Sonoma Wire Works announces the launch of RiffWorks T4, a free edition of RiffWorks guitar recording and online collaboration software. With RiffWorks T4, musicians can record ideas at the moment of inspiration, quickly create complete songs with drums and effects, easily collaborate online with musicians around the world for free, and cast tunes to RiffWorld.com.

A free level of online collaboration is included with RiffWorks T4, which allows up to four musicians to collaborate on a song and chat simultaneously. RiffWorks loop-based recording workflow allows collaboration without latency or distance issues. As a track is recorded, it streams to other players and is perfectly in sync with the drums. All contributions are saved on RiffWorld.com and can be opened later in RiffWorks to continue recording. An unlimited number of musicians may contribute to a song (4 at a time). Mac and PC musicians worldwide are creating songs together online no matter how far apart they live.

Features :

- Automatic track creation and loop recording with 4 layers plus drum loops
- 7 effects (Wah, Multi-band Compression & Distortion, Modulation, Delay, Reverb, Compression, and British Style EQ)
- InstantDrummer with adjustable intensity and variation
- Online music collaboration - record songs with people around the world for free
- RiffWorld.com song posting and collaboration community
- "Quick Start" tutorial in 14 languages
- IK Multimedia's AmpliTube® Duo LE guitar amp and effects plug-in
- Gallo Engineering's Studio Devil BVC amp model plug-in

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We're very pleased to publish in the Articles Section a review of MixMeister Studio, written by one of our friend at audioMIDI.com. MixMeister Studio is an innovative software for playing, producing and performing music mixes that will let you unlock your "inner DJ".

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Audio-Technica introduces the AT4021 cardioid and AT4022 omnidirectional pencil condenser microphones. These mics, both featuring a sleek new capsule design/construction, are the latest additions to Audio-Technica's 40 Series of condenser microphones.

Both the AT4021 Cardioid Condenser Microphone and the AT4022 Omnidirectional Condenser Microphone feature high SPL handling and wide dynamic range, as well as flat, extended frequency response and exceptional reproduction of low-frequency sounds. The AT4021's cardioid polar pattern reduces pickup of sounds from the sides and rear, improving isolation of the desired sound source. The AT4022's omnidirectional polar pattern provides maximum ambient pickup. Both microphones offer a low-mass element for superb transient response.

An integral 80 Hz high-pass filter provides easy switching from a flat frequency response to a low-end roll-off. The roll-off position reduces the microphones' sensitivity to popping in close vocal use. It also reduces the pickup of low-frequency ambient noise, room reverberation and mechanically-coupled vibrations. Output from both microphones' XLRM connectors is low impedance (Lo-Z) balanced.

The AT4021 Cardioid Condenser Microphone and the AT4022 Omnidirectional Condenser Microphone will be available September 2008 with pricing as follows :

AT4021 $495.00 U.S. MSRP AT4022 $495.00 U.S. MSRP

For more information, please visit their website.

Owners of the Moog Voyager and Little Phatty synths can now significantly upgrade their capabilities via free downloads from the Moog Music website.

The new Voyager 3.4 Operating System features extensive local control options, new touch surface features and enhanced pot resolution. All the great sonic capability of the Little Phatty Stage Edition is enhanced with the addition of an arpeggiator in the Stage II. And for controlling LFO and Arpeggiator rate, the Stage II has a new Tap Tempo and MIDI sync capability. Topping it all is the addition of a new bank of presets.

There are two types of upgrades available for the Voyager and Little Phatty operating systems:

Voyager : A free software upgrade (for owners with version 3.0 or above) is available for download at moogmusic.com/voyager (under the "software" tab). A hardware upgrade is available for customers who have an older model of the Voyager (OS revision 2.5 or lower, built before August, 2005) increasing their current single bank of 128 presets to seven banks of 128 for a total of 896.

This upgrade is available as a field upgrade for $265 or as a factory upgrade for $365. Customers who choose to upgrade will then be able to take advantage of all the latest software features in Version 3.4.

Little Phatty : Software upgrades for the Little Phatty Stage Edition are available for free download at moogmusic.com/littlephatty (under the "software" tab). If Stage Edition customers want to add the MIDI over USB capability of the Stage II, a hardware-based upgrade is available as a field upgrade for $100 or factory upgrade for $150.

In celebration of Finale's 20th Anniversary, MakeMusic has announced the imminent release of the next major version of the music notation software for Windows and Mac OS X.

Finale 2009 includes major workflow improvements among its many new features plus full VST and AU plug-in support. The Garritan Aria Player is also included free and is fully integrated into Finale 2009.

Shipping is expected to begin July 21st. Pre-order is available for $600. Note that upgrade and academic pricing are also available. For more information, please visit the link below :