News Rap for Friday 15, October 2010

Ueberschall

Have a new set of Construction Kits, Loops and Samples out called "Glam Rock" inspired by the Glam hit makers of the 70s such as T.Rex (Marc Bolan), Gary Glitter, Suzi Quatro, The Sweet, Slade, just to name a few: http://www.ueberschall.com/en/products/details/view/glam_rock.html

Vortex Malström Patches

Vortex is a set of patches for the Malström synthesizer within Propellerhead Reason. The collection showcases the Reason Device built on the unique Graintable technology, which blurs the line between sampling and synthesis.

The sound set is divided into 6 categories. “Bass”, “Lead”, “Pad”, and “Piano” (one-shot, tonal sounds) each contain 10 patches, “Drums” consists of 30 patches which cover all drum kit components, and “Inharmonic” is comprised of 30 patches which are further divided into two subcategories “Sustaining” and “Non-sustaining”.

The 0.4 MB download includes 100 .xwv files and is available now for $24.99 at http://www.9soundware.com/prodDetail.asp?ID=150

Theta Music Technologies

A brand new company based in Tokyo that launched this week and they are offering a new twist on ear training. They provide online games that making learning music theory a lot more fun than the way I learned in music class. Check out Theta Music Trainer at http://trainer.thetamusic.com/

Indie-Music's Annual Top 25 Awards

The deadline for entering is fast approaching, you only have until the end of October if you want to enter at http://www.indie-music.com/join

"Musicians As Entrepreneurs"

A CMJ Music Marathon Networking & Showcase Event will be held in NY city this coming Wednesday night and features Q&A sessions with Maya Solovey, Niall Connolly, and Tomas Doncker - get all the details at http://dmnyoct20.eventbrite.com/

Ableton 8.2.1

In case you missed the news Ableton have updated their popular studio production and live suites: http://www.hitsquad.com/news2/Ableton-Upgraded-to-version-8-2-1/

Win 1 of 10 Limited Edition Epiphones

Alternative Press are running this promotion - US Residents only - http://www.guitarsite.com/news/guitar_festivals/contest_to_win_10_limite...

SampleTank FREE

IKMultimedia used to have a free version of SampleTank about 8 years ago, and now it's back as a VSTi/RTAS/AU plugin for both Windows and Macintosh

SEQ2 20% Discount

NUGEN Audio are giving a 20% discount on their popular SEQ2 Linear Phase EQ until the end of October - http://www.nugenaudio.com/linker.php?t_type=email&t_run=SEQ2_offer_10_10...