Voxengo GlissEQ VST 2.4 Released
2005-01-31 Press Release
We are very pleased to release the next update to our PC VST analog-style equalizer with dynamic equalization performance and real-time sonic spectrum analysis. We would like to inform you that this version 2.4 offers you a new and a very different q (Click Headline For More!)


Crest Performace Introduces ST-2™ Processor
2005-01-30 Press Release
Crest Performance, a division of Crest Audio, proudly introduces the ST-2, a two-channel, single-rack-space mic/line processor and channel strip. This unit is user-friendly enough for the immediacy of broadcasting and live sound, but versatile enough (Click Headline For More!)


Epiphone Announces Guitar Of The Month Program For 2005
2005-01-29 Press Release
Epiphone is proud to present the "Guitar of the Month" Limited Edition guitars for 2005. Every month, Epiphone will be offering a new and unique guitar in limited quantities. Based upon a legendary instrument, Epiphone customizes each guitar with spe (Click Headline For More!)


Cakewalk® Unveils Project5™ Version 2 Performance Workstation
2005-01-28 Press Release
Cakewalk, developer of the leading music and sound software for Windows, today unveiled the Project5 Version 2 performance workstation. The next-generation of the Project5 open studio environment features a streamlined design, optimized for immediacy (Click Headline For More!)


Crest Performance Debuts 4-BUS CPM™ 24-4 & CPM 32-4 Mixers
2005-01-27 Press Release
With 24 and 32 channels respectively, the four-bus CPM 24-4 and CPM 32-4 mixers are ideal for club installations, houses of worship or studio settings. Each channel has six aux sends and four-band EQ (high, low, sweepable mid frequency and variable l (Click Headline For More!)


Washburn Guitars Introduce an Addition to the Taurus Bass Series
2005-01-26 Press Release
Washburn Guitars today announce the introduction of the Taurus T14 bass. This four string bass guitar has a well balanced hardwood body. The bolt on, maple neck contains an adjustable truss rod, along with dot inlays and a rosewood fingerboard. The T (Click Headline For More!)


Behringer Vintager AC108 Guitar Combo Amplifier Now Available
2005-01-25 Press Release
BEHRINGER, one of the world-leading companies in professional audio and musical instrument products, today announced the availability of the VINTAGER AC108, an extremely versatile guitar amplifier with hand-selected 12Ax7 vacuum tube.

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Buying Your First Guitar - Part 2
2005-01-25 Shawn Bradshaw

In part 1 of this article we explored some basic things to look for in an entry-level guitar. More specifically we were looking at acoustic guitars. In this part of the article we are going to focus on purchasing an electric guitar, as well discus (Click Headline For More!)


CAMCO To Equip Its Entire Product Range With EtherSound Connectivity
2005-01-24 Press Release
Montbonnot/France, Wenden-Gerlingen/Germany – CAMCO, a world leading manufacturer of amplifiers for sound reinforcement and installed sound, has decided to add EtherSound connectivity to its entire product range. The optional EtherSound modules will (Click Headline For More!)


Washburn Guitars Launch Affordable All Solid Wood Timbercraft Acoustic Series
2005-01-24 Press Release
Washburn Guitars today announces the release of five new solid wood acoustics, the Timbercraft Series. These guitars will premier at this winter’s NAMM show in Anaheim, CA. The five models; D52SW, D52SWCE, D56SW, D56SWCE and the F52SWCE have solid sp (Click Headline For More!)


Sony Media Software Premiers Two New Loops & Samples Collections Featuring Drumming Great Steve Ferrone, Producer Greg Ladanyi, and Heralded House Music Innovator Vince Lawrence
2005-01-23 Press Release
Sony Media Software launches two new collections from the extensive Sony Sound Series™: Loops & Samples line: Steve Ferrone & Greg Ladanyi: Drums From The Big Room and Vince Lawrence: Chicago Fire, A Dance Music Anthology. The drum loops collection f (Click Headline For More!)


Crest Performance Debuts CPM™ 2462 Live/Studio Mixer
2005-01-23 Press Release
Crest Performance, a division of Crest Audio, proudly introduces the CPM 2462, a 16-channel desktop/rack-mountable mixer designed with quiet circuitry and I-PRO™ mic inputs suitable for studio or live audio applications. The CPM 2462 mixer features 1 (Click Headline For More!)


Washburn Guitars Premier Anthrax's Scott Ian Signature Series Guitar at Winter NAMM
2005-01-22 Press Release
Washburn Guitars to premier Scott Ian’s signature series guitar at this winter’s NAMM show in Anaheim. The new Ian signature series was completed in October of ’04 and is now available. “We’re receiving a tremendous response from consumers and artist (Click Headline For More!)


Stiletto Exotic Bass to Debut at Winter NAMM
2005-01-21 Press Release
Schecter Guitar has plans to debut their new Stiletto Exotic Bass at Winter NAMM in Anaheim. The new Exotic Bass features a Thru-Body Multi-Laminate neck and solid exotic wood top. Two versions will be available, the Exotic-FM, with a highly figured (Click Headline For More!)


Sony Media Software Announces Release of Sound Forge 8 Professional Audio Editing Software at NAMM
2005-01-21 Press Release
Sony Media Software today announced the highly anticipated launch of Sound Forge® 8 Professional Audio Editing Software, the latest version of its award-winning professional digital audio editing product. New features include the addition of CD Archi (Click Headline For More!)


Washburn Guitars Launch Pilsen Idol Series at NAMM
2005-01-20 Press Release
Washburn Guitars are set to premier their newly designed “Pilsen Idol” guitar at this winter’s NAMM show in Anaheim. The “Pilsen” (named after a neighborhood in Chicago) is Washburn’s best value produced in the USA production facility. “This guitar f (Click Headline For More!)


Behringer Ultrabass BA810 and BB810 Bass Cabinets Now Available
2005-01-20 Press Release
BEHRINGER, one of the world-leading companies in professional audio and musical instrument products, today announced the availability of the ULTRABASS BA810 and BB810 – which are reinforced chamber, front-ported bass cabinets featuring eight 10” loud (Click Headline For More!)


CDT-05 Pro CD Turntable - The World's First Analog/Digital Hybrid Turntable/CD Player
2005-01-19 Press Release
Since the advent of the CD format in the DJ realm, performance DJs have only dreamed of a solution that would combine the classic feel of a turntable with the ability to play both CDs and vinyl. With the release of the Gemini CDT-05, that dream has n (Click Headline For More!)


Roland and Universal Audio Announce Alliance
2005-01-19 Press Release
Roland Corporation, a world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of electronic musical instruments, professional audio equipment and Universal Audio, a manufacturer of high-quality vintage audio hardware and DSP software plug-ins for di (Click Headline For More!)


Washburn Guitars Premier Disturbed's Dan Donegan Signature Series Guitar at Winter NAMM
2005-01-19 Press Release
Washburn Guitars will premier Dan Donegan’s - lead guitarist for multi-platinum band Disturbed - signature series guitar at this winter’s NAMM show. The new “MAYA” series guitars (named after Dan’s 1 year old daughter) was cooperatively designed by D (Click Headline For More!)


'Carina' Guitar Now the 'HP Special'
2005-01-18 Press Release
Jan. 20, 2005, ANAHEIM, Calif. (Winter 2005 NAMM exhibit #5740)*Peavey proudly introduces two HP Special guitars, a continuation of the well-received, high-end HP Signature Series that Peavey unveiled in 2004. HP guitars are named for Peavey's founde (Click Headline For More!)


MEINL's 2005 Cymbal News Now Online
2005-01-17 Press Release
All of MEINL's 2005 new cymbal lines and add-on models, which all will be introduced to the public at next week's Winter NAMM Session, can now be seen on meinlcymbals.com. New lines for 2005 are the Mb20 Series, Soundcaster Custom, some very innovati (Click Headline For More!)


Line 6, Iinc and Propellerhead Software Sign Distribution Agreement
2005-01-16 Press Release
Agoura Hills, CA and Stockholm, Sweden—January 10, 2005—Line 6, Inc. and Propellerhead Software announced today the signing of an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Line 6 will distribute all Propellerhead Sof (Click Headline For More!)


You're Hired! Effanel Music Location Recording Specialists Choose Genelec 8050A MDE™ Series Bi-Amplified Active Monitors for a Trio of High-Profile Events
2005-01-15 Press Release
Effanel Music, one of the world’s leading audio remote recording specialists, experienced the new standard in broadcast sound quality by employing recently installed Genelec 8050A monitors in their OSR Mobile Recording Studio for the season finale of (Click Headline For More!)


Peavey Penta* Combines Five Voicings in Pentatone Control
2005-01-15 Press Release
Jan. 20, 2005, ANAHEIM, Calif. (Winter 2005 NAMM exhibit #5740)-Peavey proudly introduces the Penta, a single-channel tube amplifier with five totally different personalities, courtesy its five selectable EQ/gain voicings. The Penta amplifier combine (Click Headline For More!)


Mark Levinson Ships the No326S Preamplifier
2005-01-14 Press Release
Mark Levinson has announced it is now shipping the No326S Stereo Preamplifier. The announcement was made by Wayne Morris, President of Harman Specialty Group, and further emphasizes Harman International’s ongoing commitment to the Mark Levinson line (Click Headline For More!)


MacWorld 2005 TASCAM Offers 7 Computer Recording Solutions!
2005-01-14 Press Release
From compact interfaces to studio control surfaces, TASCAM offers seven affordable ways to get your music into your Mac or PC using FireWire or USB. From the compact FW-1082 and FW-1804 to the larger FW1884 and US-2400 (both offering Steinberg Cubase (Click Headline For More!)


Voxengo r8brain PRO 1.1 Released
2005-01-13 Press Release
r8brain PRO is a professional sample rate converter for Windows designed to deliver an unprecedented sample rate conversion (SRC) quality. r8brain PRO implements sample rate conversion processing in its full: interpolation and decimation steps withou (Click Headline For More!)


Peavey Intros Durable Zodiak* Bass Guitars for Rock Players
2005-01-13 Press Release
Jan. 20, 2005, ANAHEIM, Calif. (Winter 2005 NAMM exhibit #5740) — Peavey proudly introduces the Zodiak 4 USA and Zodiak 5 USA bass guitars, new solid, USA-made rock basses featuring both J-style and P-style pickups.

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Guitar World, 25 Years Of Resonant Distortion
2005-01-12 Peter Carlson
Guitar World magazine turns 25 this year, and it's celebrating with an anniversary issue that is the literary equivalent of a screaming, shrieking guitar solo with the amp turned to 11 and enough feedback to make your ears bleed and the fillings fall (Click Headline For More!)


MacMice Announces JamPod Guitar Amplifier For The iPod
2005-01-12 Press Release
MacMice, a divison of DVForge, Inc. announces that it will be showing its new JamPod guitar amplifier for Apple's iPod and iPod mini at its booth #1017 at Macworld Conference & Expo, January 11-14, 2005. "While working on our growing music product li (Click Headline For More!)


Voxengo Analogflux Suite 1.1 Released
2005-01-12 Press Release
Analogflux is a suite of PC VST audio processing plug-ins designed to deliver the sounds of the analog days. In the core of these processors we have extensively used convolution processing to match the response of the original analog gear. This suite (Click Headline For More!)


HP* Special Guitar Commemorates 40 Years of Innovation
2005-01-11 Press Release
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Winter 2005 NAMM exhibit #5740)*Peavey proudly introduces two HP Special guitars, a continuation of the well-received, high-end HP Signature Series that Peavey unveiled in 2004. HP guitars are named for Peavey's founder and sole owne (Click Headline For More!)


Voxengo & Kjaerhus Campaign - "Warm Colors Bundle"
2005-01-11 Press Release
Voxengo & Kjaerhus Audio are pleased to offer a strong plugin bundle, consisting of the Voxengo Crunchessor, and Kjaerhus Audio's Golden Peak-Pressor. Both of these tools have become very popular for their ease of use and great (yet very different) s (Click Headline For More!)


New Peavey CSR Series Amps: Leaner, Louder & Lighter than ever
2005-01-10 Press Release
Jan. 20, 2005, ANAHEIM, Calif. (Winter 2005 NAMM exhibit #5740)*Peavey proudly introduces six newly redesigned CS Series power amplifiers, the two-channel CS 1400, CS 2000, CS 3000, CS 4000 and CS 4080 HZ, plus the four-channel CS 800x4.

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Peavey Unveils Jerry Donahue Signature Omniac* Guitar
2005-01-10 Press Release
Jan. 20, 2005, ANAHEIM, Calif. (Winter 2005 NAMM exhibit #5740)*Peavey proudly introduces the new Omniac guitar, designed with rock 'n' roll guitar legend Jerry Donahue. The signature Omniac corrals five groundbreaking rock tones into a fully modern, (Click Headline For More!)


6505* Series Replaces 5150R Guitar Amplifiers
2005-01-09 Press Release
Jan. 20, 2005, ANAHEIM, Calif. (Winter 2005 NAMM exhibit #5740)*Peavey proudly introduces its 6505 Series guitar amplifiers, named in celebration of Peavey's first 40 years, 1965 to 2005. The 6505 is also the relaunch of the 5150R Series, the immense (Click Headline For More!)


Cirrus* Bolt-On Bass Guitars Streamlined for Rock Styles
2005-01-08 Press Release
Jan. 20, 2005, ANAHEIM, Calif. (Winter 2005 NAMM exhibit #5740)-Peavey proudly announces that it will release two bolt-on versions of its popular, U.S.A.-made Cirrus Series basses. These four- and five-string bolt-on Cirrus basses feature the same ex (Click Headline For More!)


axecity.com Announces Guitar Challenge 2005: A Guitar/Bass Player Competition Scheduled for March in Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Registration Opens January 10th, 2005
2005-01-07 PRWEB
axecity.com announces the 2005 Guitar Challenge. The purpose of this competition is to promote live music and showcase some of the hot guitar talent out there. Guitarists and Bass players are welcomed to register for this contest which will be held i (Click Headline For More!)


Buying Your First Guitar - Part 1
2005-01-07 Shawn Bradshaw

So you have decided to learn how to play the guitar. Or maybe you are buying a guitar for your son or daughter and have no idea what to get, or where to start. This article will focus on giving you some ideas about what to look for, and what to av (Click Headline For More!)


American Audio Offers Free Road Case With Purchase Of CDI 500 System
2005-01-06 Press Release
American Audio is listening to the professional DJ community and American Audio dealers and taking “value” to the next level for 2005. For a limited time, American Audio is offering a free road case with the purchase of its popular CDI 500 pro audio (Click Headline For More!)


American Audio Unveils DLS-15P Self-Powered Speaker System
2005-01-05 Press Release
LOS ANGELES-American Audio has introduced a self-powered 15-inch speaker that will lighten any performers gear-hauling load without lightening their wallets. The company has unveiled the DLS-15P self-powered speaker system, which successfully combine (Click Headline For More!)


Review: Roland MV8000 Production Studio
2005-01-04 Chris Bereznay
I've always been a fan of desktop computer based recording. To me, it always seemed the most flexible way to facilitate songwriting. Today's newest studio recording software packages usually include functions for building loops, sampling, MIDI sequen (Click Headline For More!)


Yamaha Subkick Earns EQ Award
2005-01-04 Press Release
BUENA PARK, CA—Since its introduction, the Yamaha Subkick has received a number of positive reviews—not only by drummers, but also in the recording, production and sound reinforcement markets. Recently, the SUBKICK added an ''Exceptional Quality'' Aw (Click Headline For More!)


Korg D-1200mkII and ELECTRIBE•MX Deliver the Goods for Tripp Eisen of Static-X
2005-01-03 Press Release
Static-X has hooked listeners with an enticing amalgam of techno, industrial and metal notes overlaid on a solid guitar rock core. The band’s frequent touring, including appearances at Ozzfest and on the Family Values Tour, has kept Static-X’s steady (Click Headline For More!)


Kaman Music Appointed Exclusive US Distributor of GHS Strings
2005-01-02 Press Release
Kaman Music Corp. and GHS Strings are happy to announce that effective immediately, Kaman Music has been appointed to be the exclusive distributor for GHS Strings in the USA. GHS will continue to sell their product through their own sales team. Kaman (Click Headline For More!)


Epiphone Yesterday And Today At The 2005 NAMM Show
2005-01-01 Press Release
On Saturday, January 22, 2005, Epiphone will be hosting a special event, EPIPHONE; YESTERDAY AND TODAY to headline Winter NAMM in Anaheim, California. The world premiere guitar manufacturer will host a night of chart-topping performances by groups “S (Click Headline For More!)




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