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Mackie is playing for Santa!
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Mackie is playing for Santa!

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Christmas starts early this year with Mackie offering the Tracktion audio/MIDI sequencer as a free download. Tracktion is a radical new type of music production software — giving you a clean, intuitive, and clutter-free interface without losing professional features like drag-and-drop editing, a built-in sampler, VST plug-in and virtual instrument support, track freezing and more… all right at your fingertips. Tracktions project archiving features make organizing your projects and collaborating with others simple and fast (especially over the Internet). Put simply, Tracktion gives you all of the tools you need in a way that lets you focus on being a musician. Plus, Tracktion now includes Mackies renowned Final Mix Mastering Tool Kit, making it even easier to get that polished CD-ready sound. And best of all it is FREE for you.

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Hard Note updates Jump to version 1.15

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A free update of JUMP to version 1.15 (Nov 25 2004) is now available for download. This new version features:

* New 8th Note Swing control for creating swing/shuffle grooves

* New Straight/Swing Toggle, Halve Tempo and Double Tempo functions

* New rhythm voice instrument defaults

* Improved randomisation

* Improved Rationalise Song option

* More keyboard shortcuts * More demo material

* Updated and improved Guide to Using JUMP

* Fixed function keys not responding when motif editor has focus bug.


Please see the website for full details.


To update download the latest demo from http://www.hardnote.com and re-install it. You will not need to remove the previous version first, as the latest version will overwrite it.

Ultra Analog VA-1 v1.0.1 Update from AAS available
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Ultra Analog VA-1 v1.0.1 Update from AAS available

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Applied Acoustics are pleased to announce a free update for Ultra Analog VA-1. This update includes the following bugfixes and enhancements:

– The Ultra Analog Audio Unit plug-in now pass the Logic 7 validation

– MIDI program changes work in Pro Tools and in Cubase

– Performance problems caused by denormals have been fixed on Windows

– The Ultra Analog VST plug-in now works in Orion

– There is no more noise or stuck notes when changing presets while playing

– There is no more portamento effect when playing the first notes of a newly loaded preset
– The manual has been updated

– Corrected a problem with the Locate command

– Effect presets now load correctly in the RTAS version

Terratec announces the Aureon 7.1 universe
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Terratec announces the Aureon 7.1 universe

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TerraTec Electronic is forging ahead with its uncompromising quality policy – high performance at a reasonable price. The audio experts in Nettetal, Germany present the 8-channel Aureon 7.1 Universe sound card, featuring a 5¼” front module and remote control including now GSIF2- and ASIO-drivers. The Aureon 7.1 Universe is the successor of the famous DMX 6fire 24/96 and a sound system designed to transform your PC into a professional surround sound studio for music, games and DVDs – with 8 channels and the latest 24-bit/192-kHz converter technology for recording and playback.

D16 announces Phoscyon, a new TB303 clone
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D16 announces Phoscyon, a new TB303 clone

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A polish group of designers and musicians, called D16, developed a TB303 clone. When listening to their audio samples we were quite amazed by the great sound of this clone. The VSTi is still in development but a final release should be within the coming few months.



Phoscyon perfectly emulates original synthesis, especially untypical lowpass filters with 18dB/oct slope and constant Q in frequency domain. It contains also extended arpeggiator (irreplaceable in electronic music) and integrated splendidly adapted distortion effect without which the Acid music practically doesn’t exists.

New Apple firewire audio interface for Garageband
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New Apple firewire audio interface for Garageband

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Industry rumours revealed that Apple is developing a FireWire audio interface for GarageBand. Apple Computer is expected to introduce a new audio interface for GarageBand users in the coming months. The analog FireWire audio device, the first product of its recently created iPod division, will allow users to directly record audio using any Mac and Apple’s GarageBand music studio application. According to reputable sources, the company is on track to begin manufacturing the device overseas next month.


The device, code-named Q97 or ASTEROID, has been under development at the company for the better part of the year. Typically referred to as a breakout box in the music recording industry, the external audio device attaches to a computer and offers audio inputs and outputs for attaching instruments or other audio sources. Apple is reportedly building the device around GarageBand, its popular application for aspiring musicians.

PreSonus announces the BlueTube
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PreSonus announces the BlueTube

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PreSonus is also demonstrating the new BlueTube DP two channel microphone/ instrument preamplifier with Dual Path Technology. The BlueTube DP will replace the award-winning BlueTube by adding enhanced features including a dual signal path with both a solid state preamplifier stage and a tube preamplifier stage.

Sony remixes Acidplanet
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Sony remixes Acidplanet

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To coincide with the recent release of ACID Pro 5 software and the Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples collection, Sony Media Software today launched the revamped ACIDplanet Web site (www.ACIDplanet.com), the Internet’s premier destination for new music and unique artists. With an innovative look and feel, an increased focus on video, and the introduction of the paid-for ProZone™ area with its enhanced user features, ACIDplanet.com continues to provide its community of over 200,000 individual digital musicians the most exciting place on the Web to create music, collaborate, listen, chat and publish their own music for the world to hear. To celebrate the launch, ACIDplanet.com is offering visitors the opportunity to download 10 Free Loops a Day for 30 Days.

Spectrasonics is shipping the new Stylus RMX
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Spectrasonics is shipping the new Stylus RMX

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Stylus RMX is a completely new groove-based virtual instrument plug-in for Macintosh and Windows. Stylus RMX is the first product to offer the combined power of Groove Control™ with Spectrasonics Advanced Groove Engine (S.A.G.E.™) technology giving users dramatic new control over groove production and performance.


Spectrasonics’ in-house development team created the new instrument from the ground up, with dozens of new features including the ground-breaking Chaos Designer™, a completely redesigned multi-page user interface, a new core library of sounds, all with a focus on realtime groove creation and performance.