Download of the Month: Illformed dblue Glitch 1.3.04 (Win) 

By Len Sasso

Read Electronic Musician September 2008 profile on download Illformed dblue Glitch 1.3.04 for music production...

Say It With Pictures 

By Dennis Miller

Electronic Musician tutorial on creating music from images by working on the pixel of the image and the frequency and values...

BIAS Promotions 

BIAS, Inc. has announced several limited-time promotions for its software and plug-ins....

IK Multimedia Announces Downloadable Instruments and Effects Bundles 

IK Multimedia has announced an extended range of downloadable products from the IK online store....

iZotope Announces iDrum Application for Apple App Store 

iZotope, Inc. has made its iDrum beat creation application available in the Apple App Store....

Propellerhead Announces New Software Bundles for Reason 

Propellerhead's new software bundles are Reason Premium Edition, Studio Combo, and Rhythm Combo....

Samplebase Releases Satellite for RTAS 

Satellite sample-synth player software is now available in the Digidesign RTAS plug-in format....

PG Music Releases RealBand 2008.5 

PG Music Inc. has released its new sequencing, arranging, and digital recording program, RealBand 2008.5....

Noises Off 

By Mike Levine

Cleaning up clicks, pops, and crackle in recordings transferred from vinyl is perhaps the best-known application for audio-restoration (AR) software,...

Cheap Fares 

By Mike Levine, Dennis Miller, Len Sasso, and Geary Yelton

With fuel prices at an all-time high, how far can you really go for less than 50 bucks these days? Well, if you're searching for new sonic vistas, look...

Review: Redmatica Compendium 1.5 (Mac) 

By Len Sasso

Compendium is a bundle of Redmatica's three tools ExsManager Pro, AutoSampler, and Keymap for creating and managing multisampled instruments. Although...

Puremagnetik Releases Vector Micropak 

Puremagnetik has released Vector, a new micropak for Ableton Live....

Native Instruments Updates Traktor 3 and Traktor Scratch 

Native Instruments has released Traktor 3.4 and Traktor Scratch 1.3, updated versions of the company's DJ software....

Steinberg Ships Sequel 2 

Sequel 2 is the latest version of the music creation and live performance software....

MakeMusic Releases Finale 2009 

MakeMusic, Inc. is shipping Finale 2009 music notation software....

Peavey Introduces ReValver Mk III 

ReValver Mk III is 64-bit virtual tube-amplifier software designed to capture the characteristics of vacuum tubes....

Puremagnetik Releases Metalsphere 

Metalsphere is a new Micropak collection of soundscapes, textures, and "horrific environments" for Ableton Live 7, Apple Logic 8, and Native Instruments Kontakt 3. ...

Sibelius Introduces Sibelius First Notation and Composition Tool 

Sibelius has announced Sibelius First, a new notation and composition tool. ...

Review: FXPansion BFD2 2.0.5 (Mac/Win) 

By Babz

When it was introduced, BFD shattered the previous standards for authentic emulation of acoustic drums with its ultradetailed sampling, unprecedented...

Review: Notion Music Notion 2.2 (Mac/Win) 

By Peter Hamlin

Notion made quite an impression when it first appeared in 2005. The program offered an elegant, easy-to-learn interface and astonishingly good playback...