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The Polychrome is high on the aquisition lists of most analogue synth lovers because it is regarded as one of those beautiful odditys that seldom gets heard in music because of the rarity of the synth.

They sampled every section of the Polychrome (Percussion/Strings/Ensemble and Vocal/Choral) and added lots of new features-such as the ability to play more than one choral/vocal section at any time and a dedicated effects section for each synth section and a master effects section.
For Mac and PC, Kontakt 4.2.4 and higher.

17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition is now accepting entries! Winning songs will receive radio airplay in United States and Canada along with great prizes such as a Top Prize of over $50,000.

Sponsors of the 17th Annual Competition are: New Music Weekly, AirplayAccess.com, Loggins Promotion, Sony, Audio-Technica, IK Multimedia, D'Addario Strings, Presonus, Acoustica, Sonoma Wireworks, Intellitouch Tuners, Acoustic Café Radio Program, LivewireMusician.com, Reverbnation, Broadjam, Sirius XM Radio, Sonicbids.com, Soundcloud.com, etc.

California based Pulse Code today announces Rhythm Studio 1.06, an update to their premier universal electronic music making app for iOS devices.


Update Features Include:
- WIST sync
- Bluetooth song sharing
- Background audio support
- Phoenix supersaw synth

Example Minimum Requirements:
- iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
- iOS 4.0 or later
- 19 MB.

If you work with Pro Tools 10 (Native) or pro Tools HDX, Avid says that is better to use AAX (Avid Audio eXtension) plug in format... Few months after the launch of this new version of Pro Tools (software & Hardware), are the third parties AAX-compatible plug-ins ready?

A part of the answer is on our 440Software files, with over 100 AAX Plug In listed. From Bias to Waves arts, a lot of editors goes to AAX. But what about Waves, and some others (Ok, Waves 8 is Pro Tools 10-compatible but not really AAX...)? Waves 9 will arrive around march, with a 64bit version of their plug in, but what does they think about AAX?

So, is it a real progress (for Pro Tools Users, of course) or a very strong marketing campaign? That the question... We ask today to Pro Tools 10 users if they have registred a real Progrees with AAX Plug in or not?

AAX DSP requires a Pro Tools|HDX card for processing. AAX Native can be used with any Pro Tools 10 or Pro Tools HD 10 system or software, and relies on the power from your host computer.

For the month of February, buy T-RackS 3 Deluxe, mastering and mixing suite, for only $199.99/€149.99. Plus when 2,000 registrations are received, you will get a T-RackS 3 Single Black 76 or a T-RackS 3 Single White 2A for FREE.

Here's how it works:

1. Buy T-RackS 3 Deluxe for only $199.99/€149.99* on our online store or your preferred music retailer.

2. As soon as 2,000 registrations are received, you will also be given a FREE T-Racks 3 Single title to choose from Black 76 and White 2A.

Make sure to spread the word so everyone gets a better deal! Building your own mixing and mastering studio has never been easier, but hurry, this promotion ends February 29th, 2012.

Version1.1 of Cosmosƒ comes with addons dedicated to live performance and automation:

- full OSC support : You can control and automate any parameter of Cosmosƒ from another software/hardware. (registered version only)

- manual Mute/Unmute switches for mesoµ events : Like on a mixing console, you can individually mute/unmute events inside the Cosmosƒ cycle: very efficient for developing controlled rhythmic structures.

- Preset Morphing : You can morph the parameter space between 4 presets, therefore instantly interpolate over 250 parameters with a simple gesture.

- many improvements in the code including quadratic interpolation on all the audio playback routines.

Cosmosƒ updates are free to registered users.