PC and Music News

ElliottGarage presents EGDR808, a drum machine that emulates the vintage hardware from the 80's. Its realistic and clear interface recalls the analog machine from the past, for all the vintage fanatics.

EGDR808 v2.0:
- Added Swing/Shuffle control
- Added Tap Tempo button
- Updated GUI Interface
- Added totally new Song Mode - swipe left to open the song view
- Added Follow and Loop Mode
- Added Audio Copy MAPI
- Added Korg Wist sync
- Added Mail audio export
- iPhone 5 optimization
- Added quick tutorial
- Added new song/pattern presets page
- Export wave with BPM in the name
- Universal app.

Where is Apple? Do you hear them?

Did you discover any new technology at the Macworld?
Except the iOS and some iApp, we haven't seen anything else... Why?
If we consider that Apple gives up gradually the professional market, shall we content ourselves with an iMac or with a Macbook Pro for the music?
Anyway, we hope Apple will listen to the musicians, the producers, the artists, the Graphic designers...

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced the release of the first free update for Cubasis, Steinberg's sequencer app for iOS.

Audiobus allows multiple iOS apps to integrate seamlessly with Cubasis for audio input and processing in a single project.
Cubasis is compatible with iPad 2 (48 voices), iPad 3 (64 voices), iPad 4 (64 voices) and iPad mini (48 voices) running iOS 6. Cubase versions compatible with Cubasis are Cubase 7, Cubase 6.5, Cubase Artist 7, Cubase Artist 6.5, Cubase Elements 6, Cubase LE 6 and Cubase AI 6. Installing the Cubase project import extension is a requirement.

Synth Legends Volume 1, the initial release in the series, features the sounds of seven of Roland's most revered past synthesizers, including the original JUPITER-8, the JUNO-106, D-50, and others. Future volumes will include many other sought-after analog classics.

Each collection consists of single Tones that capture the iconic preset sounds from legacy instruments, plus enhanced Live Sets that sweeten the Tones with modern processing. Additional Live Sets combine the legacy Tones together in a number of expressive ways, using layers, powerful FX, and more. Also included with the collections are many new Arpeggio patterns.

Avanna is Zero-G's first release for the new Vocaloid 3 engine and the first English female singing voice for the new software.

Ideally suited to pop and Celtic music, Avanna can also be used in a myriad of musical styles. The new Vocaloid 3 interface allows you to import wav files so Avanna can sing along with your compositions from within Vocaloid.

Appearing at the International CES (for the first time), RØDE announces the iXY, a stereo microphone for iPhone and iPad with 30-pin connector that allows high quality recording at sampling rates up to 24-bit/96kHz.

The RØDE Rec App is available for purchase from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore. The app provides a full suite of features including multiple sampling rates up to 96kHz, equalization effects (compressor/expander, high-pass filter, low pass filter, parametric EQ), non-linear editing, geo and photo tagging, and one-touch publishing to SoundCloud, Dropbox, email, FTP and iTunes.