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PandemOxium offers to all Oxium users some instruments that benefit of the  innovative modulation possibilities, as well as its pristine analogue  double filters, superfast envelopes,  and in short all its wonderfull sound engine machine

All instruments are properly tagged, and offer Mod Wheel, Aftertouch, Pitch bend + and - modulations for expressive presets.

PandemOxium  is intended to be suitable for all musical genres that require organic  instruments: Song Writing in any genre, Scoring/Traile

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'Future Pop Vol 2' is the second in a new series of slick & professional Construction Kits created and produced exclusively for Producer Loops by Simon Rudd of "The Fliptones". Guaranteed to fuel your next dancefloor hit and packed full of expertly mixed loops and the usual feature set you've come to expect from Producer Loops, this is an unmissable product.

Within each of the five Construction Kits you'll find deep basslines, pounding drums and breathtaking sidechained pads all topped off with s

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Tanglewood  will bring two of its competitively-priced Nashville IV Series  solid-top instruments to North American players in 2013. Embodying the spirit of Music City, the Nashville  Series instruments are styled in classic traditional western fashion,  paying homage to the home of country & roots music. A Solid  Himalayan Spruce top and African Mahogany back & sides provide each instrument with colorful tone, and the unique headstock design adds  to the luxurious cosmetic of these guitars.

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AER (Audio Electric Research) has introduced the 3rd generation of its Compact 60 and has given a facelift to the Amp One Bass Combo.

The Compact-60/3 features a smaller and lighter cabinet (12 mm Finnish birch plywood), representing 15 % reduction in weight while offering the same performance. 

The  newest version also boasts a slight voicing-modification to the  overtones, resulting in an improved response to modern percussive playing styles. Finally, the gig bag included with  the version 3 i
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T-Rex Effects, the Danish effects pedal manufacturer, will introduce two “next generation” pedals to North America at the 2013 Winter NAMM Show: Møller 2 and Sweeper 2.

The Møller 2 delivers the same classic analog overdrive that made its predecessor one of  T-Rex’s most sought-after pedals. Named after Danish guitarist Knud  Møller, for whom the original pedal was designed, the fully analog  Møller 2 features a more durable “Voice” toggle switch and easier-to-read control knob graphics.

The Swe
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Detunized Releases "Guitar" Live Pack

by HCNews on ‎12-29-2012 12:08 PM

"Guitar" is the latest Live library made by Detunized´s lead sound designer Stephan Marche. The Live Pack contains the sounds of a stock acoustic guitar that was fitted with 3 steel and 3 nylon strings.

Each of the 6 strings was recorded chromatically in two passes - thumb and plectrum. The sounds were captured with a contact  and a condenser microphone into dual-mono files.

These files are phase-aligned and thus the sound of the two microphones can be blended seamlessly by a dedicated macro contr

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Korg MicroKorg XL+ Now Available

by HCNews on ‎12-29-2012 12:06 PM

Korg's latest iteration of the popular MicroKorg analog synth, the new MicroKorg XL+, is now available in stores in the U.S. It contains a reimagined palette  of analog modeled sounds plus new dedicated PCM for Korg's SGProX piano,  the M1 and VOX organs, as well as recognizable "Tape" instruments. A  vintage look that includes brushed black panel and knobs completes the package.

On top of the 128 onboard sounds, Korg has included another 640 sounds  that can be loaded for free through the ded

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Orchestral  Strings One was recorded utilizing the legendary acoustics in the  famous Berliner Hall - home of the world class BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER. Our full string orchestra contains  14 violins,10 Violas, 8 Cellos and 6 Double Basses. Now you're your turn  to experience this huge orchestral section as a useful string  instrument. Sound Magic has created Orchestral Strings One as a single ensemble complete with the beautiful ambience of this  amazing hall. This incredible instrument will quic
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This is not next classic boring guitar stompbox. If you are bored of classic guitar sound and  watching for something new and progressive, try this new effect.

It is difficult to describe sound of this little purple machine. Electric kingdom describe it best.

Twisted, cosmic, funky, electric, doubled, sound perfect for all modern  styles like: poprock, neopunk, rock, disco, funk and other jolly music  styles.
 
Listen to the samples.
 
Top features:
 
- Twist speed knob (speed of cosmic funky t

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Port City Amps - Orleans Bass Preamp

by HCNews on ‎12-29-2012 11:55 AM

Port City Amps is proud to announce its first bass preamp the “Orleans”. This  hand wired all watt tube amp presents an option that is flexible,  reliable and useable for the modern bassist.  In addition to the normal Treble, Middle and Bass tone controls  associated with vintage amps the Orleans has a “thick” switch that  provide extra tone shaping in the low frequencies. The result is an  unexpectedly powerful and musical tool for bass players of  all types. The Orleans preamp is suitable for

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Virtuasonic has announced the sample library Sinori Studio based on a new musical instrument will be released in 2013.
Sinori  is a one of a kind percussion derived from a sheet of steel, capable of  producing a wide range of interesting sounds thanks to its unorthodox  design and shape that allows unique playing techniques, as well as the most  traditional ones.
Virtuasonic  has painstakingly recorded two Sinori models in collaboration with its  creator: a standard version (Sinori Studio) and a s
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This option is relevant to all Guitar and Bass players with: bolt on necks on their instruments.
We move down the crest of the heel down approximately 7/8” on bolt-on necks. This option should be chosen after 12-27-2012 and when desiring to play at the higher end of the neck past the 12th fret. The bulky heel crest wood blocks your hand, especially critical for those players that play more notes high on the neck. Haywire’s Custom Shop can overcome that road block by recessing the heel crest so a
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At NAMM 2013 in Anaheim, CA, Osiamo LLC introduces to the US  market 12 new Mooer Micro effect pedals.

New for the start of  2013 are the ABY (channel switch), Acoustikar (acoustic simulator),  Blues Mood (classic blues overdrive), Fog (bass fuzz), Funky Monkey  (auto wah), Graphic B (5 band bass EQ), Graphic G (5 band guitar EQ), Gray Faze (vintage fuzz), LoFi Machine (decimator  effect), Repeater (digital delay), Rumble Drive (overdrive), and Solo  (distortion).
The Mooer micro line  now feature
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Lightning Boy Audio (LBA) is recently announced the latest addition to its pedal FX line, the “Bolt Bender”, Tube EQ.
“Bolt  Bender” is the ultimate in transparent equalization for electric  instruments.  It features a passive Baxandall EQ circuit with bass and treble  controls.  The 4 paper in oil capacitors include a Lightning Boy Audio  signature handmade “Thunder Cap”, and are driven by a NOS 12AU7 tube for  the most organic sounding equalization ever offered in an instrument
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FatLoud Releases "Lil' Dope: Organ Vol.1"

by HCNews on ‎12-26-2012 09:35 AM

FatLoud's label Dope Loops has released "Lil' Dope: Organ Vol.1" - mini  library containing organ audio (and MIDI) loops + organ one shots.

DESCRIPTION

Organ is fourth release in Dope label line of mini samples & loops  libraries - Lil' Dope. This time we offer you library, that your  favourite Virtual Instruments or Hardware Synths.

All loops & samples available in Lil Dope: Organ are tempo & Key  labeled, mixed & mastered to the perfection and available in 5  formats compatible with 100% of

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True to its name, Elation's Rayzor Q7 takes club, stage and production effects to a new “cutting edge”. The  smallest and fastest moving head LED wash / beam that Elation  Professional has introduced to date, this little dynamo will dramatically cut through other visual effects in a room with  its powerful “Rayzor”-sharp 7°-angle beam, breathtaking speed, Quad Color LEDs, and mesmerizing zonal effects.

The Rayzor Q7  will also cut through any previous notions you might have had about LED  moving
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Orchestral Strings One was  recorded utilizing the legendary acoustics in the famous Berliner Hall - home of the world  class BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER. Our full string orchestra contains 14  violins, 10 Violas, 8 Cellos and 6 Double Basses. Now it's your turn to  experience this huge orchestral section as a useful string instrument. Sound Magic has created Orchestral Strings One  as a single ensemble complete with the beautiful ambience of this  amazing hall. This incredible instrument will quick
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The world leader in educational music publishing releases Premier Piano Course: Technique Book 4, its newest addition to the widely popular piano method, Premier Piano Course. Perfect as a supplement for advancing piano students, Technique Book 4 continues and expands on the technical tools and artistic skills learned in Technique books 1A - 3.
Technique Book 4 introduces five new Technique Tools--- staccato against legato, playing  in and out of black keys, speed links, open the hand, and rock t
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Not  even the Mayans could have predicted what Future Retro would do next….  From reviving the acid scene with the 777 synthesizer to releasing the  multifunctional Mobius and Orb step sequencers, the innovative circular Revolution, and powerful semi-modular XS, Future  Retro has remained true to its vision of delivering high-quality  instruments at an affordable price to everyone from home-studio  musicians and DJs to chart-topping artists, engineers, and film score composers around the world.

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Kong Audio releases free 2.08 update for Chinee Orchestra and Chinee Series instruments. This update includes updated QIN RV 2.08 engine,  and the Chinee Series individual instruments core update, plus the  updated sample libraries. Also added is the new integrated x64 host  support powered by jbridge.


What's new in QIN RV 2.08:

  • Legato Ext bug fix.
  • Note-range display corrected.
  • Pitch Envelope Extender parameter bug fix.
  • Vienna Pro 5 compatibility improved.
  • New presets added.
  • Jbridge-powered 6
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After 9 months of hard labor, we at DontCrack are so proud to announce the birth of version 3.0 of our P&M - V.I.P series plug-ins that adds full 64-bit support for Mac OS 10,8 (Mountain Lion) and Windows 8, as well as support of Avid's AAX format.
Version 3.0 also includes the 14 most requested plug-ins by our users to complement the 26 existing plug-ins of the V.I.P. Bundle.
And as promised, the UPGRADE to V3.0 is FREE of charge for ALL owners and that is something pretty "user friendly" isn't i
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Obedia and Cakewalk Launch Joint Promotion

by HCNews on ‎12-24-2012 11:22 AM

OBEDIA and Cakewalk are proud to announce the launch of a joint promotion  offering training in Cakewalk’s software line to Cakewalk users. 

OBEDIA,  the industry leader for training and technical support, is pleased to  offer 30 minutes of expert, one-on-one support from an OBEDIA tech via desktop sharing for the special rate of $30 US – a 50%  discount.  Cakewalk customers can take advantage of this special  training rate to learn Cakewalk’s software line, including the brand new  SONAR X2 Dig
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20 free drum kits formatted for Maschine, Ableton and Reaktor
San Francisco,  Dec.  18, 2012 – Twisted Tools has released a SOUNDS OF S-LAYER sample pack as  a free downloadable holiday gift. The sample pack features 20 kits,  formatted for Maschine, Ableton Live and Reaktor. The 20 kits are based on a fraction of the sounds from their sample  layering sound creation tool, S-LAYER, released earlier this year.
Features:
20 FREE kits (160 oneshot .wav files)
Based on Twisted Tools S-LAYER kits
Mapped
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Great new filter module for eurorack modulars with CV'able Mix Output! With a backlit Cutoff knob!

After  releasing two pedals and a CV motion controller in one year, Berlin  based musical instruments manufacturer KOMA Elektronik are slowly moving into the world of modular synthesizers.  Last month they announced the release of a tap tempo module for Eurorack  synthesizers, but first there is the KOMA SVF-201: a state variable  filter for the eurorack modular synthesizer format!
Just  like it's bi
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I-MEGO announces the availability of the ZTONE in-ear earphones.  Utilizing a  patent-pending design that is meant to provide a professional  monitor-like fit, ZTONE features custom-molded ear gels that adjust to  an individual’s unique ear cavity to deliver an exceptionally secure, comfortable fit.  Listeners select from four different sized  gels to find the perfect match to fill the ear and lock in their tunes.  Created for the hardcore music fan, professional and amateur DJs, and  audiophil

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With the VST plugin SAM in 2011 WOK released a virtual version of the famous Oberheim SEM module.

UNCLE SAM now is the new, bigger version with more features, like different filter types and an FX unit.


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Features:  

  • Modelled after the classic Oberheim design
  • MIDI functions and mod matrix like the new MIDI SEM module
  • OSC sync
  • Ring modulator
  • Delay with host sync
  • Dual chorus (Roland style)
  • Stereo detuner/chorus (Superwave style)
  • Full-fledged envelopes
  • Third (sub) oscillator
  • Ext
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From the authors of the best-selling Alfred’s Basic Guitar Method, Alfred releases the Basic Mandolin Method 1, the perfect instruction guide for  beginning mandolin players. The method features all the essentials to  learning mandolin in a clear and well-paced manner. Whether learning  with a teacher or alone, this method makes learning the mandolin easy and fun with its helpful photos and diagrams, familiar  tunes, and play-along CD.

Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method 1 covers all the basics, inclu
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SABAM has just concluded an important agreement with GOOGLE. Thanks to this agreement,
Google is now licensed for the music repertoire represented directly by SABAM and will pay
SABAM directly the royalties for its digital music service of songs in the whole of Europe, and
even beyond the European Union’s borders.


Why is this contract innovative?


Until today, digital licences for the online uses of SABAM’s repertoire have been granted for use in
Belgium. SABAM entrusted its sister societies with royal

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HCNews

Ueberschall "Chillout Zone" Sound Library

by HCNews on ‎12-20-2012 11:23 AM

Chillout Zone

Chillout Zone combines atmospheric dense  instruments with laid-back beats, deep basses, elements of Easy  Listening and Jazz as well as cool Dub-FX into relaxed grooves.

This new Ueberschall-library continues the series  of successful chillout-titles such as Chillout Breeze, Chillers Joint,  Comfort Zone, Easy Listening and Lounge-O-Rama. Chillout Zone offers  relaxed tracks that can perfectly be combined with other chillout-libraries
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A2IM Applauds The MUSIC Act

by HCNews on ‎12-20-2012 11:19 AM
The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) applauds the  introduction of the MUSIC (Making U.S. Independents Competitive) Act to  Congress today. The Music Act will provide an annual funding program to  support independent music exports that would be administered by the U.S.  Commerce Department with the support and assistance of A2IM and The  Recording Academy. A2IM would like to thank New York Rep. Jerry Nadler  for introducing the bill and our colleagues at The Recording Academy for
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Legendary  multi-touch controller Lemur's templates now editable directly from  your iPad, + new skins, + LiveControl 2, free download in early 2013.
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In-App Editor
Lemur  has evolved. Now you can design your templates on the fly without a  computer in sight. The In-App Editor (only available for iPad) makes  multitouch control truly improvisatory by letting you shape your controller the same way you  shape sounds. Virtually every function of the desktop editor application  is now available thro
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Tek'it Audio has announced the updates of Genobazz their free bass synthesizer plug-in to version 2.3. This new update of  Genobazz mainly focuses on optimizing performance, and it now requires a  processor with SSE2 instruction sets. Other changes are minor  improvements on the user interface and the installer.

Changes in Genobazz 2.3:
  • Reduced SV Bandpass CPU use.
  • Faster Undo initialization.
  • SSE2 instruction sets requirement.
  • Reduced plug-in load time.
  • GUI minor improvements.
  • SETUP removed Bette
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The  dawn of the the new guitar revolution is here. Music and audio  innovator Peavey Electronics® proudly announces the immediate  availability of the Peavey AT-200™ guitar featuring Auto-Tune® for Guitar. The AT-200, a collaboration between  Peavey and world-renowned Auto-Tune pitch-correction technology creators  Antares Audio Technologies, is a new musical instrument that  electronically self-tunes and intonates continuously as you play.

With  the simple push of a button on the Peavey AT-20
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Producer Pack "Deep Tech Elements"

by HCNews on ‎12-19-2012 04:41 PM

Producer Pack announce the release of Deep Tech Elements, an  underground explosion of sounds and samples for EDM producers designed  for maximum floor destruction.

Dirty, Sexy, Deep Tech house vibes focused on current trends. It  features over 341 MB of the finest Deep Tech flavours. Dirty drums,  shuffling beats, tight minimal grooves, chord hits, one shots,  percussive loops, full drums, top drums (no kicks), sexy vocal fx loops, deep bass hits, vocal one shots and much more.

This essential too
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The open ambience in ballads is unforgiving on any drummer. Every ghost  note and each subtle nuance have its given place. Every hit, beat and  accent serve a purpose. That's why playing less often requires more of a  drummer. And that's why any ballad calls for a solid foundation. Welcome: Ballads MIDI!

This pack will provide pro-played drums for a wide variety of classic  pop and rock ballad scenarios - from super slow swung 6/8 to mid tempo  straight and swing 4/4. "I think this pack will be

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With a healthy mix of single kick drum grooves as well as flurries of double bass runs, Double Bass Mania VI: Triplets of Doom will satisfy the urge for heavy drum grooves with space, power, and, yeah, swing.


Double Bass Mania VI: Triplets of Doom Metal will inspire you with heavy, ultra-slow and spacious drum loops, a thunderous rhythmic backbone for your nastiest and sludgiest riffs. Single kick, double kick grooves, multiple loop variations, drum fills, and a matching drum and cymbal sample se

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This important second edition of The Ultimate Church Sound Operator's Handbook is  written to specifically address the concerns and needs of the sound person who  serves ministries and churches. The modern church uses many of the same  presentation tools that have become common in television, movies, and  concerts, placing a unique set of technical expectations on its eager, willing, and primarily volunteer force. This  updated handbook blends the relational and technical aspects of church  soun

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Diginoiz "BigRoom Midi Riffs"

by HCNews on ‎12-19-2012 04:27 PM

Inspired the  best club producers on the planet! Made specially for you to create your  own sound and push your creativity to the max! In MainRoom,  Progressive, House genre! This time we give you a dangerous weapon that brings full control over the production of your music.  Making music has never been so easy! All of this thanks to the newest  product of Diginoiz, containing over 90 great, hit-oriented midi files.  "BigRoom Midi Riffs", ready to be imported into your software to show the world

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Radio Vocal Kits 1'

Ladies and gentleman, we are proud to present 'Radio Vocal Kits 1'. The first part of our special series, containing smash hit,
catchy vocals, with beats in one construction kit product. You will find here 4 Modern Pop / Club instrumentals with vocal hooks and a lot of vocalizations on them (3 with hooks and vocalization and 1 with hook, verse and vocalizations). All of them are ready to be used to make Your fresh and best sounding radio ready tracks. You will find here over

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Using a custom GUI, 22,000 samples and Kontakt 5's advanced sampling engine with
over 100,000 lines of unique script, Transistor Revolution faithfully captures the tone, immediacy
and groove of the classic TR-808 and TR-909 transistor rhythm machines.


Why 22,000 samples you might ask? To give an example of the detail involved in the sampling
of each instrument, the Revolution-909 Bass Drum alone uses 9318 unique sounds to faithfully
recreate the 909 Bass Drum sound. Each of the 4 knobs on the Revolut

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‘HOW  Helps’ Program leverages the success of SD5 Trade Up program by  offering used analog and digital consoles to HOW’s in need at no charge

Seeing the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in the  greater Northeast, Long Island, NY-based Group One Limited wanted to  find a way to help area houses of worship whose buildings and audio  systems were affected by the storm. Group One Limited and DiGiCo came together to create the HOW Helps Program, which  leverages the success of its SD

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Fishman  has begun worldwide distribution of Asterope cables to retail outlets  throughout the United States and 70 countries worldwide. As part of the  companies’ strategic alliance announced in July 2012, Fishman will manage the sales  and distribution of Asterope instrument and XLR audio cables for the  music instrument and pro audio markets globally. The two companies will  also collaborate on marketing and promotional efforts for the Asterope brand in the music instrument and pro audio  mar

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V-MODA,  the multi-platinum selling designer of headphones trusted by the pros  and elite, announces the availability of the highly-anticipated M-100  headphones designed by and for music aficionados. V-MODA tapped the collective  intellect of artists, editors and audiophiles to design, develop and  vote on the first units to go to mass production. M-100 quickly became  the most highly discussed headphone on the internet forums with over 10,000 posts and 700 pages on the world’s largest  headpho

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As the official music publisher of thousands of popular artists,  songwriters, and composers, Alfred releases the album-matching guitar  folio for North by South. The songbook contains sheet music transcriptions  of guitarist and composer Mason Williams’ music, arranged for classical  guitar with a Latin perspective by legendary Brazilian classical guitar  master Carlos Barbosa-Lima.

For guitarists who enjoy the music of Mason Williams, classical guitar, and Latin styles, North by South is a uniq
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As the official music publisher of thousands of popular artists, songwriters, and composers, Alfred releases Shredding the Blues, an exciting Book & DVD set that brings  together the blues and heavy metal shred guitar techniques. Perfect for  any serious shredder, master shred guitarist and author Dave Martone  goes through all the techniques needed to shred within the soulful, emotion-filled heart of the blues.

Written in standard music notation and TAB, Dave covers all of the most important tec
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Fuchs Audio Technology is proud to announce it will be introducing the Mantis Jr. ® to its Mantis line of amplifiers at the 2013 NAMM Show.

The Mantis Jr. is based on the ODS/Casino sized chassis platform, has two channels with a shared Bass, Middle, Treble tone stack, a passive effects loop, and 4-8-16 ohm outputs and will include a 2-way foot switch for channel switching and gain boost. The two channels each feature a distinct voicing: Channel-1 is a traditional classic English style EQ with to

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Realsamples Releases German Celesta

by HCNews on ‎12-19-2012 02:30 PM

How about some “mojo” for your sampler? realsamples just released the German Celesta library out of their ongoing Edition Beurmann, featuring instruments from the famous German collector Andreas Beurmann. Invented over 125 years ago, the celesta remains a nicely obscure yet fascinating instrument. Opposed to a piano, hammers touch steel plates instead of strings: It sports a vibrant, mellow and charming sound remeniscent of a vibraphone, glockenspiel, marimba and a piano - yet a sound of its own

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Allen  & Heath has launched iLive OneMix, the latest addition to a family  of control options for the iLive digital mixing system. OneMix is an iPad app that gives musicians wireless control of  their personal monitor mix. Derived from the iLive MixPad app, OneMix locks control to a single Aux mix, providing instant access to a customised easy-to-use monitor mix environment.

Multiple  iPads can be set up by an Admin user to give numerous musicians  personalised monitor control without affectin
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PCI Express card enables easy, low-cost 96k multitrack recording with any common recording software.

When MIDAS developed its digital mixing platform, their goal was to create a system that offered the full sonic advantage of the company’s acclaimed analog consoles, most notably the acclaimed XL4 microphone preamps. To transport the digital audio signals efficiently and without loss in quality, MIDAS turned to the AES50 interface, which allows bidirectional transport of 24 channels of digital I/

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On Friday, November 30, 2012, Guitar Center opened the doors of its new location at 165 Massachusetts Ave., Boston,  MA 02115 (between Haviland St & St Germain St). The Massachusetts  Ave. store is Guitar Center’s 240th retail location. The new store’s close proximity to the  renowned Berklee College of Music provides students, faculty and the  surrounding community access to Guitar Center’s vast product selection  and specialty instruments. Located also near both the New England and Boston Cons
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Sounds And Effects announces that The Resonant Drop has been released for Native Instruments’ Kontakt 5 and  above.

Not  all science fiction envisions either the future or the vast depths of  uncharted space as just a vast playground of wondrous  beauty, while back home exists a near perfect earth based utopian  society where all problems have been solved and all humanity now lives  in harmony.

Instead,  some sci-fi future visions of the future are darker, bleaker, and these  visions of deep spac

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DoReMIR  Music Research announces a major update for the music notation software  ScoreCleaner – the highly nuanced and easy-to-use notation software  that has been revolutionizing the market for digital notation since 2011.


“We’ve  received a lot of feedback from our users and in this version of  ScoreCleaner we’ve added most of the functionality asked for to match  our larger, established competitors in the segment. We don’t want any users to feel  forced to pick one tool or the other, or for
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Powerchords is a new Guitar Power Chords sample library for Kontakt 3, 4, 5 and future versions!

A revolutionary guitar library for creating and play automatic  Power Chords without any chord recognitions. You are free to play what  you want. One note, two, random notes, doesn't matter what you press on  your keyboard. it strums all the notes. Use the LIVE KNOBS to simulate in real time the PALM MUTE, PICK INTENSITY,  DURATION OF THE NOTES, and more.

It has pre made patterns for Rock, Blues, Metal
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Equinox Sounds has released 'Funky String MIDI Arrangements', a  downloadable collection that features seven different string  arrangements MIDI Construction Kits for creating the melodic foundations  for a variety of modern music styles such as Funky, Disco, Jazz, Soul, RnB and Lounge.

'Funky String MIDI Arrangements' features seven string arrangements  Construction Kits in MIDI format for creating Funky, Disco, Jazz, Soul,  RnB and Lounge music by producer and keyboard player Dave Bradshaw.

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Pultec-style two-channel analog equalizer features digital recall of all parameter controls plus automation via a DAW plug-in

TransAudio Group is shipping the Bettermaker EQ 232P, a flexible two-channel  analog equalizer that updates a classic design and adds the digital  accuracy, repeatability and consistency of a plug-in. Every parameter setting of the EQ 232P, which is a  Pultec-style stereo/dual mono analog equalizer featuring five filters on  each channel, may be saved in up to 399 presets

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American DJ’s Matrix Beam LED is a 5’ x 5’square panel that can be set up anywhere to create instant  electrifying blinder and/or chase effects for stages and mobile  productions. Featuring 25 x 3-watt warm white Cree LEDs, arranged in  five rows of five, the matrix-like effect emits intensely bright spots of light that move to built-in chase sequences and can even  produce alpha-numeric characters via DMX control.

Whether used as a  backdrop for a DJ booth, an eye-popping chase effect in a club
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From the Belwin-Mills and Summy-Birchard catalog, Alfred releases Belwin Contest Winners, Books 1-4, a collection of the most popular  and effective elementary to intermediate piano solos from verteran  educational composers such as Martha Mier, Robert Vandall, David Carr  Glover, William L. Gillock, Jon George, Lynn Freeman Olson, and more. The pieces included in this series represent the most  popular and effective solos drawn from festival and contest lists.

Over the years, Belwin-Mills and S
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As the official music publisher of thousands of popular artists, songwriters, and composers, Alfred releases Top 50 Movie & TV Classics, a collection of 50 easy piano  arrangements of famous themes and songs from blockbuster movies and  television series. From renowned pop piano arranger Dan Coates, this  songbook is a great addition to any aspiring pianist’s collection as a supplement or just for fun.

Top 50 Movie & TV Classics features epic themes by world-class film composers like Howard Shore
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Supalife.png'Supalife Glitch & Breaks' is the new sample pack from producer Eddy Beneteau of Supalife Records, and it includes some of the most insane turntable wizardry around plus everything from vocal fragments to synth leads and white noise, all scratched beyond recognition into new rhythmic phrases.

These scratch loops alone would be enough to create a worthy sample pack, but 'Supalife Glitch & Breaks' also includes a selection of infectious beats, bass lines, melodies and chord progressions, as heard i

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This version fixes the following issues :

     - Presets wasn't launched correctly (1.5.0 to 1.5.1 ONLY) : The Keyboard Playing mode setting wasn't correctly taken into account (it was always in "Circular Poly" whatever the choice)
     - Filter level knob is now working properly
     - Sequencer and matrix preset management improved (no more crashes)
     - Sequencer : After releasing the keyboard, the oscillators keep their pitch
     - Sequencer one shot : now works correctly
     - Envelope level

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New York-based RoGame Software announces the release of ScaleMaster 3.0  for Mac OS X. A good understanding of scales is of particular importance  to improvising musicians and song-writers. ScaleMaster addresses the  topic in a systematic fashion helping with classification, construction and spelling in all common clefs. It  features virtual banjo, bass, guitar, mandolin and piano instruments,  scale ratings for the the over 200 listed scales, a chord matching  utility, lookup history and much m

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Musicrow updates Golden Ensembles for Reaktor to v3.09. The update includes a new Reaktor ensemble: SuperPan.

SuperPan is a special panning effect that enables users to place sounds out of the speakers. Based on sophisticated psychoacoustic methods, SuperPan can be  used for the creation of unnaturally wide mixes, for special ‘pop out’  effects, and for adding unusual motion effects within regular and  distorted spaces. Many surprising pre-made 'spacey' presets are  included.

Main Features:
Pan
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Berklee College of Music, the world’s premier learning lab for contemporary music, and Walters-Storyk Design  group, renowned for their work on studios for Jimi Hendrix, Alicia  Keys, and Bob Marley, today announced the completion of a cutting edge  recording/teaching complex at Berklee’s Valencia campus. Berklee’s new  state-of-the-art campus is located at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Spain. The studio facility is the final element of Berklee’s first international campus, whic

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The new Mega TRI 60 from American DJ is long on brightness . . . in more ways than one. 

First, this linear LED color-mixing bar emits an incredibly brilliant output, powered by 9 ultra-bright Tri-Color (red, green, blue) 3-watt LEDs. 

Second, the Mega TRI 60 is “long” in literal sense, measuring a full 2 feet/.6 meter, making it ideal for covering walls, stages, dance floors and other large indoor areas with vibrant washes of RGB color.

Designed to  provide unlimited creative lighting options f
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Native Instruments today launched their

annual holiday giveaway with two special gifts as a thank you to all
registered users. Until December 31, both gifts are available for
download from the Native Instruments website. For producers, DRIVER is a
filter distortion effect designed for subtle to drastic sound
manipulation, while five new Remix Sets for TRAKTOR's Remix Decks will
be released as a free bundle for Native Instruments' DJ community.

DRIVER is a creative filter distortion effect

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Independent trade distributor John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. has secured a deal with Stylophone creator Dubreq to exclusively distribute the cult pocket synthesiser worldwide.

A  unique instrument and a joy for millions of music fans across the  world, the modern-day Stylophone features Classic, Synth or Bass sounds,  with or without vibrato enhancement,  and players have the chance to jam along with music on their MP3 player.

The  Stylophone – which costs a mere £16.99 UK RRP – has a headphone so

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HCNews

"Slap Bass In Six Weeks" from LickLibrary

by HCNews on ‎12-14-2012 04:31 PM
Slap Bass In Six Weeks, LickLibrary’s new DVD six-part set is designed  to help you achieve the motor skills and technique necessary to master  this style of bass playing. These DVDs offer a program of lessons that  aims to get you playing slap bass from scratch to an advanced level in just six weeks!


Slap Bass In Six Weeks (RRP £16.99 per DVD or RRP £79.99 the set) is full of visual examples,  which clearly depict what each of the tutor’s hand is doing using a  split screen. All the basics are

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Brostep  is the white hot production tool for anyone making cutting edge  Bass/Dubstep music. This collection contains 265 files and 373 MB with 119 aggressive bass  loops, 67 Bro bangin drum loops, 30 harsh FX loops, 17 Synth ambiences  and 32 Percussion grooves to take your music into orbit BroStepSphere.   BroStep is available only at powerfx.com  for €30; you can listen to a demo using the complied loops, and get more  product information, at http://powerfx.com/products/989253377

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As the official music publisher of thousands of popular artists, songwriters, and composers, Alfred releases Sunday Morning Styles Companion, a collection of 30 sacred favorites arranged in various styles, and Wondrous Easter, a collection of 10 contemporary arrangements for Easter Sunday.  
Perfect for students or music professionals seeking pieces that can be quickly prepared for worship services, Sunday Morning Styles Companion helps bridge the gap between contemporary and traditional worship
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SessionBand is the revolutionary new music app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that lets anyone create professional-quality music in minutes.  With over 70 musical styles and a simple, intuitive user interface, it has been designed to capture the broadest audience possible - from pro musicians to those who can't play a note!

Created by UK Music Apps Ltd, SessionBand is a game changer. It's the world's only chord-based audio loop app, which means for the first time, users can create pro-quality mu

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HCNews

The Propellerhead Holiday Countdown

by HCNews on ‎12-14-2012 04:18 PM

Win, Explore, Learn - A new theme around making better music every day

On Monday  December 17, everybody who follows Propellerhead's Countdown to the  Holidays will be a winner. For 24 hours only Propellerhead, Cakewalk and  iZotope are offering a 25% discount on some of the most popular Rack Extensions from the previous week:

  • iZotope Ozone Maximizer
  • Propellerhead Radical Keys
  • Propellerhead Radical Piano
  • Cakewalk Re-2a Compressor


The 25% discount code is available at the Holiday Countdown pag

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Generation, Sunsine Audio's new  pack for PPG Wavegenerator features 32 presets including 5 basses, 7  leads, 5 keys, 2 arps, 9 pads, and more. In addition 20 unique  wavetables have been included, and exchanging these between presets allows a large degree of tonal variation very easily. Each  preset has parameters mapped to both the horizontal and vertical  keyboard control for expressive performance opportunities.
*Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later and PPG Wavegenera
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Lava Cable introduces the Fountain microphone cable – a no compromise star-quad cable designed to provide superior  high end quality performance at a bargain price.  The Fountain uses the purest available American-made oxygen-free copper in for use in audio cables for both the shield and  its four 24 AWG conductors to achieve extremely low resistance and high  conductivity – key to dynamic frequency response and efficient signal  transfer.  An outer diameter of .245” black high-grade PVC makes t
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Workstation Custom-Designed for Yamaha & Steinberg’s New Integrated Audio Production System

Argosy Console announces the premiere of the new Mirage® for NUAGE, a workstation custom-designed specifically for Yamaha &  Steinberg’s recently introduced NUAGE integrated audio production  system.

The  new Yamaha & Steinberg NUAGE integrated audio production system  features Yamaha control and interface hardware as well as Steinberg Nuendo DAW software working in harmony to offer  outstanding productiv
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The  Astell&Kern player is the first portable hi-fi audio device from  iriver, capable of Mastering Quality Sound (MQS) playback. MQS  files are sound or music files saved as a lossless format, straight from the  studio mastering source. Because less data is lost during the digital  mastering process and the sound quality is distortion-free, a dramatic  difference from the 24bit source data from MQS files and CD (WAV)/MP3s can be heard and felt. MQS files are often in  24bit WAV or FLAC formats.
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Apogee Electronics, an industry leader in digital audio recording for more than 25 years, announces the MiC Carrying Case which is designed to precisely store and protect the MiC and its accessories.  Utilizing durable materials, this 7.25”x4.25”x2” case offers ultimate protection with a sleek and elegant design.  With this portable storage case, on-the-go musicians, voice-over artists, and podcasters always have access to their MiC no matter when or where inspiration strikes.

“We wanted to offer

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HCNews

Behringer Shipping S16 Digital Snake

by HCNews on ‎12-14-2012 02:36 PM

BEHRINGER has announced its much-anticipated Digital Snake S16 is now shipping. An integral component of BEHRINGER's X32 Digital Mixer family, the S16 provides a scalable solution for remote microphone inputs connected via Cat-5e cable, replacing bulky and expensive copper snake cables.

The S16 features 16 MIDAS-designed digitally programmable, remotely controllable mic preamps, the same as those found in the X32 console. Additionally, S16 offers 8 analog, servo-balanced XLR line, as well as 16 A

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Supreme  Drums starts with the familiar drum sounds featured in many great hits  such as The Eagles' Hotel California, Michael Jackson's Thriller and  many more. We have created a powerful drum set-up with 19 available pieces and over 10 different kits. To ensure  the best possible authentic sounds, Sound Magic not only chose the best  drum brands available for sampling (such as DW, Ludwig and Sonar) but  also utilized the best recording studios in the world to record them. It took more than two
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Cort Guitars announces today their new SFX Series guitars.  The three model, exotic wood acoustic series features built in electronics and a slim body construction specifically designed for playing comfort in either standing or seated playing positions.  All SFX models are now available online and in retailers worldwide.

The SFX-AB features ash burl top with ash burl back and sides, mahogany neck, white dot inlay and Cort CE304T electronics with ceramic pickup.

MSRP: $375.00 USD

The SFX-DAO feature

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Radial Engineering's SixPack is the latest Workhorse power rack designed for the popular 500 series module format.

The SixPack is Radial's sixth power rack in their ever growing 500 series range. Add this to the 15 modules that are currently available and it is clear: Radial has certainly taken a most proactive stance with respect to building and supporting the 500 series standard. According to Radial President Peter Janis: "Given today's ever changing digital environment, recording studios must

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DiMarzio, Inc. welcomes Tosin Abasi,  trail-blazing pioneer of modern heavy music and lead guitarist of progressive instrumental band Animals as Leaders to its roster of  endorsers. DiMarzio announced it will release three new Ionizer 8™  pickups developed for Abasi’s new signature 8-string Ibanez guitar in  January of 2013. DiMarzio will also make the Ionizer 8™ pickups available for retail sale.

It  has taken DiMarzio nearly two years to develop the pickups Tosin Abasi  envisioned because Abas
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December 12, 2012—The Recording Academy® announced today that Dave Smith and Roland Corporation's Ikutaro Kakehashi will receive the 2013 Technical GRAMMY® Award for the development of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface).

Click here to read more:

Congratulations Dave and Mr. Kakehashi from all of us at Harmony Central!
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HCNews

Hal Leonard Publishes "Behind the Boards"

by HCNews on ‎12-14-2012 11:21 AM

The Making of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Greatest Records Revealed by Jake Brown

The term “soundtrack of our lives”  is one commonly tossed around by artists, fans, critics, and historians  when discussing rock ‘n’ roll’s timeless hits, spanning every subgenre  from pop to hard rock and country to new wave. Now, music biographer Jake Brown takes music lovers into the studio to  see how that soundtrack was actually created.

Behind the Boards: The Making of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Greatest Records Revealed (November

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As a Christmas gift to all our customers, we hereby announce a Neupert  Clavichord, based on a "Modell Philipp Emanuel Bach", as part of our  KIViR collection of historical instruments. The clavichord, invented in  the early 14th Century, is a predecessor to the piano and to the more recent clavinet. It is a popular instrument for  playing music from the Renaissance and Baroque period but can in fact  also be heard in modern music such as in recordings by Oscar Peterson,  Keith Jarrett, Tori Amo

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Classic.pngSample Magic has announced the publication of its latest book, Richard Buskin's Classic Tracks.

What really went on behind the doors of the world's top studios while  recording The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Nirvana and R.E.M.?  How did producers and engineers deal with the legendary egos of Oasis  and Paul Simon? Or the haunted perfectionism of Michael Jackson and Phil Spector? And how – between the drugs, the  sex, the fights, the tears and the tantrums – did some of the most  ico

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HCNews

Future Loops Drumming Bundle 2

by HCNews on ‎12-14-2012 10:51 AM
Future  Loops has just released Drumming Bundle 2, a special Holiday collection  that features some of their best Drums and Percussion sample packs.

Drumming Bundle 2 reaches over 15.000 samples and includes live Drums  & Percussion in several genres such as Reggae, Dub, Funk, Jazz, Hip  Hop, Post Rock, Metal, Afro Cuban & more.


Drumming Bundle is available at a special discount price for a very limited time only.

For more info check out their website at:

http://www.futureloops.com/product-drummingbundle2.php

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Orchestral  Strings One was recorded utilizing the legendary acoustics in the  famous Berliner Hall - home of the world class BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER.  Our full string orchestra contains 14 violins,10 Violas, 8 Cellos and 6  Double Basses. Now you're your turn to experience this huge orchestral  section as a useful string instrument. Sound Magic has created  Orchestral Strings One as a single ensemble complete with the beautiful ambience of this amazing hall. This incredible instrument  will qui
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The first volume of the New York Legacy Series appeared as the core  library in Toontrack´s critically acclaimed Superior Drummer software  and was closely followed by Volume 2 – the first SDX expansion pack to  be released. New York Studios Volume 3 is the much-anticipated continuation of this series, which focuses on capturing  drums in the best New York studios.

Recorded  in the renowned Avatar Studios and featuring several vintage and custom  kits, this session is best described as a prequel
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HCNews

FabFilter Releases Bug-Fix Update

by HCNews on ‎12-14-2012 10:37 AM

FabFilter has released minor updates for all plug-ins, which solve various

small issues that have surfaced after the last general update release in November.

Bug fixes in the latest versions are:

- Fixed incorrect MIDI message handling in the AAX plug-ins on Mac OS X:
this could cause unexpected parameter changes when starting/stopping
playback in Pro Tools.

- In FabFilter Pro-Q, fixed a bug that caused the Auto-Adjust Display
Range feature not to work when dragging curves with the High Cu

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With the launch of Presonus Studio One 2.5, a collaboration between Presonus and Softube is also announced. Softube's highly popular Saturation Knob plug-in is now available as a free download to users of Presonus Studio  One Professional and Studio One Producer versions. The full plug-in -  with no time limits or similar - can be downloaded from studioone.presonus.com/softube-offer/.
What is the Saturation Knob?
As one might expect from the name, Saturation Knob can be used as an  insert effect
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On the evening of Thursday, November 29, 2012, Guitar Center held the grand opening of its new location in Midlothian, Virginia, located at 13357 Rittenhouse Dr., 23112. The Midlothian store is Guitar Center’s 239th retail location and the  sixth in Virginia, as well as the first Virginia store to offer Guitar  Center Studios. Local musician and Guitar Center veteran Curtis Marion  serves as the store manager.

Guitar  Center Midlothian’s grand opening introduces customers to a vast  selection of
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TuneCore, the largest distributor and one of the highest revenue-generating music  catalogues in the world, announced today the company has drastically  reduced yearly distribution subscription fees, changing the pricing  landscape in the distribution industry. In doing so, TuneCore continues to support the emerging and indie artist  community by providing an even more economical music distribution  channel, creating the opportunity for more artists to make money from  their music and attract ne

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HARMAN’s DigiTech today announced the introduction of its Dirty Robot e-pedal for its iStomp programmable pedal. The Dirty Robot transforms the sound of a guitar with sub-harmonic and filter synthesis, providing low-end sub-octave and synth-like filter sweeps.

“The Dirty Robot gives guitarists the ability to modify their sound with a wide range of filter synthesis effects that go far beyond the capability of a standard ‘auto wah’-type envelope filter,” said Scott Klimt, marketing manager for Dig

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CHAUVET® DJ will introduce nearly 30 new products and showcase the latest fixtures designed for musicians and mobile entertainers at booth 5574 during The NAMM Show 2013 held January 24 - 27 in Anaheim, Calif.

To best showcase the latest gear, the 60-by-30 foot Chauvet booth will be constructed using nearly 300 pieces of TRUSST® — the versatile, easy-to-use trussing system backed by Chauvet. In addition to the launch of the new CHAUVET® DJ CORE™ series of high-impact fixtures, new additions are s

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Applied Acoustics Systems today released an all-new version of its award-wining Lounge Lizard EP-4 electric piano plug-in for Mac OS X and Windows.

Lounge Lizard EP-4 ships with a new streamlined interface, a new equalizer and compressor module, a new multi-effect processor, brings native 64-bit operation on Mac OS X and more. The factory library has been redesigned with more than 200 presets boasting the sought-after classic electric pianos as well as a great selection of custom pianos taking fu

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Tone2 and DNR Collaborative have announced a crossgrade deal for DNR
Wave Designer and Tone2 RayBlaster/ElectraX users. All users of either
Tone2 RayBlaster or ElectraX can now get Wave Designer for $39 (reg $79)
and Wave Designer customers can now get RayBlaster for $149 (reg. $199)
and ElectraX for $179 (reg $189). Registered customers can just log into
the Tone2 forums for the crossgrade link, and DNR Wave Designer
customers can either contact DNR for a crossgrade link, or use the link

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Continuing  in their tradition of innovative and useful new instrument concepts, Veillette Guitars is proud to introduce their “Flyer” Electric-Acoustic  bass.

Inspired  by the same design goals as their Flyer guitars, Veillette’s  Flyer  Bass seeks to strike a new balance between the acoustic and electric  worlds, in a comfortable and practical instrument that appeals to both.

Built  with bent sides and a floating top and back, the Flyer bass delivers a  truly acoustic tone, feel, and response. 
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Contest Winner to Help Manage Shure Artist Endorsers for Legendary Audio Brand
Shure Incorporated today announced its second annual “Get the Gig” Artist Relations  internship competition. Entries are now being accepted for the summer  2013 program, where one winner will get an “inside look” at the music industry and learn how to outfit some of today’s most  talented artists and bands with the right equipment to produce the best  sound possible — in the studio or on stage.
“If  your world revolves
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Peavey.jpgTake your music with you and get world-class sound wherever you go! Peavey proudly announces the immediate availability of the BTS™ 2.2 Bluetooth speaker

The  battery-powered BTS 2.2 will play music from a USB drive, SD card, AUX  source or Bluetooth for true wireless sound reproduction. Small enough  to fit practically anywhere and weighing less than 1 lb., the BTS 2.2 gives you over eight hours of  continuous music on a single charge, with clear, true Peavey sound.
The  BTS 2.2 features dual
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HCNews

GC Pro Unveils Newly Redesigned Website

by HCNews on ‎12-13-2012 01:38 PM

Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on  the needs of professional users, announces the launch of its newly  redesigned website (www.gcpro.com). For  several years, gcpro.com has been a key hub of GC Pro information, and  the new site features regularly updated content and access to the most  knowledgeable sales staff in the industry. The launch of the updated  site coincides with new dedicated GC Pro YouTube and Facebook pages.

Many  key
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Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) has announced VENUE Mix Rack compatibility with VENUE Stage 48 and VENUE Ethernet Snake Card.  The new integration capabilities offer unprecedented flexibility  underscoring the company’s commitment to providing innovative,  forward-thinking products to the best touring engineers and sound companies all around the world.

Current  VENUE Mix Rack owners can easily add I/O flexibility to their systems  through Avid’s Stage 48 Ethernet AVB remote box via the Avid Ethernet Snake
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NuForce, Inc., a leader in professional and consumer audio solutions,  announces today the availability of the HP-800, its first over-the-ear  headphones. The HP-800 delivers the kind of performance sound  professionals require at a price audio enthusiasts can easily afford.

The HP-800s a natural warmth, realistic  highs and visceral bass that only true accuracy is capable of  attaining, thanks in good measure to their die-cast aluminum frame,  which minimizes resonance and improves articulatio
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The official music publisher of thousands of popular artists,  songwriters, and composers, releases two new Contemporary Christian  songbooks: 20 Sheet Music Bestsellers: Christian Hits and Christian Megahits: The Ultimate Sheet Music Collection, featuring  songs by chart-topping artists like Matt Redman, Laura Story, Aaron  Shust, Kutless, Jeremy Camp, and many more. With these new publications,  pianists, singers, and worship leaders can perform today’s most popular Contemporary Christian pop
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CAD.pngThe new Sessions™ MH510 professional headphones from CAD Audio have been designed for performers in recording and live audio environments as well as audio enthusiasts who want to experience their favorite recordings exactly as the artist intended.

Growing from a decade long collaboration of CAD’s experience and expertise in the design of professional audio equipment, the MH510 headphones produce a wide frequency response (10Hz – 24kHz) with extended lows, smooth mids and articulate, life-like hig

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HCNews

Ueberschall Announces Drum & Bass Lounge

by HCNews on ‎12-11-2012 11:54 AM

Fast and relaxed - the unstressed and cool grooves of Drum & Bass Lounge prove this is no contradiction.

With the broad Drum & Bass genre ranging from underground to jazzy, there is lots of space for different sub styles. Drum & Bass Lounge focuses on melodic and organic D&B grooves. It fusions danceable beats and chilly vibes in a unique arc of suspense. Punchy sounds, round basses, floating rhythms, relaxed backings and catchy instrument-licks result in sparkling tracks with a cool atmosphere,

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Fargen Amplification is proud to announce the first ever  line of John Lennon guitar amplifiers and effect pedals.   The line pays  tribute to one of the greatest artists of our time, and combines John  Lennon’s signature tone with his world-renowned artwork – providing a unique experience for musicians and fans alike.

The limited edition  Artist series is available immediately.  Built with custom white  components throughout, the Artist series features a special acoustically  transparent and UV-

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HCNews

Orange Amplification Launch New Website

by HCNews on ‎12-11-2012 11:19 AM
Orange Amplification is excited to announce the launch of its new  website. Starting from scratch, it is packed with a wealth of new  information and user-friendly ideas laid out in a clear and concise  format.


This fresh Orange Amplification website is bigger and better than ever.  It comes with improved navigation and a whole host of new features,  sections and content, which includes faster loading times and complete  compatibility with iPad and other mobile devices. Product searches are now

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Propellerhead today announced the immediate availability of PX7 FM Synthesizer, a new six operator FM synth for Propellerhead’s Rack Extension format. As a recreation of the popular DX series keyboards*, PX7 provides a wealth of new sounds to the Reason rack, ranging from classic 80's bass and brass to modern textures, leads and growls.

Propellerhead has improved on the original too, with macro controls for easy tweaking of sounds and stereo panning as notable new introductions. PX7 is fully inte

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