Peavey & Hard Rock Academy Team To Help Aspiring Musicians
Peavey Electronics Corporation recently teamed with Hard Rock Academy and its high caliber talent to create Peavey Rock Week, a rock 'n' roll summer camp that teaches aspiring musicians how to play musical instruments, write and record songs and perf

WAVES L2 ULTRAMAXIMIZER BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN MARILYN MANSON
When Marilyn Manson hit the road with Ozzfest this year, the gothic rocker’s electrifying performances sounded as dazzling in his ears as they did to fans, thanks to the remarkable Waves L2 Ultramaximizer, the ultimate digital solution for sound on t

Furman Sound Introduces Home Theater Ac Power Management Series
Furman Sound, Inc., is proud to introduce the new Home Theater AC Power Management Series, aka: The HT Series. The HT Series consists of four new power management products incorporating Furman Sound’s proven, professional-grade power conditioning te

Furman Sound Introduces The Reference Video Conditioner 7 Series
Furman Sound, Inc., is proud to introduce the RVC-7 Series of AC Power Conditioners. The RVC-7 Series is the first-ever series of comprehensive AC Power Conditioners specifically engineered for plasma screens and video projectors for all commercial

SOUNDART RELEASE INFILTRATOR - A MONSTER VOCODER WITH FILTERBANK FX FOR THE CHAMELEON
At Soundart we promised from the start that our revolutionary product the Chameleon would kick start independent development of unique, high quality DSP audio tools, synths and FX. We have not been proven wrong. As the development around the wo

Voxengo Elephant Gets An Update
Yet another Elephant update is here. It fixes the gain reduction counter bug and features a new "Clip" limiting mode. This new mode works as a *clean* hard saturation limiter. I.e. it sounds cleaner than the ordinary clipping you can get overdriving

Feature Article: ~ Originality ~ (when and how)
The very fact that you have begun to read this article indicates that you probably think originality is important. But is being original a worthy goal to have? I think most people would answer yes (in theory at least). My answer would certainly no

Sibelius Introduces G7™ Guitar Tablature Authoring Software Designed For Windows And Mac OS X
Sibelius Software Ltd., the developer of the world’s leading music notation software, announces the launch of its ground-breaking new guitar program—G7. Developed to provide an exciting new way for guitarists and songwriters to produce and convert gu

SEVENDUST ADJUSTS TO CHANGE OF 'SEASONS' ON NEW ALBUM
Although Sevendust is famous for its relentless live show, as well as infamous for its members' offstage behavior, the hard working and harder living rock band has noticed a few changes around the camp recently. "There's a bit of clarity in this band

Yamaha Unveils Magicstomp Compact Design Stereo Stomp Box
Yamaha Corporation of America, Guitar Products, presents a new concept in effects technology for the studio or gigging musician with the debut of the Magicstomp. Designed for electric or acoustic/electric guitars, the Magicstomp provides effects from

YAMAHA LAUNCHES MOTIF LOYALTY SALES PROGRAM
Yamaha Corporation of America, Digital Musical Instruments, announces the launch of Motif Loyalty, a sales program for customers who currently own a Yamaha Motif synthesizer and are interested in purchasing a new Motif ES product. The Loyalty Progr

NOW SHIPPING!: TASCAM’S FW-1884 FIREWIRE CONTROL SURFACE AND AUDIO/MIDI INTERFACE
TASCAM’s new FW-1884 professional DAW control surface and Audio/MIDI interface is now shipping! Designed by TASCAM and Frontier Design Group, the FW-1884 uses the FireWire high-speed data transfer protocol. With an 18-channel audio interface, 8 mic p

TASCAM INTRODUCES SX-1LE DIGITAL PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT
Designed for musicians and recording professionals alike, the TASCAM SX-1LE is a new completely professional digital workstation. Based on the acclaimed SX-1, it provides professional features like 16-track 24-bit recording, 40-input surround mixing,

PVDJ LAUNCHES NEW ROTOMIX™ PROFESSIONAL MODULAR MIXER
PVDJ, a division of Peavey Electronics Corporation, proudly introduces the new Rotomix professional modular mixer, designed for remixer DJs and installation in clubs and restaurants. The Rotomix professional six-channel mixer utilizes modular design,

Digital Audio Wave unwired the Mobile PC Studio by introducing the powerful Sonica Wireless Studio W6000 Series notebooks
Starting at $1375 (1), the Sonica Wireless Mobile Studio W6000 Series Notebook Computers are powered by the Intel® Centrino (Pentium® M) processor up to 1.7 GHz running at 400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) speed.2 The Sonica Wireless Mobile Studio include

ELLIOT MAZER’S FURMAN SOUND IT-REFERENCE KEEPS THE RAT PACK SINGING AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN
Elliot Mazer’s high-profile production and engineering credits are impressive to say the least, so it’s not surprising that when the Blackout of the Summer of 2003 struck the northeastern United States and much of Canada on August 14, 2003, Mazer had

Purist Outboard Preamp Gives Passive Basses a Boost
The T-Rex Purist outboard bass preamp is designed to help any bass guitar equipped with passive pickups to really come alive. The Purist is particularly well suited for vintage basses with original pickups that have a weak sound, but installation of

Zoom Introduces GFX-5 Guitar Effects Console
New from Zoom this year is the GFX-5, featuring a solid-steel body, easy-to-tag pedals, hundreds of possible effect combinations, drum machine, sampling and two brand new features: "Energize" and "ARRM." The GFX-5 starts with 75 guitar effects. Up to

Custom Shop Parts Offers Single Coil Version of Hot Rod Tele Bridge
Earlier in the year, Custom Shop Parts introduced the Tele Hot Rod Bridge made for a humbucker, and now they have announced a single coil version with the same design pattern. This all brass bridge is triple plated and Features Custom Shop Parts trad

Music Man Introduces New US-Made 5-String Bass
Music Man brings its latest American-made product to the marketplace- the S.U.B. 5, a 5-string bass guitar with a selling price of $695. The S.U.B. 5 was designed in-house at Ernie Ball, first appearing at the summer '03 NAMM show in Nashville.

Dean Introduces New Sweetwood Series Guitars
Dean Guitars unveiled the Sweetwood series of guitars, featuring all solid wood construction with Sitka Spruce tops and Mahogany or Rosewood backs and sides. The Sweetwood line is comprised of 2 readnought models (SWDM - Mahogany and SWDR - Rosewood)

Reverend Introduces Rumblefish PJ Bass
Reverend has announced the USA-made Rumblefish PJ bass guitar featuring Reverend J-style bridge pickup/P-style neck pickup, volume for each pickup and master tone control. The chambered body is available in Classic Solid, Wood Look, and Brushed Alumi

New Parlor Guitars from RainSong
RainSong Graphite Guitars has introduced the Parlor Guitars, a new step in RainSong's effort to combine graphite-composite technology with traditional wood construction. This combination of graphite and wood is designed to deliver RainSong's Carbon t

MAPEX DRUMS RECEIVES ISO 9001:2000 CERTIFICATION
Mapex USA announced today that the company’s wholly-owned KHS drum manufacturing facility has received the prestigious ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Certification. ISO 9001 is formally recognized throughout the North America, Europe and Asia as th

Voxengo releases Polysquasher
Transparent compression action is a corner-stone for any mastering compressor. Transparency is necessary to preserve all existing elements in the mix while compression itself is necessary to make the mix sound uniformly to other mixes (tracks) and to









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