News - January 2009

Singer's Delay is a truly unique delay effect that adds athmospheric voice-like characteristics.

This new on-demand technology is the future of promoting and selling music and merchandise online.

These earthy tan packages can be personalized with stamps, stickers or stencils.

Puremagnetik has released the first in a series of Mellotron M400 "tapes" for Ableton Live, Kontakt and Logic.

Alfred Music's Led Zeppelin guitar TAB songbooks offer the songs of this legendary group's last three albums.

The 101 series uses a contemporary approach that starts with the very basics and gets you playing right away.

Sheet music from your favorite "Idol" songs in seasons 1 - 7.

ELEKTRO HOUSEXY has over 630 loops and 1.2Gb of the freshest Elektro & Elektro House Drum loops & sounds.

Indian Dance Classics is a definitive collection of Indian rhythm styles.

The MC-404 CAE Wah was developed by Bob Bradshaw of Custom Audio Electronics and the Crybaby design team.

The special Sound Gift sound library co-developed by Sinevibes comes with over 100 MB of original sounds made with Roland's latest and most powerful synthesizers.

Strum Electric GS1 is an electric guitar software synth plug-in.

Michael Kelly Guitar Company has made an idealistic vision now practical with the new Visionary 85CE Acoustic Guitar.

This class marks third year of Alexander Publishing's Professional Orchestration™ online training.

Minimal Techno Library features 100s of sub-heavy big room belters-pounding and pulsating rhythms to rock any floor.

The innovative x-plosion design gets faster with new, thinner model.

This year's guests include: Pierre Bensuan, Benjamin Verdery and Cecilia Zabala.

This extraordinary 900MB collection was created by Chimp Spanner and it features 5 huge construction kits.

The P-1800 AR provides stable voltage protection and line noise filtration for any A/V installation where reliable, comprehensive protection is needed.

The M-288 Bass Octave Deluxe pedal offers organic analog tone, true bypass, and a variety of tone-shaping options.

The new Set-Through method used on the Patriot Supreme allows the neck to go much deeper into the body.

The Lava CPS™ (Configurable Pedal Board System) is the first ever completely configurable pedal board.

The Tall Boy toms speak the language of rock, have clean and clear projection.

Superlux HD681 Semi-Open Professional Headphones offer accurate sound reproduction and comfortable fit.

The Superlux PRO238MKII True Condenser microphone features a modular design with a removable capsule, high SPL characteristics, low-cut switch, and warm, detailed sound.

A second analog output module increases the flexibility of Pro64 A-Net®.

Pocket POD® Pack delivers the ultimate Pocket POD experience at an incredible price.

Groove Monkee Rock 2 contains over 700 royalty free beats for modern rock music.

Craig McCullough, presents this in-depth collection that will teach you the basics of the most commonly used effect plug-ins.

The PG27USB and PG42USB microphones connect professional-caliber Shure microphones to any USB computer port with "Plug and Play" performance.

This unique bundle combines all three Warped Space releases.

The Airline '59 Custom 2P and 3P have elevated the quality reputation of Eastwood Guitars to a whole new level.

Neve's 40 years of technical heritage results in the Genesys, featuring Neve's legendary mic preamps and renowned analog circuit design.

The collection contains a total of 197 melodic and rhythmic loops and phrases.

Sounds And Effects announces that the 3rd in it's series of ethnic drums and percussive sounds for Akai's MPC.

The two-day immersion in audio production, hosted by the Nashville section of the Audio Engineering society, is scheduled for February 20 and 21, 2009.

The LR16, a full-blown live mixer with integrated 16-track multi-track HD recorder, is ready for shipment in February of 2009.

Vater is the first drumstick company to introduce a line of drumsticks geared towards the Gospel Drumming genre.

The Eternal Black Series is a line of drumsticks finished in a black stain that come with wood or nylon tips.

ACOUSTIC REFRACTIONS combines organic and synthetic qualities in innovative and inspiring ways.

For a modest fee, eSession.com connects professionals in all aspects of the recording industry from around the world.

The Midas is a boost pedal that provides up to 32dB of CLEAN, transparent, full frequency boost.

The new "Retro" model— offers the leading percussion company's proven components and superior craftsmanship along with a unique finish.

This four week Pro Producer course is aimed at producers of Minimal and Tech House and has attracted students from all over the world

Meinl's line of Mb8 cymbals set the standard of sound and performance.

The Program is offered at PMT's New York City facility located in The Arts Building (336 W. 37th Street, Suite 550, NYC 10018), and is a 14-day, 112 clock-hour accelerated package.

Modern Drummer Snare Drum Selects Volume 1 is a BFD2-compatible collection of studio-quality sound samples taken from a dozen highly unique snare drums.

"What's New in Pro Tools 8" unveils all the new features in Pro Tools 8.

KARMA M50 can interface with external controllers like Korg's nano-series for real-time control.

Russ Miller's 3-Disc "Arrival: Behind The Glass" DVD/CD set combines stellar performances with groundbreaking insight, instruction and play-along opportunities.

EAW MicroWedge Series monitors feature enhanced fidelity, power handling, reliability and more.

Global Truss introduces LED truss warmer with RGB color-mixing and dmx control

Scott Henderson is to be the next legendary player to headline in a series of masterclasses hosted by the Guitar Institute in London in association with Guitar Getaways Awaydays.

OTR88 gives access to 17 physical parameters fully editable for each 88 key individually.

Nova Drive features the innovative drive circuit from the acclaimed Nova System.

The MuseBOX is based on the same MuseMachine™ software technology that powers the company's RECEPTOR 2 line of virtual instrument players.

The MC03 MKII has two classic sounding circuits in one vacuum tube studio microphone.

Dubbed the Super-OM for its physics-defying tonal power, and durability in a comfortable Orchestra Model.

Devine Machine music software company has updated OSR Sample Capture Utility to version 2.0 to support standalone, VST, RTAS and AU formats.

Bio-Mechanic Beats II contains 870 crunchy and innovative beat loops.

Subtractive House Grooves features a cool selection of the smoothest 24-bit minimal house loops and samples.

The Authorized Steinway Virtual Concert Grand Piano, Basic Edition, is now offered as a download.

The KC-880 builds on the famous high-quality KC sound with a new stereo design, powered through a 320-watt stereo power amplifier, two 12-inch woofers and two horn tweeters.

Serafine FX Tron is an Infinite Player virtual instrument that works as stand alone software for the Mac or PC or as a plug-in.

TH1 offers a new twist on the guitar player's stage and recording system.

The SC System is an innovative set of digital controllers for the professional DJ, comprised of the SCS.1d deck and the SCS.1m mixer.

The PIPEline has been designed to free musicians from their audio cables without sacrificing audio quality.

The Emulator X3 features full Vista compatibility, native 64-bit applications, multi-processor and multi-threading support.

TASCAM's DR-100 Portable Recorder targets recordists who need a reliable handheld recorder with advanced recording features.

The LP-350 Digital Piano features rich and expressive, realistic piano sound based on the latest Korg sampling technology.

POD Farm Platinum is full of modeled amps and effects.

Minimal Synthesis contains over 100 minimal Synth loop for use in Minimal, Electronica, Deep & Tech productions.

Sounds And Effects announces that the second in it's new series of ethnic drum packs for the Akai Music Production.

High-performance speaker system extends Cerwin-Vega product line.

CV's largest speaker delivers pure, clean, powerful bass.

The FlexiFuser is an innovative device designed to diffuse directional acoustic energy and help eliminate standing waves and flutter echo in studios.

The RMD-1220 is a larger version of the company's successful RMD-1210 10-amp dimmer with more load capacity and features.

The G.V. is the very first single-cutaway guitar the company has created.

EdgeSounds Pipe Organ library delivers the sound of a gorgeous German pipe organ built in late 1970's.

All of the Bones features dual-mode functionality in a compact enclosure and employ standard Boss-type 9V power supply.

This unique 19" rackmount device is designed to allow several mixing consoles, a CD player, a stereo recorder, an i-Pod and a microphone to share the same PA system.

These MOTU Digital Performer tutorials are a complete guide to making music with Digital Performer 6.

Cosmic House features drum loops, filtered sequenced loops, bit crushing lead synths and huge down-sampled bass lines.

This Pro Tools 8 Career Program is geared to aspiring audio professionals and starts February 6th, 2009

In Pantheon, Nucleus SoundLab uses the power of Thor to forever redefine your expectations of 3rd-party Refills.

Ross Cooper's Chordbook 1.2 is an iPhone app that features quick lookup of 2,448 chords.

The artist series tuner expands N-Tune's product line and features a low profile toggle-switch design.

"e-Cajon" features on-board pick-up, amplifier and speaker.

Blue Cat's Freeware Pack is available for download for free on the Blue Cat Audio website

The second edition of Martin Guitars: A History and Martin Guitars: A Technical Reference are slated to be published in February 2009.

The versatile C7 is at home in any idiom — jazz, pop, or classical.

The African Drum Pak includes talking drums (odunu), udu drums, lizard skin drums, clay frame calf hide drums, and more.

Toontrack's Jazz EZX features percussion samples from Roy "Futureman" Wooten.

The featured upgrade for 2009 is the addition of a scorching new set of active pickups.

The GuitarBug is a miniature transmitter featuring superb audio quality and performance.,

ERGO is a stand-alone hardware room correction system that corrects recording studio acoustics.

This new striking tribal design is floating over a hand drawn flame making it visually striking.

Move high quality audio from your PCs to your Macintosh for a fraction of the cost.

The book is written by Andy Babiuk, author of the critically-acclaimed book Beatles Gear.

Remix It Like A Record is an interactive remixing course taught by multi-platinum remixer and producer Vincent DiPasquale.

Videogame-inspired motion-capture technology provides control of camera angle, speed and precision; a breakthrough online learning system for Mac and PC

At the heart of the drum is a 6.1mm Maple shell with an exterior ply of exquisite hand-selected elm.

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iCapture Handheld Recorder Captures Live Sound With No Cables.

Three new drum sets bring the fun of drums to anyone with minimal noise.

Deep, Tech, and Minimal House is inspiration for cutting-edge producers intent on capturing the current sound of global dance floors.

The Galaxian Move will have the entire solar system orbiting around the room.

Featuring three bands of compression, with full control over each band, Rough Rider Pro is designed for extreme compression, with ratios up to 1000:1.

The Beast V is an unholy alliance between B.C. Rich's famous Beast body shape and Speed V design.

Company honored by the recording academy for outstanding technical significance.

Top quality components and careful, experienced workmanship set SmolskiTech switch pedals apart.

Organizations unite to amplify artists' rights in Washington.

Scott Von Heldt has uploaded the audiobook version of his new book Mind Over Metal to his official website.

The 'Exotica' range includes hand-carved wooden decorative plaques, ceremonial masks, Buddhas and figurines, as well as traditional instruments.

Manifold is a harmonizer audio effect that works by splitting an input signal into as many as 20 individual voices.

Three-time GRAMMY® winner Clive Davis and The Recording Academy® will present the annual Pre-GRAMMY Gala on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009.

The Plugsound BOX collection features 6 superb virtual instruments covering a wide range of sounds and styles.

The P.E. Delay+ is meant to be a one stop shop for any touring guitarist.

The ACID Pro Effects Rack bundle includes Flanger, Phaser, Analog Delay, and Dynamics effects powered by iZotope DSP technology.

The CL-8 is designed to provide additional capabilities to the 788T without significant increase in weight.

These are fully functioning beta's that will operate until 1st Feb 2009.

RackPak 2 comes packed with 4 categories of modulators, time manipulation tools and outlandish effects.

A hit report is an educational tool for musicians wanting to enhance their music production skills and learn the music production techniques used in a given hit song.

The Pacemaker DJ system is a musical sketchpad that fosters unprecedented creativity and expression.

These new models feature notably distressed nitrocellulose lacquer-finished bodies, as well as worn chrome hardware (nickel/chrome for basses), to create an aged appearance.

Electro FX was made especially for the electro scene which never stops growing in terms of quality.

The Wave 4x10 cabinet is designed to harness all the sound your speaker produces.

New processor allows isolation, reposition, re-mixing, and elimination of Center and L/R panned content in a stereo mix.

My Violin is a unique, easy way for kids ages 6 and up to learn to play the violin.

The Spectran HF60100, is a handheld RF analyzer which features the following outstanding specifications.

The ARACOM Rox Box is a 2 channel, handwired, made in the USA amplifier and is "compact" in both price and size.

The PreSonus AudioBox USB is a USB bus-powered audio-recording interface.

The ABY lets you route one input to either of two outputs or either of two inputs to one output.

The LED Trispot is an amazing little LED-powered pinspot that produces a rainbow of dazzling colors and color effects.

The TRX Cymbal Company has announced that it is expanding its popular BRT Series to include a 24?? ride, 21?? and 22?? crashes and 15?? hi-hats.

Groove Essentials 2.0 features a DVD and companion book/CD package with 53 brand new grooves and over 100 variations for intermediate to advanced players.