http://sonicweekly.com/articles A trusted resource for musicians Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:12:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en July 2009, Modena, Italy: IK Multimedia and Fender Musical Instruments Corporation are pleased to announce the release of AmpliTube Fender® version 1.1, a free downloadable update for all registered users of AmpliTube Fender®. Delivered to satisfy requests from players around the world, this new software update of the hottest guitar ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9E2fM1cCSYpliMWVndQgKallOCY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9E2fM1cCSYpliMWVndQgKallOCY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9E2fM1cCSYpliMWVndQgKallOCY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9E2fM1cCSYpliMWVndQgKallOCY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~4/YGsNjMwhBak" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~3/YGsNjMwhBak/ http://sonicweekly.com/articles/press-release/manufacturing/computer-music-products/ik-multimedia-announces-amplitube-fender%c2%ae-11-software-update/2009/07/09/ JULY 7, 2009 — Mapex continues expanding its product offering by making the Meridian Maple and Meridian Birch Series available as shell packs. 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The “Big Cat” Snare is 14-inches in diameter and a whopping 8-inches deep. 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They watch music news and videos, attend concerts, go to clubs, buy music and the latest music technology – often obsessively. For any band looking to build their fan base, ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-hJSv26IdXQ75oDiEadtKWhj6M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-hJSv26IdXQ75oDiEadtKWhj6M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-hJSv26IdXQ75oDiEadtKWhj6M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4-hJSv26IdXQ75oDiEadtKWhj6M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~4/FyFW4vdIttY" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~3/FyFW4vdIttY/ http://sonicweekly.com/articles/spotlight/getting-booked-on-a-college-campus/2009/07/06/ Los Angeles, CA, July 1, 2009 — Roland Corporation is pleased to announce the release of version 1.30 update for the Fantom-G workstations. 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We live in a digitized-networkized-iPodized-viralized-voyeurized society where media is idolized and children are born, oblivious, into already-mundane technology their grandparents couldn’t have conceived of. Not surprisingly, when it comes to how we consume art, one sensory experience ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA8h5nQdSqysWDHCcAaHxVklZTE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA8h5nQdSqysWDHCcAaHxVklZTE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA8h5nQdSqysWDHCcAaHxVklZTE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TA8h5nQdSqysWDHCcAaHxVklZTE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~4/TSX3Yi3kjQ0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~3/TSX3Yi3kjQ0/ http://sonicweekly.com/articles/hot-topic/rise-of-the-visual-performer/2009/06/23/ Like a lot of young recording engineers and those with some sort of home-recording set up, I've heard a lot about the amazing qualities of ribbon microphones over the last few years.  I'd been told that these were the "holy grail" of microphones, that they could reproduce both high and ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZnV8HfB_6QrSfYYmKTyuwdrepZE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZnV8HfB_6QrSfYYmKTyuwdrepZE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZnV8HfB_6QrSfYYmKTyuwdrepZE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZnV8HfB_6QrSfYYmKTyuwdrepZE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~4/PZjFrrbpc6I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SonicWeeklyArticles/~3/PZjFrrbpc6I/ http://sonicweekly.com/articles/how-to/microphones/ribbon-mics-for-the-rest-of-us/2009/06/19/ Hamburg – Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH announces the release of its Cubase iC remote controller application, which runs on Apple iPhone and iPod Touch products. 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