Mac and Music News

Today algoriddim released the next generation of djay, its successful DJing application for Mac OS X. With its completely redesigned user interface and audio engine, djay 2.0 delivers much improved performance as well as even more powerful mixing capabilities.

New features include an innovative Automix mode for automatic visual music mixing, a built-in Sampler tool and a Live Microphone with real-time echo and voice pitch changing making way for unlimited mixing possibilities.

The M-16DX is a breakthrough all-digital mixer and audio interface. Unlike analog mixers, the 24-bit/96kHz M-16DX offers powerful features such as high-resolution EQ, scene memories, and EDIROL's Room Acoustic Control. Roland has released version 2 software for the M-16DX.

The free v2 software includes Cakewalk SONAR and Apple Logic modes that enable these powerful DAWs to be controlled out of the box with the knobs on the hardware assigning to their equivalent software controllers, all at the touch of a button. In Logic, for example, the hardware M-16DX appears in the software's list of compatible controllers and the equivalent controls are tied together automatically once it's selected. The new v2 software can, of course, be used to control all other software that has a MIDI learn fac ...

SuperMegaUltraGroovy today announced the immediate availability of FuzzMeasure Pro 3, an audio and acoustical signal-analysis software package for Mac OS X Leopard.

Features :

- Easy to use, one-click measurement workflow
- High quality printed and on-screen graphs
- Commercial audio hardware support
- Delay finding for live sound use
- Automatic correction for device latency
- Point-and-click record comparisons
- Reads standard microphone calibration files
- Harmonic distortion plots
- Calibrated SPL level meters and graphs
- Multiple time and frequency domain views
- ISO 3382 Reverberation Time
- Cumulative Spectral Decay waterfall plots
- Impedance Measurements
- Thiele Small Model Fitting
- QuickLook and Spotlight plugins

FuzzMeasure Pro 3 costs $150 for new users; current registered users can upgrade for $75. Users that purchased since June 1, 2007 will receive a free upgrade. Note that Mac OS X version 10.5 (Leopard) is required to use FuzzMeasure Pro 3.

Precisionsound has announced the release of Monzter Bazz library, the perfect companion to Monzter Guitars, recorded with the same goal to give you a produced and ready to play killer sound suited for Nu Metal and heavy contemporary music in general.

The articulations :

- Long sustained notes in 4 velocity layers
- Release samples for the long notes in 4 velocity layers
- Hard staccato notes in 4 velocity layers
- Soft staccato notes in 4 velocity layers
- Slide Up notes in 2 velocity layers
- Slide Down notes in 2 velocity layers
- Slide FX and noises

The range of the Bass is B1 to B3 recorded in 3 ways parallel, Line (LI), Clean (CL) and Overdrive (OD). The SampleSet contains 1 361 24bit mono WAV samples mapped in 39 programs for HALion and Kontakt.

Monzter Bazz costs $69 (+$11 if you want it on CD).

PreSonus will be hosting a recording and video editing workshop at B&H Photo and Video, 420 9th Avenue, in NYC at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 29th.

Learn how to multi-track record your music, mix and edit your audio and produce your own video using the PreSonus MegaStudio Producer. The clinic will feature special musical guest, The Unlucky, and giveaways of the PreSonus MegaStudio Artist and PreSonus FaderPort.

Click the link below to register :

KeyToSound Audio Technology has updated NexSyn for Apple and PC platforms. This program update brings NexSyn and NexSyn LE to version 1.1r12, and includes fixes with relation to NexSyn's error reporting system and interactivity, as well as various other program functions.

The new updates are recommended for all users of NexSyn and NexSyn LE.

Cakewalk, today releases six Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Sound Modules exclusively for Dimension Pro and Dimension LE.

The E-MU Proteus Sound Modules : Mo'Phatt, Proteus 2000, Xtreme Lead-1, Virtuoso 2000, PX-7 Drum Collection, and Planet Earth have been meticulously crafted using the actual sample sound sets found in the legendary EMU hardware units. The E-MU Proteus Sound Modules total over 3,500 immediately useable, go-to sound programs, and when combined with the Dimension Pro, they provide the perfect springboard for custom sonic creations. Each Digital Sound Factory E-MU Proteus Sound Module contains over 500 patches. Additionally, all customers receive an additional 500 patches upon registering any sound module.

These authentic E-MU Systems sounds are available for most ...

Native Instruments just announced that KORE 2, the second generation of its advanced multi-functional host system, is now available in stores worldwide. They have also announced the release of KORESOUND PACKS, a new line of affordable high-quality sound packs for use in KORE 2.

KORE 2 is available for a suggested retail price of $ 559 / € 499. All KORESOUND PACKS are available for $ 59 / € 49 as downloads in the NI Online Shop. Every owner of KORE 2 is also eligible for a free download of one KORESOUND PACK of his choice.

Marek Design Creative Microphone Systems introduces the KS3, a hand built true pressure transducer with an all tube amplifier. It is a condenser microphone system with a warm, three-dimensional, transparent sound.

The exceedingly thin pure Aluminium diaphragm of the new designed capsule is 1" in diameter. The polar pattern of the KS3 is Omni with a slightly directiv effect. It has an evenly increase of treble over 2kHz and a strong and very flat frequency response down to lowest frequencies. With a very low self noise of 14 dB-A, more gain can be used without risk of adding noise to the final product. The dynamic range of the KS3 is 132 dB (extended dynamic range is 159 dB SPL), allowing reproduction of the full musical expression, without restraint. This microphone is able to accept s ...

M-Audio has added another product to their Fast Track audio interface series. The Fast Track Ultra is a high-speed 8x8 USB 2.0 interface with MX Core DSP technology.

Features :

- 24-bit/96kHz professional audio on all I/O simultaneously
- high-speed USB 2.0 interface
- MX Core DSP technology (digital effects processing with assignable parameters, flexible channel routing options, expands DSP mixing interface to 16 x 8)
- 4 preamps with M-Audio Octane technology
- 4 XLR microphone inputs—including 2 XLR/TRS combo jacks for mic or instrument level inputs
- 20dB pad on each preamp
- signal/peak LED indicator lights
- phantom power
- 6 balanced line inputs
- 6 balanced analog outputs
- 2 analog inserts
- S/PDIF digital I/O
- built-in 1 x 1 MIDI interface
- 2 independent headphone outputs with individual volume controls
- USB bus power*
- full ASIO 2.0, WDM, MME, and Core Audio support

*USB bus power enables analog channels 1 and 2, S/PDIF I/O, and headphone output 1; included power supply required for full 8 x 8 operation.

The Fast Track Ultra is available now at a retail price of $449.95 / €399.