Adobe Soundbooth CS4 Beta

Beta! You must have a CS3 serial number to use it longer than two days.

Using a speech-to-text engine that Adobe declined to name, Soundbooth attempts to turn spoken words into text.

As with the original Soundbooth, the Soundbooth CS4 beta lets you add AutoCompose scores.

Looks like it has some cool new features. I wasnt quite impressed with soundbooth when I first started using it. It was buggy as hell. It seemed to do a little too little and the interface wasn’t my favourite for doing simple edits. BUT we will see how this one goes, I am sure its much better.

Link to the Macworld Article

Integrated Wireless Midi/Audio Standard to be the future?

Yes of course. But the question is…Why don’t we have this yet?

Imagine being able to select and and play an external keyboard that has only just been switched on from another. This would be a new integration standard that uses downloadable voice banks lists, sort of like a playlist accessible from other instruments. No more flipping endlessly through voice banks and trying to guess what midi parameter (program change) they are.

The technology is readily and cheaply avaiable. Just look at the gaming industry. Please make this.

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Also Updated today: PlayLive!

Playlive is a wireless midi controller for Ableton Live that runs on the Sony PSP.

From QJ.Net

In the News: Korg on Nintendo DS, Roland Remix Contest, More Tenori.

Korg DS-10 soft synthesizer running on Nintendo DS. Actually, two synthesizers in one.

Release date, July 24, 2008, and only at Amazon Japan

Damn, only in japan? WHY!! When will we see a Wii version?

Link to CNET Article for the Korg on Nintendo DS

Roland Prizes In Remix Contest
Remix De/Vision’s Life is Suffering courtesy of digitalmusician.net and Roland

****Roland SH-102 Synthesizer home as Grand Prize***

AND

some guy calls tenori-on queer I guess.

Audio Tool Rocks: The Online TB-303 & 909 Emulator

Audio Tool is an emulation of two Roland TB-303s, a TR-909, and a bunch of the roland/boss stomp boxes. It is very reminiscent of the classic program Propellerhead Rebirth, but without the TR-808 and better graphics.

Audio tool is simple to use and includes rewiring/audio routing on the same screen that you make your music on, which makes more sense than Propellerhead Reason’s double screened rack system.

I believe they are using java/flash to run the program in the browser, but it is as easy to use as any flash app. They did an excellent job making it, even if it has been done before. Missing is a way to save your songs but you can’t complain because its better than Rebirth in alot of ways.

Its fun.
Go start making some electronic music NOW!

Link: Hobnox Audiotool

4/5 Rating
Sound quality is excellent.
Fun.
Needs a save feature, even if it is a demo.

Thanks Noizone!

Melodyne: Changing Notes in Chord Samples

Youtube comments:
This is weak! Anyone who considers using this product is a total mark ass bitch. Learn music, not software.

When I see things like this… I realize that some people out there are a lot smarter than me… it makes me realize how stupid I am and how far behind I am in evrey thing… I am glad that we have people smarter than me working on stuff.

It looks like this software can change the pitch of chords that are already buried in samples. That is kind of insane. Some people are complaining about the digital artifacts, but what else do you expect when you are changing pitch? It happens normally. Very cool idea, and that fact they have it working is very cool

Check out some more with this link. I love DVICE, its a great blog from scifi
DVICE: Miraculous Direct Note Access can completely change music

Propellerhead Reason 4 | Now Shipping

Propellerhead Reason 4 Now Shipping (and available on bittorrent sites with a serial keygen).

New features:
THOR - Polyphonic synth
loads of other cool stuff

Pricing on Reason version 4 will remain the same. MSRP EUR €449 / USD $499. Upgrades are cheaper.

It is noted that some people still wish it had VSTs and Linux support, and of course audio recording.

Reason 4 can be purchased directly from Propellerhead’s Site

Almost missed that one!

Free Software Sampler & 2GB sound library!!!

For mac & Windows!

Yellow tools is proud to release a powerful free version of Independence - the ultimate sampler workstation! Independence Free 2.0 is already based on the new Independence 2.0 version which will also be released during this months

The only downside is that it doesnt let you import files. I think they want you to get used to the software first and then upgrade to their pro models…but how can you turn down a VST with 2GB free sounds?!!

Link: Download Independence by Yellow Tools

Logic Studio 8 Cracked

With Apple’s Logic Studio 8 just being released, it looks like the hackers have already gotten to it. A K’ed (or cracked) release of Logic Studio is already on the net.

Logic 7 Pro was notoriously hard to crack for hackers, and I hadn’t seen reports of it being done at all. Apple’s strategy this time around was to get rid of the XSKey dongle, to save on costs. They probably found that the people who pirate are going to do it anyway.

New features in logic:

No XSKey
Single Window Design. (looks more like Garageband)
and something called Quick Swipe Coming (I’m sure they made that up).

Worse is that they are getting very confusing on the naming of the software packages….

They now have this in the apple store:

Logic Studio
Logic Studio - Logic Pro 8
Logic Express
Logic Express 8

How is the consumer supposed to know what to get? I’m not going to even list the upgrade versions, not to mention garage band! Thats totally insane…

Its a good thing that this software is totally excellent and will continue to be.

Will you be buying Logic Studio Pro 8 Express Upgrade Box?

What would you do with 12 oscillators?

DiscoDSP anounces Discovery Pro, with 12 oscillators, 12 filter types, and all kinds of craziness.

CHROMEO!!! article found. Didnt read the whole thing, but its a freaking Chromeo article with little quote-byes.

http://www.citypaper.com/columns/story.asp?id=13810

Alesis Fusion HD6 in store only $680. Has been expanded with 80gig hard drive and includes an entire sampled Emu MoPhatt, 4000, + breakbeat loops already loaded. Comes with FREE protective soft case and the ENTIRE Chip Collection samples sound library on DVDs. Check it out.

Free Sample Pack: Hard & Bouncy / Free Electribe VSTs

This sample pack sounds like pre-rockstar Prodigy sounds (Charly). If you need new bass drums or really excellent hoovers & stabs, then get this. Download it free from Serious-Sounds.net

For Korg electribe users:
I dug up these VST controller plugins somebody made for Korg Electribes! Covers most machines, EMX, EA1, ER1. Sweet!

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