Apple has updated Logic Pro to version 9.1.7. Here’s what’s new: Compatibility: Provides compatibility with songs created with GarageBand for iOS 1.2. Performance and Stability: Resolves an issue in Logic Pro 9.1.6 in which projects with a large number of fades displayed “I/O Error, Result code = -36″ when playback was started. Improves performance when using multiple instances...

Waves are introducing a new plugin, the H-EQ. It’s a uniquely powerful hybrid equalizer, featuring vintage and modern EQ inspired by the finest British and American consoles; seven different filter types per band, including a newly-developed, one-of-a-kind asymmetrical bell filter; an intuitive keyboard graphic that lets you choose frequencies by clicking on notes; an exclusive MS Mode so you...

Revolution-808 by Sounds Outside the Lines, boasts over 3,600 unique samples that cover every possible tonal variation of the original TR-808 unit, providing you with a host of useable drums that you can drag and drop into Kontakt, EXS24, and all hardware and software samplers that support WAV format. Revolution-808 Main Features Intuitive user interface that mimics that actual hardware (Kontakt...

Cockos have updated REAPER to version 4.02. This improves on 4.0′s mouse modifier support, adding more scrub/jog customization and marquee zoom support. REAPER now has a stack of zoom/scroll states, so you can easily cycle through recent views. The project settings dialog has also been reorganized slightly, offering a cleaner arrangement of project specific configuration. This version also offers...

The TRAKTOR team is excited to announce TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 – the 2-deck, all-in-one DJ controller system with serious pro credentials. Its “2.1” design rewrites the rule book – featuring 2 decks and a mixer, plus a third channel for adding additional loops and sounds via powerful Sample Decks. Built in the image of its hugely popular big brother TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, the highly compact...

Waves Linear Phase EQ is a transparent equalizer, designed especially for maintaining phase relations in mixing and mastering situations. When we do regular equalization, we tend to think that we’re manipulating only a certain frequency range. While that’s true to some extent, what actually happens is that different amounts of processing delay take place on different frequencies. This is called...

I guess it’s all about the freedom to make music wherever you go, and laptops seem to have become obsolete, and iPads are the preffered alternative. That’s the only way I can explain the explosion of apps that are flooding the market today. If that’s a good thing, or a bad one, I’ll let you decide. On topic now… there’s a new drum machine for iPads, and below you’ll...

Kirsten Price‘s music is likely already familiar to you. With TV licensing placements to high profile shows on VH1 and MTV, Price has thrived in the modern music business landscape where publishing is the key to longevity. Her style is eclectic, yet focused. Whether it’s a rock track, a pop ballad, or a hip hop tinged beat it sounds decidedly like a Kirsten Price track. In the video she...

Ian Boddy: Analogica is a rich marriage of classic synths and Alchemy’s sophisticated digital manipulation. Created in a studio crammed with analogue hardware, enjoy a host of unique effects from shimmering ring mod and FM soundscapes, gently flanging pads, darting & weaving arpeggios, rich and squelchy Minimoog basses to subtle wavetable movement, gritty, growling hard sync and walls of...

MusicDevelopments has announced a major update of its RapidComposer and RapidComposer LE rapid music prototyping software designed for composers, song-writers and musicians of all musical styles. This major update features a rewritten ASIO handler, and several usability improvements asked by users on the support forum, as well as bug fixes. Notable Changes: ASIO handling has been rewritten from scratch....