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 Native Instruments Launches
Posted by saul on Friday, July 03 @ 10:29:37 BST (7 reads)
Native Instruments Launches "Kompletely Insane" Special Offer for KOMPLETE 5
Native Instruments has just launched the "Kompletely Insane" special for KOMPLETE 5, a time-limited special offer that gives producers access to the industry-standard instruments and effects bundle at a drastically reduced price while supplies last.
KOMPLETE 5 is recognized as the leading software collection for contemporary music production, live performance and sound design. By combining 11 acclaimed instruments and effects including essential tools such as ABSYNTH, BATTERY, GUITAR RIG, MASSIVE, KONTAKT, and REAKTOR, the bundle provides vast sonic flexibility to musicians and producers of all
styles and genres.
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Alesis Fusion Grand Piano
Posted by saul on Wednesday, July 01 @ 15:57:30 BST (13 reads)
Thought this may be useful to Alesis Fusion owners out there looking for another grand piano sample to play around with. I missed it when it came out a few months back. It's provide free from Hollow Sun
This is a very detailed, multi-sampled stereo grand piano I have here in Akai S5/6000 format which I found recently on a backup CD of some old Akai library. Quite frankly, I'd forgotten I had it (!!) and after giving it a listen, I thought it could be a good contender for Fusion.
After a bit of work and a lot of optimisation on my S5000 to get it down to manageable proportions, I converted it to Fusion format.
It needed the usual 'sweetening' in Fusion of course with envelopes and filters, etc., (and the mod matrix came into its own to make it expressively playable). That said, I am no piano player so you may want to adjust velocity settings, etc., to taste and to adapt the sound to your style and/or technique.
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Yamaha launch The Perfect Performance for Keyboard Professionals at London Inter
Posted by saul on Friday, June 12 @ 11:57:43 BST (152 reads)
We're very proud to unveil the latest additions to our acclaimed and award winning professional synthesizer lineup - the S90XS and the S70XS. Both are highly specified and high performance instruments offering huge versatility and a rich feature set for the serious live keyboard player. The two new models are characterized by a huge range of highly detailed sounds and music creation capabilities carefully crafted to enhance and inspire that 'perfect performance'.
Features:
* The sounds of the Motif XS plus a huge new S6 handcrafted grand piano sample
* 76 and 88 note Yamaha Balanced Hammer weighted action
* New Performance Creator for instant splits, layers and drum performances
* 4 knobs, 16 backlit LEDs and tons of buttons for direct hands on control
* <XLR Combo jack A/D input (with front panel controls) for adding vocals and guitars
* Direct to USB Stereo Audio record/ playback (plus 18 minutes of internal flash memory)
Both instruments share the same internal operating system, connectivity and sound engine and are only differentiated by their physical keyboard lengths. The S90XS features the full length 88-note balanced hammer action while the shorter S70XS features a more compact 76-note balanced hammer keybed making it a practical, easy to transport gigging partner.
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Sony Ericsson launches online entertainment show
Posted by saul on Wednesday, June 03 @ 18:46:38 BST (130 reads)
Sony Ericsson is to launch Pocket TV this week, a music-based entertainment TV show that can be watched on a mobile handset and online via YouTube.
Hosted by Matt Edmondson, the shows will feature live sessions, behind the scenes features and interviews with bands and artists. The line up for episode one includes Hockey playing an acoustic and interviews with N-Dubz and Florence and the Machine.
Pocket TV will be free to download in five weekly 90-second segments to any handset through the WAP site - pockettvshow.mobi. It will also be available to watch in longer, three minute segments through youtube.com/pockettvshow.
As well as music, Sony Ericsson’s Pocket TV will cover entertainment and youth culture within a number of genres.
The show will be funded by Sony Ericsson adverts and produced by JA Digital in collaboration with iris Experience.
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eBay wants industry's help to fight counterfeit CDs
Posted by saul on Wednesday, June 03 @ 18:42:30 BST (126 reads)
eBay is urging the music industry to work with it to tackle the problem of online piracy, as it launches a new anti-counterfeit campaign
The new campaign, Fighting Fakes With eBay, is part of the company’s commitment to reduce the number of fake items sold on the site.
eBay says counterfeit CDs and DVDs are a particular problem and the company’s European senior vice president Doug McCallum calls on the music industry to get involved
“Counterfeiters’ sophistication keeps increasing, making it ever harder to differentiate a genuine item from a fake. We invest millions of dollars annually to prevent potential counterfeits from appearing and millions more removing from our sites the few that slip through,” he says.
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The 1st Official UK Demo of the New Roland V Piano!
Posted by saul on Tuesday, June 02 @ 15:43:42 BST (168 reads)
Wednesday 3rd June 2009
From 2pm-6pm: Get a one to one hands on experience with the amazing new Roland
V Piano
From 7.30pm: Please join us for a sit down demonstarion from Rolands very own V Piano expert demonstrator
The Roland V Piano is the very latest keyboard from Roland.
Never before has this much research & technology been put into creating a digital piano keyboard. The result is without doubt the closest digital simulation of piano ever created. Close your eyes & you'll think your sitting & playing the real thing - that's why Roland have named this the "Virtual Piano".
Only a handful of the highest quality retailers in the UK have been selected to sell this product, and Andertons is proud to be one.
Don't miss this one off opportunity to hear the Roland expert V-piano demonstrator, and be one of the first people in the UK to see, hear & touch the V Piano!
http://www.andertons.co.uk/
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Native Instruments introduces DEEP RECONSTRUCTIONS
Posted by saul on Friday, May 29 @ 09:44:48 BST (148 reads)
Berlin, May 28th, 2009 – Native Instruments today released DEEP RECONSTRUCTIONS, a collection of cutting-edge multi-effects based on the powerful sound processing features of the KORE platform. The new KORE SOUNDPACK provides a wealth of advanced effect configurations that can be used to tweak and transform any audio material in innovative and inspiring ways, for direct use in KORE 2 and in the free KORE PLAYER.
Complementing the acclaimed DEEP TRANSFORMATIONS library, the second multi-FX collection in the KORE SOUNDPACK arsenal provides sophisticated time-based effects configurations that can drastically alter and rearrange beats, melody lines, vocals and any other audio material. DEEP RECONSTRUCTIONS offers 150 complex effect patches with 1,200 Sound Variations, which draw on both the high-quality KORE effect algorithms
and on the integrated engines of REAKTOR, ABSYNTH and GUITAR RIG for their signal processing power. Through intricate combinations of delay, reverb, modulation, pitch shifting, resampling, filtering and dynamics processing, signals can be sliced, frozen and sequenced with spectacular and unconventional results.
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Native Instruments introduces DISCOVERY SERIES: NORTH INDIA
Posted by saul on Wednesday, May 13 @ 17:12:38 BST (260 reads)
Native Instruments have introduced NORTH INDIA, a new sound library that captures and recreates the charismatic tones of classical North Indian music with unparalleled authenticity. It also marks the launch of the new "Discovery Series" of KORE SOUNDPACKS,
which will translate the sonic heritage of various regions of the world into distinctive sound collections for use with KORE 2 and the free KORE PLAYER.
NORTH INDIA is based on the instruments and articulations of North Indian classical music, a complex and distinct musical style that has evolved over many centuries. The sound pack covers the two mainstays of Hindustani Music, the Sitar and the Tabla, as well as other important North Indian instruments such as the Tanpura, Bansuri, Harmonium and
Shehnai. Nearly all instruments have been recorded exclusively for this sound library with great care, resulting in three gigabytes of samples in pristine audio quality.
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Special offer combines KORE 2 with six free KORE SOUNDPACKS
Posted by saul on Tuesday, May 05 @ 10:10:56 BST (315 reads)
Berlin, May 4th, 2009 - Native Instruments today launched a time-limited special offer for KORE 2, its groundbreaking instruments and effects host platform. In May and June, every purchase of the controller-equipped version of KORE 2 will entitle to a free download of
the six high-quality sound libraries contained in the KORE ELECTRONIC EXPERIENCE package.
The six KORE SOUNDPACKS in this special offer include Best of ABSYNTH, Best of REAKTOR Vol. 1, Deep Transformations, FM8 Transient Attacks, MASSIVE Expansion Vol. 1 and Synthetic Drums Reloaded, representing nearly 1,000 production-ready instruments and effect presets with 7,600 Sound Variations, and an additional value of $189 / 169 Euro.
More information on this offer can be found at
http://www.native-instruments.com/kore2special
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Entries sought for Mercury Prize
Posted by saul on Friday, April 24 @ 08:43:55 BST (389 reads)
Record companies looking to emulate the success last year of Elbow now have a chance to get in their entries for the 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize.
Organisers of the annual event are now accepting entries for this year’s competition, the first to be sponsored by Barclaycard following the conclusion of a deal with previous sponsor Nationwide.
Albums released in the year to July 13 2009 by UK and Irish artists are eligible to enter, with the closing date set for Tuesday, June 2. Entry forms are available by emailing entries@mercuryprize.co.uk.
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