Apple released this new cinema ad for the coming Apple Mac Pro. Without any details yet on pricing the video tells us it is coming in the fall of this year. However the video is very nice, we would have preferred to get some more details and better views on this highly anticipated ‘machine’. Well, see for yourselves.
Hollywood-based composer Chad Seiter shares insights into his scoring process for Star Trek: The Video Game, and explains the benefits of using the Windows version of MOTU Digital Performer for his high-end work.
Below are some of the new releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
Originally released in 1978, the EHX Hot Tubes was designed to replicate the organic overdrive of a vintage tube amp. The reissue Hot Tubes is a faithful re-creation of the original design, but presented in a compact nano-sized chassis.
The MADIface USB is a compact device that provides MADI I/O via USB 2.0 while supporting the format’s full 64 channels. Its sturdy and bus-powered design makes it as easy to use and reliable in your application. The MADIface USB is therefore both MADI portability at its best and a perfect desktop solution to connect MADI equipment to any Mac and PC.
touchAble is the Ableton live controller app for iPad. The app provides a powerful, intuitive and reliable multitouch control solution for professional use and includes templates for lives plugins and is fully compatible with vsts, audiounits and instruments. touchAble is supported by many professional musicians, performers, djs and composers around the world, who use touchAble on stage or in studio.
Elysia is excited to launch the first episode of a new series of videos which is called Close Encounters. The big idea behind this is to enjoy the creative potentials that the clash of two great audio toys can unfold. More will follow soon, but first things first: Enjoy the nvelope 500 versus the TR-606.
Native Instruments today released the first of a series of videos showcasing respected Japanese producers, performers, and DJs. Five artists give detailed insights into their individual creative processes with MASCHINE – Native Instruments’ groove production system seamlessly integrating tactile hardware and advanced software.
PreSonus today unveiled the RC 500, a top-of-the-line channel strip for professional recording engineers and recording musicians. The RC 500 combines an ultra-low-distortion, high-gain, solid-state Class A preamplifier with the same custom-designed FET compressor and semi-parametric EQ circuitry found in the highly lauded PreSonus ADL 700 tube channel strip. The result is consistent, transparent, detailed audio, suitable for a wide variety of applications, and reminiscent of classic, vintage solid-state preamp designs.
The Tone Beast is the flagship tone shaping discrete pre-amp model of Warm Audio. To me its orange color implies that it would be a guitar effect unit but it’s actually a pre-amp with benefits. The front does have a pre-amp section with a mic and a 1/4″ input. Including phantom power, hi-z, pad, phase and hpf (@80Hz) options. The Tone control section has a discrete amp selector, impedance switch, transistor bypass switch and a transistor selector. The output section has pots for gain and saturation. The backside has balanced TRS and 1/4″ ins/outs as well as receive/send 1/4″ ins/out to use it as an insert effect.
Steve Morse, Casey McPherson, and Dave LaRue talk about recording the new Flying Colors album – in the studio and on the road – using the PreSonus ADL 700 Channel Strip and the FireStudio Mobile. In today’s hype-strewn music industry landscape, the term “supergroup” is best avoided. Still, it’s hard to resist speaking in superlatives when you talk about Flying Colors.
Nine Inch Nails fluently speaks the language of dark and emotional electronics. From the angst ridden industrial-pop that distinguished the debut album Pretty Hate Machine to the more introvert and focused sound of the latest album effort The Slip, the act never loses sight of the most important element in music. Substance. Twenty-five years after the formation in 1988, Nine Inch Nails is a prime example of how quality stands the test of time.
Fyrd Instruments is a new manufacturer of boutique software and hardware for computer-based music production. The French company’s mission is to develop innovative, evolving and fully-integrated solutions for music enthusiasts. Fyrd Instruments focus on producing musical instruments with high quality at an affordable price.
The new Precision Compressor/Limiter, modeled after a classic British dynamic processor is now available in the T-RackS Custom Shop. The Precision Compressor/Limiter is based on a classic 1970s solid-state compressor/limiter unit that’s been the “must-have” compressor/limiter in studios worldwide for over 40 years.