Monthly archives: January 2010
Or so they say… 31/1-2010
If I have to flip flop more than three times in an A/B test to figure out what the difference is, I lose interest in that difference. – Tchad Blake
The feature I request today is… MIDI mapping!
Wouldn’t it be great if anything in Pro Tools could be mapped to MIDI with the click of a button or two? Ableton Live can do this (which by the way can also assign pretty much anything to keyboard keys as well) and it’s a feature I always end up using when I’m working in [...]
Driven Machine Drums for Structure
There’s not a lot of instruments available for Structure so any user of the sampler should be happy to know that ToneBuilder’s Driven Machine Drums now supports it. While samplers traditionally might have been about recording your own sounds, the world today is different, and people rely heavily on sound libraries. Therefore it’s rather sad [...]
Applied Acoustics Systems updates Ultra Analog VA-1
Applied Acoustics Systems continues their update streak and releases the Ultra Analog VA-1 v1.1.3 update. It’s a maintenance update containing the following changes: From the Applied Acoustics Systems press release: – Authorization now works with non-admin user accounts; – Fixed browser focus crash on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard; – Fixed drag-and-drop in Logic [...]
Apple iPad – killer music production tool?
So, Apple has announced the long awaited and expected big touch screen-thingie. A lot of people was hoping and thinking it would be a computer but from the looks of it it’s a huge iPod Touch. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Ohm Force monstrous Remix Cohmpetition
Ohm Force is running a huge competition for all you remixers out there. Among the prices you’ll find stuff from Camel Audio, the book “The Secrets Of House Music Production”, a Receptor2, a Novation 25 SL MkII, and a 1 year subscription of the Computer Music. So if you’re ready to go make some noise, [...]
Applied Acoustics Systems updated Lounge Lizard and Tassman
Applied Acoustics Systems has updated their two virtual instruments Lounge Lizard EP-3 and Tassman 4 to version 3.1.3 and 4.1.4 respectively. Both are maintenance updates.
Native Instruments Introduces Abbey Road 60′s Drums
Native Instruments has introduced Abbey Road 60′s Drums, the first fruit of the previously mentioned alliance between NI and Abbey Road. The instrument is made for use with the free Kontakt Player and Kontakt 4.
Brainworx bx_control V2 public beta now available
Brainworx has released a public beta version of the upcoming bx_control V2. From the Brainworx press release: New features include: – individual panning for M & S – (pan vocals and guitars/keys in final mixes!) – new dynamic range metering within the LED section (end the loudness war… or just win it! ) – solo [...]
The story of the funk
I saw Bootsy Collins at NAMM (the blurb on the blurry picture) and that got me thinking: do you guys know about the funk? Oh, you mean you were looking to actually learn something of value from this website? How about learning about making funk. Below are two pdf’s that will get you at least [...]
