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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Daniel Keller 05/22/12 07:21 AM,In the pre-DAW era, when we had to rewind heavy two-inch multitrack tapes uphill in the snow, both ways, the concept of gain structure was fairly easy to grasp. Instead of a virtual studio-in-a-box, each individual component was a link in the audio chain, visibly connected by patch cables, and analog distortion was fairly easy to hear, identify and track down. In today’s digital world, it’s no longer that simple. Signal paths can be virtual, unconventional, and convoluted, and digital… View this story
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Jackson B. Jackson 04/30/12 04:03 PM,OK, you all know the drill. It’s time to lay down the drum track for your future Grammy Award-winning song, but there’s just one tiny little problem; no live drummer within a 50-mile radius of your studio. Or how about this one? You’ve managed to post bail (again) for your drummer, only to find out that he had to sell his acoustic kit to pay this month’s rent. No problem, you think to yourself, I’ll just plug in my Drum-O-Matic… View this story
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
PSW Staff 04/26/12 08:17 AM,Avid has announced the release of Sibelius First, combining the Sibelius Student and Sibelius First notation products into a single easy-to-use, powerful, and fun music composition tool. The new Sibelius First takes advantage of the features introduced by Sibelius 7, including a task-oriented UI specifically designed to guide the user through the creative process, along with quality sound, 64-bit technology and support for the latest operating systems. It also offers new video export functionality, online publishing, and direct sharing to… View this story
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
PSW Staff 04/17/12 08:19 AM,PreSonus is now shipping Studio One Free, a new entry-level version of its DAW for Mac and Windows that is intended for beginners who don’t yet need the advanced features in Studio One Artist, Producer, and Professional. Studio One Free provides all of the recording and editing features needed for basic music production—and as its name implies, it’s free. To get Studio One Free, download the Studio One installer from the Studio One website, install it, and then choose to… View this story
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Monday, March 19, 2012
PSW Staff 03/19/12 02:49 PM,Get more of the latest news from the 2012 PL+S show. Waves Audio has announced the availability of V9, the new version of Waves plug-ins offering 64-bit support, faster scanning, faster loading, and faster processing. One of Version 9’s most highly anticipated features is 64-bit operating system support. Now Waves users can take advantage of massive amounts of RAM memory in the DAW hosts of their choice. V9 also marks the introduction of Waves’ new easy-to-use authorization system, Waves… View this story
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
PSW Staff 03/13/12 02:51 PM,Grammy-nominated producer and bassist Brent Milligan is on the road again, touring with multi-platinum singer-songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman in support of his current album, re:creation. Milligan, a Baton Rouge native whose credits include Michael W. Smith, TobyMac, Backstreet Boys and a host of others, has been working with Chapman for a number of years as a band member, producer, and musical collaborator. On the road, Milligan works with Chapman to lay down tunes and record unplugged-style videos on his laptop,… View this story
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
PSW Staff 03/07/12 03:18 PM,Propellerhead has announced a major price drop on Reason Essentials, the company’s streamlined version of the award-winning music making software Reason. Propellerhead is also lowering the price on the Balance with Reason Essentials package. The integrated system featuring the critically acclaimed Balance audio interface and Reason Essentials music making software will be available at a new lower price starting today. Distilled from the core of Reason, Reason Essentials contains a wide selection of instruments and effects in a virtual rack… View this story
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
PSW Staff 02/28/12 03:47 PM,Rain Computers has released the follow up to the LiveBook Mobile Audio Workstation line. Called LiveBook A2 (the “A” is for audio, the “2” because it’s the second generation) offers an array of new features including quad-core processing, discrete graphics and the choice of a glossy or matte high resolution 15.6-inch screen. LiveBook A2 is powered by Intel’s “Sandy Bridge” series of mobile processors. But unlike common, off-the-shelf computers, this one is designed by Rain to guarantee the performance and… View this story
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Mike Sessler 02/08/12 10:00 AM,This article is provided by ChurchTechArts. Here are some thoughts on doing virtual sound check if you don’t have a DiGiCo or Avid digital console at your disposal. Disclaimer: This is not going to be exhaustive. There are hundreds of hardware/software combinations that will get you the same result. These are some ideas only. Also, it should be noted that “cheap” is a relative term. All of these solutions are going to cost money, real money. However, if you… View this story
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Rob Schlette 02/08/12 08:18 AM,This article is provided by the Pro Audio Files. Multitrack DAW recordings are dependent on a complex system of primary and secondary technologies. As discussed in An Introduction to Archiving Music Recordings, each of these technologies represents an obstacle to the long-term viability of a multitrack archive. Simply put, if the various software and hardware products you’re using today aren’t going to be around in their current versions for the useful life of the sound recordings you’re creating (i.e.… View this story
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