Mac and Music News
Through Monday March 7, 2005
| Jan 27 - 03:45 PM | Music Software > Iced Audio |
AudioFinder (US$49.95 shareware) now has 32 Bit Floating Point DSP Effects:
Normalize
Normalize -3db
Invert
Swap Channels
Fade In To Transport
Fade Out From Transport
Reverse
Reverse Mix
Mirror Forward/Backward
Mirror Backward/Forward
Phat (A totally new kind of distortion effect)
Change Pitch/Speed
Ed: Hallelujah. This was already a must-have utility. These additions make it the single most important utility on my hard drive. Bravo. Stay tuned for a full review with details for more. -PK
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| Jan 27 - 03:42 PM | Misc |
Worldlabel.com has released Label templates 1.0, a collection of free label templates for printing on the Mac OSX. The selection of templates includes CD, DVD, mailing, business CD cards and mini CD labels, address, shipping, media labeling and more. templates can be used in graphic programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Quark Express, and several others. Design and print your own labels from your Mac.
Ed: Excellent stuff. Also a good resource for Mac users is the
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| Jan 27 - 12:23 PM | Plug-ins > Tom Erbe |
Tom Erbe has announced that a public beta version of SoundHack Spectral Shapers for Audio Units is now available. SSH is a collection of 4 plugins based on processes from the program SoundHack. This public beta version is fully functional for 30 days.
Ed: It's SoundHack Live! (And if you don't know what SoundHack is, check that out, too; it's free!) Yes, we're so completely bogged down in NAMM news that we missed this gem -- get ready for more late news coming. Check out MacMusic's exclusive
>> for more on this effort, and watch for a follow-up on that plus a review of the new shapers, coming soon. -PK
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| Jan 27 - 12:07 AM | Plug-ins > Massenburg DesignWorks |
Digidesign has announced that a new update of Massenburg DesignWorks (MDW) EQ plugin or Pro Tools|HD & Pro Tools|HD Accel Systems is now available in version 1.1. MDW EQ 1.1 adds compatibility for Pro Tools|HD Accel systems and fixes minor bugs. This update is a free download for for all existing MDW EQ owners. It uses the same iLok authorization that the previous version of MDW EQ used.| MDW 1.1 download | Post a comment ? |
| Jan 26 - 04:21 PM | Music Software > Rogue Amoeba |
So, you've got your music -- now start your own radio station. We already mentioned this software several months ago; in the meantime it has received a coveted " Best of Show" at Macworld earlier this month. Nicecast Radio works nicely on OS X Panther, allowing you to broadcast music from your Mac in realtime. Your listeners can use iTunes, QuickTime or even Winamp. Best of all, you can play your improvisations, live recordings or even the content of a Logic session, Peak or Live. Nicecast is ideal to broadcast your ongoing work from one continent to the other, from Louisville to Paris. Check it out!| Nicecast Software Page (MacMusic) | Post a comment ? |
