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Cakewalk Sonar 8.5. – Gearjunkies Review [Update]
Cakewalk have a long history producing DAW software. So with this Sonar 8.5 version you’ll know for sure that you’ll get a well thought quality product that proved itself in the past. Myself I have used Cakewalk in the past several times and I have to admit it worked well for me. In Europe their market share is limited but in the US it’s quite larger mainly due to the fact that guitarists seem to have a sweet spot for Cakewalk for ages. Competition is rather extensive so I’ll be very blunt at times.
Adobe Audition for Mac public beta
Adobe Audition for Mac, coming in a future release, will bring modern audio post-production to the platform of your choice. Familiar tools for audio editing, multitrack mixing and recording will meet expanded device support, greater workflow flexibility, and optimized performance. Plus, best-of-breed audio restoration tools make it easy to clean up production audio. With the essential tools you rely on for fast-turn projects, Audition for the Mac brings a fresh face to audio post-production.
Nord Sample Library expanded with more analogue classics
Clavia have expanded the Nord Sample Library with more Analogue Classics. The Mini and the Prophet 5 are two milestones in the history of analogue synthesizers. The Nord crew has added 2 new archives to the continually expanding Nord Sample Library- These archives contain a total of 41 spectacular sounds that showcase some of the most impressive characteristics from these great classics.
New AVID Pro Tools SE Bundles unveiled
Avid today announced its Pro Tools® SE bundles, a new set of tools that empowers aspiring musicians to achieve their creative vision. For emerging artists and consumers with an interest in musical composition, editing and production, the new Avid Recording Studio, Avid KeyStudio and Avid Vocal Studio systems provide everything needed to easily create and record music at home, including new Pro Tools SE software and proven M-Audio hardware.
Abbey Mini-Tower Monitors from Avant Electronics coming soon
Avant Electronics Avantone ABBEYMT – The Abbey Mini-Tower employs an “array design” along with dual 6.5″ side firing, phase locked subwoofers. They can be used in close-field as well as mid field implementation.
Ever wanted your tracks mastered at Abbey Road?
Now you can! Abbey Road Studios have introduced their service of Online Mastering. Abbey Road are now able to offer musicians around the world the opportunity to master recordings at the most famous recording studio in the world!
The Denon DJ DN-SC2000 Controller available now
Denon DJ, a leading manufacturer of premium-grade DJ equipment, is now shipping its DN-SC2000 Controller. The unit is an affordable, compact, professional-grade, solid steel MIDI controller designed for the home DJ or party laptop DJ on the go. Used together with the DJ’s favorite mixer and PC software of choice, the DN-SC2000 offers party and bedroom DJs a compact, portable, user-friendly control solution. A two-layer system, the unit can control two decks at once (with visible deck color change), or be paired with another DN-SC2000 unit to control four decks.
KRK is announcing KNS-6400 and KNS-8400 headphones
KRK is announcing a new series of professional headphones that feature an advanced transducer design, extraordinary sonic accuracy and a level of comfort that is being described by users as the most comfortable headphones they have ever experienced.
Alesis Q49 MIDI master keyboard now available
Alesis, a leading manufacturer of professional audio equipment and studio electronics, announces immediate availability of the Q49 USB/MIDI keyboard controller.
Antares Audio Technologies Introduces Mic Mod EFX
Antares Audio Technologies has announced the availability of Mic Mod EFX, a modern incarnation of their acclaimed Microphone Modeler plug-in.
SONAR: Reimagined – Cakewalk introduces Sonar X1
Cakewalk SONAR has evolved and so can the way you make music. Imagine the power and maturity of an industry standard DAW combined with the cutting edge creative tools essential for today’s music – all wrapped up in one of the most modern and (dare we say) beautiful user interfaces available.
KRK announces the VXT4w Studio Monitors
As the migration of music, movies and gaming continues to move from traditional forms such as CD and DVD to downloaded files, more and more entertainment is being enjoyed at personal computers. Having the ability to listen to music and other media on your computer using the same type of professional-grade monitors used in recording studios around the world is now within reach! KRK’s VXT4w Studio Monitors allow you hear every nuance and subtlety across the entire dynamic audio range—so that you can hear what you’ve been missing.
Audanika SoundPrism updated with new features
This week we released part two of our iPad and Music Apps article series. One of the conclusions in this second part was that we missed recording capabilities of some of the apps. Also most apps didn’t show any information on which key you were playing. Meaning, it is hard for the user who isn’t musically trained to know what he or she is doing.