Low wattage amp with full EQ section, reverb and line out

Asheville, NC – April 17th, 2014 – Adding to the company’s well-established line of boutique guitar amplifiers, the flagship model for the new Santa Cruz Series, the SC-5 offers multiple power and rectifier tube options, for 5-9 watts of output, without re-biasing. 

Housed in a larger cabinet, the amp is available as a head or combo with 8”-12” speaker options.  A full 3 band EQ (treble, bass, mid), tube driven spring reverb and a line out jack, the SC5 fits well into any studio or small club setting for a variety of musical styles.

Amp highlights include:

·     Accepts 6V6/6L6/EL34 power tubes and 5Y3/5U4/GZ34 rectifier tubes

·     5-9 watt single ended hand wired tag board construction

·     Available as a head or 8/10/12” combo all coming in under 30 lbs

·     Two input single channel amp with tube driven spring reverb and line out jack

·     Control panel layout:  Hi-Lo Inputs, Volume, treble, mid, bass, reverb

·     Footswitchable reverb with one button footswitch included

·     Large finger jointed pine cabinet for better sound projection

·     Eminence speakers stock with other options available

All Headstrong Amps are designed and built in the company’s Asheville NC home.  Suggested retail pricing starts at $1325 up to $1475 for the 12” combo

www.headstrongamps.com

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Wayne Jones has been building hand-wired boutique amps for over 10 years.  His all-tube amplifiers are perfectly voiced for variety of musical styles and settings.  He launched Headstrong Amps in 2003, after years as a professional musician working on his own vintage gear.  Headstrong clients past and present include Marc Ford, Paul Simon, Richard Thompson, Buddy Miller, Marc Ribot, The Black Crowes and many more artists spanning various musical genres. 

Berklee College of Music Will Offer Degrees Online

Affordable Degree Option Designed to Reach Music Students Around the World

Berklee College of Music, the world leader in contemporary music education, is the first non-profit music institution to offer accredited bachelor degrees online. 

The college's award-winning online division, Berklee Online, will offer 120-credit bachelor of professional studies degrees in music business and music production. The music business degree offers courses on licensing, management, marketing, and touring, with a focus on mobile music, streaming, funding, and developing revenue sources. The music production degree provides an extensive background in Berklee's approach to music production, with courses on the world's top software programs, recording, engineering, mixing, and more. All courses are taught by Berklee faculty members or industry experts. 

The final application deadline for Berklee's online degree program is May 16, 2014. The inaugural class begins this coming September.

The $14,500 per year tuition for the online degree is 60 percent less expensive than the physical college. While there are advantages to attending the college's Boston campus, where demand is at an all-time high — applications are up 300 percent over the last decade — these online degrees help achieve Berklee's goal to make quality music education more accessible and affordable to students around the world.

"Berklee has learned a lesson from our front row seat observing the music industry, namely, lead the change or be a victim of it. With an online degree, we can expand access to the powerful tools of contemporary music making to many more students. And coupled with MOOCs, which are free, and online education that is less expensive, we have created a multi-faceted global search for talent," said Berklee President Roger Brown. 

The online degree program will be highly selective, accepting no more than 300 students in its inaugural class. Like the physical college, the online degrees are accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). 

For 12 years, Berklee Online has been teaching music online across various disciplines — from for-credit, instructor-led online courses to free non-credit offerings through Coursera and EdX. Berklee Online is a University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) Award-winning school for 9 years running. Since 2002, Berklee Online has taught more than 30,000 students from 144 countries. 

With new courses on composing and producing electronic music, direct to fan marketing and sales, game audio, and music video editing, Berklee Online's curriculum has constantly evolved to prepare students for jobs in a modern music industry always in flux. 

Berklee Online students include members of Nine Inch Nails (Robin Finck, Alessandro Cortini), Dave Matthews Band (Stefan Lessard), Karmin (Amy Heidemann), and Sugarland (Annie Clements), producers running major studios, industry executives at leading technology and business firms, and more. 

Berklee has always attempted to stay ahead of the curve. Founded in 1945, it was the first U.S. school to teach the contemporary music of the time, jazz. In the 1960s, it was the first school to recognize electric guitar and rock music. In 1979, it established the world's first undergraduate degree program in film scoring. In the 80s, it launched the first college-level majors in electronic music and songwriting. Music therapy, hip-hop, and video game scoring hit the curriculum in the 90s and 00s. Berklee alumni are building the future of the music industry and guiding the efforts of forward-thinking companies like PledgeMusic, Spotify, Pandora, Topspin, Live Nation Labs, CD Baby, the Echo Nest, Sonicbids, and others. 

Berklee Online is the online continuing education division of Berklee College of Music, delivering access to Berklee's acclaimed curriculum from anywhere in the world. Berklee Online's award-winning courses, multi-course certificate programs, and upcoming degree programs are accredited by NEASC and taught by the college's world-renowned faculty, providing lifelong learning opportunities to people interested in music and working in the music industry.

April 17, 2014 - IK Multimedia, a world leader in software and hardware products for professional musicians, engineers and producers announced today the newest release of the widely popular T-RackS Custom Shop mixing and mastering plug-in and standalone tools that features two new must-have British EQ models that provide the warmth and tone heard on countless recordings around the globe: the EQ73 and the EQ81.

T-RackS Custom Shop is a Mac/PC audio plug-in and standalone mastering workstation that provides a revolutionary way for musicians, engineers and producers to purchase IK's legendary T-RackS mixing and mastering audio processors right from their DAW or mastering station. T-RackS processors include a comprehensive collection of ultra-accurate models of some of the most famous analog audio processors used on virtually every recording in music history. T-RackS Custom Shop lets users purchase what they need via an à-la-carte purchasing system that is always available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

EQ73
The new T-RackS EQ73 model is based upon a classic British hardware unit that is universally acknowledged as the most used preamp in music recording history. The original "Class A" device has a sonic signature almost instantly recognizable to engineers and recording enthusiasts the world over. Thanks to its unique and innovative circuitry the signal passing through it becomes thick and bold making every instrument stand out with audible fullness. The T-RackS EQ73 model captures this nuance so that even in the DAW environment the tone stays intact.

The EQ 73 is an extraordinary EQ, and IK Multimedia engineers went the extra mile to make sure the part of the preamp circuitry functionality was captured as well — a feature no other emulation on the market has included. The interaction between the preamp and the EQ section is what makes this legendary EQ so desirable. The gain range is so wide that many color shades can be found. At lower settings it adds some harmonic coloration that will make kicks or snare fatter and punchier. Going up the gain hill moves it into downright distortion with an analog saturation rarely found in DAW plug-ins. This is a killer function that adds that elusive "analog" character to a sterile sounding track, or provides a new creative effect.

The EQ73 sounds great on virtually every audio source. Its combination of preamp circuitry and EQ interaction make it versatile enough to enhance any track, especially kicks, snares, overheads, bass, guitars and vocals.

EQ81
Following in the footsteps of its older sibling, the EQ81 takes the word versatility even further; the EQ section is composed of 4 independent frequency bands, rounded out by high and low pass filters to eliminate unwanted frequencies from the signal. This EQ powerhouse is at home in practically any mixing project where there is the need to sculpt the tone of a track with precision and musicality. Plus, adding to the versatility is the ability of the high and low shelving bands to become peaking type if needed.

Preamp and EQ Interaction: The Difference
As with the EQ73 model, IK Engineers made sure the preamp circuitry modeling was ultra-accurate and usable. Its Class A/B circuit design delivers another range of tonal coloration, and while the EQ section is so accurately modeled in the EQ81, its interaction with the preamp stage is what really sets the module apart providing identical sonic hardware performance not found in other digital models. Countless hours were spent not only in making sure the EQ curves are dead-on accurate, but that the preamp response and overall module interaction was faithful to the original hardware unit.

Both the EQ73 and the EQ81 models have the dual concentric knobs found on the original units "separated" for easier and faster shaping, and the unit offers improved readability of the knob positions for quick adjustment.

14-Day Demo
T-RackS Custom Shop allows users to demo any T-RackS processor for a full 14 days, allowing them time to completely evaluate the intricate workings, nuance and sonic characteristics of the unit. When ready to purchase, users simply click the "Custom Shop" button in the bottom right corner of the processor to launch the T-RackS Custom Shop purchase system and complete the process in just a few clicks. And T-RackS Custom Shop is always open at the moment of inspiration - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The world's most comprehensive collection, and then some
T-RackS massive collection of mixing and mastering audio processors is unmatched in both "true to the original" sonic perfection and in choice of selection. IK Multimedia has chosen the "best of the best" available hardware samples on which to base T-RackS modules. Other processors in T-RackS Custom Shop include models of professional compressors, limiters, console channel strips, clippers, reverbs, de-esser, multi-band processors and a tape echo. For the complete detailed list of available processors, please visit www.t-racks.com

Pricing & Availability
The T-RackS Model EQ73 and Model EQ81 are now available from the IK Multimedia web store or the T-RackS Custom Shop for an introductory price of $124.99/€99.99 (excluding taxes) or 125 Custom Shop Credits. All T-RackS processors are also available for separate purchase from the IK Multimedia web store.

T-RackS Custom Shop is a free application that can be downloaded after registration from IK Multimedia's T-RackS web site, www.t-racks.com/customshop

For more information about T-RackS, please visit www.t-racks.com

Opportunities are still available to join the over 100 leading music makers and manufacturers, representatives from 75 countries and over 100 schools who are already active supporters of and participants in the inaugural Pensado Awards. Three sponsorship packages are available. To support the Awards, please visit http://pensadoawards.com/sponsorship_info.html.

FRANKFURT, Germany (April xx, 2014)–The Yamaha CP4 Stage Piano received the Musikmesse International Press Award (MIPA) for best Stage Keyboard. More than 100 magazines from around the world participate in MIPA voting, selecting what they determine to be the best musical instruments and audio equipment in 38 categories at the Musikmesse 2014 music industry trade show.

Yamaha formally launched the CP4 Stage Piano at the 2014 NAMM Showthis past January, and it became an instant hit with artists and dealers world-wide.

“We designed the CP4 to be the best stage piano that Yamaha has ever made, and it is gratifying that a large portion of the world’s music journalists are able to appreciate the results,” said Nate Tschetter, marketing manager, Music Production, Yamaha Corporation of America. “We spent a lot of time and effort crafting the model’s sounds, styling and interface so that keyboard players would sound their best no matter what style of music they play.”

The CP4 Stage features a selection of 45 Voices from Yamaha’s Premium handcrafted grand pianos, including the CFX, CFIIIS and S6; 47 vintage electric pianos with Virtual Circuit Modeling effects and a wide variety of 341 sounds based on the flagship MOTIF synthesizer. These sounds have been matched with an 88-note Natural Wood Graded Hammer triple sensor action to provide the ultimate piano touch and response.

The model’s slim, lightweight design combines portability with elegant style and features an easy-to-understand interface with large lighted buttons for splits and layers that gives performers all the controls they need right at their fingertips.

Pricing and Availability: The CP4 Stage Piano (MSRP: $2,999) is currently shipping.For more information, visit http://4wrd.it/CP4ONLINE.

FRANKFURT, Germany (April 8, 2014)–The Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple drum set received the Musikmesse International Press Award (MIPA) for best Acoustic Drums. For the last 15 years, more than 100 magazines from all over the world have participated in MIPA voting and selected the best musical instruments and audio equipment in 38 categories at the Musikmesse 2014 industry trade show.

Yamaha launched the Absolute Hybrid Maple kit at the 2014 NAMM Show this past January to high acclaim from artists and dealers worldwide. The drum kit is manufactured at the Yamaha owned and operated factory in Xiaoshan, China, which also scored a big hit with the Live Custom acoustic drum set.

“From 1967, when Yamaha made kits at its head office in the Miyatake workshop in Hamamatsu, right up until today, the company’s drums continue to impress,” said Darren Power, marketing manager, Yamaha Music Europe. “In July, 2013, I predicted that Yamaha would raise the bar when it came to high- end acoustic drums. Well, it took less than a year to start collecting awards and this is a proud moment for Yamaha drum staff the world over.”

Yamaha pioneered the construction of hybrid acoustic drum shells when it introduced its flagship PHX Series. As the name implies, the Absolute Hybrid Maple drum set combines a core ply of harder Wenge wood with outer plies of North American Maple. This unique configuration produces a drum with an unusually expressive tone and a wide dynamic range that faithfully reproduces every nuance of a player’s approach. 

Availability

    Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple drum sets are shipping.
     For more information, visit http://4wrd.it/ABSOLUTEHYBRIDMAPLE.

Wusik is proud to announce: Wusik 4000 has been officially released!
Windows and MAC 32 and 64 bits VST / AU compatible plugin.

We have also released a complete Demonstration version with over 140 presets and no audio restrictions or time limitations (no preset saving).

Visit the product page for complete details:

http://www.wusik.com/ww/products/wusik-4000

The FULL version comes with several set of sounds from Wusik Station, but the download is optional if you are already a Wusik Station user.

We have also released a new Bundle Deal which includes Wusik 4000:

http://www.wusik.com/ww/purchase

For videos about Wusik 4000, visit our new YouTube Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMHD0en8Ot1m_ozQpM2Kusg/videos