Here is a great link for Ableton's Live user's. They are free and intuitive tutorials on how to use Live in different situations. Many users just don't know there are many ways to use this powerful software. here you can see how a guitarist, a DJ or a Reason user would approach Live. Technically speaking, you can use Live as an arrangement tool, an effect device, or for creating ambient guitar loop collages. And this is just the beginning of what is possible.

Read tricks like :
- Get Your Guitar Groove On
- Routing: Creative Flexibility
- DJing with Live 3
- A Loop is what you make of it
- and many more...

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ApulSoft has updated Smart Electronix' Cyanide to version 2.0 in Audio Units format. Cyanide is a variable waveshaping distortion. Note that ApulSoft has also updated the SupaPhaser and MadShifta ports.

 

Ozone is a mastering tools system running 64-bit DSP algorithms, complemented with enhanced visual meter displays, and integrated in a single interface This version 3.06 addresses an issue with the Logic 7 Audio Unit validator.

Ozone is available in MacMusic softwares section.

The popular iDrum application by Glaresoft has now been given an RTAS release, for use directly in ProTools. iDrum is a rhythmic sequencer for Mac OS X. The design of this virtual drum machine is based on a single axis: the simplicity of use.

The RTAS version can be downloaded by registered users from their iDrum account.

Audio Hijack is constantly growing and improving, and Rogue Amoeba has just released Audio Hijack 2.2. This new version adds several new features, including a new AIFF Sample Rate selector, a "Stop Recording After" setting, and two new post processing scripts to "Add To iPod" and "Encode To Wav". Several other features have also been added, and minor bugs have been fixed. Audio Hijack is the perfect tool to record any audio on your computer. With Audio Hijack, you can quickly and easily save audio from almost any application to an AIFF file. This file can then be burned to a CD, or played in any software audio player like iTunes or any hardware audio player like an iPod.

Audio Hijack 2.2 is immediately available for download and purchase. Users are encouraged to take it for a free test drive, then purchase it for just $16. Version 2.2 is a free update for all previously registered owners of Audio Hijack.