News - January 2008

Dubstep 2 from Loopmasters is a brand new Download Pack featuring over 290MB of brand new Dubstep beats, basslines, drum kits and effects, plus bass and atmosphere patches all ready to play in Kontakt, Halion, Reason NNXT and SFZ.

Marshall Jefferson — House Generation is a collection of samples produced by Marshall for producers looking to make inspired classic and future House tracks, using some of the sources that up until now Marshall has kept a closely guarded secret.

Rich in both instructional content and entertainment value, Celtic Guitar Solos, Tunes & Techniques stars legendary fingerstyle guitar player Steve Baughman, while Understanding DADGAD and Building Repertoire and Composing & Arranging for Solo Guitar feature renowned acoustic soloist Laurence Juber.

Alfred Publishing release the latest album-matching folio from pop-punk sensations Plain White T's: Every Second Counts.

BDM (Broken Drum Machine)is a plugin instrument designed for the musicians who love chaos and usually find the unpredictable behaviour of an uncontrollable sound machine stimulating and inspiring.

The MXR M-159 Tremolo keeps all the effects and controls of the original — but in a smaller, pedalboard-friendly size.

To deliver the ultimate grand piano experience in your studio, realsamples is proud to announce probably the first piano sample library ever captured with 32 velocity layers of each note for great dynamics, feel and pure piano sound.

WamplerPedals.com in collaboration with Brent Mason have released a new overdrive/distortion pedal, which was designed to Brent's exact specifications.

"Logic Pro 8 — Know It All" covers all aspects of audio and midi recording, editing, mixing, and mastering for Apple Logic Pro 8 digital audio workstation software.

Revolutionary digital distributor teaches musicians to market, promote, and make money while retaining rights to their music.

With the D 12 speaker system, DYNACORD responded to the long-felt need of customers for a light speaker system for small to medium-sized professional events.

Best-selling solo artist of the 20th century and American Music Award "Artist of the Decade" for the entire 1990s, Garth Brooks' impact on the country music arena is beyond measure.

The Venom 7 combines high output with a bright, clear tone which allows for great clarity across all 7 strings whether it is played through the cleanest amp or the heaviest distortion.

ERGO (Enhanced Room Geometry Optimization) is compatible with all recording and monitoring systems and improves any studio mixing space by correcting for "real world" acoustic problems.

Carvin has reincarnated the X-100B, which generated tones that satisfied adventurous guitarists like Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, and Alex Lifeson.

The XD88 offers a wealth of equalization, limiting, delay, and related signal processing functions designed to maximize the performance of any loudspeaker system.

The launch of The Hal Leonard Recording Method series marks the first and only fully comprehensive recording course written in a style that everyone from novices to experts can understand.

Ambisphere is a library fully dedicated to unreal sounds that open up imagination and make any static picture come alive.

Sonart Audio's 'Love Liberation' is a massive Construction Kit featuring over 120 24bit samples & loops (BASS loops, Synthesizer Loops, Drum Loops, FX!).

The Heavy Electronics Red Eyes overdrive represents a new versatility within the world of overdrive.

The new Wave 2x12 OS from Port City Amps is the 4x12 killer!

The MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay features a completely analog audio path for the ultimate in rich, warm delay-made possible only by old-school bucket brigade technology.

The compact Dynacord D-LITE 1000 system is a convincing solution for virtually all mobile audio system users, whether entertainers, mobile disk jockeys, or small- to medium-sized bands.

The Furman Elite-16 PF E i and Elite-10 E are 220V-240V power management products with elegant new designs featuring smooth contours of black steel with clear blue LED lights.

Elements: South America is the next installment in the Elements series captures the beauty of South American music.

Based on the company's successful active EMG-707 model designed for 7-string guitars, the new EMG-707TW not only offers players the familiar dual coil sound of the former, but also has the added advantage of single coil mode incorporated in the same pickup.

The Versatile series is designed to improve the skills and variety utilized by musicians everywhere.

Ohm is a real-time MIDI control surface designed to give digital audio and video performers an innovative interface for performance and presentation.

The Blanchet Cembalo SampleSet was sampled from a perfect copy of the Blanchet Cembalo/Harpsichord, built from Ferdinando Granziera in Milano (Italy) in 1989.

German-based sample manufacturer realsamples introduces two sample libraries of antique instruments, featuring a spinet and a harpsichord.

These new 2- and 4-channel DJ consoles are highlighted by their unrivaled FireWire capabilities, true studio-quality sound, immense routing flexibility, and recently announced certification for Native Instruments powerful Traktor "Scratch" software ‐ letting DJs mix and scratch digital music files using standard turntables with specially coded vinyl discs.

Featuring the new DVX3121 12-inch woofer and the ND2 neodymium compression driver, ZX3 continues the groundbreaking innovation of the Electro-Voice DVX woofer program, joining the ranks of EV's ZX series between the 8-inch ZX1 and the 15-inch ZX5.

The Puremagnetik PM Mark One collection features 24-bit instruments and loops sampled from the classic Rhodes Mark One played by professional jazz, funk and R&B keyboardists.

To make the set of VTAPE plugins more complete Virsyn has added a Tape Flanger plugin simulating the playback of two tape machines running at slightly different speeds.

With the Bryan "Brain" Mantia Drum Track Builder For KONTAKT you'll be able to create complete professional sounding drum tracks for songs using Drag & Drop MIDI Intros, Grooves, Fills, and Outros of many styles, variations, and BPMs from 50-160.

AxeGlove™ is a complete, two (2) piece system which encompasses both the neck and body of solid body electric guitars and will be initially offered for Gibson SG, Les Paul Standard, Custom, Deluxe & Double Cutaway models, as well as Fender Stratocaster & Telecaster guitars.

Soul Vocals Vol.2 is a collection of male vocals designed for vocal seasoning on any style beat production and gives 128 phrases, riffs and vocal stylings at 6 different tempos and up to 3 keys each.

New additions to the Martin family of strings include the new FX Flexible Core strings, a new high tuning Nashville style set, and Martin Light/Mediums.

The new Hughes & Kettner Statesman all-tube guitar amps combine two opposite poles of the tone world in one amp for the first time: vintage 'open-back' clean & crunch and the massive punch of an overdriven closed-back stack.

World Loop Spice Rack includes 1,220 melodic and rhythmic loops and riffs of authentic ethnic instruments from China, India, Middle East, Australia, and Africa.

M-theory is a physical modeling hybrid synth that provides a very wide range of high quality synthetic and hybrid acoustic modeled sounds.

Renegade is based on algorithms of DSP chips and analog circuits of real hardware synthesizers.

Also available soon are free Mac OS AU/VST versions of SINDO V1.0 and Spectra C1 for previous license holders.

ERGO (Enhanced Room Geometry Optimization) is compatible with all recording and monitoring systems and improves any studio mixing space by correcting for "real world" acoustic problems.

Collaboration to deliver a new class of DJ hardware and software interactivity.

The URS Saturation plug-in digitally recreates four different and distinct pre amplifiers each featuring: a different type of input stage saturation, even and odd ordered harmonics and soft clipping.

Sonoma has updated RiffWorks to v2.1.1 (free for v2 owners), improving the online collaboration and instant podcasting features, and integrating them with RiffWorld.com.

Elite Orchestral Percussion offers 19 GB of sterling orchestral percussion with a sophisticated script engine, and BASiS fills the low end with a large collection of electric, upright, fretless, and synth basses.

FRETLIGHTZ projects a brilliant HIGH OUTPUT LED light onto the fretboard providing a point of reference when performing on dimly lit stages, pitch dark clubs, or practicing areas, also assisting players with limited vision handicaps.

With Snapper sound files, when they sit in the finder, will no longer be closed.

Blue Bass was designed to be very easy to play live with almost all articulations, Eg. legato playing triggers hammer-on and pull-off, legato playing with sustain pedal pressed triggers slides, fast legato playing triggers grace notes, etc. being triggered without any keyswitches.

These convolution reverbs allow superior quality natural sounding rooms to now be used in the studio environment for mixing drums and percussion.

The new Timbaland Special Edition NeKo, an all-in-one production studio powered by Windows™ XP, is capable of running virtually any Windows XP compatible software including a variety of DAW software, virtual instruments (VSTi), virtual effects (VST) and other music applications.

New products for musicians and professional audio producers will be branded as "Cakewalk by Roland."

The Kirk Hammett Signatures Series includes amps, cabinets, modules and combos that all reflect the tones and voices that Metallica's legendary guitarist has spent a career perfecting.

After extensive testing, E-MU® Systems has announced the release of Windows® Vista® compatible applications and drivers for their popular lines of PCI and CardBus digital audio interfaces.

Music soundware and software distributor ILIO has announced a cooperative program with hard drive maker Glyph Technologies to offer hard disk drives pre-installed with virtual instrument software.

Ivory Upright Pianos features four different upright pianos, sampled with Synthogy's usual meticulous attention to detail to capture the unique personalities of these instruments.

Featuring remote diagnostics and e-mail alerts, the M7500CRD-IP reduces the need for installers to drive to an end users' location for routine maintenance and resetting.

The Rock Guitars Vol 1 loop package focuses on dry acoustic and saturated electric rhythms.

The first update is now available and contains sixteen new combis designed for the M3 Radias expansion board.

Brain Has Made the Worst Drum Instructional DVD Ever breaks all traditional educational boundaries by proving to be simultaneously satirically innovative and still instructionally sound.

The Satellite Pro upgrade loads REX, Wave, and Acid files and includes a wealth of additional features for $149.

Jeanfranco Gadotti of Gadotti Guitars has designed the 10 String King Nylon Electric which is the perfect balance of old world craftsmanship and new world design.

In celebration of the that milestone, Gretsch is releasing several new guitar and amplifier models, including the Custom Shop Chet Atkins G6120 125th Anniversary Limited Edition guitar in Transparent Orange finish over real gold leaf.

Master Bundle is a suite of plug-ins specifically designed and integrated for use in AWE.

Allen & Heath has added iDR0, a new processing unit, to its iLive digital mixing system, and has announced the release of V1.2, the new version of iLive system software.

The new and innovative Modular snake system features easily interchangeable DB25 core cables and breakouts for flexible wiring options utilizing industry standard analog pinouts.

Planet Waves Planet Lock release is a guitar strap with integrated locking ends that prevent potentially damaging instrument falls.

The new plug-ins will available only to owners of the McDSP Emerald Pack HD and Emerald Pack Native bundles as an upgrade ($195 HD/$95 Native for owners of Emerald Pack version 2).

For the first time, the entire 20th and 21st century scope of Santana is presented together in one volume.

The AXON products now provide "layers" within a play area That can be used to activate up to four synthesizers simultaneously with different program change commands and controller data, creating entire "sound walls" through a single tone that is struck.

The 3U panel has XLR connectors for 16 analog inputs AND 16 outputs, plus 4 stereo digital in AND 4 out (AES-S/PDIF); 8 channels of ADAT in AND out remain on the 1U main unit for a total of 32 in AND out.

Paving the way for rock musicians for decades, Pink Floyd's greatest hits are now available for all guitarists.

Guitar Atlas: Japan allows individuals to experience the rich and mysterious culture through its music. In addition to arrangements of classic folk tunes like "Sakura" and "Edo Komori-uta," the book teaches Japanese scales, modes, and tunings, and traditional instruments such as the shamisen, koto, shakuhachi, and more.

Lava Flow features include three isolated send and returns, a foot switch out, a high quality non-invasive input buffer to prevent signal loss for long cable runs, and a special isolation transformer prevent ground loops.

Written in laymen's terms, "Sound Mixing Tips and Tricks" contains mixing tips, secrets and techniques to help you become a better producer, walking you through the essential aspects of exactly what makes a good stereo mix.

With a production run of 200 pieces, the Limited Edition Hard Rock Override Cymbal model was designed for hard rock drummer Jimmy DeGrasso, whose credits include Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, David Lee Roth, and current gig, Ministry.

The second installment of Pro Tools Tips and Tricks will continue your journey into the world of Pro Tools and reveal even more amazing tips and techniques.

Fretlord's Fret OptiX Fiber Optic LED fret markers accessory illuminates the fret board position marker dots along the side surface of a guitar neck providing a point of reference when performing on dimly lit stages, practicing areas and assisting players with limited vision handicaps.

"Axe-N-Skin" features 24-bit Drum Grooves Guitar Riffs, BPMs from 71 to 222, and each REX2 can be modified from 5 BPMs and some up to 60 BPMs plus or minus.

Zephyr is the lightest and smallest LiveBook ever, making it the perfect mobile studio for laying down a quick guitar part, some vocals and a drum loop wherever inspiration strikes.

The base model ships with a 2.66 GHz Intel® Core 2 Duo processor, 3GB of DDR2 667 MHz memory, a 160GB 7200 RPM hard drive (supports up to 200GB), and an NVIDIA® based GeForce 8600M GT graphic board with 512GB of DDR3 memory.

CHAUVET's MiN™ Spot & Wash are sure to cause enthusiastic applause from anyone who has had to hang or transport a moving head fixture.

Taking advantage of modern technologies together with handcrafted and tested approach, JZ Microphones introduces the new multi pattern studio microphone: the Black Hole.

The 24x20 Oval hand hammered bronze cymbal plays well with sticks, mallets and works very well with hand crashing.

Embodying more than just a face lift, the new Redhead design incorporates innovative and attractive new features that will make bassists everywhere fall in love all over again.

Any customer who owns a Digidesign Pro Tools HD or LE product is eligible to receive these new plug-ins.

The SDJ-1 and Q-SD were designed from the ground up to read digital music files directly from SD cards, without any additional hardware or software.

American Auio's new WM-16, WM-64 and WM-700 Wireless Microphone Systems feature selectable frequencies in multiples (16, 64 and 700, respectively) that make it possible to find a clear channel that's free of interference in any environment.

Easy Soloing for Blues Keyboard is the essential guide for blues musicians aspiring to improvise a great solo.

Easy Soloing for Jazz Guitar and Easy Soloing for Acoustic Guitar offer techniques for guitarists interested in creating stellar solos now.

StormDrive TERA offers eSATA portable hardware RAID at 3GB/s speeds.

Zaxcom's TRX990 is engineered as a complete solution to boom-pole-type transmitters and offers two audio channels with integrated 48-V phantom power.

Radioactive Beats is a downloadable loop pack containing 33 construction kits featuring a wide variety of modern Urban beats like Dirty South, Crunk,Hip Hop, Rap, and Reggaeton.

This songbook contains all eight of Faith's No. 1 country singles in addition to classic favorites.

Based on the respected v4 platform, Miniminer is a value packed light version that allows a user access to the advanced fields, embedded artwork/pictures and search features of the Soundminer V4 engine.

The new Accu Spot Pro is loaded with exciting professional features that provide clubs and establishments with the electrifying effects of a much larger, more expensive DMX moving head, all in an affordable, compact fixture that installs in a cinch.

The new vocalbooth.com options include auralex' acoustic foam available in ten colors, hardwood floors with sound dampening sub-floors, fabric wrapped acoustic foam wall sound absorbers, and superior quiet ventilation systems.

With the soul of a 1950's archtop, the 5th Avenue is a true vintage spirit of yesterday with today's level of modern playability.

Synths of the 1970s features source material that was recorded at 24 bit from the Mini Moog, ARP 2600, Moog Opus 3, ARP Odyssey, and Oberheim SEM.

Designed for live vocal performances, the XDR-955 is the first-ever handheld wireless microphone system to utilize digital conversion and proprietary dual digital RF transmission technology.

Walking Bassics is an in-depth method book on how to create authentic-sounding walking bass lines, designed for the beginning bassist.

The Howler is handcrafted using the same audiophile quality components used in Maven Peal amplifiers, giving you a transparent tone and very low noise floor.

The Nord Wave Manager allows Nord Wave users to create sample instruments from any standard audio file and download these to the Nord Wave synthesizer through its USB interface.

Recorded at the source, South American Traditions was created by some of the premiere musicians of these great styles and rhythms.

This collection of ferocious and hard-hitting drum loops gives you the intensity of rock's heavy side.

Bass Box was created for such styles as Electro, trance styles, DnB, House, Electro, Hip Hop, Jump, hardcore, breakbeat and more.

In addition to reproducing all of the bleeding-edge Abstraction 01 content in MetaSynth native formats, the MS version also offers an additional 200 new loops and grants access to exclusive power tools to transform and algorithmically mutate new custom loops.

Designed with the aim of bringing people closer to their music and allowing them to creatively interact with their whole music collection, Pacemaker is the first of its kind anywhere in the world.

The new Vocalbooth.com options include Auralex' acoustic foam available in ten colors, hardwood floors with sound dampening sub-floors, fabric wrapped acoustic foam wall sound absorbers, and superior quiet ventilation systems.

PHAEDRA is a ZERO-G/XFONIC virtual instrument powered by Native Instruments Kontakt Player2 and featuring over 4 gigabytes of sounds, 20,000 samples and 800 patches.

Minimal & Tech-House and Around the World in 80 Raves Cutting Edge sounds for Electronica Producers.

Bass Rig For KONTAKT samples based on the legendary Fender Electric Jazz Bass( J-Bass), Schecter Scorpion [Low B] Electric Slap Bass, and an all wood large Acoustic Upright Bass.

The Black Panther Thick Flamed Maple model snare features a 15-ply, 12mm thick all maple shell, chrome plated, low mass single-point-of-contact lugs, die cast hoops and a fully adjustable throw-off and butt plate.

"Exploring Jazz Arranging" is an entire jazz arranging course based upon an interactive version of Chuck Israels' upcoming book.

Optional rack ears for the Bitstream 3X MIDI controller from CME/WaveIdea allow the controller to be mounted in a standard 19" rack.

The Roots Of Rhythm Training Manual includes information on how to organize, facilitate and promote a 12-week series of classes for upper elementary classroom teachers.

The ISA828 eight channel 192kHz A-D is the first audio A-D converter to utilise Burr-Brown Pro Audio Amplifiers and flagship PCM4220 A-D converter chips.

AudioTools AWE version 1.3 includes MP3 creation and Sound Designer II support.

The BSM VX-C Classic model is the most authentic copy of the British Vox Treble & Bass booster from the late 60's.

Featuring a 'High-Decibel' design that delivers a super-bright, intensely-loud, robust and focused response with extreme cutting power, APX can be heard in any style of music.

Lighting the entire board, this new flexible LED pedal board light provides enough light to see all guitar effects pedal control settings.

The Redesigned Amp Gizmo has a new sleeker design, more memory and the ability to work with even more amps than the original design.