Archive for 2008

The Voice Died September 1st

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Don LaFontaine, also known as "The Voice", died Monday at age 68. The man who narrated more than 5000 movie trailers became an indisputable legend in the world of voice overs. LaFontaine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a collapsed lung. He had been taken to ...

Universal Audio Unveils UAD-2 (PCIe)

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Universal Audio today announced the UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins & PCIe DSP Accelerator Card for DAWs. The UAD-2 is the successor to the revolutionary, award-winning UAD-1 Powered Plug-Ins & DSP Card Platform. UAD-2 offers scalable DSP power via 3 different types of cards (Solo, Duo or Quad) which can be mixed ...

Top 10 Most Inspiring Movie Soundtracks of Recent Times

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

I have met some composers who were not completely up-to-date in their blockbuster movie knowledge and enjoyment... And there are some flicks from the past twenty years that you definitely need to watch if you're a composer. Considering that most of them work for film, it's important to know the good ...

Guitar Buyer’s Guide (GBG Part I)

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Buying the perfect guitar without killing your bank account has been increasingly easier, and I guess we all owe that to a lot of market competition. But that also means people need to be a lot more careful when picking their axe: I still see a lot of folks spending ...

New AC/DC Album Coming Soon

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Great news for the huge crowd of AC/DC fans - after 8 years of absence, the legendary Australian rockers' new single "Rock'n'Roll Train" will hit the radio August 28. This will prepare the market for their new album, to be released in October 18 exclusively at Walmart stores, entitled Black ...

Sonicloud Mastering

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Coming soon

Definitive Guide to Windows XP Tweaking for Audio

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Microsoft Windows XP is still the number one choice of operating system for DAWs on PC. Yes, it's worse than Linux (if only we had Pro Tools for Linux), but better than Vista in the part of not being a total memory and CPU hog (you know, kinda like OS ...

Top 10 Pro Tools Tips for the Newbie

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Update: 20 Intermediate Pro Tools Tips now posted! During my years of experience in the field, I've had tons of people asking for advice. Specially advice on DAW systems – mainly Pro Tools, because it's the industry standard  - and because Digital Audio Workstations can get complicated. The tips I keep repeating ...

ILIO Shipping Synthogy Ivory Upright Pianos

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

ILIO announced today the release of Synthogy Ivory Upright Pianos. Featuring 4 different sampled instruments, capturing every key in up to 10 velocities. The four pianos included are a new Yamaha U5 upright, a well-preserved 1914 Hume, an early 1900's tack piano, with genuine tacks in the hammer felts, and a ...

[Special Review] About Right Lok and Load 2.1

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

It's been some time since the Moozek preview of the unique DAW plug-in manager Lok and Load. A lot has happened, and a new version was released. We were offered the new version for reviewing, and I made sure an unbiased review was written about this new application with a ...