Mac and Music News
May 10 - 07:45 PM | Misc |

The new MPCsounds website offers several new product lines and features, including:
- New downloadable products for the MPC1000, MPC2000/XL, MPC3000/LE, and MPC4000. (Both Mac and PC supported)
- New sound libraries for the MPC1000 available on CD-ROM, Compact Flash, or as Downloadable sets.
- New massive MPC CD-ROM product line, now all MPC Zip disk products are available on CD-ROM.
- New MPC manuals section offering free downloadable MPC manuals for all MPC models.
-New downloadable free sounds for all MPC models.
- New "VIP Archive" offering more free sounds and loops for repeat customers.
- New MPC acc ...
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May 10 - 03:37 PM | Music Software > Propellerhead |
Schools have been wary of using Reason because it is perceived as being a "dance music" tool, but this package could change that. The materials look very solid, and can be used even by teachers who lack computer music experience. If you're an educator out there, hit comments and let us know what you think of it.
Clouvel and Ptilou contributed to this report.
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May 10 - 03:34 PM | Plug-ins > Airy André |
Speedster has been available in a free beta release since April.
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May 8 - 03:15 PM | Misc |
Ed: While Americans complain about the prohibitive cost of CDs, they may be surprised when visitors from Europe stock up on enormous stacks of music from our record stores: CD purchase prices are dramatically higher overseas. But, to our colleagues abroad, one thing you shouldn't envy: our public funding for the arts is meager at best, and getting worse. -PK
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May 8 - 03:52 AM | Virtual Instrument > Urs Heckmann (u-he) |
Zebra is a virtual synthetizer plugin that combines subtractive/additive synthesis with a powerful modulation engine. Version 1.5 features infinite variations of synthesizer circuits, four oscillators, four multimode filters, a noise generator, mixing units, delay effects and waveshapers.
A beta version is already available. The AU version for OS X will be listed at US$199 for new users; the update will be free for registered users.
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