Ahh…it was quite the morning. Wake up, make a pot of coffee, get the kids breakfast, and check my email.
To my surprise there was an email from MacProVideo.com saying that they had an exclusive sneak peak at the new unreleased Apple Logic Studio. Logic studio 10, perhaps?
Woo hoo!!! My head was in a euphoric daze as I quickly clicked away at the Youtube link to see the new features that were added to Logic.
Apogee Electronics just announced Duet 2 – the successor to their very popular Duet audio interface.
The original Duet has almost become a staple with Macbook owners that want mobility with their recording rig.
Not only is it popular with those that want to record on the run, but it’s also popular with the budget minded home recording crowd.
It’s hard being a do-it-yourself recording artist. Actually, it’s really hard, especially if you’re on a tight budget.
There are a lot of different things you have to be good at, and it takes a lot time, practice and talent.
If you’re a songwriter/artist, like I am, who just wants to write music and record it, you might start realizing how hard it is to make your home recordings sound good.
This is some cool stuff, and I thought it might be a little inspiring for you. I know that it is for me.
Pomplamoose records music at home, makes videos of it for YouTube, and shuns record labels. The cool thing is they are making a living with their music. You may have seen them in recent Hyundai Christmas commercials.
Anyway, here is their latest song. You may also want to check out their Youtube page and website.
A couple posts back I wrote that Waves Audio announced V8 ( aka Version 8 ) of their audio plug-in software. Well, it appears that Waves V8′s are ready to go.
I didn’t think they would release them so soon. I was thinking it might not be until February, but this is a nice surprise.
I’m happy to learn that Waves V-Series plug-ins have been added to the Gold bundle, and quite a few other bundles as well.
Izotope has recently come out with a very cool MIDI Effect Instrument plug-in called Stutter. I’ve demoed it, and came away impressed.
For the longest time I’ve wanted to create these certain types of audio effects in my own music, but I didn’t want to spend the time editing to do it. Yeah I know, I’m lazy.
Needless to say, I’m thankful that Izotope has taken some of the hard work out of it.
Waves Audio recently announced Waves V8 (Version 
of their audio Plug-ins. I don’t normally mention every little new thing, but I really dig Waves plugs.
Not only are the version 8 plug-ins coming, but Waves also announced reduced prices, 40% reduction, on all their plug-in bundles and upgrades not that long ago.
That got me fairly excited. I like Waves products, but they were always too expensive for me. With the price reduction, I’m looking at adding a few more of their plugs to my DAW.
Focusrite recently announced the VRM Box at winter NAMM 2011. VRM stands for Virtual Reference Monitoring and this little box allows you to mix on headphones no matter where you are.
It’s been a time long honored tradition that you DO NOT MIX ON HEADPHONES! Well, I suppose rules are meant to broken, aren’t they?
Alright, engineers still mix on headphones, but usually just to check things out after mixing on reference monitors in a proper acoustically treated room.
Cakewalk has a new version of their popular DAW software coming out soon. Sonar X1 looks like it will ship December 8th at varying price points.
There are three different versions – Sonar X1 Essentials ($99), Sonar X1 Studio ($199), and Sonar X1 Producer ($399). You can check them out here.
They also have an upgrade path for existing Sonar users.
Youtube recently announced at South-by-Southwest a new partner program called Musicians Wanted. Basically, they want independent artists to post video content and the artists will get a share in the revenue.
I just heard about this in a email newsletter from Electronic Musician. You can sign up for the newsletter here, if you want to. It’s at the bottom of the page – don’t worry, you don’t have to subscribe to the magazine.
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