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Apple are holding seminars in the UK in late October and November to emphasise what the Mac platform has to offer the guitar-based musician.
TL Audio have resurrected the Fat Man name, launching two new affordable valve processors at the AES show in New York.
Sibelius Software will be visiting universities and conservatoires in the UK from October to December to show off Sibelius 4, the latest version of their popular music notation software.
New Orleans Strut, a collection of 50 new live drum loops, is available as a $25 download from the Spectrasonics web site.
HHB's latest location recording device is an omni-directional condenser mic offering up to 18 hours of audio recording to built-in flash memory.
Propellerhead have ceased support and development of Rebirth, but the software is now free to download and they've produced a Reason Refill version, also free.
Oxford Limiter for Pro Tools TDM and LE systems is a flexible, high-quality limiter plug-in capable of transparent limiting, maximising loudness for mastering or extreme limiting effects.
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) are holding a one-day workshop on how to set up a studio in a spare bedroom, garage or temporary environment.
Digital-modelling specialists Line 6 have produced a pair of USB interfaces, the Toneport UX1 and UX2, designed for desktop recording and packaged with brand-new guitar amp- and mic preamp-modelling software.
Digidesign have announced the acquistion of virtual instrument, plug-in effect and sample library designers Wizoo Sound Design GmbH.
On Sunday the 21st of August, legendary synth designer Dr Robert Moog passed away, four months after being diagnosed with brain cancer. He was 71.
The capsule of the new Rode NT6 small-diaphragm condenser mic is connected to the main body of the mic by a three-metre cable, making it perfect for discrete instrument miking, especially in tight spaces.
