Latest Music Software News
- Nassen RaX'n'TraX 1.4.9 2 Sep 2010, 4:35 pm
Nassen has updated RaX'n'TraX to version 1.4.9. - Kuassa Amplifikation One Update 2 Sep 2010, 4:33 pm
Kuassa has updated Amplifikation One to v1.1. - Plektron Guitar Amp Update 2 Sep 2010, 4:32 pm
Plektron has announced an update to its Guitar Amp amplifier simulator and multi-fx plug-in for Windows. - Hidenori Matsuoka Guitar Kit 2 Sep 2010, 4:31 pm
Hidenori Matsuoka has announced the release of Guitar Kit, a tool for searching guitar chord fingering patterns on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. - Peavey AmpKit, AmpKit+ & AmpKit LiNK 2 Sep 2010, 4:22 pm
Peavey Electronics and Agile Partners have announced that the AmpKit and AmpKit+ Apps are available now on the Apple iTunes App Store. - Ohm Force Studio Teaser 4 2 Sep 2010, 2:31 pm
Part 4 of a 5 part series demonstrating Ohm's Studio- an online collaborative sequencer. - AudioSpillage updates DrumSpillage to v1.1 2 Sep 2010, 7:54 am
2nd September 2010: AudioSpillage has updated its DrumSpillage percussion synth plug-in to version 1.1. New Features: Improved support for automation recording and editing. Choke groups (12 groups ava. […] - Nassen updates RaX'n'TraX to v1.4.9 2 Sep 2010, 7:49 am
2nd September 2010: Nassen has updated RaX'n'TraX to version 1.4.9. Changes since v1.4.1: Drag "Key"-event to MONO panel. Extended window to draw Notes/Velocities in MONO panel (double-click on Note/V. […] - Sonic Reality releases Neil Peart Drums Vol. 1: The Kit 2 Sep 2010, 7:35 am
2nd September 2010: Sonic Reality has announced the release of Neil Peart Drums Vol. 1: The Kit, a music software recreation of the massive DW drum kit of legendary drummer of Rush, Neil Peart. It com. […] - HyperSynth releases SIDizer 2 Sep 2010, 7:30 am
2nd September 2010: HyperSynth has announced the release of SIDizer, a new emulation of the legendary SID chip in the form of a modern software synthesizer plug-in. Using circuit modeling technology,. […]
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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.
