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News - Recording - April 2008


Pettinhouse Announces Vinyl Drumkits: Electronics Is Available As Free Download
From deep bass drums and dynamic snares to crunchy Hi-Hats and noisy cymbals Vinyl Drumkits: Electronic provides a far-reaching resource. (2008-04-30)
Digitech® Introduces Harmonyman™ Intelligent Pitch Shifter Guitar Pedal
DigiTech's HarmonyMan™ automatically generates live three-part guitar harmony over lead/solo playing by analyzing and remembering guitar chord progressions from before the solo. (2008-04-30)
Waves Teams With Toontrack® To Offer Special Bundle
Waves join forces Toontrack® Music to offer Waves Renaissance Maxx Native and Toontrack's EZdrummer®, together as a single price-reduced package. (2008-04-30)
Electro-Voice™ Auctioning Celebrity Guitars for Charity
This auction is being held to raise money for the families of those who were either wounded or lost their lives on the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 1st, 2007. (2008-04-30)
MPC-Samples.com Releases 'The Beat Producer Series' for Akai MPC Samplers
'The Beat Producer Series' contains all 12 packs from our Speciality Drum section with 1674 varied drum, percussion and FX sounds. (2008-04-30)
Monkey Tools Announces Library Monkey 3.0 and Library Monkey Pro 1.0
Library Monkey offers a solid set of tools for audio asset management where Library Monkey Pro provides managing, editing and processing all in a single application. (2008-04-29)
Monkey Tools Releases Sound Grinder Pro 1.0
Sound Grinder Pro adds many advanced time-saving features including waveform editing, playback preview, AU and VST plug-in batch-processing, FhG MP3, MP3 surround and much more. (2008-04-29)
Drawmer Debuts A2D2 Dual Stereo Output Analog-To-Digital Converter
The stereo A/D converter in the A2D2 provides simultaneous dual stereo outputs that may each be selected to different sample rates, including 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176 and 192kHz. (2008-04-29)
Sounds And Effects Releases The Wizard II Refill
The Wizard II Refill for Propellerheads Reason has been revved to version 2.0, and for the first time is available for digital download. (2008-04-29)
Sonic Studio Presents Products At The 124th AES Convention
Sonic Studio will be launching new products, demonstrating current wares, and providing a glimpse at future technologies of note. (2008-04-29)
Allen & Heath's ZED 4-BUS Series Now Shipping
Allen & Heath has announced that the new ZED 4-Bus range of small format, USB-equipped mixers for live performance, recording, and production is now shipping. (2008-04-28)
Eiosis Announces The E2Transienter Processor
The E2Transienter brings a unique, simple and powerful approach to transient processing. (2008-04-28)
Rain Recording Announces Element Digital Audio Workstation
Rain's new Element features an all-aluminum exterior combined with a balanced component architecture engineered to endure the most demanding audio production environments. (2008-04-28)
American DJ Unveils New Mystic LED
Equipped with 88 red, 48 green and 88 blue 5mm LEDs, which are projected through 6 lenses, the new Mystic LED can cover some pretty big ground (or wall, or ceiling!) (2008-04-28)
Le Lotus Bleu Releases Add Cell I & II Soundsets For Korg Legacy Cell Analog Edition Vsti
The warm instruments of this collection mainly focus on the following Music Styles: Electronica, IDM, Lounge, Rock-Pop, Mainstream, Downtempo, Film Scoring, and more. (2008-04-28)
Sonnox Releases Oxford SuprEsser Plug-in
The SuprEsser is both a fully featured professional De-Esser and a Dynamic EQ. (2008-04-28)
realsamples Releases Dutch Harpsichord Sample Library
German-based sample manufacturer realsamples offers another harpsichord gem: The green 1628-built Ruckers harpsichord. (2008-04-28)
Grooveboxmusic.com Releases Power PAK Product Line
This exciting collection of training tutorials are tightly focused on a DAW's specific feature set. (2008-04-28)
Digital Sound Factory Presents E-MU PROTEUS PACK for Cakewalk Synthesizers
Digital Sound Factory has reissued the original E-MU Proteus sample content for use with Cakewalk's Dimension Pro and Dimension LE synthesizers. (2008-04-25)
BBE Sound Inc Introduces the VG360 Sonic Maximizer
Utilising the same technology employed by Sonic Maximizers found in top recording studios, the unit can be hooked up to video game consoles for more realistic sound quality. (2008-04-25)
Zaxcom Debuts Fusion High-Resolution Audio Mixer And Recorder
Optimized For Reality Television, Surround Recording, And Eng Applications, Fusion Is Both Lightweight And Power Efficient. (2008-04-25)
"New Horizons In Audio" Theme Marks AES 124Th Convention
Geoff Emerick To Present Making-Of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Film, (2008-04-25)
Loopmasters Announces Nu:Tone Drum & Bass Volume 1
Nu:tone's musical skills have made a big difference to the sounds and samples in this collection of Rhodes patterns, piano loops, and string loops. (2008-04-25)
Native Instruments Announces KORE 2 Workshop Tour
Native Instruments announces an upcoming KORE 2 workshop tour for US and Canada. (2008-04-25)
Beyerdynamic Announces New DT 880 Pro Studio Headphones
The DT 880 PRO provides the best of both worlds by combining the strengths of open, transparent headphones with those of more powerful closed headphones. (2008-04-25)
Marantz® Professional Showcases Its Full Line Of Recording Products At NAB
Marantz Professional highlights eight key products on display, offering a range of options for portable and installation recording and playback. (2008-04-25)
Marantz Professional Presents CDR310 Professional CD Recorder
The CDR310 offers convenient long-term recording in uncompressed and MP3 formats. (2008-04-25)
Marantz® Professional Exhibits The PMD® 620 Hand-Held Compact Field Digital Recorder
The PMD®620 offers 24- and 16-bit recording, two high-quality built-in condenser microphones, stereo or mono recording modes and a choice of uncompressed 44.1 kHz .wav files or three levels of MP3. (2008-04-25)
Denon Exhibits A Wide Range Of Broadcast Products At NAB 2008
Denon Professional exhibits at NAB 2008 with a wide range of A/V products. (2008-04-25)
Denon Exhibits DN-C615 Professional-Grade Rack-Mount CD Player Supporting MP3 Playback
The DN-C615 combines highest quality components with new features for covering a wide range of listening experiences. (2008-04-25)
Denon Displays DN-C635 Professional CD Player
he DN-C635 offers a wide array of features and enhancements, making it an ideal solution for professional install, live sound and studio playback operation. (2008-04-25)
AudioWarrior presents 70's Synths For HALion3
70's Synths is a nice collection of gurgling analogue sounds we all love from some of the of the most famous Analogue Synthesizers of the 70's. (2008-04-25)
Inspiration Sounds Release Pure Live Breaks Volume 1
This drumloops library is totally current and represents the earthy sound that has become popular in many styles of music today. (2008-04-25)
Rare Winds and Harps Sound Modules Available From Westgate Studios
Each DVD Sound library features 24 bit samples for Gigastudio 3.1 and Kontakt 2.1 on the same disc. (2008-04-25)
Lawo Introduces mc2 56 Production Console
Lawo launches the new mc2 56 —a console with full mc2 performance with a streamlined surface and compact dimensions. (2008-04-24)
Hercules DJ Console Rmx Now Available
The DJ Console Rmx is the most comprehensive digital dual mixing deck in its class. (2008-04-24)
Puremagnetik Releases MS-20 Analog Bass Micropak
Analog Bass Volume 2 is a 24-bit collection of bass sounds focused entirely on the legendary KORG MS-20 synthesizer. (2008-04-24)
American DJ Adds 2 LED Moving Head Effects To Top-Of-Line Accu Series
Two exciting LED-powered moving heads have been added to this popular series of professional club effects: the Accu Spot 250 Hybrid and the Accu LED MH. (2008-04-24)
Denon® Launches DN-A300M Professional Integrated Amplifier
The DN-A300M is an integrated amplifier/background music/paging system for house of worship, retail establishments, restaurants, health clubs, etc. (2008-04-24)
Marantz® Professional Introduces The PMD® 580 Rackmount Compact Digital Recorder
The PMD580 brings many of the same features and high sonic quality found in the PMD Series recorders but adds network connectivity. (2008-04-24)
Shure Releases The UR1M Micro-Bodypack
The UR1M is designed to be easily concealed and worn comfortably by actors, performers, musicians, and public speakers. (2008-04-24)
MusicXPC Professional P2 Panel Computer Now Shipping
The new P2 panel computer from MusicXPC features a Core 2 Duo processor running on a 1066 MHz FSB, 2GB of custom RAM, and 570GB of onboard drive storage. (2008-04-23)
FXpansion Introduces BFD Big Orchestral Marching Band
BFD Big Orchestral Marching Band is a new expansion pack for BFD 1.5 and BFD2, delivering a heavy payload of orchestral and marching drum instruments to your percussive arsenal. (2008-04-23)
Denon® Professional Displays DN-C640 Network CD/DVD/DATA Disc Player
The DN-C640 offers broadcasters tremendous playback format options utilizing largely untapped system resources found in many of today's standard audio, network and computing devices. (2008-04-23)
SONiVOX Announces "Anatomy" Instrument Library
Anatomy sonically explores the human condition in ways never attempted previously, delivering users a unique new palette of sonic colors and textures. (2008-04-23)
TC Electronic Now Shipping TubeTech CL 1B Plug-in
The CL 1B plug-in is based upon highly advanced component emulation technology, and brings the sound of the legendary CL 1B compressor/limiter to Digidesign® Pro Tools|HD, HD Accel and VENUE systems. (2008-04-23)
IK Multimedia Now Shipping SampleTron™ Virtual Instrument
SampleTron is a virtual instrument workstation featuring the most complete collection of authentic "Tron" and other vintage keyboards instrument samples ever released in one product. (2008-04-22)
Audio-Technica Offers AT8004 And AT8004L Microphones For Broadcasting Applications
The new AT8004 and AT8004L further emphasize Audio-Technica's ongoing commitment to supplying high-quality products for all segments of the broadcast market sector. (2008-04-22)
Switchcraft® Shipping New Studiopatch Series DB25 Breakout Cables
DB25 Breakout Cables are designed for audio interfaces, audio consoles, audio patching systems, and other pieces of gear that utilize DB25 I/O connections wired to the Tascam DTRS pinout. (2008-04-22)
Chordmaps.com Releases Music Theory For Songwriters Software
This program creates an environment where exploring chord progressions is as easy as moving and clicking a mouse. (2008-04-22)
Nucleus SoundLab Releases Tempest For Rob Papen Albino
Tempest is a carefully crafted source for electronic bread and butter sounds as well as a source of inspiration for darker, harder and ambient electronic styles. (2008-04-21)
Tonerider Pickups Featured In Latest Redback Guitars
F Series Electric Guitars from Redback feature a range of Tonerider pickups including the Generator and Rocksong humbucker models, Classic Blues single coils and Tonerider's flagship product the Rebel 90. (2008-04-21)
"Extreme Green" CD and DVD Packaging Now Offered by Groove House Records
Groove House Records, Inc. is demonstrating its commitment to preserving the natural environment by offering a variety of lower impact disc packaging options. (2008-04-17)
Tanager AudioWorks Releases Chorducopia™ Audible Chord Library Software
Chorducopia contains a searchable database with over 50 chords for every key, and runs on both Windows and Mac computers. (2008-04-17)
Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser To Be Inducted Into The Consumer Electronics Hall Of Fame
The 95-year-old founder of Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG is one of twelve honorees to be inducted in 2008, and has been chosen by the expert jury in the category "Founders and Inventors." (2008-04-17)
Roland Provides Sneak Peak Of New Rhythm Coach Product
This latest addition to the Rhythm Coach line of products offers enhanced playability, expressiveness, and versatility. (2008-04-17)
Channel D Updates Playback and Transcription Software for Vinyl LP Records
Pure Vinyl 2.2 is a suite of audio applications designed especially for high-resolution digital playback, editing, and archival of vinyl records. (2008-04-17)
AudioWarrior Releases Studio Organ Donor Library for HALion
AudioWarrior uses a secret sampling/sweetening formula that brings out the rich swirling harmonic resonance characteristics of the B3. (2008-04-17)
Loopmasters Announces A Hip Hop Double Download
Spring into action with two incredible new download packs from the masters of sampling, Loopmaster! (2008-04-17)
Ueberschall Announces The URBANIC Producer Pack Sample Library
The Urbanic Producer Pack is a massive library of cutting edge Hip Hop & RnB Sounds. (2008-04-17)
Vienna Symphonic Library Announces New Upgrade Paths & Price Increase In North America
The Vienna Symphonic Library is replacing its long-running VIP upgrade paths with a new program. (2008-04-17)
VirSyn Releases VTAPE Analog Tape Suite 1.2
The multichannel capabilities of the new version 1.2 laid the basis for a new kind of Surround effect delay. (2008-04-17)
Puremagnetik Releases 3 Library Bundles
Puremagnetik has released 3 new bundles for Ableton Live, Kontakt, Logic and GarageBand. (2008-04-16)
Vir2 Instruments Releases Complex Evolution Synth Library
Complex Evolution adds another 100 fresh and innovative patches to the sound palette of syntAX users. (2008-04-16)
Pro-Sounds Release Atomik Tags Sound-Bank for Massive
Atomik Tags is Pro-Sounds' first outing with Massive, and contains 128 professionally designed presets by Antonio Antonaglia. (2008-04-15)
Minnetonka Audio Adds Dolby E to SurCode Family
The SurCode for Dolby E product line will offer Dolby E software decoding and encoding for various platforms. (2008-04-15)
LAWO Plugin Server Offers SurCode for Dolby E
The Lawo SurCode for Dolby E plug-in functions as a VST plug-in. (2008-04-15)
Integration 1st From Neumann And DiGiCo At NAB '08
DiGiCo joins with Neumann and Sennheiser at NAB to showcase the interconnection of its consoles and Neumann's AES 42 products. (2008-04-14)
Ams Neve Unveils Three New Products At 2008 NAB Show
With these introductions, AMS Neve further broadens its industry-leading portfolio of consoles, workstations, hard disk editors and outboard gear. (2008-04-14)
Zaxcom Expands Feature Set of TRX Wireless Microphone Transceivers
Zaxcom's TRX systems are now available with a wireless dynamic range expander and an adjustable RF output power feature, both of which increase the operational flexibility of the unit. (2008-04-14)
Zaxcom Launches New Deva Accessories
The new Deva Mix-8 and Deva Flash Drive are designed to expand the functionality of its popular Deva product line. (2008-04-14)
HHB Demonstrates Continued Support For DTRS Multitrack Users With New Upgraded
HHB's latest DA60DC and DA113DC double coated DTRS tapes provide users of the Tascam 8 channel recording system with the latest metal particle tape formulation. (2008-04-14)
Cluster Sound Announces The Free Xpander Pack Series
XPander Packs are mini-libraries consisting of new loops and samples developed to constantly increase the sound power of this DJ-oriented sound library. (2008-04-14)
Blue Cat Audio Releases Blue Cat's Triple EQ series 3.0 And Announces Global Prices Reduction
Blue Cat's Triple EQ series is a set of three hybrid parametric EQ/shapeable filters plugins. (2008-04-14)
Sound Devices Introduces 788T Eight-Track Recorder At NAB 2008
Designed specifically for multi-track on-location productions, the eight-track 788T features a significant expansion of input and output capability. (2008-04-14)
Dynacord® Presents The VariLine™ VL 62 Speaker
VL 62's unique 16 Ohm operation allows up to eight cabinets to be connected in parallel to any Dynacord amplifier. (2008-04-11)
Sonart Audio Releases New 43GB 'PIANOS 2.0' Collection
CS Pianos V.2.0 is a next generation virtual Piano of highest realism that will make your dreams come true! (2008-04-11)
Loopsjunkiez Releases TranceJunkiez Acid Loops Library
TranceJunkiez Loops address the latest trends in Trance but also redefine Classic Trance with LoopsJunkiez's personal touch. (2008-04-10)
Avlex Introduces Superlux PRA-618M Professional Gooseneck Microphone
Tailored specifically for reproduction of the human voice, the new PRA-618M makes a terrific choice for a wide range of installed sound projects, including conference facilities, board rooms, lecture halls, and houses of worship. (2008-04-10)
VocalTuning.com Announces New Online 'Vocal Tuning' Service
The VocalTuning.com web site was developed to offer music producers and singers a new way to get vocals perfectly pitched. (2008-04-10)
Yamaha Unveils DTXTREME III Standard and DTXTREME III Special Electronic Drum Sets
The new Yamaha DTXTREME III Electonic kits promise to set the standard for sound and function. (2008-04-10)
Peace Love Productions Releases Afro Cuban Loops Library
Afro Cuban Rhythms is a 24 bit collection of traditional percussion instruments and rhythms with a contemporary twist. (2008-04-09)
Loopmasters Announces Joey Youngman: Jacked Out Future House Sample Library
This collection is a tribute to the studio craft and expertise that Joey brings to the table, and contains an exhaustive and inspiring collection of some of the funkiest house beats, basslines, keys and percussion. (2008-04-09)
Tascam Updates USB 2.0 Interfaces
TASCAM has updated its best-selling US-122L, US-144 and US-1641 with new drivers and Steinberg's latest workstation software, Cubase LE4. (2008-04-08)
Focal Professional Introduces New CMS Active Nearfield Monitors
The new CMS 65 and CMS50 are two new active nearfield studio monitors that offers outstanding performance and exceptional versatility in a price segment that rarely sees any breakthrough innovation. (2008-04-08)
Sonic Reality Releases 15 R.M.X Groove Paks Sunrise
Now every Stylus RMX fan can add to their set up 15 new Groove Paks in native Stylus RMX format made from Sonic Reality's R.A.W. series. (2008-04-08)
Yamaha To Launch Tenori-On In U.S.
Yamaha Corporation of America is set to reveal their award-winning new music-making technology, Tenori-on, for the first time in the United States. (2008-04-08)
Nucleus SoundLab Releases Viral Outbreak VSTi and Refill
Viral Outbreak is a new soundware product based on the sounds of the Virus TI hardware synthesizer. (2008-04-08)
iZotope Releases RX Plug-ins
iZotope RX™ audio restoration plug-ins feature the essential tools for cleaning and restoring audio. (2008-04-07)
Audiowarrior Releases Studio Drums For HALion 3
Features 30 hard hitting multi-velocity professional kits cover an incredibly broad spectrum of musical styles. (2008-04-07)
Studio Devil Releases Virtual Guitar Amp Plugin for Mac VST, Audio Units, & RTAS
Studio Devil's Virtual Guitar Amp uses a dynamic tube emulation algorithm that sets it apart from other amp simulators, capturing the distortion curves and dynamic characteristics of vacuum tube circuits. (2008-04-04)
Ueberschall Announces The Availability Of Analog Attack Sample Library
Analog Attack is a complex, well structured sample library which includes more than 1450 diverse Patterns and Sequences. (2008-04-04)
AudioWarrior Presesnts TRON 'Mello-Rack' FOR HALION 3.1+ Loop Library
The 8 second samples in TRON 'Mello-Rack' FOR HALION 3.1+ have been perfectly looped for the modern world. (2008-04-03)
PC Publishing Releases Logic Pro 8 Tips And Tricks
Logic Pro 8 Tips and Tricks contains hundreds of useful tips to help you obtain the results you desire. (2008-04-03)
Behringer Announces Ready-to-Go Stompbox Trios
Each dedicated trio packs three must-have effects pedals, two patch cables and a high-quality 10' instrument cable into one convenient package for an exceptional value. (2008-04-03)
Sounds And Effects Releases Asia Pacific Drums and Perc Download Pak
Asia and Pacific Drum and Percussion is now available for Kontakt. (2008-04-02)
Ableton Announces Release Of Live 7 LE Software
Offering most of Ableton Live 7's new features, the LE version makes music-making fast, easy and fun. (2008-04-02)
Korg Ships The Pitchblack™ Pedalboard-Ready Tuner
Equipped with 100% true bypass, the pitchblack ensures that a player's tone remains intact and uncolored, whether the tuner is used independently or in a pedalboard as part of a chain of effects. (2008-04-02)
Sennheiser Introduces The MKH 800 TWIN Microphone
Based upon Sennheiser's legendary MKH 800, the MKH 800 Twin multiplies recordists' abilities by offering polar pattern switching after the recording session. (2008-04-02)
Sonart Audio Presents Rhodes MKI Sample Library
In this Sample Library the Rhodes electric piano MK 1 was sampled with every note in 20 velocities for 40 seconds plus a piano release and noise layers. (2008-04-02)
Tanager AudioWorks, Inc. Announces Chirp™ Virtual MIDI Keyboard Controller Software
Chirp turns a user's computer keyboard into a MIDI keyboard controller, allowing a user to write or compose music without the need for a physical keyboard controller. (2008-04-01)
Alfred Presents Celine Dion: "Taking Chances" Songbook
Musicians everywhere can take a chance now by learning the hottest songs from Celine's new album, Taking Chances. (2008-04-01)
Time+Space Present The Action Drums: Taiko Edition
Action Drums: Taiko Edition brings the power, thunder and excitement of Japanese taiko drums to the REX, Stylus RMX, ACID wav and Apple Loop formats. (2008-04-01)
Big Fish Audio Releases Nu Metal City 2 Construction Kits
Nu Metal City 2 features live drums, screaming guitars, bass, grungy synth textures and atmospheres, plus two additional folders of live drum loops and guitar FX. (2008-04-01)
Big Fish Audio New Releases Jazz Drums Loop Collection
Whether it's a slow ballad, sparsely sprinkled with drum hits, to a fast moving river of fiery flams and rolls, Jazz Drums has the loops and performances you need for authentic jazz flavor. (2008-04-01)
Sweetwater Announces Virtual Frontman Plug-in
The Virtual Frontman plug-in uses sophisticated proprietary runway modeling techniques to encode the vocal and behavioral characteristics of the world's most iconoclastic rock frontmen onto any vocalist's performance. (2008-04-01)
Puremagnetik Releases "Purple Kit" Drum Sample Library
Purple Kit is a 500MB collection of 24-bit samples of a hand-built 3-piece maple drumset captured with multiple articulations, stick types and microphone positions. (2008-04-01)
Samplemodeling Ships "The Trumpet" Sound Library
This revolutionary, 300 MB Kontakt 2 Player — based instrument can be directly downloaded from the company website (2008-04-01)
Karma-Lab Releases Chemistry 3 "Groove Injection!" Library
Chemistry Volume 3 "Groove Injection!"," is a new collection of 64 fully KARMA-fied combis and 128 new GEs, for the Korg Karma Workstation and the Korg Triton Series. (2008-04-01)
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