Cakewalk® Launches Dedicated Project5™ Website with Amazing Mobile Studio Giveaway
Cakewalk, developer of the world's best-selling music and sound software for Windows-based PCs, is pleased to announce the launch of www.Project5.com — a virtual community for the Project5 enthusiast. Project5.com was created to help electronic music

MUSIC CITY WELCOMES THE NEWEST PLAYER IN TOWN — GUITAR CENTER
Music City, home to more studios and professional musicians per capita than anywhere in the world, welcomes Guitar Center, America’s leading musical instrument and professional audio retailer, with the opening of its new Nashville location. The arriv

AVALON GUITARS TO LAUNCH LEGACY SERIES
Avalon Guitars, along with Fishman and J. D’Addario & Company, will host an evening with Jacques Stotzem and Eric Roche on Thursday, January 15th, 2004 at this year’s Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. The event will take place in the Ballroom of the J

News: Voxengo Polysquasher VST 1.2 released
A highly transparent mastering compressor in PC VST format has been updated to version 1.2. This update includes a built-in side chain high-pass filter which is useful for lowering the influence of the bass frequencies over compression. This update a

DENON DJ TECHNOLOGY LEADS THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE TECHKNOW OVERLOAD (TKO) COLLEGE TOUR
Reprising what has become one of the consumer electronics industry’s most effective and successful marketing events, the TechKnow Overload (TKO) Campus Technology Tour kicked off the longest and most ambitious schedule in its four-year history. The T

DENON DEBUTS THE NEW DN-X1500 DJ MIXER DESIGNED FOR ULTIMATE CONTROL AND SYSTEM VERSATILITY
Denon DJ is proud to unveil the new DN-X1500 4-channel 12" mixer, the latest addition to Denon’s ongoing line of professional DJ equipment. Designed to complement its critically acclaimed DN-S5000 and DN-S3000 tabletop CD/MP3 players, this new tablet

Fender Custom Shops Pay Tribute To Stevie Ray Vaughan
One of the greatest guitarists of all time, Stevie Ray Vaughan, was and forever will be remembered for his soulful music, his revolutionary playing style and for his distinctive, beat-up Fender® Stratocaster® guitar. Affectionately known as “Number O

SWR® GETS “DOWN & DIRTY”! New Speaker Cabinets Return To Old School Low Fidelity
SWR® will debut two all new down-and-dirty Limited Edition speaker cabinets at this winter’s NAMM show, the SWR Black & Chrome 12-Stack 4x12 and the SWR Black & Chrome 12-Pack 2x12. Designed for straight-ahead bassists, these new cabinets offer seri

MAPEX DRUMS ROLLS OUT ORION ORBITOR SERIES
Mapex Drums announced today the introduction of a new series of drums, Orion Orbitor. These all maple drum sets will be part of Mapex Artist Select line, designed and built specifically with the demands of professional drummers in mind. The drums fea

MAPEX INTRODUCES BENCHMARK COPPER DRUM KITS
Leading drum industry manufacturer Mapex Drums is offering Benchmark Copper drum sets for a limited time, the company announced today. The exclusive kits are the second in a line of Limited Edition lacquered-finish drumsets, following the popular Car

eMedia and DigiFreq Announce Piano & Keyboard CD-ROM Giveaway Contest!
December 16, 2003 - eMedia and DigiFreq today announced that together they are sponsoring the Piano & Keyboard Method CD-ROM giveaway contest. Three lucky winners will each receive a copy of the new Piano & Keyboard Method 1 CD-ROM tutorial. This C

XARC Mastering Appoint Mojo Working International In Launch Of The World’s First Online Mastering Studio
Mojo Working International are delighted to announce their appointment to XARC Mastering as the German based company launch the world’s first online mastering studio. This new and unique Internet based service is available to discerning artists, musi

Smart LoopsSM First to Offer Revolutionary Live Studio Drums™ (LSD) Service
Smart Loops (www.SmartLoops.com), a premier developer of music content and creation tools, announced the debut of Live Studio Drums, a service that provides professional custom drum tracks at an affordable price. Smart Loops are used by leading GRAMM

Intensifying Expressions: High-Tech Entertainment Advances
Dec 2003, Coral Springs, Florida. Rapid technology changes in music, home theater and in the personal entertainment world have changed how you will experience music. Success in the personal entertainment system is taking huge leaps putting you in t

SWR® TO SHOW OFF NEW LA SERIES BASS COMBO AMPS
SWR® will proudly display its best-selling line of entry level bass combo amplifiers, the newly upgraded LA Series™, at this winter’s NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Built with the quality that has become SWR’s trademark, the three amplifiers in

Band-in-a-Box 2004 is here, with an all-new 32-bit program engine and over 50 cool new features!
First off, the program is rebuilt with a 32-bit-clean engine. Program operations are much faster, including up to 3 times faster notation redraws, song and soloing generation. Playback timing is improved and rock-solid with all versions of Windows®.

New Line Offers Signature Jackson Body Shapes, Great Prices!
For the first time ever, Jackson® Guitars will offer an entire series of value priced instruments based on the most popular Jackson body shapes. The new additions to the JS30 Series, which will include the JS30RR Rhoads, the JS30KE Kelly, the JS30KV

Product Spotlight: Yamaha SKRM-100 SubKick
Yamaha Drum artist Russ Miller had the idea of taking old studio technology and packaging it in a unit that can be used in the studio or on the road. The SKRM-100 Subkick is a low-frequency capture device that picks up the low frequencies (100Hz-2000

New Showmaster From Fender
Based on an overwhelming positive response from both consumers and retailers, Fender® Musical Instruments Corporation is proud to announce that it will expand its line of Showmaster® guitars this winter with the introduction of three new models. The

AWARD-WINNING FENDER® ACOUSTASONIC™ SERIES ADDS DSP TO THE MIX
Fender® Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) proudly announces that it will unveil cutting edge updates on two of its award-winning Acoustasonic™ Series amplifiers, which will be unveiled at this winter’s NAMM show. Fender’s top-selling Acoustasoni

Loopwise.com - New Internet Service for Recording Artists
Loopwise.com, a new Internet service for recording artists, has launched an interactive online portal where musicians can collaborate on music projects anonymously in an easy and efficient environment. As part of a site awareness drive, Loopwise.com

New Construction and Electronics Are Added To Reflect Specifications of Setzer’s Personal Guitars
Gretsch® is proud to announce that it will unveil the long awaited, newly redesigned series of Brian Setzer Signature Models guitars at this year’s NAMM show in Anaheim, California. With updates that conform to Brian’s own personal specifications, t

XARC Mastering Launches Europe's First Online Mastering Studio
Today XARC Mastering announced the launch of europes first online mastering studio. This new service is available worldwide and is unique in that they will handle the entire process over the Internet, via a secure SSL encrypted connection, making it

Four New Electric Guitars from Dean Guitars
In an effort to broaden the scope of their electric guitar line, Dean Guitars has introduced four new guitars. As a followup to the Custom 450, Dean has creat3d the Custom 450S. This new model retains all the features of the 450 - including Floyd Ros

New Hughes & Kettner Bass Combos
Hughes & Kettner is launching a new line of bass amps called Quantum, created with the goal of providing the punch of a tube amp with the flexibility and precision of a solid state amp. The initial Launch consists of four combos.

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