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Devine Machine announces Cycler collaboration looper
Fri, 15 Jan 2010 – 18:30:38 -0800 PST | No Comment

/Music Industry Newswire/ — Devine Machine has unveiled Cycler, a new audio application and plug-in designed to be the missing link between hardware loopers and modern audio applications for live music, and is collaboration oriented. …

SKYLIFE updates SampleRobot, SampleRobot Essentials and WaveRobot to version 3.08
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 – 18:32:06 -0800 PST | No Comment
SKYLIFE updates SampleRobot, SampleRobot Essentials and WaveRobot to version 3.08

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — SKYLIFE announced this week the release of their flagship sample editing application, SampleRobot V3.08. Creating your own software instruments or sample base is getting a lot easier with SampleRobot …

Arturia Announces Hip Hop Producer Now Shipping
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 – 17:30:23 -0800 PST | No Comment
Arturia Announces Hip Hop Producer Now Shipping

Meylan, France /Music Industry Newswire/ — Arturia announces the HIP-HOP PRODUCER, a complete, ready-to-go and ideal solution that will get you started in Hip-Hop music production! A high-quality synthesizer built by Arturia, 4 top-notch Electric …

Cakewalk Updates Sonar DAW to 8.5
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 – 16:17:08 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Cakewalk Updates Sonar DAW to 8.5

COLUMN: This week Cakewalk announced the latest update to their venerable DAW platform, SONAR. While it’s been updated annually with full incremental versions, sometimes to the criticism by users (e.g., “why not fix all issues …

The Third Monster Unleashed – Monster MIDI Pack 3 – Fills
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 – 15:29:25 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Sweden /Music Industry Newswire/ — Toontrack Music proudly announce that Monster Drummer Peter Fredlander is back with the third package in the Monster MIDI series – Monster MIDI Pack 3 – Fills! Boasting more than …

Sound Forge Pro 10 Software Provides Comprehensive New Tools for Professional Digital Audio
Wed, 02 Sep 2009 – 03:25:16 -0700 PDT | No Comment

MADISON, Wisc. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio production applications, today announced the availability of Sound Forge™ Pro 10 digital audio production suite. Sound Forge Pro …

Native Instruments Announces KOMPLETE 6
Tue, 01 Sep 2009 – 20:43:39 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today announced KOMPLETE 6, the latest version of its popular software bundle that has become a mainstay with professional musicians and producers. The new collection offers a …

Native Instruments Announces GUITAR RIG 4 PRO
Tue, 01 Sep 2009 – 20:42:19 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today announced GUITAR RIG 4 PRO, the next generation of its acclaimed guitar studio. The fourth version raises the bar on sonic authenticity with advanced new speaker …

Native Instruments Announces ABSYNTH 5
Tue, 01 Sep 2009 – 20:34:21 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today announced ABSYNTH 5, a new generation of the acclaimed semi-modular software synthesizer that is renowned for its unique evolving sounds and textures. The new version enhances …

Symbolic Sound Releases Software for Chaining Together Two or More Paca(rana) Sound Computers Under Control of Kyma
Sun, 30 Aug 2009 – 17:50:29 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Symbolic Sound Releases Software for Chaining Together Two or More Paca(rana) Sound Computers Under Control of Kyma

CHAMPAIGN Ill. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Symbolic Sound Corporation has expanded the real-time sound-computing power of its Paca(rana) sound engine by making it possible for Kyma sound designers to chain two or more multiprocessor Paca(rana)s …

Apple Unveils New Logic Studio with Major Upgrades to Logic Pro and MainStage
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 – 15:07:33 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Apple Unveils New Logic Studio with Major Upgrades to Logic Pro and MainStage

CUPERTINO, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Apple® today unveiled the next version of Logic Studio® with major upgrades to Logic® Pro and MainStage® and more than 200 new features that simplify complex tasks. Logic Pro …

The Retronyms Release DopplerPad Expressive Touch Instrument for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 – 16:40:31 -0700 PDT | No Comment
The Retronyms Release DopplerPad Expressive Touch Instrument for the iPhone and iPod Touch

San Francisco, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — The Retronyms, makers of popular iPhone applications Recorder and FourTrack, released the DopplerPad expressive touch instrument for the iPhone and iPod Touch today. DopplerPad is a live performance …

Native Instruments Launches ‘Kompletely Insane’ Special Offer for KOMPLETE 5
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 – 15:39:39 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments has just launched the “Kompletely Insane” special for KOMPLETE 5, a time-limited special offer that gives producers access to the industry-standard instruments and effects bundle at a …

Cakewalk® Announces Guitar Tracks Pro™ Version 4 & Guitar Tracks Pro USB for Windows
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 – 18:47:50 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Boston, Mass. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Cakewalk, the world’s leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces Guitar Tracks Pro Version 4 and Guitar Tracks Pro USB, …

Planet Waves’ Scale Master App provides 10,000 guitar scales, modes, and arpeggios
Fri, 15 May 2009 – 15:22:18 -0700 PDT | No Comment

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. /Music Industry Newswire/ — ­Planet Waves, one of the D’Addario Company’s family of world-renowned musical instrument accessory brands, introduces Scale Wizard, a comprehensive guitar scale library as a companion to their best-selling Chordmaster …

Garritan Purchases GigaStudio Technology Assets From Tascam
Thu, 02 Apr 2009 – 18:52:14 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Garritan Purchases GigaStudio Technology Assets From Tascam

ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. and MONTEBELLO, Calif. /Music Industry Newswire/ — TASCAM, a division of TEAC America, Inc. and Garritan Corporation announced the completion of the sale of technology assets relating to GigaStudio, Gigasampler, GVI, Gigapulse …

Pacarana for Kyma Sound Design Environment
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 – 23:57:48 -0800 PST | No Comment

Champaign, Ill. /Music Industry Newswire/ — Musicians and sound designers for film, games and live electronic music now have a new supercomputer designed specifically for interactive sound exploration and live performance. The Pacarana and Paca …

Native Instruments Announces MASCHINE
Thu, 15 Jan 2009 – 21:42:15 -0800 PST | No Comment

Berlin, Germany /Music Industry Newswire/ — Native Instruments today announced MASCHINE, a next-generation groove production studio that makes beat creation and arrangement more immediate and tactile than ever before. The system combines an advanced software …

Toontrack Music announces the release of Drumtracker
Fri, 28 Nov 2008 – 17:28:29 -0800 PST | No Comment

Sweden — Finally the long awaited (and announced) title in the Toontrack Music Toontrack Software Tools series is ready for release. Taking a new angle on the conversion of drum audio to drum MIDI and …

Ministry of Sound and iZotope release first album-themed music creation app for iPhone and iPod touch
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 – 18:17:26 -0800 PST | No Comment

London, UK — Ministry of Sound and iZotope today announced that, in a groundbreaking collaboration for iPhone and iPod touch, fans can now buy the iDrum: Ministry of Sound Anthems album from the iTunes Store …

Sony’s New ACID Pro 7 Digital Audio Workstation Offers More Power and Creative Control
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 – 18:49:59 -0700 PDT | No Comment

MADISON, Wisc. — Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio production applications, today announced ACID Pro 7 digital audio workstation software, available in early November. Unlike any other software offering in …

Digidesign Announces Pro Tools 8
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 – 17:20:33 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Los Angeles, Calif. — AES: Meet the new Pro Tools® 8 — the most advanced audio creation and production software, featuring a gorgeous new interface; dozens of new plug-ins; five new virtual instruments; exciting new …

iZotope Announces Ozone 4 Mastering Suite
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 – 16:20:41 -0700 PDT | No Comment

San Francisco, Calif — AES: iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in audio signal processing technology, announces iZotope Ozone 4, an update to its critically-acclaimed software mastering suite. Ozone 4 builds on the program’s reputation for …

iZotope brings serious beat-making tools to iPhone and iPod touch
Mon, 11 Aug 2008 – 18:18:08 -0700 PDT | No Comment

Cambridge, Mass. –­ iZotope, Inc., a leading developer of tools for musicians and audio professionals, today announced that iDrum, its beat creation application for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch is now available on …

Has Tascam Killed Gigastudio? Film at Eleven
Fri, 01 Aug 2008 – 16:16:45 -0700 PDT | 4 Comments

COLUMN: I knew something was brewing when I went to my favorite online music store (Sweetwater) to see if they had the Tascam Gigastudio GVI 4 upgrade from GVI3 in stock yet, and noticed it …

N.I. and Beatport Launch SYNC, a Free Music Playback Application
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 – 22:19:19 -0800 PST | No Comment

BERLIN, Germany — Native Instruments and Beatport recently unveiled Beatport SYNC, a free music playback application for Mac and Windows that provides a unique feature set for modern listening habits. Based on the groundbreaking TRAKTOR DJ software, Beatport SYNC combines powerful music management capabilities with basic DJ mixing functions.