LOS ANGELES, Calif. — BETA Records, the expanding international network and community of music artists and fans, will partner with Surroundphones Holdings Inc. (SoundWave360), enabling artists to upgrade MP3 music files with a proprietary process giving their music more analog sound, cleaner dynamics, higher signal-to-noise ratio and more depth in playback, particularly in the portable [...]

Adelaide, SA — Crysonic today announced the immediate availability of their Mac Pack Audio DSP plug-ins Bundle. The Mac Pack brings together three complimentary and very popular products carefully engineered for unparalleled performance and quality for the Mac OS platform. The bundle includes SINDO V2 - extremely transparent Stereo image Expander (Widener) and Narrower, nXtasy [...]

Buena Park, Calif. — Steinberg North America today announced the shipping of Sequel 2, a new version of Steinberg’s successful music creation and live performance software. Sequel 2 introduces new features, including a hardware Controller Learn mode, Track Freeze, a virtual keyboard, Track Icons and many more. “This new release builds on the successful launch [...]

Westlake Village, Calif. — ADAM Audio is now shipping the new A5 Powered Monitor in the US market. Built on the heritage of ADAM’s professional studio monitors, the A5 is designed for multimedia listening, mobile recording, broadcast, and surround applications. It features a compact size, three attractive finishes, and an affordable price point of $699 [...]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — When Scott G began to mix The G-Man’s new album, “Audio Takes a Stand” produced by Songs and Soundtracks, he was shocked to see that an unseen entity had completed it for him. “I started to assign levels to the separate tracks of bass, drums, keyboards and guitars — the process [...]

Buena Park, Calif. — Yamaha Corporation of America announces a new operating system (Version 1.10) for their flagship Motif XS line of music workstations, adding new functionality and features and bringing more flexibility and creativity to their users. New functionality includes seamless switching in Pattern and Song Mixing providing instant access to 16 Voices or [...]

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – “Fantastic!” “Let me bow to you!” “I walk out of here tonight a blues fan because of you.” “Why am I talking and you guys aren’t playing?” “After hearing just two songs, I want to buy your CD!” Members of the band Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz, who went on [...]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Neotrope(R), an entertainment and brand marketing company, will officially sponsor the Los Angeles Music Network’s Rock and Urban Music Contest “LAMN Jams” which launched June 9th and runs through August 11th. Taking its popular LAMN Jams to a new level, LAMN invites rock artists to submit original music to perform for [...]

Berlin, Germany — Native Instruments today released URBAN ARSENAL, a powerful collection of production-ready sound material for contemporary hip-hop and similar music styles. Created in collaboration with established urban music producers and sound designers, the latest entry in the KORE SOUNDPACK range provides a versatile assortment of professional hip-hop grooves, drum kits and instrument sounds [...]

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Get a Life Childcare Foundation, the only non-profit foundation in the nation dedicated to caring for children whose parents or siblings are living with chronic or terminal illness, will be holding their first annual “Jazz to Support Life” event benefiting the foundation’s second child care facility in West Los Angeles. The [...]