Mac and Music News

Recently Digidesign launched a new software bundle. Maybe to compete them, MidiMan also announced the release of the MixitPack. It includes the following software :
- Propellerhead Reason Adapted
- Ableton Delta Live
- ProSessions Sound and Loop Libraries.
- Arkaos VJ Lite (éditeur d'effets visuels live)

and as a bonus a small M-Audio Sonica—24-bit/96kHz USB interface is also included. Price of this bundle : $50 (& euros)

We are going to celebrate the MacMusic 6th birthday and also celebrate the MacMusic presence at the Paris Apple Expo (Stand F14 ! didn't you know?). Last year, 200 of us were at the party, there's no doubt that we'll be more this year.

The webmaster find out a place in Paris where it will be possible to meet each other and have a drink and exchange informations about midi connexion and firewire analogic guitars and so on...

On saturday sept 20th (after the end of the Apple expo) this event will take place near the Gare de Lyon (Paris 12ème) at "Taninna" (drink but also food possible...).

As admitance will be limited, you need to register ASAP using the following link. After this registration you'll have the ab ...

Since it became tedious to do a search in thousands pages of MacMusic, a new global search tool is now available (from the home page). This tool includes all the MacMusic search forms mixed in one convenient form. You will also find a Google powered search tool. Enjoy...

The Digidesign software bundle, officially named as "Music Production Enhancement Suite for Pro Tools" including
Reason Adapted, Live Digidesign Edition, SampleTank SE, AmpliTube LE, et T-RackS EQ, will be available for the Pro Tools owners registered before August 2003 and for a price of 99$.

You can purchase it through the Digidesign store, for the time being only in the U.S but Europe should come soon.

Avid with Protools should now be able to store Dolby E audio channels. Dolby E is specifically intended for the distribution of multichannel audio within professional production and distribution environments. Any time prior to delivery to the consumer, Dolby E is the preferred method for distribution of multichannel/multiprogram audio with video.

If you're a digital musician who's got hordes of sound sample files scattered all over your hard drive, this handy app will help you locate and audition them to find the ones you want to use in a project. It works kind of like an audio file browser, culling through your hard disk to find sound files (AIFF, AIFC, SDII, REX, and WAV formats supported), and then allowing you to play each file from within its easy-to-use interface. From there, you can flag all the desired files in the favorites directory and then simply import them from the directory to your audio sequencer of choice. It also has a BPM feature that will either guess the beats-per-minute in a drum loop or song sample for you, or let you tap out the beats of the rhythm on its BPM Tap Pad to manually determine the tempo.

Ableton announced the upcoming release of Live 3, a new upgrade of their award-winning sequencing instrument for Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, and Windows. Live 3 is scheduled for release in October of this year and will be available for public beta testing from www.ableton.com this weekend. Live 3 is the first integrated audio sequencing tool that gives users control "inside" of the sample. Live 3 now offers sound designers and musicians a whole new world in which they can easily and flexibly animate their samples.
Some of Live 3 new features : MIDI Key mapping, velocity sensitivity, clip envelopes, new legato mode, new effects, new quantization values, VST plug-in improvements...
Live 3 for Mac OS 9, Mac OS X : EUR/US$ 399 (MSRP) in October. Upgrades from previous Live versions will be availabl ...

The Digital Performer 4.1 update is now on the MOTU site! This a free update for Version 4.0 users that supports the Digidesign Audio Engine (DAE) and runs Audio Units plug-ins and virtual instruments. The update also include numerous other enhancements such as new virtual instrument tracks.

LinPlug announced the Mac OS X version of the RM IV. Built using LinPlug's enhanced high-quality audio engine, the RM IV features 18 velocity sensitive Drum Pads that can be used to trigger any of 11 different Audio Generator Modules.

The instrument features a modular design that currently includes 10 percussion synthesis algorithms, as well as a fully featured percussion sampler.
The Sampler module provides single-sample, multi-sample, velocity-layer and velocity-crossfade support, at up to 32-bit resolution.
The instrument also includes an AHDSR-controlled multi-mode filter, a fully-featured compressor designed specifically for percussion sounds, a flexible "Humanizer" and a 6 x 6 Modulation Matrix.

The RM IV comes with the renowned Manytone Acoustic Drums series, a set of 8 mult ...