Sure, it’s a Spaghetti-Western-inspired soundtrack to the hit Rockstar game called jokingly by fans Grand Theft Horse. But to me, a richly-composed musical score for a blockbuster video game sums up a lot of where music production is at these days. Composed by Bi...

Plektron unveils WTComp, a FREE analogue tube compressor VSTeffect for Windows. It’s based on the parallel compression’s technique that maximize the output signal rather than destroy the sound’s dynamic. The tube simulation makes the sound warm and ...

Blip Festival Tokyo is approaching! There is just over a month left until a seething mass of low-bit maniacs converges upon Koenji High in Tokyo, Japan to party for two days. The festival website has just been updated with additional information, including the perfor...

You can see three great minutes of sound designer master Ben Burtt showcasing some of the source material he used the layering of a sound for Star Wars. The video is a part of a rare documentary about John Williams and the music of Star Wars published between 1989-19...

Who is Hurt by the way? Composed of singer Theo Hutchcraft and synthesizer player Adam Anderson – both of whom used to be in the bands Bureau and Daggers – they made their first forray into notoriety in July 2009 when they got featured as “Band of t...

Korg USA’s Rich Formidoni explores the monotron Analog Ribbon Synthesizer. Below are all the monotron’s controls are explained and demonstrated.

This official Propellerhead tutorial takes a look at using Blocks in Reason 5 and Record 1.5. In this microtutorial we’ll build up a track – starting from an 8 bar loop – and ending with a full song structure all thanks to Blocks, the pattern-based workflow feature ...

Yuzhe easy motion, a brand new flash animation software is released from this season. It is the ...

A new pack ,Emicsoft iPad Converter Suite, a professional and powerful software, joins DVD to iPad ...

A kick drum pedal mechanism that uses a metal chain to connect the foot treadle or pedal platform to the beater.

Q: I have a TC Electronic Stereo Chorus Flanger pedal that I love, but when I try to use it with my RJM Music Effect Gizmo, I get a loud pop. What's up? A: This is a known problem with SCF pedals and loop switchers resulting from DC voltage leakage in the pedal. The TC...

This software offers built in support for VST plug-ins originally intended for use on the Windows operating system. ...

REAPER is a digital audio workstation: a complete multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and ...

Click here to view the embedded video. This official Propellerhead tutorial takes a look at using Blocks in Reason 5 and Record 1.5. via PropellerheadSW: In this microtutorial we’ll build up a track – starting from an 8 bar loop – and ending with a ful...

It’s like the summer of ’65 all over again. That’s because Fender has just resurrected its classic Vi...

Join top Fender Custom Shop representatives for a series of events that provide “an all-access pass to th...

With his six-string skills best described as a merger between heavy metal, psychedelia, and modern rock, Da...

The idean behind the Line 6 Variax always seemed like a good one, but with the upcoming release of the new Line 6 James Tyler Variax, it suddenly seems like a stupid idea Not to get one, espread more

The enhanced, all new Galaxy II - Kontakt 4 is setting a new level. The highly rated Galaxy II Grand Piano Collection has been upgraded to Galaxy II K4, which includes the new Kontakt Player 4, a new user interface, new features, better performance and additional samples...

When Lexicon first introduced the JamMan in the mid-‘90s, I was all over it.read more

Jason Faries plays drums live with Neon Indian, a project started by his friends (and band-mate in various other projects) Alan Palomo.read more

TONIO is modelled on the actual voice of a professional male classical singer. With a vocal register that covers both baritone and tenor Tonio has a voice that will satisfy the most demanding of compositions. Tonio has a voice that is full of unmistakable character, col...

Freeware for Mac : Computer Aided Music / doing phonetics by computer

Freeware for PC : Computer Aided Music / doing phonetics by computer

Another day with cool Music Making Tweets! Follow Music Making: http://twitter.com/music_makingTodays Tweet Wrapup: (@music_making):2010-07-29 23:13FREE soft: Effect: Plektron - WTCOMP / Pc / Free http://goo.gl/fb/DkO2Thttps://twitter.com/music_making/status/19855...

Luke Temple started Here We Go Magic as a solo project—a "stream-of-consciousness" recording session captured to a Tascam 424 Portastudio.read more

Berlin, July 28th, 2010 – Native Instruments today announced KOMPLETE 7, a significantly expanded version of its studio-standard software bundle. The next generation of KOMPLETE now combines 24 instruments and effects – including five entirely new products – with ...

Industrial Radio announced that the new Standard Midi Bass 4 is now available to order. The Standard Midi Bass 4 provides bassists the opportunity to plug into the latest and greatest of hardware and software synthesizer..

Save a bundle on your choice of the MINIAK or MPK88!Click to download a printable PDF version 

Over the last several years, KRK Systems has become one of the go-to names when it comes to seeking an affordable set of powered studio monitors, thanks to the Rokit series.read more

New from Relab Development, the LX480 Lite plugin (Mac / Win; $199) emulates a legendary hardware reverb and also adds a few new features not available from the original unit.read more

Now shipping, the Boss BR-800 digital recorder is the ultimate portable multitracker -- this battery-powered studio sports touch-sensor switches, SD-card recording media, USB connectivity, onboard read more

Plektron unveils WTComp, a FREE analogue tube compressor VSTeffect for Windows. It's based on the parallel compression's technique that maximize the output signal rather than destroy the sound's dynamic. The tube simulation makes the sound warm and load without disto...

The BR-800 battery-powered digital recorder allows for up to four tracks to be recorded or eight tracks played back simultaneously, plus an additional stereo track dedicated to the built-in rhythm generator.

The BR-800 battery-powered digital recorder allows for up to four tracks to be recorded or eight tracks played back simultaneously, plus an additional stereo track dedicated to the built-in rhythm generator.

Home recording enthusiasts can get a head start learning the solid basics of audio engineering and sound recording with the new Ask Video DVD tutorial, The Studio Edge: Pro Audio Recording Series, read more

Click here to view the embedded video. This is a demo of the Malaventura Audiovisual Sampler, a tool for making Kutiman-style music videos from video clips. It works like a traditional sampler, except for audio and video at the same time. via Malaventura

A new true-Blue mic, the enCORE 300, has been added to the Blue Microphones enCORE series of performance microphones.read more

Mid/Side processing involves working independently with the sum and difference of the left/right channels of a stereo mix. We'll show you how to use the Mid/Side processing in Ozone 4 to get unprecedented control over your sound scape. Ozone 4 is a...

Puremagnetik has announced the release of Max Fuel, the First, a Max for Live add-on. Max Fuel, the First is a bundle of ten highly refined Max For Live devices. All were created with the musician in mind and work well in Live for either production or performance. Max...

Time+Space unveils Hollywoodwinds, a Kontakt Player powered woodwinds sample library.Here is the press-release:Hollywoodwinds – bringing the woodwinds back into orchestral film scoringHollywoodwinds is a comprehensive sampling of the orchestral woodwind ensemble that w...

DJ Aquilina has recorded and created a collection of Deep House samples for Loopmasters, providing producers of Deep, progressive and minimal house and techno music with a range of samples.

New to Focusrite's renowned ISA range of pro audio hardware is the ISA428 MkII, a premium four-channel mic preamp supporting an optional eight-channel A-D converter. The ISA428 MkII supersedes the existing ISA428 and wil..

DJ Aquilina has recorded and created a collection of Deep House samples for Loopmasters, providing producers of Deep, progressive and minimal house and techno music with a range of samples.

We're so close with the new AD product I can practically taste it. Adam is doing the OS X builds today while I assemble all the materials we need to sell it. The only things remaining are some minor housekeeping, presets, and the manual. I'm not dropping any more hi...

Cellular AutoMidi is a generative music making app, making use of a modified version of the ever-popular Cellular Automata algorithm – a simple evolutionary model on a grid that works nicely for sequencers. (See, among many others, Lazyfish’s legendary NEWS...

Summing up the appeal of his upcoming Epiphone Slash Appetite For Destruction Les Paul, Slash tells MusicRadar, "The guitar that I used for Appetite, the Use Your Illusion records, Snakepit and my new record, it's a replica of that guitar. The sound on Appetite is ...

New to Focusrite's renowned ISA range of pro audio hardware is the ISA428 MkII, a premium four-channel mic preamp supporting an optional eight-channel A-D converter. The ISA428 MkII supersedes the existing ISA428 and wil..

PowerFX has announced that it has added a LEARN section to Soundation, the online music making application. Soundation Studio, the online music making application, just got easier to use with the addition of LEARN, a simple to use section on the site that includes HOW...

Rayzoon has released version 3.0.2 of its virtual drummer Jamstix. This update offers various enhancements and updates and is available now to all Jamstix 3 owners at no charge.