Ernie Ball retros the Sting Ray - The music industry was abuzz in 1976 when Leo Fender introduced the Sting Ray bass. It was an instant winner -- new pickup design and placement(Click Headline For More!)

Heading North Mastering in Toronto, Ontario, has recently completed a redesign of its mastering suite with an expansion that doubled the size of the previous control room. Heading North Mastering is a home-based mastering suite that caters primarily to independent music...

At the 2010 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, Calif., Rain Computers, the New Jersey based designer of high performance computers for audio/video production and DJs, debuted LiveBook Studio and ION Studio. LiveBook Studio is a high performance quad-core notebook based on Int...

Megatrax, a leading production music library known for its innovative radio barter advertising, has hired Barbara Key as Division Manager of Broadcast Television, to further support the recently launched TV barter alternative for its clients and to round out the Megatra...

(2010-02-08) Elias Arts, a company devoted to music composition, strategy and production, has created and produced original music for four TV spots featured during yesterday`s Super Bowl.

If you watched Saturday Night Live this weekend, you weren't seeing double. Yes, that was Dave Grohl appearing with his 'supergroup' Them Crooked Vultures. But he also made quite a splash with a different kind of outfit.Grohl took part in a skit in which he and host Ash...

Moving on from all its holiday gnome activity, Tonehammer has released its new Riq Drum sample library ($39 introductory price) for Native Instruments Kontakt.read more

Image-Line has released version 1.6.3 of Deckadance, a DJ mixing application for Windows and Mac.

Variety Of Sound has released a public beta of version 1.5 of FerricTDS, a free compression effect plug-in for Windows.

In this video we teach some cool new rhythmic ideas and riffs in the styles of Buckcherry Led Zeppelin Kid Rock and many more - check it out

With the new Synapse Audio EKS-9 software synthesizer (Mac / Win; $39 introductory price), you can make electronic bass drum sounds reminiscent of vintage hardware.read more

Introduced by Analogue Solutions, the new Europa (499 GBP or approximately $781) is a hardware MIDI step sequencer designed for use with MIDI synthesizers, analog modulars, drum brains, and drum maread more

One Big Game is a charity assembled by game developers to raise money for children’s organizations. Musical games look to figure prominently in the series. Design legend Masaya Matsuura (PaRappa the Rapper, Vib-Ribbon), father of rhythm games and without whom ther...

Big Al was developed using the latest Vocaloid 2 software from Yamaha. Users can type in words or lyrics, select a melody and hear the results "sung" back. Included tools and effects allow for improvement or manipulation of the results. Big Al can sing up to 16 times si...

Urban, Latin, and UK funky flavored loops can be yours via the new Prime Loops Ghetto House Grooves (16.95 GBP or approximately $27) collection of construction kits.read more

Click here to view the embedded video. This is an audio demo of the Sonic Core (Creamware) Prodyssey ASB – a hardware replica of the ARP Odyssey with an ARP and Minimoog filter. via triumphthruxton: This video shows some tweaking with the preset bass patches. We r...

8th February 2010: Mokafix Audio has announced a new series of six distortion stomp-box emulations just a few weeks after the release of its first batch of seven fuzz and distortion effects. These new plug-ins will be a...

As a free gift for all PC users, AuraPlug has released its new EddieVsHeaven distortion effect plugin.read more

Plug-in developers Voxengo have released a beta version of an update to their excellent SPAN spectral analyser plug-in. You can grab the download here. Reaction to the new version appears to be mixed, but what do you make of it?

SPL has released version 1.2 of Analog Code, a collection of plug-ins with features and performance of its analog processors.

Click here to view the embedded video. This video, via Sam Square, covers the basics of Apple’s MainStage, including working with channel strips and the difference between the Concert, Set and Patch. Topics covered include: Uses of MainStage Concert/set/patch a...

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Get ready to party like it's 1986. Bon Jovi will be performing their breakthrough album Slippery When Wet at some points during their soon-to-begin world tour.This past week, guitarist Richie Sambora said that complete album performances are definitely being planned as ...

Time+Space has announced a major update for its dealer Test Stations.

Click here to view the embedded video. Pirate Bob Weigel looks at the Elka Panther organ, inside and out, and offers his maintenance tips: This unit is actually going to be used by “The Like” and was purchased by Pete Thomas recently for the band his daughte...

Synapse Audio Software have released the EKS-9 Kick Drum Synthesizer. The VST and AudioUnit plug-in for both Mac and PC is dedicated to the synthesis of electronic bass drum sounds reminiscent of vintage hardware, while adding plenty of additional controls to expand th...

AuraPlugs has released EddieVsHeaven, a free distortion effect plug-in for Windows.

Synapse Audio introduces a new software synth to its product line. The EKS-9 is a VST/AU plug-in, dedicated to creating powerful electronic bass drum sounds, reminiscent of vintage hardware. According to Synapse Audio, t..

8th February 2010: SPL has released version 1.2 updates for all of its Analog Code and MicroPlugs Plug-ins. Changes: All SPL plug-ins support VST3 now. TDM support for Logic. Several small bug fixes, including MicroP...

Click here to view the embedded video. This is the Arena arts interview with Brian Eno – a great new documentary that takes you into Eno’s studio and offers’ Eno’s own perspective on his work and his life. via Alessandro Cortini

Click here to view the embedded video. Roll The Dice’s The New Black. via LumiereBetamax: Roll The Dice, The New Black. A music video by the photographer / film duo: Frode & Marcus. Directed / Photographed: Frode & Marcus. Music: Roll The Dice. Character: Edward ...

Prime Loops has released Ghetto House Grooves, a collection of construction kits with urban, latin & UK funky flavoured loops.

Analogue Solutions presents the Europa, a new hardware MIDI step sequencer. It has been designed from the ground up to be utilised with your MIDI synths, analogue modular, drum brains and drum machines. Europa was design..

A new documentary on Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones has been announced. Johnny Depp has been tagged to direct the video bio, which begins next week. Depp and Richards have been friends for more than a decade, and the guitar legend even played Depp’s father i...

8th February 2010: dRAM-dIGITAL has announced the release of Prodrums 10.6, a new drum sampler plug-in that includes all the features that dRAM-dIGITAL thinks are important yet leaves out all the bells and whistles that...

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Europa sequencer. This is the pre-prod unjit (99% finished), used here with Blofeld adn DR670 drums. Showing drum editing, octave shift, mute, transpose. This sequencer is really easy to use and tunes can be created so q..

Analogue Solutions presents the Europa, a new hardware MIDI step sequencer. It has been designed from the ground up to be utilised with your MIDI synths, analogue modular, drum brains and drum machines. Europa was design..

Intermorphic has released version 1.5.1.2 of Noatikl and version 2.0.1.4 of Mixtikl, two generative music tools for Windows and Mac.

Moog Music has released an update of the Voyager Operating System. Version 3.5 for the Minimoog Voyager Analog synthesizer adds a number of new features, including quick save, category browse, and legato glide. After you..