Friday August 29, 2008 Computer Music 130 – Orchestral Manoeuvres cover feature / FreqAnalyst CM on the disc
Computer Music 130, September issue on sale now! Huge orchestral feature and FreqAnalyst CM, 2012 orchestral samples and The Body Snatchers Producer Masterclass on the DVD! ...
Thursday August 21, 2008 Ohm Force Bank Holiday Bonanza
UK residents might be used to living in rip-off Britain, but this coming bank holiday weekend us Brits will have a reason to celebrate: the funky French lads at Ohm Force are offering a drastic 40% discount to UK-based customers for four days only.
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Friday August 15, 2008 iZotope on iPhone
Mere weeks after the launch of the iPhone and iTouch application store, well known music software developer iZotope has stepped up and created a pair of drum machine applications for Apple’s touch screen devices.
iDrum Hip Hop Edition and iDrum...
Thursday August 07, 2008 Exclusive CM monome video
In CM130 (out August 28th) we get out hands on the monome one twenty eight configurable controller. Check out this exclusive Computer Music video that shows off the abilities of this cool box of tricks.
Be sure to pick up CM130 to read the...
Friday August 01, 2008 WIN an awesome IK Multimedia StompIO with CMU129's competition!
Win an awesome IK Multimedia StompIO with CM129's competition! And for two lucky runners-up, we've got a copy of IK's SampleMoog and SampleTron virtual instruments apiece. ...
Wednesday July 30, 2008 Graphics cards just became useful!
While the idea of effects that utilise the power of video cards’ accelerators is nothing new, there have been precious few examples of this thus far.
Things seem to be picking up a bit, however – check out Nils Schneider’s post on KVR to find out about...
Monday July 28, 2008 Listen to CM129's exclusive Micro Evolve CMplay soundpack
The forthcoming CM129 features the most impressive software and sample giveaways yet, including a new PC VST synth from Homegrown Sounds , Astralis Orgone CM, and a vast selection of workstation patches for CMplay, Computer Music’s exclusive ROMpler...
Thursday July 24, 2008 Goodbye GigaStudio
In a surprise move Tascam has ceased development of its GigaStudio range of sampler software, including GigaViolin, Giga Virtual Instrument, and GigaPulse convolution reverb. Sales and support for the software will end on December 31st 2008.
The first...
Tuesday July 22, 2008 Sylenth1 makes it to Mac!
Now both PC and Mac users can “enjoy the Sylenth” as Lennar Digital’s
10/10 CM-rated virtual analogue has been ported over to Mac. Sylenth1 v2.0 doesn’t feature masses in the way of new features, and aside from a bunch more presets minor fixes and...
Friday July 11, 2008 Apple's App Store launches
Everyone and their dog are going ape-spit over the new 3G iPhone, but for us the most exciting iPhone news is the launch of Apple’s App Store.
The App Store is available to those lucky enough to bag an iPhone 3G, owners of the original iPhone who upgrade...
Friday July 04, 2008 Computer Music 128 – Star-studded DnB Masterclass and CMplay on the disc
Computer Music 128, August issue on sale now! Our huge Drum 'n' Bass Masterclass features Sub Focus, Clipz, TC, Chase & Status and DJ Hazard, and nearly two hours of video footage. There's also our great new ROMpler plug-in, CMplay; 2141 DnB samples; a...
Wednesday July 02, 2008 WIN an M-Audio ProFire 2626 audio interface, OR iZotope RX + a MicroTrack II
Win an awesome M-Audio ProFire 2626 with CM128's competition! We have two up for grabs, and M-Audio are even offering an alternative prize: a bundle made up of iZotope RX + a MicroTrack II ...
Tuesday July 01, 2008 Play MIDI with thin air!
Now here's a cool invention - forget the D-Beam, this amazing MIDI controller allows you to play the very air in front of you as if it were a piano, or pretty much anything else with the right software.
Here's creator Omer Yosha using the beast to control Ableton Live:
And here he is playing a soothing melody:
Hopefully we'll see a commercial version of this cool controller before too long, as it might not be the easiest way to play keys, but it's certainly one of the most impressive. Move over Jean Michel Jarre!
Thursday June 26, 2008 Korg nanoSeries: tiny MIDI controllers are big news for mobile musos
Korg announce the nanoSeries, a range of three slim-line USB-powered MIDI controllers: nanoKEY, nanoPAD and nanoKONTROL. ...
Wednesday June 25, 2008 Plug-ins Hit the Headlines
It's not often that music software plug-ins make the press, but we found this article from the Arts and Culture section of The New Yorker on - predictably enough – AutoTune worthwhile thanks to some interesting background info on AutoTune’s creator and...
