Roland 909 in Flash (Awesome)

A great way to take you mind of your real projects… This little program is a decent Flash emulation of a Roland TR909, one of the most influential drum machines ever built. This iconic original was used extensively in 80’s pop music, 90’s electronica, and has recently enjoyed a resurgence in hip hop music.

Free (& legal) Audio Software with Unbuntu Studio

High end music production software is damn expensive, but the spectrum is wide and the cost of making music keeps getting lower and lower with open-source applications, namely Unbuntu and the litany of music applications that are now available for it.
Unbuntu is a Linux distribution that is aimed at usability, and Unbuntu Studio is geared […]

Sequel a.k.a. Rave in a Box

So it looks like Steinberg is following suit with the trend in software manufacturers to make products for the lowest common denominator. Since Steinberg dropped the SX, SL, SE business when they launched version 4.
Cubase 4 replaced SX 3, and Cubase Studio 4 replaced SL 3, but until now there was nothing replacing the lower-end […]

Access Virus TI 2.0.2 - No More Bugs Please

Access released an update to their Virus TI. Hopefully this will fix some of the problems people have been having with their TI since upgrading to ver2.0.
TIOS 2.0.2 is a maintenance release for OS 2.0 which every Virus TI user is recommended to install. The new version mostly fixes issues introduced with version 2.0. It […]

Apple Overhauling Logic to be a “Pro-Tools Killer”

Something we audio nerds see everyday; a new program that has a bunch of hype surrounding it, praising it to be the next “Pro-Tools Killer”. My guess is that Apple will end up making a Logic killer (PS, they’re the ones the bought Logic), but good on them for trying.

Getting Ready for Musik Messe

Another international music convention is just around the corner. A great place for fanboys (and fangirls…?) to oogle gear and booth babes. Best part about attending is being able to one-up you’r friends when bringing up specs of ver 4.52.325 rev.b of that piece of software.
A lot of companies are posting their booth location on […]

Cubase 4 Update 4.0.2

Cubase users rejoice! Or at least grumble a little less. This update has fixed a lot of performance issues and also includes a few “minor enhancements”. Pretty stoked that I can finally open my Nuendo sessions in C4. But wtf are the VST3 plug-ins with side-chain!?

IK Multimedia Releases Amplitube Hendrix Edition

IK Multimedia recently released a new version of their incredible popular guitar amp plug-in, Amplitube. This semi-modular amp simulator sounds great, and has an interface that is familiar to guitarists.

Turn It To 11

That’s it! You’ve seen it all…
More to come.