News - Recording - July 2009

The AVANTONE BV-1 Microphone features premium-grade capacitors, a hand selected 6072A tube, custom-designed 3 micron thick 34mm dual capsule, as well as a custom CINEMAG transformer—to give you a smooth, airy, top end and rich bass response.

Wallander Instruments WIVI Brass, Woodwinds, and Saxophones now comes in a value-Ppriced EPIC Bundle at music retailers in the Americas, saving customers nearly $700 over purchasing the WIVI titles individually.

The Potters Bar facility will also expand its existing customer centre with the addition of a new broadcast studio, an acceptance test studio and a training suite.

The "Virtual Bouzouki" is a masterful, 24 bit, multisampled replication of the exotic, "greek guitar".

Inspired by kung fu films of the 1970's, this drum kit emulates the quintessential sound effects used in fight scenes such as snare-like punches and kicks, swooshes, and sword sounds.

The downloadable standalone Vienna MIR is the first ever whole-space mixing and reverberation solution based on Multi-Impulse Response convolution.

Trance Elevation Volume 1 is a massive construction kit sample library that features everything required to produce top-level Trance tracks.

Award-winning music school Point Blank has expanded it's range of online music programs with a newly redeveloped course aimed at producers of Trance.

Soca Xplosion, created by Eddie Charles, is a huge new affordable 1.37GB Soca & Calypso Sample Pack.

The 127th AES Convention programs include Wireless Advice, Loud Speaker Design, Mic Dressing and more.

Provided as a cross platform plug-in suite, SurCode for Dolby Pro Logic II now ships as a unified installer for Mac/PC operating systems supporting Pro Tools, VST-based workstations, and standalone applications.

This free tutorial-video details many of Logic 9's new features, like the Notes function, Bounce In Place feature, and Amp Designer and Pedalboard plug-ins.

SSL, TC Group garner four nominations each, AKG and Universal Audio have three apiece for sound industry's most prestigious awards show to be held October 10th at the Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York City.

Propellerhead Software announce the Record Open Beta experience which allows you to test drive the new Record recording software for a limited time.

Learn how to create, produce, and perform with Ableton Live with help from expert Morgan Pottruff in this updated series which brings you 66 high-quality videos for more than 6 hours of instruction on 2 DVDs.

The USB SOLO MIDI - CV converter uses up to four different types of output to control analog synths, enabling ultimate control of that classic hardware.

These three drum loop libraries come in ACID WAV format and include "6/8 Slow Rock 1" (for rock ballads), "Medium Straight Rock 10" (basic meat and potatoes grooves with simple fills), and "Slow-Medium Straight Rock 5" (basic, heavy, wide-open hi-hat grooves, with lighter tom and snare drum patterns).

Sampling mastermind Thomas Hansen Skarbye will now work directly with the team behind the industry-leading KONTAKT sampler on further software instruments.

Loopmasters presents an exceptional royalty free sample collection from one of House music's early pioneers and most successful DJ's, Todd Terry.

RP-Verb is the fruit of Rob Papen's decades-long study of reverb and endless hours of exploring, testing, and tweaking by Rob and Jon Ayres.

The SM13: Sunrise Sessions features hazy hooks, lo-fi loops and sultry sounds abound in the sequel to the best-selling Sunset Sessions.

iZotope, one of the leading audio DSP providers, brings world-class pitch and time manipulation to audio post production in Apple's popular audio-for-video program.

TITAN is the biggest and most extensive synthesizer sound collection of all time!

Customers of Music Expand will be able to shop for their marketing & promotional services including radio promotions, PR distribution, and ad placement to social networking sites.

EZplayer Pro will be bundled with Ocean Way® Drums and Drum Masters.

Abstraction 04 has sounds that have been polished, refined, and formated into rhythmic loops designed to spice up percussive pallets and inject freshness into grooves.

Both the SMPS-USB and SMPS-2X from Nady provide 48V DC phantom power for condenser mics. The SMPS-USB has an added USB port for recording to a computer while the SMPS-2X has 2 balanced XLR mic inputs and outputs for connecting to a mic and mixer.

Powered by USB and built into a rugged aluminum case, GiO gives guitar players hands-free control over recording and many new features in GarageBand '09 and Logic Studio, including Amp Designer, Pedalboard, MainStage 2, Playback and Loopback.

With FanBand software, bands & musicians have the capabilitity of selling their mp3 files to their live audience at shows.

Reggaeton Producer Grooves is a king-Sized collection of over 150 Loops arranged into 22 Reggaeton Construction Kits.

In 6-hours of tutorial-videos Michael Wohl will show you all the skills required to edit video like a pro using Final Cut Pro.

Logic Pro 9 features new Amp Designer and Pedalboard plug-ins that provide realistic virtual guitar amps and stompbox effects to create amazing custom guitar rigs.

In The Studio With Michael Jackson includes forewords By Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton.

Integrates a 24-bit/96 kHz USB 2.0 audio interface together with a DAW controller, digital mixer and SD recorder, and comes with the VS Production Pack software suite.

TransAudio Group has announced the immediate availability of ATC's most reasonably-priced reference monitor — the SCM11 two-way passive speaker.

The AUDIO 2 DJ offers users of TRAKTOR and other DJ software a unique new balance of quality, size and price.

The Dolet 5 plug-in saves MusicXML 2.0 files from Sibelius letting users share files with people using other music programs.

Salad Bar showcases a magnificent collection of reason patches brought together in this ever growing refill.

The first annual Nashville Amp Expo is set to take place on August 22-23, 2009, at the Hyatt Place hotel in Brentwood, Tennessee — just eight miles south of downtown Nashville.

DopplerPad is a live performance music production application inspired by tools such as the Korg Kaosscillator, Yamaha Tenori-on, and DJ mixers. It combines synthesizers, samplers, and drum pads with stunning visual displays to create a powerful and portable instrument intuitive enough for recreational use.

Antares Audio Technologies Harmony Engine Evo Vocal Modeling Harmony Generator is the next generation of the quickest, easiest-to-use tool for harmony creation adds Evo™ voice processing and new features like 5 channels of CHOIR Vocal Multiplier.

Q3 Handy Video Recorder features professional audio recording, USB connectivity, and file sharing versatility in one complete portable video solution.

This step-by-step guide is split in nine concise video training modules for all producers alike to master Apple's popular music production program.

Auto-Tune has been used by a plethora of popular artists like T-Pain, Lil' Wayne, Cher, Lady Gaga, and more, and this Tutorial DVD was designed to help you master it's many features, from the basic Autimatic Vocal Effect to the more advanced Graphical Correction mode.

'Deep Electro Lounge 2' is a downloadable collection featuring construction kits for producing a mix of electro-lounge music merged with Dance, Jazz, Funk and R&B influences.

Can't decide between the MuRF and Bass MuRF? Get both in one package!

"Electro House Sounds 1" features 100 selected presets for the latest Electro House productions.

JLH Products introduces the newest version of their tabletop isolation cabinet for electric guitar.

Every performer who uses a laptop, from DJs to producers working with an MPC or other production controller to cutting-edge home studios can appreciate LAPTOP STAND.

Numark's OMNI CONTROL and DJ|iO are now compatible with all major operating systems thanks to free downloadable updates.

PlugInGuru.com two new drum loop libraries which include a total of 215 full mixes, small mixes, breakdowns, elements, and more in RX2 (Recycle) format.

Glitch Cuts contains over 1,000 dark, sporadic glitches, percussions, drums, and effects samples for modern music producers.

Global Trance and Psy Styles brings all Trance influenced producers worldwide a truly unique and unprecedented collection of the finest sounds and samples from Dino's collection.

WaTunes' Daily Trending Data enables the artist to keep track of how their sales are doing on a day-to-day basis.

These sounds are the result of misusing hardware and software to introduce distortions not usually associated with conventional signal processing.

Syntheway's RetroMagix is a virtual harpsichord based on Flemish models and creates a wide variety of harpsichord sounds.

This sample library includes hundreds of live performance samples of 10 rare ethnic instruments including hooks, riffs, and licks specially designed for modern urban and pop music production.

The BETA Version of energyXT includes live markers in its sequencer.

Reason Wizardry is a series of advanced video tutorials for Propellerhead Reason 4, produced fresh and delivered electronically each month.

The MPK61 is fourth model of unique keyboard and MPC performance controller.

The RPM8 Studio loudspeakers optimized for excellent reproduction of heavy bass frequencies.

Waves expands its modeling series with four classic compressor/limiters developed with Grammy®-winning mixing engineer Chris Lord-Alge

This collection features rare percussion samples of bamboo and other exotic woods.

The new Equitek E100S large-diaphragm supercardioid condenser mic has the lowest noise floor in its class.

The LPK25 AND LPD8 bring Akai pro quality to a new degree of portability.

The Aleses USB-MIDI Cable is a problem-solver that is an ideal addition to any electronic musician's gig bag.

Future Crunks Beats pushes all the boundaries within the hip hop sample market.

Conceived in 1997 by long-time AES member Irv Joel, the Oral History DVD project was initiated as a critical opportunity for preserving the creative and technical thought process of the originators of professional audio.

Designed by Belgian sound designer Peter Schelfhout, this soundbank includes 90 virtual instruments based on vintage synths, such as classic Moogs.

ReMix Gold DL Edition is a bundle of 15 Sonic Reality RMX Style Paks—loop collections programmed for Stylus RMX— available for download and instant use with Stylus RMX covering a wide variety of musical styles from country to Latin Brazilian grooves.

SKO-200 Series Speaker Cable is true 12 AWG cable with four oxygen-free copper conductors for superior performance.

'Club Groove' is an exclusive sample pack for producing Techno, Electro, Progressive, Minimalist and Deep-Tech from their content partner Artis Audio.

Caverns Dark Ambient Spaces is a hauntingly beautiful collection of soundscapes for dark ambient space music.

Nu Club Producer has a slew of great new club loops from a variety of the latest musical styles like Funky UK, DubStep, Progressive House, Minimal Tech House, Electro Hip Hop and Club Anthems.

This new iDrum App let's you record samples, add effects, and create custom beats—all on your iPhone or iPod touch.

In all styles of music it is important to get your mix fat and punchy.

Users now have the benefit of being able to use these invaluable studio tools in live sound applications.

Big Fish Audio's VINTAGE R&B is a collection of 25 construction kits inspired by the classic sounds of Motown and Stax Records from the '60s and '70s.

Sound industry's most prestigious awards to be held October 9 in NYC.

The Passive-Active Pack is a collection of three very different equalizers, each with its own character and quirks.

Musicians and producers can now upload music online to put the Abbey Road finish to their music .

Slip-N-Slide is actually several different frequency domain effects, each with a significant amount of control over the affected as well as unaffected portions of the sound.

The Waves Rental Plan is a new, easy way to access selected Waves bundles on a short-term basis.

VRM — Virtual Reference Monitoring — technology provides the ability for a user to mix through their choice of more than 15 different sets of studio monitors.

MegaDelayMass is a 100 Tap Delay that can be used to create complex stereo fields from mono or stereo sources or to create rich masses of sound from virtually any source.

The GE-SPKR-ST Series is available in 36" and 42" sizes with 12" square platform and base pieces.

The PocketSlam 01 acoustic drum sample library that was recorded with top quality gear and processed in both analog and digital domains.

Double Bass Mania III: Extreme Metal unleashes the fury of the fastest metal grooves with 666+ head pounding drum loops and is designed for extreme forms of metal songwriting.

Gasolina Beats is Justin Bendo's exclusive debut sample pack for Prime Loops, and contains 390+ world class beats suited to your Hip Hop, R&B, Dirty South, Dubstep, Grime, Trip Hop, Electronica or Fusion productions.

Groove Monkee Rock 3 is a collection of over 400 four and eight measure MIDI loops for contemporary rock music.

VoxBox has been developed as a one-stop solution for instrument building and sound design applications that require vocal timbres.

The R6 incorporates design cues from KRK's best selling Rokit line, including radically radiused edges along the front of the cabinet.

The Lava Cable Center™ is an extremely small solder-free plug-and-cable combination to help tone loss between pedals.

Score & Break Drum Loops offers access to more than 110 rare and energetic loops with a large tempo range and in a number of styles including: Ambient, Industrial, Hip-Hop, Breakbeat, Dubstep, Grime, and Drum & Bass.

These two soundblocks feature never-released cathedral organs and harpsichords samplebase® has released two brand new soundblocks now available for download.

The REFLECT 2.0 Algorithmic Reverb has density and smoothness that rivals those of the most expensive hardware reverbs.