Meet Neokitsch.humtoo.com in his North London studio, complete with handmade synth, Omnichord o300 and Theremin.

HUMCAST is HUMTOO’s Video Podcast series featuring musicians from their online community.

Bring the magic of the Middle East to your desktop with these enchanting and mysterious Arabian breaks. This spectacular loop pack contains fully mixed cuts of music that feature traditional instruments, melodies and rhythms from all over the Middle East. We’ve got entire orchestral arrangements, darbuka drum solos, oud, zither, quabub, buzuk, tabla, dombak, kamanja (Arab fiddle), vocal acrobatics and lots more.

These authentic breaks include sounds from Syria, Baghdad, Morocco, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern locations that boast some of the most spellbinding music in the world. With 152 loops and 18 one shot samples Arabian Breaks V1 offers you a wealth of inspiration whether you’re a hip hop producer or a singer songwriter.

We worked hard to secure licensing deals with one of the world’s leading publishers of Ethnic music so you can expect to see more impressive titles in this category. Let Arabian Breaks V1 add an exciting new dimension to your recordings with exotic sounds from ancient cultures. Tempos range from 82 to 158 bpm. All samples are mixed and mastered edits with no single instruments. Multi track Mix elements are not available.

Go to their website to order and download right away.

HUMTOO is a free online music marketplace and user-generated production music library.

Recently, a new project was posted on the site looking for music. It’s a 2 minute brand film looking for a rock track, worth £750. It’s free to pitch your join HUMTOO and to pitch your music for projects on the site.

HUMTOO is also looking for talented musicians to write for it’s user-generated production music library and various mixtapes.

More information can be found at www.humtoo.com

HUMTOO makes it only about the music.

www.humtoo.com

Rain Recording has announced the latest edition to their LiveBook Diablo mobile audio workstation series.

Since the official launch of its dedicated download site on 8th October 2008, ProducerLoops.com has partnered with these sample pack, reason refill and virtual instrument developers:

Sonic Reality
Bluezone
Precisionsound 
Soundcells
Digital Juicyness
Kreativ Sounds
Inner Rhythm Studios
RadioActive Beats

ProducerLoops.com now offers over 740 Downloadable Products from 55 soundware developers. Every style of music is covered, so there is something for everyone. Prices start from £4.95 per download.

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The company that brought you Breverb,  has released TH1 – a guitar amp modelling sim “based on 4th-generation technology”.

Overloud says  TH1 delivers huge sound with flexible and intuitive control. Modelled after a wide variety of amplifiers, one of its most unusual features is its ability to ´morph´ between amps, so the guitar player can build his own personal amp.

TH1´s Smart Control strip is a row of 8 soft buttons, pots and switches controlling the vital parameters of the current sound. The logic behind these devices allows the user to control more than one parameter at once. The Smart Control strip and Preset Selection can also be controlled by host automation and MIDI control.

Features

• 4th generation analog emulation technology
• 3D, gapless positioning of microphones
• SRL technology allows morphing between two amplifiers
• Advanced cabinet emulations with ReSPiRe technology
• Realistic and easy-to-get rendition of the signal path
• Easy to build or modify your own signal path
• Revolutionary GUI, host or MIDI real-time control via Smart Controls
• RTAS, AU, VST, Standalone for Mac (Universal) and RTAS, VST and Standalone for PC
• Further demo’s are available at the Time And Space website

RRP Inc: £189.00 / €249.00

The new RØDE M1 is built for late nights, crowded stages and long tours. With a rock solid die-cast body and sturdy dynamic capsule it can take all the abuse you or your Roadie can throw at it, without showing signs of age or neglect.

“Vocalists will love the M1’s tactility, with a great balance of weight and ergonomics.”

The M1 even offers a lifetime warranty, although if you’re touring too hard, this might not be as long as you’d like…

This guarantee is RØDE’s promise to offer consistent high-quality performance day after day, gig after gig—The M1 will be as ready to rock as you are.

“RØDE have so much confidence in the M1’s rock credentials that we are prepared to back it with a lifetime warranty” commented Damien Wilson, Sales & Marketing Director at RØDE Microphones. “So you can be sure that in choosing the RØDE M1 you are investing in a microphone that not only looks and sounds rock n roll, but will be a part of your kit for a long time to come.”

Key features:

•    Live dynamic vocal microphone
•    High output dynamic capsule
•    Gold plated XLR connectors
•    Internal pop-filter to reduce plosives
•    Feedback rejecting pick-up pattern
•    Heavy duty metal body
•    Low handling noise
•    Designed and manufactured in Australia
•    Lifetime warranty (online registration required)

Altiverb
Altiverb is a highly acclaimed convolution reverb. It comes with a huge, and ever expanding collection of top quality room samples available anywhere, ranging from Sydney Opera House to the Gol Gumbaz of India.

Speakerphone

Speakerphone gives you authentic speakers of any size together with their natural environments. The end-all speaker simulator plug-in, with 12 DSP modules and 5 gigabytes of ambiences to build the absolute most realistic and complete environment of any speaker.

Snapper

When you select an audio file in the Mac Finder, Snapper immediately appears right beneath the current window, showing you the wave form. Play, Drag, Drop and Convert snippets of files, upload to your Pro Tools cursor, turn selections into mp3’s file and much more, right from the Finder.

Periscope

Graphic analyzer and surgical phase correct eq. Grab faders where you see the audio happening. Unprecedented low frequency resolution.

Riverrun

Granular Soundscape Synthesizer oozing tiny particles taken from your original audio. Build rhythmic textures or wide harmonic soundscapes.

Deep Phase Nine

The dramatically deep Phaser with unprecedented control and visual feedback. Up to 24 notches per channel, with beat locked sample and hold.

Orbit

Control the virtual position of your sound source. Accurately calculates the sound source’s reflections of the walls of a virtual ‘outer room’.

Follo

Dynamic amplitude following bandpass resonator. Creates autowah on a guitar, or adds thumping resonating bass.
Roger

Apply vowel filters to your audio. Use the vowel bar at the bottom to click through vowels, or use rhythmic gibberish mode.

The suggested retail price of the All In Bundle XL is £1110 inc VAT, and the All In Bundle Regular is £799.00 inc VAT.

DMi D&M Installation introduced a new addition to the highly successful Marantz Professional PMD range of solidstate recorders at SBES at the NEC, Birmingham this month;

The PMD661 is a robust and versatile professional handheld PCM / MP3 recorder that supersedes the hugely popular PMD660, offering an improved form factor, a superior feature set, and use of SD flash media. Major new design innovations include a significantly smaller footprint than the PMD660, and an improved top facia layout with fewer buttons and more highly developed use of multi-functional operation.