Thursday, June 24, 2004
Use Kinetic in Sonar...
Now SONAR users can patch Cakewalk Kinetic's GrooveSynth directly into SONAR by downloading the GrooveSynth Update. Kinetic offers many useful features for SONAR customers. With the Update you will be able to access genuine Roland® sounds right in SONAR. Kinetic also provides a fun step-sequencing environment to create pattern files. These pattern files can be used directly inside SONAR. Because Kinetic is a ReWire client, you can start your compositions there and easily finish them in SONAR. You also get new patterns, loops and patches, and because Kinetic supports acidized groove clips, you can use existing libraries inside Kinetic. When combined with Kinetics arrangement recording tools, SONAR users get a new, unique and fun way to sequence loops in real-time.
The update is a great new feature, plus, if you own Sonar, you can get a discount on Kinetic!
- Kelly.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Throw away that drivers CD-ROM!
What is the first thing you should do when you get new hardware, such as a soundcard? Throw away the driver CD-ROM! Well, maybe don't throw it out, but don't use it until you've checked the manufacturer's site to see if they have a newer version. Often drivers are updated every few months, but due to the cost, most companies don't create new CDs to replace the ones they've already made for their product.
M-Audio has created a helpful video tutorial on how to download and update drivers.
- Kelly
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Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Live 4 - coming soon...
Ableton will soon release public beta of Live 4 available on their site. With great support for MIDI, including MIDI clips and effects, Live 4 will also offer Swing and Groove and Automatic Jamming. If you buy Live 3 now, you can upgrade to Live 4 for only $50 USD from Ableton. It looks like the MSRP is going up $100 with the new version, so buying now could save you $50!
- Kelly
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Thursday, June 10, 2004
New PowerTracks Pro Audio
PG Music has announced the latest version of their venerable PowerTracks Audio & MIDI Sequencing program. Offering support for DXi soft synths such as the HyperCanvas, Version 9 also offers a brand new look with new toolbars and a completely redesigned Tracks window. You can now load any MIDI file and instantly see the "pro" chord changes, render the MIDI to audio in seconds with the DXi support, and you can even harmonize a solo voice or audio instrument with up to 4 audio harmony parts using the world class TC-Helicon Audio Harmonies included in PowerTracks Pro Audio 9.
What makes it really amazing is you get all this for under $50!
- Kelly
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Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Free Sounds for SampleTank Users
Free Sounds for SampleTank 2 XL Users
IK Multimedia, the manufacturer of SampleTank, Amplitube and other professional music software, has put together a special download for SampleTank XL users.
All registered users can download (for free) 100 Combi Presets to use with SampleTank 2 XL which includes a variety of powerful multi-layered patches.
SampleTank 2 XL is a professional sampler and has some amazing sounds to use for all of your compositions. SampleTank is also DX, VST, RTAS, MAS and Audio Unit compatible to be used with sequencing programs such as Cubase and Sonar. The free sounds can be downloaded directly from IK Multimedia.
- Brian
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Friday, June 04, 2004
Cakewalk New Kinetic Software
Cakewalk has just released a new affordable and powerful pattern-creation software. Kinetic is a fun and easy program to use and
has some excellent groovebox features.
Kinetic can be used as stand alone, but it also supports ReWire and can be used with your favorite ReWire host program such as Cakewalk Home
Studio, Sonar or Cubase.
Kinetic also has many similarities to Cakewalk's Project 5, however, there are some major differences such as Project 5 also offers more options for detail and fine tuning, support for DXi and VST instruments, and some additional high quality instruments and effects.
Overall, Kinetic is an amazing value and easy enough to use that even someone with perhaps very little, if any, experience with music and sound software, can start creating their own music immediately!
- Brian
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Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Free Sounds for Reason
Propellerhead Software will now be offering the ElectroMechanical Refill loops with every new Reason package.
If you are already a registered user of Reason 2.5, you can download this sample collection directly from Propellerhead.
The ElectroMechanical Refill is a very cool collection of vintage keyboard samples including Rhodes mkI & mkII, Wurlitzer ep100 & ep200, Hammond Model A organ, Hohner Clavinet D6 and Hohner Pianet.
The ElectroMechanical Refill comes included with all documentation and demo songs.
- Brian
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