with a warm, naturally enhanced tone.

The class is not for credit, and no previous experience with guitar making is necessary.

Just added are Reggae Jam and The Organic Session collections.

Four tiered service plans can be applied to any computer-based professional audio product that Guitar Center sells.

A 29 GB cornucopia of exotic treasures for symphonic and orchestral works.

The mic will be presented at the NAB 2007 April 16-19, Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth SU1926.

Bruce Egnater and his staff will walk you through the process of building your amp kit, one step at a time.

In addition to Mac Intel compatibility, T-RackS 1.3 is now fully Pro Tools 7 compliant and compatible with Cubase 4.

Update includes new features and bugfixes.

Picking up where Level 1 leaves off, this DVD begins with advanced set-up topics like Templates, Rulers, Digibase, and Tempo Track.

Yemski Sound-Scapes is the latest combination of Yemski's ambient textures and creative synth programming.

The RJC200 and RJC700 both feature luggage grade 420D nylon, luxury padded comfortable carrying handle, an additional grab-handle at the rear, and more.

This new firmware adds several important new features to the recorders, including lossless audio compression, MP3 recording, and multi-unit linking enhancements.

Included in the Accu-Cable line are mic, patch, speaker and DMX cables and connectors, as well as AC extension cords.

Abaltat Muse represents a fundamental departure from traditional post-production tools, exploiting artificial intelligence to measure select elements of a moving picture and then composing music to match those elements.

Amie Street is the first site that lets the members of the community set the price of songs, which start out free and rise in price based on sales.

Among other added features, the step sequencers in Gateboy and Space Oscillator have been redesigned to support the "swing" function and new elementary envelope shape.

Combines the full low-end extension of the GS 112 with the punchy midrange of the DB series cabinet line.

Just plug in the supplied 10 ft. USB cable, launch your DAW, and start recording.

Heavy rock-inspired series provides players with the most aggressive VOX tones to date.

Features include -15dB input pad switch, ground lift switch, electronically balanced XLR output, and more.

The system uses Graph Tech's exclusive piezo pickup technology with stacked volume controls so the player can define the volume of both the acoustic sound and MIDI synth sound separately.

With Stand-alone mode, control panel, routing and low latency mixer settings need only to be configured in Maestro once.

The SC series is availble with both high-output PAF-style pickups, or the vintage voiced P90.

The UM450 is a new Digital Hybrid Wireless™ belt-pack transmitter with a current-servo input and 250mW RF output for exceptional range and resistance to interference.

Inspired by the auto interiors of the '70s.

The Twisted Triode design is based on an old-school true triode power tube developed in the 1920's for radios.

Using the application, musicians can access, edit and mix their music from any computer in the world.

Using the Skill Pack's unique "learn by doing" approach, readers will increase their expertise with editing MIDI in Cubase by completing projects as they work through the book.

The padded bag features a VOX logo and large storage pocket and has a retail value of $39.95.

Two channels allow the player to cover a wide range of guitar tones including country, blues, classic and modern rock.

Clean 24-bit acoustic WAV format multi-velocity samples extensively recorded to ensure dynamic realism in your drum tracks.

500 MB of premium studio impulse-responses of world-class hardware and selected real rooms and ambiences in 24-bit quality.

Employs specially annealed low strand count copper conductors and G&H Ultra-Clear plugs.

This quirky soft synth is modelled on the very popular British OSCar synth.

The auction event will offer one of the most significant collections of music memorabilia from many of music's greatest legends.

Now available for immediate download in the Dance/Electronica genre.

Designed by German Master Luthier Siggy Jaeger.

Over 1.4GB of dance-infused, club-pumping construction kits, beats and synth loops.

Other titles include "Boston: Boston (Classic Album Edition)" and "Realistic Rock 35th Anniversary Special Edition."

The latest versions of their plugins are now compatible with Windows Vista's User Account Control.

The KikBrik is a physical drumhead damper as well as an acoustic damper, absorbing unwanted overtones across a broad frequency bandwidth.

Allows Mac and PC users full access to MD's historic collection of features, educational columns, and reviews.

Abaltat Beat reads and analyzes the cut picture's edit decision list (EDL) using comparative analysis of beats-per-minute (BPM) and the edited rate of the picture to suggest a series of best-possible fits.