PC and Music News

CharterOak Acoustic Devices, manufacturers of high quality, hand assembled audio equipment is pleased to announce the selection of Gotham Audio and Redco Audio as the new manufacturer of audio cables supplied with all CharterOak microphone products.

Beginning in October of 2007, all 7-pin XLR cables supplied with CharterOak SA538, SA538B and S600 microphones types, will be manufactured by Redco Audio of Stratford, CT. Redco has a long history of assembling extremely high quality cables for the pro audio industry. Redco has manufactured miles of cable for CharterOak's in house recording studio and other studios Michael Deming, Producer and Founder of CharterOak has worked in. "We are very excited to make this change as it adds to the overall quality and durability of our products", commented Michael Deming, producer and president of CharterOak.

Going forward, all 7-pin XLR cables that are delivered with the CharterOak SA538, SA538B and S600 models will be made by Redco, using Gotham Audio GAC-7 cable, and hardware by Swiss manufacturer Neutrik.

At the Paris Apple expo, Audio-technica introduced a new monitoring studio earphone : ATH-M5 with frequency : 15-28 000hz , sensibility : 99 dB and impendance : 18 ohms. Sold with a protection bag and a stereo adaptator. It seems to be very comfortable and provides a great sound insulation.

Ueberschall has released Analog FX sample library, a sophisticated sample collection which contain over 1.7GB of atmospheres, noises, basslines, leads, sweeps, LFO as well as hundreds synth loops. The library is produced for: advertising and gameaudio, trailer creation, cinema and tv post production, animation, sound design, multimedia presentations and for all the different musical styles and producers looking for analog production fx elements. All sounds are simplistically organized into folders. Loops are enhanced with B.P.M. information and tonal effects are accurately described and assigned to their root keys. The complete content provides a wide range of styles. The sound library comes along with the loop player "Elastik" includes features like :

* highspeed timestretching and pi ...

Toontrack Music proudly announces Toontrack Solo, a host application for Toontrack Music samplers providing stand alone operation, multi-instance operation and support for specialist MIDI controllers.

Features :

• Stand alone operation of Toontrack samplers
• Optimized for real-time, low latency operation
• Full ASIO/Core Audio/Core MIDI support
• Routable mixer with support for up to 16 physical OUT
• Each instance can be assigned a discrete MIDI channel
• Support for specialist MIDI controllers

Toontrack Solo will be released as a free download before the end of october 2007 to all registered users of EZ and Superior Drummer samplers.

Our friends at SonicState have just started a new video serie called the Top Five Greatest Sampler Ever : A journey into the world of digital sampling and its bygone age. Looking back, few electronic instruments have influenced the direction of music more than digital samplers. Enabling the creation of whole new genres of music through technology and basically theft, the digital sampler is responsible (via the art of sampling) for many musical twists and turns. These videos features interviews with: Adrian Utely (Portishead), Will Gregory (Goldfrapp), Plaid, Nick Batt (DNA), Richard Termini (Cyndi Lauper Band), James Asher and more..

NuGen Audio in conjunction with MusicTech Magazine has announced the release of Visualizer MusicTech Edition. This is a specially compiled free edition available on the covermount DVD or download.

Visualizer MusicTech Edition is a flexible FFT audio analyser designed to allow access to a range of audio analysis views via a single interface, using a unique intelligent window system to manage the controls and screen layout.

Features include:

- Multiple level meters (Peak/RMS.)
- FFT Spectrum Analysis
- Stereo Spectrum Analysis
- Correlation Meter
- Stats and Parameters module
- Intelligent window optimisation
- Frequency zoom and scroll
- dB Zoom and scroll
- Peak hold control
- Colour selection
- FFT window selection
- Optimized resource use
- OS: Windows
- Format: VST Effect
- Cost: Free
- Availability: Now