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If you are a professional musician, “weekend warrior” performer, or just have always wanted to make music beyond singing in the shower (or in your car), ImproVox is an impressive new software title that may not only make you want to sing, but may just help you to sing better.
Earlier this year a devastating flood ripped through Nashville, Tenn., laying waste to everything in its path. Sadly, one of the companies in its path was Gibson USA.
Avid on Tuesday introduced three new Pro Tools HD interfaces and a new piece of software, called HEAT, that the company said will add the realism of vintage analog sound to Pro Tools recordings.
Recording engineer Brady Barnett and Multi-Platinum.com released another training video, this time featuring engineer Bil VornDick. This release focuses on vocal production.
When Ambrosia Software first released WireTap Anywhere (WTA), they changed the way I thought of my audio hardware. Now with version 2.0 almost ready to be released, WireTap Anywhere will completely change the way I record audio.
One of my favorite audio hardware companies, Apogee Electronics, recently released the Symphony I/O multi-channel audio interface.
Zakk Wylde on Tuesday released his latest Black Label Society studio album, “Order of the Black.” This is the band’s first album in four years and it gives fans everything they expect from Zakk and BLS.
I’ve been using IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube on my Mac for years, so I was interested to see what the company developed for the iPad and iPhone. They didn’t disappoint.
If you’ve been waiting for the Beatles catalog to appear on the iTunes Store, you may have a long wait ahead of you.
For keyboard players, Motif is a name that means “professional quality” at some of the highest levels of sound quality and versatility for musicians. For nearly a decade, this line of Yamaha products has redefined the standards for the industry by offering more than just a great controller with better sound quality.
MOTU recently shipped two products that musicians will most certainly be interested in: Digital Performer (DP) 7.2 and DP Control, an iPhone app that allows you to control DP from Apple’s mobile devices.
I’m a long time user of Capo, so I was really excited to hear about the advances in Capo 2, which was released on Tuesday.
The original Megadeth lineup is what Heavy Metal is all about for many fans of the genre, so it’s not surprising how much of a shockwave it sent through the music scene when bassist David Ellefson left the band eight years ago. The same shockwave was felt earlier this year when Ellefson announced his return.
Slash fans will have a new guitar to drool over this October as Epiphone and Slash announced on Monday an “Appetite” Les Paul. I chatted with Slash a little bit about the guitar and the role he played in getting it made.
Gibson Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz is connecting with his customers like no other executive in the industry — through an online forum where he will answer customer questions.
Musicians and songwriters are always looking for great drum grooves to put in their songs. Beta Monkey just released a new set of grooves in its popular Drum Werks series.
I have a lots of cool Mac t-shirts, but I’ve added a few more to my wardrobe. Groove3, a site I regularly use for Pro Tools video training, just released a new line of t-shirts for music and Mac lovers. A few of them are just priceless, like “I Want To Delete Your Face,” using [...]
Adobe on Wednesday will announce that it will bring its professional music application, Audition to the Mac. A beta for Mac is expected to be released later this year, sometime in the Winter 2010.
You may know Jordan Rudess as the amazing keyboard player from Dream Theater, but soon you’ll know him as the head of his own iPad and iPhone development company.
Apple on Wednesday released iTunes 9.2. It’s now available for download through the Software Update system preference.
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