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Toontrack Funk MIDI for EZdrummer and Superior Drummer

New funk-influenced drum MIDI from Toontrack - the Funk MIDI PackToontrack has announced the release of the Funk MIDI pack, a comprehensive collection of drum grooves tailored for the wide definition of the funk music genre. This marks the fifty-fifth title in Toontrack’s ever-growing line of drum MIDI grooves for EZdrummer 2 or Superior Drummer 2.

About Funk MIDI
More so than in any genre, the rhythm section and the overall groove in a funk song is the pivot point around which everything else revolves. In fact, some of the world’s most sampled drum beats come straight off classic funk records. Still to this day, the drum grooves of James Brown, Chaka Kahn, The Commodores and many others are sampled and cited as major influences by contemporary top music producers from around the world...

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Softube Drawmer S73 Intelligent Mastering Processor Plug-In

Softube showcases the Drawmer S73 Intelligent Mastering Processor Plug-InSwedish high-end plug-in developer Softube is proud to be showcasing the Drawmer S73 Intelligent Mastering Processor plug-in. Fusing together the best bits of Drawmer hardware with contemporary techniques from today’s top professionals, the Drawmer S73 Intelligent Mastering Processor is the perfect tool for easy mixing.

The Drawmer S73 Intelligent Mastering Processor is an enhanced multi-band compressor featuring a simple STYLE parameter to switch between readymade mastering processing techniques using multi-band compression, equalization, and mid-side processing. The Drawmer S73 Intelligent Mastering Processor is easy to navigate, producing a fantastic analog sound with unbeatable clarity and definition. Get a truly professional finish to tracks in no time!...

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Eventide Blackhole Extraterrestrial Reverb Plug-In

Eventide Blackhole: Hollywood's Secret Weapon for ReverbEventide has announced a limited-time discount on the purchase of its Blackhole reverb plug-in. While most reverbs are constrained by the physics of the real world, Eventide’s Blackhole reverb creates virtual spaces that could never exist in our reality. At large sizes, its soft attack and lingering, harmonic tails allow it to really shine on guitars, strings and pads. At small sizes those very same qualities can help add an angelic sheen to vocals or turn a simple drum track into an otherworldly rhythm section.

Blackhole is destined to be one of the tools that musicians, engineers and producers turn to time and again when reality just isn’t enough.

Blackhole Features: * Incredibly easy to use with over 50 presets, including some by artists such as Richard Devine, Flood & Alan Moulder, Vernon Reid, Jonsi & Alex from Sigur Rós and John Agnello.
* Useful for highlighting key instruments or painting a backdrop for a mix
* Supernatural settings for abstract spatial effects and drones...

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Toontrack Country Grooves MIDI Pack

New country music-influenced drum MIDI from Toontrack - Country Grooves MIDIToontrack has announced the release of Country Grooves, a collection MIDI drum grooves for EZdrummer 2 or Superior Drummer 2. This is the fourth release of Toontrack’s ongoing Country Month, a month-long celebration of all things country music-related.

About Country Grooves
In a country song, nothing contends with the vocal. Probably more so than in any genre, it completely bathes in the center stage limelight. But just like in any kind of music, all instruments in a song work in each other’s favor. Without the guitars or the piano, the vocal would fall flat. And especially in uptempo music, a song without the proper groove or rhythm section would have no heartbeat. This collection of MIDI focuses on just that – basic, sturdy drum grooves that can serve as the backbone in a mix without overpowering any other element. This is drum MIDI with just the right amount of flash to fall straight into place...

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Applied Acoustics Systems Chromaphone 2 Percussion Synth

Applied Acoustics Systems announces the upcoming release of the Chromaphone 2 Creative Percussion SynthesizerApplied Acoustics Systems has announced the release of an all-new version of its Chromaphone creative percussion synthesizer.

Chromaphone is a synthesizer which uses acoustic resonators to create drums, percussion, mallet, string, and other unique instruments. Drum skins, bars, marimbas, plates, strings, and tubes are combined into pairs and played by a configurable mallet and a flexible noise source. A proprietary coupling technology which models precisely how vibrating objects interact and influence each other captures key acoustic behaviours of musical instruments resulting in a library of truly expressive instruments in a vast range of sonic colors.

Chromaphone 2 ships with a new streamlined interface, a new equalizer and compressor module, a new multi-effect processor, a new drum skin model, and more...

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Toontrack Traditional Country EZX for EZdrummer 2

Toontrack releases EZX expansion from the first studio on Music Row - the Traditional Country EZXToontrack has announced the release of the Traditional Country EZX, a drum library expansion for EZdrummer 2 recorded in the very first studio on Music Row, The Quonset Hut. This is the third release of Toontrack’s ongoing Country Month, a month-long celebration of all things country music-related.

The Traditional Country EZX is also available in two special savings-bundles also released today, the EZdrummer 2 Country Edition (including EZdrummer 2, the Traditional Country EZX and the Nashville EZX) as well as the EZX Country Value Pack (including the Traditional Country EZX and the Nashville EZX)

About the Traditional Country EZX
The Traditional Country EZX comes with a stellar collection of drums recorded at the Quonset Hut Studio, the first-ever recording studio on the now world-famous Music Row in Nashville, TN...

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UJAM Virtual Guitarist IRON Virtual Guitar Instrument

UJAM releases UJAM Virtual Guitarist IRON Virtual Guitar InstrumentMusic technology powerhouse UJAM, mainly known for its advanced music cloud solutions, announces the rebirth of Virtual Guitarist. Virtual Guitarist was the first and best-selling virtual instrument that brought realistic-sounding rhythm guitar tracks to computer-based musicians worldwide. Now the core team behind the original Virtual Guitarist has re-united to build a new generation of virtual instruments that don’t rest on the success of the past, but continue innovating with vastly increased realism, flexibility and sound quality, thanks to an entirely new technology and content concept.

UJAM has released IRON as the first instrument in a series of Virtual Guitarist products, each a unique guitarist personality with its custom playing style and setup. IRON provides a rock- and heavy-centric set of guitars, amps and styles. A second installment of the series featuring steel string acoustic guitars is slated for spring 2016...

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Groove Monkee Led Head MIDI Drum Loops

Groove Monkee Releases Led Head MIDI Drum Loops - Get 25% off!Groove Monkee has released Led Head Volumes 1 and 2, MIDI loops inspired by the beats of Led Zeppelin's iconic drummer, John Bonham.

Volume 1 features 10 sets of loops in song format with intro, verse, chorus, bridge, fill and outro sections loosely based on the some of the band's well known tunes.

Volume 2 features 8 complete songs also loosely based on the some of the band's hits.

Vol. 1 Features:

* 10 Sets of Royalty Free MIDI drum Loops.
* Song format: Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Fills, Outros and Endings.
* 8-bar MIDI loops.
* Mapped for all major drum plugins.
* Format: SMF MIDI files (Types 1 and 0).
* BeatBuddy PBF File...

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Best Service ALPINE VOLKSMUSIK Virtual Instrument

Best Service has released the ALPINE VOLKSMUSIK Virtual InstrumentAlpine Volksmusik is the first professional samplelibrary dedicated to the incredible wide field of traditional Austrian, Bavarian as well as Upper Carniolan folk and brass music.

Using 24 high-quality instruments, every producer can now arrange a virtual ensemble ranging from familiar setups to a full marching band.

Alpine Volksmusik covers the whole spectrum of instruments, being necessary to produce this kind of folk music in a digital environment. Accordion, styrian harmonicas, clarinets and brass instruments are available just like guitar, bass and drums. And of course, we haven't forgotten traditional instruments like the dulcimer, the Zillertal fiddle and the alpine bells...

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Toontrack Country Roots EZkeys MIDI

Toontrack releases new EZkeys MIDI for country music - Country Roots EZkeys MIDIToontrack announced the release of a new title for the company’s widely popular line of piano MIDI for EZkeys: Country Roots EZkeys MIDI. This is the second release of Toontrack’s ongoing Country Month, a month-long celebration of all things country music-related. This title is also available as part of a limited-time-only Value Pack, tailored for country and ballad songwriting!

About Country Roots EZkeys MIDI
This collection of EZkeys MIDI takes you back to the blues-tinged, fiddle-ridden and boot-stomping days that blazed trails for the broad definition of what we now simply call “country” music. With a massive vault of inspiration touching on the legends of honky tonk, bluegrass and western, the Country Roots EZkeys MIDI pack will transport you back in time and provide an untapped well of inspiration for your next traditional country song...

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Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, Second Edition

Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, Second Edition from RoutledgeRoutledge has published Developing Musicianship Through Aural Skills: A Holistic Approach to Sight Singing and Ear Training, 2nd Edition.

Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills, Second Edition, is a comprehensive method for learning to hear, sing, understand, and use the foundations of music as part of an integrated curriculum, incorporating both sight singing and ear training in one volume. Under the umbrella of musicianship, this textbook guides students to "hear what they see, and see what they hear," with a trained, discerning ear on both a musical and an aesthetic level.

Key features of this new edition include:...

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Toontrack Country Guitars EZmix Pack for EZmix 2

Toontrack releases a new collection of country guitar tones for EZmix 2Toontrack has released Country Guitars EZmix Pack, a new expansion for its widely popular multi-effect mix tool EZmix 2. This is the first release of Toontrack’s ongoing Country Month, a month-long celebration of all things country music-related.

The Country Guitars EZmix Pack presents a diverse collection of settings for all walks of vintage and modern electric country guitar. It comes with 50 unique, mix-ready tones based on amp/cab simulation and various chains of effects. In this pack, you get a wide array of tones covering anything from clean, up-close and intimate to dirty, mean and big – all designed to capture the broadest possible definition of electric country guitar.

From the tube-oozing, plate and spring reverb-soaked tones for your next slow song to the rugged, transistor-fuming settings for your picking leads – this collection covers the whole gamut from vintage to modern...

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Modartt Model B Grand Piano for Pianoteq

Modartt releases Model B Grand Piano for PianoteqModartt releases Model B Grand Piano for Pianoteq. This instrument is modelled after a Steinway B Grand Piano from Hamburg, known for its splendid and versatile character. Subtle refinements of the physical model contribute to a faithful rendering of the original instrument.

A prestigious signature
The piano that is modelled belongs to the Martha Argerich edition, a set of twenty-five Steinway & Sons Model B-211 pianos that the prestigious pianist carefully selected in 2014 for their musicality. She signed each.

About the Steinway B
The first Steinway B grand pianos were manufactured in 1878. The Steinway B is now the best selling Steinway grand piano. It is generally known as "The Perfect Piano". It has much of the concert grand piano sound of a Steinway D...

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MagicScore Maestro 8 Music Notation Software

New Version 8 of MagicScore Maestro Notation Software Available Now from eMedia MusiceMedia Music Corp., developer and distributor of award-winning music software, has begun shipping version 8 of the award-winning MagicScore Maestro notation software created by Maestro Music Software.

MagicScore Maestro version 8 provides all musicians, composers, arrangers, teachers, and songwriters with professional music notation tools at an affordable price. It is a fast way for anyone to compose music, audition arrangements, and create print-ready music notation. Notes can be entered in quickly by playing a USB-MIDI keyboard (or other controller) or via a mouse and computer keyboard. An immense number of optimized music notation tools provide all standard music notation symbols plus...

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Celemony Melodyne 4 Audio Correction Software

Celemony releases Melodyne 4 - New Technologies and A New Degree of FreedomCelemony has released Version 4 of its legendary audio software Melodyne. This constitutes the most extensive update to the entire product family in the company's history, with the emphasis on Melodyne 4 studio. Highlights include the Polyphonic Spectrum Shaper Sound Editor with its totally new sound design possibilities, DNA Direct Note Access – at last, on an unlimited number of tracks – and ultra-accurate tempo detection. The smaller Melodyne editions – editor, assistant and essential – have also been enhanced.

Melodyne is, at once, an outstanding piece of software and the industry standard. The sound quality of the edited audio and the ability to modify notes even in polyphonic recordings have turned Melodyne into a must-have tool, as well as winning Celemony the coveted Technical Grammy.

With the Sound Editor, the new Melodyne 4 studio offers a totally new approach to sound design, its possibilities ranging from the subtlest of optimizations and enhancement of the tone color to...

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IK Multimedia iKlip A/V Pro Smartphone Mount

IK Multimedia premiers iKlip A/V - The First Smartphone Broadcast Mount for Pro Audio and VideoIK Multimedia is pleased to present iKlip® A/V, the first broadcast mount for professional audio and video recording with smartphones. An industry first, it's a system that gives professional broadcasters and videographers the ability to capture and monitor pro-quality audio on the go via its integrated high-quality XLR mic preamp with phantom power and built-in wireless receiver support. It also delivers a steady picture thanks to its smartphone holder and hand-held grip. Designed for mobile broadcast professionals, iKlip A/V gives everyone the power to use their smartphone as a full-featured camcorder.

Developed in Italy with input from professional field reporters and broadcasters as a cost effective - and more readily available - alternative for field reporting, iKlip A/V is designed to help videographers capture professional quality audio for their mobile video productions...

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IK Multimedia iRig BlueTurn Bluetooth Page Turner

IK Multimedia unveils iRig BlueTurn - the first Bluetooth Page TurnerIK Multimedia, the leader in mobile music creation and technology products, is pleased to announce iRig® BlueTurn, the first backlit compact Bluetooth page turning solution for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android. Portable and streamlined, it's a small foot controller with two highly visible backlit soft-touch buttons that musicians, performers and more can easily pair with their favorite device for use with a wide range of document viewing apps and software like IK's iKlip Stage app.

Designed for use on stage and on the road, iRig BlueTurn runs on two AAA batteries and features a rugged, durable enclosure. It's an ideal companion for musicians who perform from a score, guitar and bass players who practice with tablature, speakers who use notes, presenters who use slides and more...

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Record Label Marketing, 3rd Edition

Record Label Marketing, 3rd Edition - How Music Companies Brand and Market Artists in the Digital EraFocal Press has published Record Label Marketing, 3rd Edition - How Music Companies Brand and Market Artists in the Digital Era.

Record Label Marketing, Third Edition is the essential resource to help you understand how recorded music is professionally marketed.

Fully updated to reflect current trends in the industry, this edition is designed to benefit marketing professionals, music business students, and independent artists alike.

As with previous editions, the third edition is accessible for readers new to marketing or to the music business. The book addresses classic marketing concepts while providing examples that are grounded in industry practice...

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Voxengo Elephant 4.3 Mastering Limiter Plug-In

Voxengo releases Elephant 4.3 Mastering Limiter Plug-In UpdateVoxengo Elephant version 4.3 is now available for download. Voxengo Elephant is a mastering limiter plugin for professional audio and sound production applications, available in AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plug-in formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

This version includes the following changes:

* Fixed incorrect display of the K-metering.
* Removed loudness bursts when switching oversampling in the "Eval" mode.
* Extended the output gain range to -24 dB.
* Added "Cyan" color scheme.
* Added 90%, 110% and 150% visual scales.
* Made the user interface scale switchable without host reload.

Elephant is a highly competitive plug-in for mastering applications:...

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Blue Cat Audio Plug'n Script 2.0 and New Bundle

Blue Cat Audio Releases Blue Cat's Plug'n Script 2.0 and New BundleBlue Cat Audio have released Blue Cat's Plug'n Script 2.0, a new version of their scripting plug-in that can be programmed to build custom audio and MIDI effects or virtual instruments inside most Digital Audio Workstations (DAW). The plug-in is now also available as part of a new bundle: "Blue Cat's Crafters Pack".

This new version of the plug-in brings many improvements, such as an extra side chain input and multiple auxiliary outputs, native (compiled) scripts support and enhanced user interface. It also includes many new scripts, presets and skins with full source code.

This is a major step forward for plug-ins users and creators: with the same performance as native plug-ins and access to third party libraries, programmers can now release powerful scripts that can be loaded in almost any DAW, with the choice to disclose the source code or not...

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GuitarJack Stage and StudioJack Mini Audio Interfaces

New GuitarJack Stage and StudioJack Mini Audio Interfaces for Mac/PC/iOS/Android Now AvailableSonoma Wire Works' new generation of studio quality interfaces provide the ultimate mobile and computer music creation experience on compatible Mac, PC, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Android systems. Successors to the critically acclaimed GuitarJack Model 2, StudioJack Mini and GuitarJack Stage are now shipping.

With the compact and portable StudioJack Mini audio interface, musicians record, practice, and play live anywhere with a computer or mobile device using popular audio software.

With the GuitarJack Stage audio interface and guitar-pedal-style controller, guitar players transform their computer, smartphone or tablet into a powerful amp and effects rig, and control guitar software using assignable knobs and foot switches...

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Free FL Studio 12.2 Music Recording Software Update

Image-Line announces the Release of FL Studio 12.2 Music Recording SoftwareFL Studio 12.2 is out now. We are pleased to release FL Studio 12.2 including a complete vectorial overhaul of 25 of your favorite plugins over 1600 new percussion samples and more.

What's New?

* New vectorial interfaces - Updates for your favorite plugins (BeepMap, BooBass, EQUO, FL Keys, Fruit Kick, Big Clock, dB Meter, Delay 2, Delay Bank, Drumsynth Live, DX 10, Fast Dist, Flangus, Granulizer, LSD, Multiband Compressor, PanOMatic, Parametric EQ, Plucked!, Reeverb 2, Slicer, Soft Clipper, Soundfont Player, Stereo Enhancer, Stereo Shaper, Vocoder, WaveShaper, X-Y Controller)
* Harmor - 3 x tempo synced templates (2, 4 & 8 bars)
* New Content - 1650 one shot drum samples in Packs > Drums > Mode Audio (121 Claps, 47 Cymbals, 110 Foley, 353 Hats, 349 Kicks, 192 Percussion, 57 Rims, 26 SFX, 48 Shakers, 286 Snares, 61 Toms)
* FLAC export
* UI enhancements - Separate color and icon menu options for Playlist Tracks, Channel Rack buttons and Mixer Tracks
* Typing keyboard to piano - 15 new scale presets
* New demo projects - Winners & some finalists from the FL Studio Demo Contest in Projects > Song contests
* Many bugfixes - test and let us know if we missed your favorite bug (check the WhatsNew.rtf in the install folder first!)...

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Toontrack EZkeys Studio Grand

Toontrack releases EZkeys Studio Grand Virtual InstrumentToontrack has announced the release of EZkeys Studio Grand. This marks the tenth title in the company’s widely acclaimed line of piano and keyboard instruments.

About EZkeys Studio Grand
EZkeys Studio Grand features a carefully sampled Steinway & Sons B-211 grand piano. With its balanced timbre and versatile range of use, this specific instrument is commonly referred to as the ”perfect piano” and often the premier choice for professional studio work. All this combined with the creative framework of EZkeys will give you not only the sound of one of the world’s finest pianos – it even comes with tools to help you create and write great music.

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT
• The full EZkeys software and MIDI library
• A carefully sampled Steinway & Sons B-211 grand piano
• A broad selection of presets for quick sound design...

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PG Music Band-in-a-Box 2016 for Windows

PG Music Releases Band-in-a-Box 2016 for WindowsPG Music Inc. has released version 2016 of its popular, award-winning Band-in-a-Box intelligent music accompaniment software for Windows with over 50 great new features and enhancements, 201 more amazing RealTracks (including RealTracks by Zane Carney!), plus 11 new MIDI SuperTracks, 19 Instrumental Studies, and for the first time ever, 3 “Artist Video Performances,” which are video files that play in Band-in-a-Box. We also have over 89 new RealStyles, which are new styles using existing RealTracks and Loops!

In announcing the release of Band-in-a-Box 2016, program author and creator Peter Gannon said, “We’re excited to offer Band-in-a-Box 2016 with 201 great new RealTracks - that's double our usual release. Now the full UltraPlusPAK version of Band-in-a-Box includes over 2,500 hours of digital audio studio musician recordings! We've also added lots of great new features, including a completely redesigned StylePicker that helps find the best styles for you, and a brand new Chord Sheet loaded with new features!”...

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eMedia Music Theory Tutor

eMedia Music ships Music Theory Tutor - the Next Generation of Music Theory SoftwareeMedia Music Corp has released the new Music Theory Tutor series of music theory software. Based on the latest technologies, the software incorporates a methodical yet open curriculum designed by Dr. Gregory Simon, Ph.D., and features interactive lessons with real time pitch and rhythmic detection. Students sing, tap and play instruments to answer questions, and easily track their progress with graphs and statistics.

Music Theory Tutor is compatible with the latest Macintosh and Windows operating systems and consists of four products:

Music Theory Tutor Volume 1 includes over 230 lessons cover beginning to intermediate music theory. Students learn how to read music, basic chord theory, scale theory, and the basic building blocks of music...

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Spitfire Audio ALBION ONE Orchestral Library

Spitfire Audio announces availability of all-new, all-conquering ALBION ONE librarySpitfire Audio, purveyors of the finest virtual instruments from the finest musical samples in the world, is proud to announce availability of ALBION ONE — an all-new incarnation of its all-conquering ALBION ‘legacy’ library for Native Instruments’ industry-standard KONTAKT platform, a game-changing sample-based virtual instrument that took more in sales during its final 24 hours of availability than it originally cost to produce four years ago, such has been its enduring popularity.

So what, exactly, is ALBION ONE, then? To put it bluntly, it’s all and everything needed to make epic-sounding, modern music with only ‘one’ sample- based virtual instrument library to end all such libraries! Likely story, some sapped souls might mock. But if the proof of the pudding is in the eating then ALBION ONE tastes truly scrumptious! Beating beautifully at its musical heart is a 109-piece orchestra accompanied by a thunderous cinematic percussion section, dynamically-layered loops designed by award-winning music-makers, and an enormous so-called ‘Steam’ synthesiser, with many more musical surprises above and beyond the call of duty. With all-new sample content for 2015 and attractive cross-grade options for original ALBION VOLUME #1 ‘legacy’ owners, ALBION ONE is a treat while also acting as an admirable milestone marker in Spitfire Audio’s seemingly-unstoppable success story. So, to truly appreciate ALBION ONE it is helpful to know where it came from. For this is, in essence, the story of Spitfire Audio...

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Self on Audio: Collected Articles of Douglas Self, 3rd Edition

Self on Audio: The Collected Audio Design Articles of Douglas Self, 3rd Edition from Focal PressFocal Press has published Self on Audio: The Collected Audio Design Articles of Douglas Self, 3rd Edition.

Self on Audio: The collected audio design articles of Douglas Self, Third Edition is the most comprehensive collection of significant articles in the technical audio press. This third edition features 45 articles that first appeared in Elektor, Linear Audio, and Electronics World.

Including expanded prefaces for each article, the author provides background information and circuit commentary. The articles cover both discrete and opamp preamplifier design, mixing console design, and power amplifier design. The preamplifier designs are illuminated by the very latest research on low noise and RIAA equalization. The famous series of 1993 articles on power amplifier distortion is included, with an extensive commentary reflecting the latest research on compensation and ultra-low distortion techniques. This book addresses the widened scope of technology that has become available to the audio designer over the last 35 years...

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Acon Digital Restoration Suite 1.6

Acon Digital Releases Restoration Suite 1.6 with Major Quality ImprovementsAcon Digital updates their award winning Restoration Suite for audio restoration work to version 1.6. The latest version contains a brand new declipping algorithm and brings quality improvements to the denoiser.

The new version of DeClip is able to restore audio material that is much more severely damaged than the earlier algorithm. Also new is the automatic detection of threshold levels based on the audio input signal. In most cases, a click on the new Detect button is now sufficient to set the threshold values and ensure optimal reconstruction of the signal.

The new denoising algorithm is more transparent and introduces less processing artifacts than in the earlier version. The graphical user interface of all the four plug-ins in the suite are now resizable...

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Sample Logic CINEMORPHX Virtual Instrument

Sample Logic is proud to Announce Availability of CINEMORPHX Cinematic Virtual Instrument LibraryAward-winning sample library company Sample Logic is proud to announce availability of CINEMORPHX — bringing the future to the present as a groundbreaking cinematic virtual instrument library fit for sound design, music production, and more — as of November 16...

Powered by Native Instruments’ industry-standard KONTAKT PLAYER platform, CINEMORPHX is built on the first-rate framework of CINEMATIC GUITARS INFINITY. All of the sample material from Sample Logic’s legacy AMBIENCE • IMPACTS • RHYTHMS (A.I.R.), THE ELEMENTS, and SYNERGY virtual instruments are integrated into a single, state-of-the-art KONTAKT library with all-new sound design, presets, and effects functionality for a totally reinvented production experience. Fit for cinematic sound design, music production, and much more besides, CINEMORPHX is a true sampling heavyweight. Weighing in with over 6,000 presets and at 30GB, CINEMORPHX is professionally programmed from scratch for instantaneous inspiration and endless possibilities without weighing down on creative minds — musical or otherwise...

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Free MakeMusic Finale 2014.5 Update

MakeMusic Releases Finale 2014.5 with New Features, Bug Fixes, and Mac ModernizationMakeMusic, Inc. announced today the release of Finale 2014.5, a free update for all owners of Finale 2014, the acclaimed music notation software.

Finale 2014.5 incorporates new features, bug fixes, and significant modernization of Finale code, including many Mac-specific updates resulting in performance improvements and full compatibility with Apple’s OS X El Capitan operating system.

Features added in this release include:
* The ability to save SmartMusic accompaniments with premium VST/AU instrument sounds, including the provided Garritan sounds
* A means to quickly and easily reorder staves
* Enhanced MusicXML and EPUB support
* Options to automatically create double barlines before key changes
* Updated SmartScore X2 Lite scanning software, with many improvements in core musical features such as beams, augmentation dots, and tuplets...

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