Archive for 2008
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Rage Against The Machine were denied access to the stage at the Ripple Effect festival, a day-long event held at the MN State Capitol's Upper Mall, to promote non-partisan progressive politics in the shadow of the Republican convention.
So the band used a megaphone to speak to the crowd, performing Bulls ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Our beloved DP is now in version 6, with several interface enhancements and new operation features. Film composers should be kept busy with the new scoring features, like new supported project frame rates and visual cues directly through DV output. Integration with Final Cut Pro is now a reality - ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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