Both Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) use the Mouse microphone in the film. The 24th century design of the Mouse especially fits the style of the technology in the Star Trek universe.

“We are honored to have our Mouse microphone named the ‘official mic’ of Star Fleet Academy. It’s heartening to see that Blue will be around in Star Date 2387, and that we will be the official microphone of courtrooms across the galaxy,” said Skipper Wise, President of Blue Microphones.

Here on Earth, the Mouse’s hand-tuned capsule is specifically designed to capture the thundering lows of bass and baritone vocals and low-end instrument sources. Enclosed within a rotating spherical grille, the capsule can also be positioned and adjusted into the smallest of spaces for applications where versatility is paramount. The Mouse is perfectly suited for kick drums, acoustic bass, electric bass amplifiers, snare drums, broadcast and voiceover work, and any other sources where accurate reproduction of low frequency transients is vital.

About Blue Microphones

Headquartered in Westlake Village, California Blue Microphones is commonly referenced as “the microphone company of today” because of our unique philosophy— to meld the lessons of the past with the technology of today, leading to continuous innovation in the field of audio recording. In short, Blue does not imitate the past— we improve upon it. Blue has an award-winning line of microphones and accessories and is recognized as one of the top brands in the industry. Recently, Blue has launched a new line of products targeted at the consumer mass market, including Mikey, a recording device made for the iPod, and Eyeball, the world’s first HD audio/video webcam. For more information, please visit bluemic.com.

The Fantom-G has redefined the boundaries of playability and creativity with its advanced sound engine, revolutionary ARX SuperNATURAL™ expansion bay, jumbo-sized color LCD, powerful audio/MID recorder, and first-class 88-note weighted Ivory Feel (Fantom-G8) and synth-action (Fantom-G7 and Fantom-G6) keys.

The release of version 1.30 adds a number of new innovative features to the Fantom-G operating system:

•Arpeggio Import Function for creating user arpeggio styles
•Enhanced functionality, including independent tempo for Live and Studio modes
•New keyboard modes for RPS and Rhythm Patterns
•New real-time control of multiple sounds at once
•Hundreds of new rhythm patterns and RPS phrases
•New piano patches, Live Sets, and Studio Sets.

“Version 1.30 marries the Fantom-G’s newly included library of content with the Fantom-G’s Live Sets, Studio Sets, and Dynamic Pads,” says Product Manager Vince Laduca. “The new Arpeggio Import Function, coupled with the Fantom-G’s world-class sound set, enables end users an open platform for creating realistic styles and phrases for any type of music.”

To download version 1.30 for the Fantom-G Series, please visit:
www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=918&tab=downloads&page=video&file=fantom-g_v130_overview_hd.flv

About Roland Corporation

Roland Corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical instruments, including keyboards and synthesizers, guitar products, electronic percussion, digital recording equipment, amplifiers, audio processors, and multimedia products. With over 35 years of musical instrument development, Roland sets the standard in music technology for the world to follow. For more information, visit www.RolandUS.com.

The upgrade is free of charge for Reflect user. A fully functional/time limited demo version is available - a Syncrosoft Dongle (Steinbergkey) is needed.

Features
- RealIR combines convolution of early reflections with algorithmic tail generation.
- Backward compatible to 1.x
- New presets.
- New User interface.

REFLECT is an algorithmic reverberation plugin which combines the flexibility of vintage algorithmic reverbs with the sonic quality of convolution based reverbs.

The creation of high quality reverb needs a realistic simulation of the important early reflections together with a smooth and colorless reverberation tail.

The early reflections are the most important clue for the human ear to get a feeling about the dimension and character of a room. Most algorithmic reverbs offer a number of different algorithms to simulate different natural rooms like chamber, halls or artificial ones like plates. REFLECT uses impulse responses from real acoustic spaces and classical reverb algorithms to emulate their acoustical properties.

The resulting reverberation sets new standards in clarity and sense of space.

Shammy Dee, another recent Linder-Koda client, is known for his album “Transcripted Thoughts” featuring two hot singles, “Rise” and “Howudoin?” which both reached Number One. She also worked with the star of “My Life on the D List,” the often controversial stand-up comedy performer Kathy Griffin. In addition, Linder-Koda was called upon as songwriter and producer to create the original piece called “Damaged” for a recent Ralph Lauren Polo web site campaign.

Her track record of success is unbroken all the way back to such notable performers as Grammy-winner Lou Rawls, Pia Zadora, David Hasselhoff, and Robert Guillaume. On top of that, she has worked with some artists who seem to never go out of date, like legendary Motown hitmakers The Temptations and Narada Michael Walden, who is recognized for his work with Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Steve Winwood, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, to name just a few.

Several Music Pros in One

Why do people in so many genres and styles of music seek out this woman? The answer lies in the diversity of her offerings, beginning with artist development services, which range from vocal technique, coaching and therapy to songwriting and private sessions. “I define true artist development as taking your soul and putting it on the record,” Linder-Koda states.

She also maintains a catalog of songs for licensing, a catalog that is constantly growing due to her songwriting collaborations, her own compositions, and ongoing production in her recording studio as well as those of other music professionals in and around the Los Angeles area.

Linder-Koda offers private classes and a unique performance workshop called Acting for Singers. “In Acting for Singers, we really help you remove stress from your voice,” she notes. “It’s a matter of working with the emotional content of a performance in order to bring the voice and the body more in balance.” Professionals at every level of accomplishment have utilized this class. “Too often, performers get caught up in feeling self-conscious, relying too much on technique, or utilizing gimmicks. Here, you look past these distractions to reach what is really happening in the song.”

Heard Her, Seen Her

Jan Linder-Koda has sung with both the Philadelphia and New York Philharmonic orchestras. She was the singing voice of Jasmine in Disney’s “Aladdin” and recorded backgrounds for the Las Vegas presentation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Starlight Express.” Her other film and TV credits include “Bruce Almighty,” “Baywatch,” and “The Bernie Mac Show.”

Talk Talk

Perhaps the most telling example of Linder-Koda’s place in the industry are the testimonials she has amassed along the way. “Jan Linder-Koda is one of the music industry’s best-kept secrets,” states Tess Taylor, president of NARIP (National Association of Record Industry Professionals). “Jan teaches the type of performance skills that the career pros use,” notes Tim Fagan, Music Director for Colbie Caillat. And the succinct “Golden ears!” from Richard Perry, producer for such artists as Barbra Streisand, Julio Iglesias and Rod Stewart.

KOMPLETE 5 is recognized as the leading software collection for contemporary music production, live performance and sound design. By combining 11 acclaimed instruments and effects including essential tools such as ABSYNTH, BATTERY, GUITAR RIG, MASSIVE, KONTAKT, and REAKTOR, the bundle provides vast sonic flexibility to musicians and producers of all styles and genres.

The “Kompletely Insane” special offer for KOMPLETE 5 is valid only throughout July 2009, and is available from authorized dealers and in the NI Online Shop for a suggested retail price of $399 / EUR 399, a discount of over 60% on the regular price of $1149 / EUR 999.

ASCAP, representing more than 350,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, represents one of the country’s most powerful creative communities. The White House has expressed a high level of interest and hope that music creators will take a leading role in helping to build momentum for this initiative. That is why ASCAP is joining in the effort to help spread word about United We Serve and to encourage all ASCAP members to engage and activate those in their own individual networks, such as fans, collaborators, colleagues and business associates, to participate in creating meaningful change in their own communities.

The program provides both the information and the tools to promote community service in three primary focus areas: Environment and Clean Energy, Education and Healthcare. At Serve.gov, visitors can type in their zip codes to find local volunteer opportunities, recruit volunteers by posting their organization’s projects or get ideas for creating their own projects.

To help launch the initiative, President Obama is asking those in the music industry to do one or all of the following:
1.Place the United We Serve widget/banner on the band website and/or the link to Serve.gov
2.Send an email to your fan base encouraging them to get involved by going to Serve.gov
3.Include United We Serve on your social media pages
4.Mention United We Serve from the stage
5.Encourage participation in United We Serve by everyone in your organization
6.Provide ticket contests or music tracks to fans who volunteer
7.Pass this message on to all of your friends in the business.

United We Serve is coordinated by the federal Corporation for National and Community Service in partnership with the White House, numerous federal agencies, non-profit organizations, faith-based groups, advocacy groups, labor unions, educational institutions, businesses, corporations, foundations, and all levels of government. It will culminate with a National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11 to recognize the summer’s accomplishments, to honor those who died on September 11, 2001, by serving in their memory, and to encourage Americans to make ongoing commitments to service.

“We are seeing a significant demand for our audio effect libraries on the iPhone as thousands of developers are flocking to this revolutionary platform. These developers are redefining the way consumers interact with their music and audio,” explained Mark Ethier, CEO of iZotope. “With our offerings for the iPhone, we are excited to enable their innovation as the first to offer high quality audio algorithms for developers to integrate into their applications.”

Over the years, many companies have come to rely on iZotope’s research and development, product design, and long-term support to help improve and differentiate their products. The new iZotope Mobile Audio software development library is based on award-winning and innovative audio DSP code base derived from iZotope’s best in class professional and consumer product lines. Now phone applications can benefit from the same audio processing technology used by millions of people in over 50 countries, from independent musicians to major broadcast and recording studios and GRAMMY Award winners.

Two key iPhone application developers will be among the first to incorporate iZotope technology into their products. “FiRe” from Audiofile Engineering and “SmackTalk!” from Marcus Satellite will both feature licensed audio tools from iZotope.

Audiofile Engineering, a leading Mac-based developer of professional audio products, plans to incorporate iZotope audio effects for audio normalization, cleanup, and enhancement in an upcoming release of their highly-regarded “FiRe” Field Recorder App for the iPhone. “We already rely on iZotope’s expertise and audio DSP for our Mac OS X line of products, so it was natural for us to work with iZotope to bring high quality audio processing to the iPhone,” explains Matthew Foust, Co-founder of Audiofile Engineering. Audiofile Engineering is actively developing new iPhone applications as well as providing development services to produce third party iPhone applications.

Marcus Satellite, an animation and electronic music veteran turned App producer, is looking forward to using the iZotope audio effects SDK in his top-100 best selling iPhone App “SmackTalk!” to enhance his users’ experience by adding a wide array of interactive voice effects. “I’ve been using iZotope’s audio DSP technology as VST plug-ins on the desktop, and I’m excited about having that level of quality and interactivity available on the iPhone platform.”

Commenting on his passing, Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO and President, Sony Corporation, said: “Michael Jackson was a brilliant troubadour for his generation, a genius whose music reflected the passion and creativity of an era. His artistry and magnetism changed the music landscape forever. We have been profoundly affected by his originality, creativity and amazing body of work. The entire Sony family extends our deepest condolences to his family and to the millions of fans around the world who loved him.”

Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment, said: “Michael Jackson’s unsurpassed artistry and beloved music brought joy to every corner of the world. We join today with his millions of fans in expressing our profound sadness and we offer our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. It was a true privilege for all of us in the Sony Music family to work with one of the most talented superstars in the history of music. We will miss him greatly.”

Martin Bandier, Chairman & CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, said: “Michael was the kind of amazing talent that comes along once in a lifetime. He was an incredible recording artist, an insightful businessman, an unmatched performer, and a true icon. To all of us at Sony/ATV Music Publishing, he was also a trusted and passionate partner, who was very proud of our accomplishments. He will be dearly missed. We wish his children and entire family our deepest condolences.”

Five of Jackson’s solo albums – “Off the Wall,” “Thriller,” “Bad,” “Dangerous” and “HIStory,” all with Epic Records, a Sony Music label – are among the top-sellers of all time. During his extraordinary career, he sold an estimated 750 million records worldwide, released 13 No.1 singles and became one of a handful of artists to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized Jackson as the Most Successful Entertainer of All Time and “Thriller” as the Biggest Selling Album of All Time. Jackson won 13 Grammy Awards and received the American Music Award’s Artist of the Century Award.

Michael Jackson started in the music business at the age of 11 with his brothers as a member of the Jackson 5. In the early 1980s, he defined the art form of music video with such ground-breaking videos as “Billie Jean,” “Beat It” and the epic “Thriller.” Jackson’s sound, style and dance moves inspired subsequent generations of pop, soul, R&B and hip-hop artists.

“Cubase is one of the original music applications dating back to the eighties,” says Kostrey. “In addition to cultivating a huge user base over more than 20 years, Cubase has become deeper and more powerful than ever. This DVD is designed to help beginners and pros alike get up to speed quickly on this new version.”

Steinberg’s Cubase 5 Music Creation and Production software continues to build on it’s history of innovation with new features such as VariAudio pitch editing, REVerence convolution reverb, LoopMash and Beat Designer beat creation tools, and new functionality such as VSTExpression, Signature and Tempo Tracks, and advanced Automation.

Produced in English, Spanish, German, French and Italian, this first of a series of four Mac and Windows compatible DVD’s is accessible to Steinberg’s worldwide user base. Its 32 chapters begin with the basics of setting up Cubase, recording and editing and progresses into some advanced concepts like key commands, macros, and workspaces.

Pricing and Availability: Cubase 5 Level 1 is available for $49.99 USD.

System Compatibility: This product includes QuickTime 7.x Mac/PC which is required for video playback. DVD-Rom drive required for Mac/PC DVD-ROM. DVD player required for NTSC/PAL DVD. Minimum screen resolution for DVD-ROM 1024 x 768.

PC: Windows XP Home or Professional, Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 800 MHz or faster, 256 MB RAM. Windows MME or DirectSound Sound Card.
MAC: Requires Mac OS X v10.2 or higher, Power Mac G4 867 MHz, 256 MB RAM, Sound Card.

Steve Kostrey was a Product Specialist and Clinician at Steinberg Canada from 1995-2005, during which he has demonstrated every aspect and feature of Cubase at literally hundreds of clinics to thousands of musicians.

ASK Video Interactive Media is a professional audio/video company based in Ontario, Canada. Well versed in today’s cutting edge technology, ASK Video uses high quality video and audio to bring a rich and inviting learning experience to digital audio and video customers around the world through interactive video DVD’s. ASK Video also provides professional audio services from their state-of-the-art studio facility as well as professional video services complete with on-site shooting, editing, and post-production.

Nova Drive features two totally separate overdrive and distortion circuits that can be used separately or combined to offer a wealth of classic, spine-tingling, old school sounds. These are partnered with total digital control that enables guitarists to store up to 18 of their favorite sounds and to integrate Nova Drive into their set-ups and tailor their sound with total precision.

The dedicated distortion section offers a wide range of tones, from subtle, punchy driving distortion to screaming fuzz. And for added control it also features a 2-band EQ section for precise shaping of distorted sounds. Nova Drive’s distortion character is best typified as raw but, like the overdrive section, it preserves the original character of the sound.

The overdrive section delivers everything from clean boost with a little extra ‘oomph’ through Bluesy sting and smooth tube-like break-up, to heavy, all-out crunch. It is the perfect place to find added sustain for existing sounds and to supercharge any tone into classic territory.

With Nova Drive, guitarists finally have a place to create, store and recall all the distorted and overdriven sounds they could ever need.