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We may have been a 'bit' quiet at Audiotechnews for *ahem* a little while, but we're hoping to sort that out soon.
In the mean time - check out our new Drum Replacement service.
Turn your recorded drum tracks into powerful and consistent sounding drums with our amazing new service. If your bass drum lacks clarity and definition, or your snare sounds weak, let us convert your audio files into sounds with power and clarity and send them back to you.
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This was bound to happen. Even so, the i-Tab is a great idea, and Audiotechnews can't wait to try one!
The insanely cool looking i-tab offers guitarists a pocket sized unit that scrolls chords and lyrics in perfect time. The unit allows users to download backing tracks and video cover lessons from a massive library of fully legal tabs, tracks and lessons from the official website.
Once downloaded, the i-tab sits conveniently at the end of your guitar and acts as the ultimate prompt giving you a seamless clear display of chords and lyrics [ read more.. ]
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Send us your text and video reviews and we'll feature them on the site, linking back to your website.
Need some exposure for your band? Let us know.
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FXpansion is proud to present BFD Heavy, a BFD2 expansion pack containing a pair of immaculately recorded Yamaha birch drumkits, supplied with a set of presets perfect for heavy rock, metal and other styles that require powerful, weighty drums.
Features:
* Low-cost, download-only expansion pack for BFD2
* 3 Kicks played with felt and wood beaters
* 9 Toms played with sticks and mallets
* Bonus snare with strainer on and off, played with sticks and mallets
Pricing & Availability:
BFD Heavy is a download only product and is avail [ read more.. ]
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The Focusrite OctoPre MkII Dynamic features eight channels of Focusrite's legendary mic preamplification, with new, single-dial, VCA-based compressors derived from the classic Focusrite Red 3 on every channel.
Each channel has a VCA-based compressor which has been tuned by ear to model the sound of the legendary Focusrite Red 3. When designing the circuitry, Focusrite accurately matched the shape of the Red 3's knee, to ensure the characteristics of the studio classic were captured. You can use the compressor to provide a clean, controlled s [ read more.. ]
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An updated version 3.1 of Voxengo GlissEQ is now available for download. Voxengo GlissEQ is a dynamic parametric equalizer plug-in for professional audio and sound production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X and Windows computers.
This version implements the following changes:
* Preset "update" function implemented in the preset manager.
* Selected filter's curve is now always shown, not only when hovered.
* Filter selection (scrolling) buttons added.
* Control points can now be double-clicke [ read more.. ]
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A massive upgrade of the Amplitubes guitar and bass tone gear modeling software; AmpliTube 3 packs a new punch for sound variety, realism and creative power.
Features:
- 160 guitar and bass gear models now included (nearly 100 more than version 2): 51 stomps, 31 amp heads, 47 cabinets, 15 microphones and 17 rack effects
- 30 brand new models never previously released with a new line of creative effects
- 70 superior sounding gear models from the award winning AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix and Amplitube Metal for a complete vintage to modern gear [ read more.. ]
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Toontrack Music announce the official Superior Drummer 2.0 tutorial presented by Mattias Eklund Toontrack Music Head of sound design and founding partner together with Pat Thrall, Neil Dorfsman and drummer NIR Z, the team behind the recordings for Superior Drummer 2.0.
As an added bonus Neil Dorfsman also goes through Toontrack drum replacement app Drumtracker explaining its feature set.
The tutorial is available on-line at the Toontrack website as of today.
GETTING STARTED
Setting up Superior Drummer in your DAW.
Presented from Bi [ read more.. ]
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Library of the Extreme - Blasts & Fills
Toontrack Music is proud to announce the release of this colossus of a Metal MIDI package, featuring one of the most prominent players in today's metal scene, Dirk Verbeuren, drummer in Soilwork, Scarve and Aborted.
So, ever felt like having insane, extreme world class Metal drumming, executed with such a razor-blade perfection and ingenious brutality that it will hit you like a 20 ton wrecking ball of sheer metal, only a mouse click away, available 24/7?
Thought so.
Enter Library of the Extre [ read more.. ]
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Updated Voxengo Beeper v2.1 and Voxengo Stereo Touch 2.1 free audio plug-ins are now available for download. These plug-ins can be loaded into any audio host application that conforms to the VST or AudioUnit plug-in specification. Plug-ins are compatible with Windows (XP and later versions, 32- and 64-bit) and Mac OS X (10.4.11 and later versions, Intel and PowerPC) computers (2 GHz dual-core or faster processor with at least 1 GB of system RAM recommended).
These maintenance updates include the following changes:
* Beeper's "Period" [ read more.. ]
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