PC and Music News

Avid announces that its ultra-portable, professional-grade Mbox and Mbox Mini audio interfaces now come with Pro Tools Express software included at no additional charge, giving customers the award-winning Pro Tools software experience at a great value.
These offerings are in addition to the current Pro Tools + Mbox bundles offered for the three Mbox designs.

Pro Tools Express key features:

- Record and mix up to 16 stereo audio tracks at 96 kHz (Mbox) or 48 kHz (Mbox Mini) resolution
- Compose music easily with premium AIR virtual instruments, plus the same MIDI editing and Sibelius notation tools as Pro Tools
- Create pro-quality mixes with Automatic Delay Compensation and a collection of high-quality plug-ins
Change tempo, timing, pitch, and create harmonies in real time with Elastic Time and Elastic Pitch
- Take projects to the next level—and to studios around the world—with session file compatibility across all Pro Tools systems.

Auralex's new Studiofoam Wave is 2′ x 2′ and is between 1″ to 3″ thick due to the wave design of the panel.

Providing varying levels of thickness, Studiofoam Wave can help control unwanted mid- or high-frequency reflections and standing waves in a variety of applications, such as vocal booths, control rooms, live rooms, rehearsal spaces and project studios. These panels will clean up the sound in any room and are a cost-effective alternative to fiberglass cloth-covered panels.

The new spectral noise generator adds a new dimension to the already huge sound universe of Addictive Synth. This generator is the first of its kind and allows for extraordinarily detailed control over the dynamic spectrum of the noisy part of sounds.

New in version 2

- Spectral noise generator with dynamic filter structure.
- Hi end reverberation unit.
- revised GUI with retina support for new iPads
- 32 new sound presets.
- Many MIDI controllers added.
- revised PDF Manual.

The version 2 is free for all users of 1.x.

Propellerhead introduces Rack Extensions: a new technology that opens up the Reason rack, enabling third party developers to create instruments and effects for the award-winning music making software Reason.

Through this new technology—built into the next version of Reason and Reason Essentials—users can expand their collection of instruments and effects with the Reason devices they want.

Roland Wireless Connect is a new system that allows Roland electronic musical instruments to communicate fluidly with the iPhone. Consisting of a wireless USB adapter and two new iOS apps (Air Recorder and V-Drums Friend Jam).

Air Recorder
With the Air Recorder app, audio can be recorded from a Roland synthesizer, V-Accordion, or V-Drums* directly into the iPhone. Songs can be played from the iPhone and sent to the instrument, where users can jam along and record the result back in Air Recorder. You can export your recorded songs to other apps as well.

Compatible Instruments
- Synthesizers: JUNO-Di, JUNO-Gi, JUPITER-80, JUPITER-50, Lucina AX-09, and BK-5/BK-5 OR.
- V-Drums Sound Modules: TD-30, TD-15, and TD-11.
- V-Accordions: FR-1x.

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced Nuendo Live, a dedicated live recording software solution for recording engineers, production houses and rental and staging companies.

Nuendo Live features an efficient user interface that observes the single-window concept without unnecessary options to avoid clutter and streamline processes. Dedicated live tools include its record panel displaying all the essential recording information, such as timecode, recording length and remaining disk space, a 60-second pre-record buffer and auto-save ensures that every second of each recording is always stored away in the background. Tracks are created on startup and armed simultaneously while easy marker track management helps to create markers on the fly.