Geeze. Has it been that long since I last posted? Everything's been crazy at the moment. Another poster for Doherty's. Continuing the monster theme, this is Medusa. Say hello chaps!...

The BuzzBall was invented to replicate the sensation of a modern roller coaster at home, er, at least in a big area with rolling hills, and not a lot of trees, or other obstacles… But when you’re from New Zealand, it’s a matter of national pride to con...

'Thinking of mastering your own recordings, in your home recording studio? Well here is a million-selling producer who wouldn't dream of doing his own mastering, even in a pro studio.'

Akai Professional has released updated firmware for the MPD24 USB/MIDI Pad Controller. Offering improved transport functionality, v1.09 is the second update to the original release of MPD24 firmware. A complete document of release notes is also available for review at ...

Electron has announced an update to the Monomachine OS: Good people around the globe, the hydra just got two extra heads. In other words - Monomachine OS 1.20 is here! Two new machines have been added in this magnificent update, allowing you to use your own customized w...

Akai Professional is now shipping the MPD32 pad controller. MPD32 is Akai Professional’s flagship pad controller for musicians and DJs. Using a USB cable to connect to a Mac or PC, MPD32 is designed for hardware control of apps like Reason, Ableton Live and Garag...

Motion Samples has released five new downloadable sample libraries. Here are their descriptions: Sequential Synths - over 400 loops of pumpin? analog fx and synth rhythms for producing various styles of minimal house and techno. Inside you?ll find tons of useful loops ...

touched echo is an electroacoustic artwork that uses bone conduction to take people back in time: The visitors of the Brühl’s Terrace (Dresden, Germany) are taken back in time to the night of the terrible air raid on 13th February 1945. In their role as a perform...

Luigi Paoloni appointed to export manager for South America, part of Africe and part of Eastern Europe

Even though the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series came up seriously wanting, it still inspired some demented youngsters from San Francisco to recreate the famed Boulder Scene from the opening scene of Raiders. However, instead of traipsing to some remote So...

ReasonBanks has released Analogue Monsters 3, a ReFill based on 5 GB multisamples of these analog synths: Alesis Andromeda A6 Korg MonoPoly Korg MS-20 Korg Poly800 MKII Moog Prodigy Oberheim Matrix-1000 Roland Juno-60 Roland Jupiter 4 Studio Electronics SE-1X Waldorf M...

DanceFuel (www.dancefuel.dj) is a digital music store that’s sort of like the iTunes Store for DJs. What makes the site unique is that they offer mp3 downloads of electronic music with Key and Code info designed to make the tracks Harmonic Mixing Ready”. ?H...

WaveIdea has introduced NeoSynth24, an synth-on-a-card expansion board for CME keyboards (UF and VX series). NeoSynth24 features a built in sound bank (64 MBytes/256 Mbits) that can be updated at your convenience. Various sound banks are available (General MIDI standar...

Monomachine bekommt neues OS. http://www.elektron.se/ Zitat: NEW MONO OS RELEASED!Good people around the globe, the hydra just got two extra heads. In other words - Monomachine OS 1.20 is here! Two new machines have been added in this magnificent update, allowin...

Artificial Audio has released the Latency Bundle, a tool for measuring and compensating latency, purpose-built for Logic Pro. The bundle contains the Latency Detector and the Latency Compensator. The Latency Detector is ..

Ableton Newsletter, July 2008 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Contents: 1. Tassmania! Special Tassman Offer for Live Users 2. Ableton Artist Movie: Hot Chip 3. Session Drums Summer Sale 4. Write a Dance Track! Win Ableto...

Thinking of mastering your own recordings, in your home recording studio? Well here is a million-selling producer who wouldn't dream of doing his own mastering, even in a pro studio.

SKB Corporation, a leader in the protection and transport of musical instruments, electronics and rack equipment, announces the availability of its new 20" Rolling Shock Rack cases. Available in three sizes, 4U (3SKB-R04U20W), 6U (3SKB-R06U20W) and 8U (3SKB-R08U20W), th...

Marshall Amplification's JVM Series is known for its outstanding tone, ultimate flexibility, seamless and silent switching, effective control and connectivity, and studio-quality reverb. Guitarists John 5 of Rob Zombie's band, Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction and Dave M...

Just in time for Summer NAMM in Nashville, V-Picks has released a new, and very different guitar slide called The V-Slide. Made of the same wonderfull material as V-Picks, this cast acrylic slide plays, sounds and wears totally different from any other guitar slide you ...

genoQs Machines has released Nemo, a new hardware MIDI sequencer. Nemo builds on the tradition of real-time MIDI sequencing of GenoQs’ Octopus. Features: 90+ Tactile switches and 9 endless encoders for interactive access 93 LEDs (tri-color) used to display both n...

Xoxox has released Friction, a new VST designed to synthesizer friction effects: The friction algorithm is combined with a 2nd order mass-spring and two waveguide resonances for flexible emulative application. Presets include squealing tires, squeaky hinges and axles, ...

OT: Australian dance Diva Kylie Minogue became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Thursday, receiving the award from heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles at a ceremony in London. “It is an incredible honour for me to receive this award,” said K...

AudiOdyssey is a free experimental computer game designed to be accessible to both the visually impaired community and mainstream gamers. AudiOdyssey was developed with four research goals: The visually-impaired and the sighted can enjoy the same level and quality of...

4th July 2008: Toontrack Music has announced that Superior Drummer 2.0, The New York Studio Legacy Series, its new professional sample engine for drums, is now shipping. Superior Drummer 2.0 is a complete overhaul ...

4th July 2008: Ueberschall has announced the release of Trance ID 2, the second installment of the Elastik Player-based sample library - Trance ID. Trance ID 2 incorporates the latest trends in the genre such as Neo...

4th July 2008: Univers Sons has updated the UVI Workstation public beta to v1.0.3. Changes: [Fix] resolving aliases to UFS on external can be very long when mounting network volumes -> now done in the backgroun...

4th July 2008: H. G. Fortune has updated the STS-26 Space Transition Synthesizer to v3.3, thus becoming the STS-33 Space Transition Synthesizer. The STS-33 Space Transition Synthesizer features the Wave-Transition m...

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Music sales have dropped 11% during the first half of 2008 according to Nielsen SoundScan. CD sales are to blame due to continued music store closings and reduced self space at major retailers across the United States. However, sales of vinyl albums are up: 803,000 have...

4th July 2008: xoxos has announced the release of Friction - a physical modeling synthesizer designed to be applicable to a range of emulative tasks, and is suitable for budget foley production or experimental music...

Future Imperfect Sounds has released two drum sample/loop libraries, Drum Artillery: Rock Fusion Kit and Drum Artillery: Electrothermal Kit. Drum Artillery: Rock-Fusion Kit offers a multi-sampled Premier Cabria “fusion” kit complimented by Zildjian cymbals,...

4th July 2008: Artificial Audio has announced the release of the Latency Bundle - a tool for measuring and compensating latency, purpose-built for Logic Pro. The bundle contains the Latency Detector and the Latency ...

Ueberschall has announced Trance ID2, the sequel to their popular Trance sample library. Trance ID2 incorporates the latest trends in the genre such as Neo-, Electro-, and Tech-Trance, as well as elements from Progressive and Minimal. The construction kits on Trance ID ...

4th July 2008: Muon Software has given its web site a makeover and released new versions of Tau Pro and Tau Bassline Mk2. Both plug-ins have been updated to VST2.4 on Windows and Mac OS X and to Universal Binary on ...

Just in time for the X-Files movie, Brando has unveiled a new stereo computer speaker dealio for Sci-Fi fans of all ages. The USB LED Light Tube Speaker is powered by the USB bus and connects to your computer, or personal media player (PMP) via its 3.5mm jack (Minijack,...

Last month, I was lucky enough to head to a gathering of music and visual artists at the studio of artist Duncan Laurie in Jamestown, Rhode Island, accompanied by performances in Providence and Boston. Among the cast: Richard Devine, Josh Kay (Phoenicia/Schematic), Stev...

Apple has reduced the price of the SSD MacBook Air by $400. Unfortunately, that won’t make it any better for digital DJing. When the Air debuted all we could think about is how great it could potentially be as the epicenter for a Digital DJ rig. However, due to i...

Ableton Live controllers are suddenly everywhere, in commercial products and DIY creations. But an in-progress prototype being designed by Serbia-based creator Sasa Djuric, found on the CDM Flickr pool, goes the extra distance to integrate more effectively with the soft...

4th July 2008: Mu Technologies has announced that it has fixed the user interface bug for the Audio Unit version of Mu Voice on PPC Macs. The new versions are released as AU 1.1.3 and AU 1.2.1 (for licensed customer...

Ben writes: "Here's a story you should write about on ur blog. Oscar advertised for 500 quid in Sound on Sound. I emailed the bloke. Reply below." ------ From: XXXX@aol.com Date: Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 11:15 AM Subject: Re: Enquiry re mono synth in Sound On Sound Re...

4th July 2008: Abbey Road Plugins has updated the Brilliance Pack to v1.0.3. Changes: The plug-ins now report their latency to the host correctly (3 samples) which means that delay compensation should now work corr...

Korg celebrates 20th anniversary of the workstation with offer on M3