Latest Music Software News
- rs-met CrossOver 12 Mar 2010, 2:25 pm
rs-met has released CrossOver, a new free VST effect plug-in for Windows that replaces rs-met's older Crossover 3-Way plug-in - CrossOver now allows for splitting into up to 4 bands. - Voxengo SPAN 2.0 12 Mar 2010, 2:21 pm
Voxengo SPAN 2.0 is now available for download - SPAN is a freeware real-time "fast Fourier transform" audio spectrum analyzer plug-in for professional music and audio production applications. - VSL Collections Updates 12 Mar 2010, 2:09 pm
VSL has released updates for the Vienna Instruments, Vienna Imperial and Vienna Suite plug-ins. - MeldaProduction Updates All Effects Plugins 12 Mar 2010, 2:07 pm
MeldaProduction has released updates for all its effect plug-ins. - MUTOOLS Announces MU.LAB 3; Pre-release Version Available for Download 12 Mar 2010, 5:05 am
12th March 2010: MUTOOLS has announced MU.LAB 3. A pre-release version of MU.LAB 3 is already available for download for Windows and Mac OS X. New in MU.LAB 3: Function shortcuts: Map a key or MIDI ev. […] - MeldaProduction Updates All Effect Plug-ins 12 Mar 2010, 4:33 am
12th March 2010: MeldaProduction has released updates for all its effect plug-ins. Changes: Improved sinc interpolation quality. Improved upsampling algorithm performance. Improved linear-phase and hy. […] - Monkey Tools updates Library Monkey Pro and Sound Grinder Pro to v1.1.10 12 Mar 2010, 4:30 am
12th March 2010: Monkey Tools has updated Library Monkey Pro and Sound Grinder Pro to v1.1.10. Changes: Added functionality to allow for the pruning of missing files as well as removal of any asset fr. […] - Rob Papen updates Predator for Windows to v1.5.8 12 Mar 2010, 4:02 am
12th March 2010: Rob Papen has updated the Windows version of Predator to v1.5.8. Changes: Preset banks update (bugs). Banks of subject 05 Trance and PsyTrance 03 , 08 Ambient 02 and 04 HipHop DirtySo. […] - Intermorphic updates Noatikl (v1.6.0.3) and Mixtikl (v2.1.0.6) (incl. x64 versions) 12 Mar 2010, 3:52 am
12th March 2010: Intermorphic has updated Noatikl to v1.6.0.3 and Mixtikl to v2.1.0.6. Both products now include native 64-bit standalone and plug-in versions for Windows and native 64-bit standalone. […] - One Man Band Watch: Gestures, TouchOSC, Pure Data, Breath Control, Oh, My 11 Mar 2010, 7:53 pm
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Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. You can produce your own CDs, mix video soundtracks, or just experiment with new ideas about music and sound.
Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-destructive editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a powerful mixer, unlimited tracks/busses/plugins, timecode synchronization, and hardware control from surfaces like the Mackie Control Universal. If you’ve been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Pyramix, or Sequoia, you might have found it.
Above all, Ardour strives to meet the needs of professional users. This means implementing all the “hard stuff” that other DAWs ( even some leading commercial apps ) handle incorrectly or not at all. Ardour has a completely flexible “anything to anywhere” routing system, and will allow as many physical I/O ports as your system allows. Ardour supports a wide range of audio-for-video features such as video-synced playback and pullup/pulldown sample rates. You will also find powerful features such as “persistent undo”, multi-language support, and destructive track punching modes that aren’t available on other platforms.
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VirtMus (virtual music) is a free application that allows the user to display sheet music and turn pages without removing the hands (or feet) from the instrument the music is performed on. This feature is very useful during concerts and practice sessions as it allows the musician to focus on performing the music without interruption. The software also allows the users to store and organize their entire sheet music collection on a laptop, making it fully portable and available at a click of a button. See the ScreenShots if you want to see how it looks, or have a look at the DesignPrinciples to see some of the distinguishing features.
Music stands are usually able to accomodate at most a single book or 2-3 pages of loose leaf music at once. When performing a longer piece of music, the musician must often move one of the hands away from the instrument to turn the pages. This interupts the performance and breaks the flow of music especially when the page turn occurs during a musically demanding passage.
This software allows the user to create “songs” out of sheet music images obtained from a scanner, digital camera, or pdf, and “PlayLists” out of the “songs”. During a performance, the user can simply press a mouse button to move to the next / previous page or press various keyboard keys to advance the music.
USB foot switches are available which emulate mouse button presses thus freeing the hands to play the instrument. Even without a FootSwitch, using a laptop display avoids the problem of books that don’t stay open, or loose leaf pages that fly off the music stand when the wind (or HVAC unit) blows.
