I’ve had tremendous problems playing back regular sounds from my 003 since I installed Pro Tools 8 and Leopard. It seemed like the Mac simply wouldn’t recognize the interface. Even if I could see it in the in and out preferences and select it there, I noticed that it really hadn’t been “found” by the computer. In case you’ve suffered the same fate, here’s what I’ve done to solve it.
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Some awesome news from camp McDSP: At Winter NAMM McDSP will present the new Retro Pack Bundle, which includes the 4020 Retro EQ, 4030 Retro Compressor and the 4040 Retro Limiter, along with Channel G Compact, Channel G Surround and Emerald Pack 4.0.
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Bluezone has announced Tribal House, a pack of royalty-free loops (176 MB).

From the Bluezone press release:

All of the loops are recorded in 136 bpm of high quality and are ready to be used. A mixture of slightly salty style and very refined sounds for those who enjoy this style.

The pack is in WAV and AIFF with 128 drumloops and 232 drums: filtered loops, twisted percussion and dirty drums, which received a very precise mastering, are available in this volume.

Sound examples at Bluezone

Ueberschall has released another sound library (containing their liquid player), this time for “cinematic soundscapes, ambiences and atmospheres”.
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Cluster Sound has released House O’ Matic, another multi-format library for Tech House productions. Besides the loops and samples, House O’ Matic contains multi-format instruments, drum kits and sliced loops (Rex2 / Drum Racks). For details on the content, see below.
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Picture from: Allposters.

Some say that jazz, classical and acoustic music should be the most clean recordings, recorded with minimal noise an distortion. I feel the absolute opposite. I like to hear a little white noise in the bottom of all these genres. This post is by no means limited to these styles however.
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Here’s a video from Brent Heber on the new plug-in mapping in Pro Tools 8.

“God jul”, or “Merry Christmas” in a more passable international language, good readers. Thanks for all your support this year. Feast as much as you can today! Don’t worry about hangovers, that’s tomorrows problem!

Here’s the final list of the holiday sales that have dropped into my inbox. In addition to the three previous lists, I’ve added the most recent offers.
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Do you need impulse responses for your reverb? Acousticas is a company focusing IR libraries of hardware as well as shorter spaces. The latter meaning not “monstrous tails of reverb”, but perhaps room that most of us are familiar with.

Their first product was an IR collection of the EMT 245 Reverberator, while end November saw an IR library of the Lexicon 300 Reverberator.

I haven’t tried their IR’s yet. If you have, let us know what you think.

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