News - Recording - February 2009

Designed for superior quality and tone, the HM Import Series features a revolutionary phenolic fretboard, providing the ultimate surface for fast riffs, runs and arpeggios.

This hand-built and individually tweaked pedal sets a new standard for 'articulate' distortion with unequalled clarity and definition.

The GuanZi (also called a Bili) is a double reed wind instrument since Zhou Dynasty.

These 24-bit royalty-free breakbeat samples and loops will help elevate your sound to new dimensions.

Bollywood Elements uses the same melodic instruments and styles typically featured in songs, background scores of films of the genre.

These DigiDesign Pro Tools tutorials are a complete guide to making music with Pro Tools.

Used by Sound Designers and FX Editors for searching, filtering, auditioning and organizing their sound libraries.

Featuring music producers and sound designers, Johnny Marshall and David Rosenblad, who will delve deep into using Pro Tools 8 for music and sound design production.

The all new Retro Pack Bundle, Emerald Pack 4.0, Channel G Compact and Channel G Surround are now shipping.

Soniccouture have released their epic Balinese Gamelan in two new, smaller products.

Studio 'RnB Vibes: Piano' is a collection of RnB piano progressions.

Polar Elements for Propellerhead Reason 4 captures the icy vibes of winter and turns them into a unique set of playable Combinator instruments for your Reason rack.

Vintage Strings MkIII can produce a wide range of rich warm string pads, and other beautiful atmospheric sounds.

Cinematic Synths is a collection of 4 separate beatpacks that equal to 64 royalty free loops.

SurCode for Dolby E Encoder is available as a single encoder plug-in or as a bundle with the already available SurCode for Dolby E Decoder.

After two years of intensive research in acoustic models, electro-acoustic models, and algorithms MODARTT proudly presents the long awaited and much improved version 3 of PIANOTEQ.

These plugins fill basic studio needs as well as making more advanced production techniques easy to perform.

iRock is the perfect tool for musicians who need to remember an idea while on the road, or just want to practice with the right sound without waking up the neighbors.

Featuring the tone, craftsmanship and playability that today's leading artists have come to demand from super high-end world percussion.

Wivi Band includes a variety of wind instruments, ranging from brass to saxophones and woodwinds.

Try-Pack is a collection of over 30 kontakt instruments from three award-winning products: AIR, Elements, and Synergy.

The new collection provides a wealth of inspiring sounds based on the powerful semi-modular sound engine of the acclaimed ABSYNTH synthesizer.

Caffeine by Status is a set for everybody who is into trance/electro or electronica.

Sound Libraries and Pro Audio developer Prime Loops have announced a new section which contains a large selection of Free Music Production Tutorials.

The new distribution agreement enables Zaolla Silverline to bring its premium cable products to Mexican musicians and audio professionals.

The Studio Two patch collection is a comprehensive sound library for use with Apple's Logic Pro music production software.

The new distribution agreement enables Hosa Technology to bring its connectivity solutions and Da-Cappo microphones to musicians and audio professionals in Mexico.

The Liquid library ELECTROLINES delivers 78 themes and over 1000 analog synth sequences.

New Monitor's look and performance based on industry-standard Rokit monitors.

The DP426 is a 2-in, 6-out audio management tool and is ideally suited to stereo three-way applications.

The BLU-BOB features eight analog audio outputs on standard terminal block connectors and the 256-channel, low latency, fault tolerant digital audio bus.

The sixth release from the 'Producer Loops' was created using some of the finest analogue synthesizers and drum machines ever created.

The Allen&Heath Xone:4D control mixer is now certified for advanced integration with TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO.

The iLive-T Series has all the performance and power of the original iLive in a new lightweight, affordable package.

"Deadly Dub Constructor" is a fresh sample that explores the darker edge of Dubstep, Garage, Grime and Urban music production.

This brand new collection of fresh synth loops will appeal to Trance, Techno, Minimal, Electro and Breaks producers.

Platinum Blue Music Intelligence Inc licensed and developed music information retrieval technology to help song owners streamline their efforts in promoting their music.

These highly anticipated new products are now officially available.

Gladiator uses Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM) combined with a large, expandable collection of standard and resynthesized waves.

This superb library features over 1.9Gb of the most cutting edge and innovative dance music samples in the world all in pristine 24bit audio quality.

The new line of made in the USA, rotationally molded, amp cases which are specifically designed to fit most popular size amplifiers.

All Mackie FireWire Interfaces Now Compatible with Vista 32/64 .

All purchases of the interface now include a download of either ABSYNTH 4, FM8, MASSIVE, or PRO-53 depending on the user's choice.

Topics ranging from miking and mastering workshops to songwriting and demo preparation will be presented by top industry professionals.

NGW will be presenting week long workshops across the country featuring guest artists such as Paul Gilbert, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Herring, Pat Metheny, Jimmie Vaughan, and many more.

The PEQ5 is a high performance digital equalization algorithm that simulates the sound and feel of the world-renowned parallel parametric equalizers.

The TRX992 is a 100 percent digital transmission system optimized for boom mic operators working on motion picture and television productions.

Earth Tone: World Percussion is a warm, enthusiastic library full of diverse and classic ethnic percussion instruments.

Shure has decided to extend its U.S. trade-in rebate offer to the Canadian market.

Minimalogic is a flexible multi-format library designed for Minimal productions with 500 Mb of worldclass loops & samples.

Powered exclusively with Native Instruments Kontakt 2 and 3, the Soprano is sung with a dark and haunting operatic vocal style.

Novation's unique Automap 3.0 control software has includes major new features.

Packed with 100% original sounds, Percussion Store contains more than 150 percussions coming from all over the world for a total of more than 6000 samples.

This collection of Logic 8 video tutorials will show you how to make professional voiceover productions for commercials, advertisements and more.

With nine (9) complete Groove Sets™, Drum Werks XIV will be your go-to disc for the classic Bossa and Samba grooves.

Allen & Heath has designed a broadcast console, which will be introduced from the ZED range of small-format USB mixers.

This melodic construction style loopset delivers 330+ loops derived from 27 multi-track construction loop themes.

The Edition 8 is an elegant, black and silver closed-back headphone that employs Ultrasone's latest S-Logic™ Plus technology.

This update offers additional features during recording, including a manual track increment for breaking a long session into individual tracks.

The BDM-01 is a brand new bass drum microphone equally at home in the studio and on the road.

Ozone 4 builds on the program's reputation for superior sound quality and industry-standard mastering tools with new innovations and refinements.

MoReVoX DRIVEDRUMS has been developed by generating distortion through different kind of devices.

Rain's Latest LiveBook Diablo Mobile Audio Workstation Offers Quad Core Processing, Dual Hard Drives, 17" Screen.

Voices brings a wide collection of vocal, choir and vocoder sounds, including 330 original samples, 30 multisampled instruments and 50 patches.

LoopCache produces innovative Electronic loop and multisample products in Analog, Glitch and other styles.

Equinox Sounds 'Bad Ass Hip Hop' is a collection of authentic Hip Hop grooves.

The Galaxian Sky uses a compact 10mW green laser to create a "Liquid Sky" effect.

Zoom's H4n offers superior, built-in X/Y stereo condenser mics that allow variable recording patterns.

Club Lovers is the ultimate collection for the electro, dancefloor and progressive scene with many original drumloops, electro & synth loops, synth, bass, electro and drum samples

Power Chord Academy™ is excited to announce the addition of two new Summer programs!

CoreBass Pear is an upright bass sample library for Kontakt 2 and 3, providing a new standard for highly-realistic, playable upright bass samples.

Already noted for its excellent after-sales backup, DPA Microphones has extended the warranty period on all its Standard and Compact mics.

Ranging from slower radio-friendly tracks to full-tempo club house, these rhythms are strong and propulsive.

This ReFill contains almost every previously released ReFill by eXode.

This release is available as a software/firmware/driver update that enhances the capabilities of all new and existing Mobile I/O hardware.

Their light and compact construction means they are perfect for music on the move.

Minimonsta's 'Raw Feedback' Bank features 24 meta-patches, each patch containing 12 individual patches, totalling 288 sounds.

Zaxcom's new environmentally friendly TRX992 is a professional wireless audio transceiver designed specifically for boom pole and sports applications.

ZDTT-800 Series balanced snakes and patch cables with TT connectors are ideal for high-end professional recording applications.

ADK Media Group LLC acquires Sonica Audio Labs, manufacturer of high-performance computer systems optimized for the pro-audio industry.

The Molten MIDI&trade is pre-programmed for use with the Whammy 4 pedal.

Garritan, Vienna Symphonic Library and Sonic Reality to support VST Expression.

New mics provide more options for recording applications.

Cubase RC turns Apple iPhone and iPod Touch into a mobile remote controller for Cubase 5

The Dramwer S2 Signature Series dual-channel tube limiter is now available.

ProducerLoops.com has today announced the official release of 'Electro House Generation' and 'Abstract Electro House'.

The first two in the series are called "MainStage 101: Core MainStage" and "MainStage 105: Creating Guitar Rigs."

Battery Backup Prevents Data Loss and Regulated Shutdown of Equipment in the Event of a Power Outage.

Fostex's latest offering features high-gloss white front baffles and a brighter, tighter sound.

The Drumsound and Bassline Smith Artist Series Sample CD from Loopmasters is designed to give you the tools and inspiration to write a d'n'b classic.

This collection includes over 1,000 brand new funk samples designed to inspire next generation soul and funk classics!

More oscillators, ring modulation, a new delay effects section and virtually unlimited modulation possibilities make FabFilter Twin 2 much more powerful.

This easy-to-use software is ideal for fitness classes and personal workouts.

11 plugins are available for download for free on the Blue Cat Audio website.

The AirTools Voice Processor 2x features two independent channels of ultra-low latency digital signal processing that are completely customizable.

Redline Monitor is a high-quality near-field monitor simulation for headphones.

The M-48 offers control over 40 audio sources that can be easily managed in 16 assignable stereo groups.

The new Loudness Family, with its SurroundControl, SurroundMonitor, and DigitalMonitor, now includes an integrated loudness display.

Tibetan Bowl SampleSet contains multi velocity Bowl hits, loops, swirls and effects.

The Double Neck Bich Electric Guitar is one of the most outrageous B.C. Rich Production models in their 40 year history!