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| 10-29-05 / 01:32 AM : The Future of Game Audio (cjed) |
| IMG put a link to an interview of Tim Larkin, Cyan's audio director (Myst, Uru). He shares is vision about future of sound in video games : more interactivity, active vs reactive, tied to physics. |
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| 10-29-05 / 01:19 AM : Lego Digital Designer (cjed) |
| Back to origines ;-) Here is a... Lego editor. It is downloadable for free on the maker site, there (Mac OSX and Windows). |
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| 10-28-05 / 10:54 PM : EWQL Symphonic Choirs Tutorials (cjed) |
| We can now find on soundsonline site downloadable Quicktime 7 videos showing Symphonic Choirs in action, and the use of its vocal phrases generator, WordBuilder. |
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| 10-28-05 / 10:47 PM : Zero-G Vocal Forge (cjed) |
| Famous Zero G sound editor announced the release of Vocal Forge, a vocal phrases library of 1,2 Go (800 patches, 2500 samples) for Kontakt, in various styles : Male and female MCs, sweet R+B, gospel singers, dance and pop vocal, Choral, Gothic, Opera, Effects. There is a demo here. |
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| 10-28-05 / 12:24 AM : Spiritual Voices & Demo (cjed) |
| Many great demos this month as ever on soundsonline.com. Lionel Bansept, insatiable, leads us to Africa with Escape to Africa, made with the very interesting Spiritual Voices (72 mn Audio CD, no separate instruments). |
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| 10-27-05 / 11:34 PM : Soniccouture V.A Drums (cjed) |
 Another drums library, Variable Ambiance Drums contains 1300 samples (24 bits) in 7 velocity layers. The demos are not so apealing, far less than famous Stormdrum or the new Reason Drum Kits 2.0. |
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| 10-27-05 / 11:05 PM : Back on old Korg N264/N364 (cjed) |
| Back on a ten year old Korg workstation, the not well known N364 (i remember having readed its review on Keyboards mag). Mid-way between the previous 01W line, and later Tritons and N5, it wasn't so attracting. However the factory demos sound punchy (notably the second, MissionMan). This good site also provides phrases of best factory presets. We can then listen to custom demos made on it, here. |
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| 10-26-05 / 01:01 AM : 3 new demos with Kontakt 2 (cjed) |
| Here are 3 new demos made with Kontakt 2, purely live : VSL_MultiSTR_somb Akkord51State2 MotifGuit (Many other new songs haven't been added to the library yet) |
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| 10-25-05 / 10:21 PM : Reason Drum Kits 2.0 (cjed) |
 PropellerHead, famous editor of Reason, presented Reason Drum Kits 2.0, a giant drums samples library (11 000 samples) for Reason. The result is amazing, probably better than EastWest/Quantum Leap's StormDrum. The demos available are interesting, as well as the video presentation, very pro and funny. |
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| 10-25-05 / 10:01 PM : Yamaha new HS monitors (cjed) |
 Yamaha gets rid of its MSP monitors line, for the new HS line, that are presented as better successors to the legendary NS10M. Therefore they bring up the well known white speaker, besides a white front power led. They are available in two models (powers of 70W and 120W), and can be complemented with a bass power module (150W).s |
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| 10-25-05 / 09:45 PM : Korg SP-250 (cjed) |
 Starting november, Korg will introduce a new digital piano, the SP-250. It will ship with an integrated amplifier system, a "graded hammer" action keyboard, a stand and a sustain pedal. All for 1199$. No demo are available yet.SP-250 Features |
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| 10-25-05 / 09:31 PM : WWAYM NWSynth (cjed) |
 WWAYM software maker, a new company in the domain of virtual instruments, ships NWSynth, an instrument based on two oscillators (the licence is priced 95 euros. A demo version is downloadable for Mac and PC).Sounds remind me FM sounding style, the audio demos are here. |
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| 10-24-05 / 11:18 PM : OpenOffice 2.0 beta (cjed) |
| OpenOffice 2.0 beta is out (Windows, Linux, MacOSX). Some screenshots are here. On OSX it requires X11 (runs under it), so it is not elegant (as Linux and Windows versions). Among useful functionnalities are Microsoft Office compatibility, and OpenDocument format support. |
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| 10-22-05 / 01:07 AM : Original versions of 4 songs (cjed) |
| You can now listen to the original versions (JV880 only) of the 4 songs i made available previously here in a remixed state : Dynamic (1998) Emotional (1997) Expect (1997) Tendance (1998) |
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| 10-20-05 / 10:04 PM : LPC available for Kontakt 2 (cjed) |
| Prominy now ships its LPC Electric Distortion and Clean Guitar library for Kontakt 2. All samples take 60 Go, on 6 DVDs ! Demos (some new) are here. |
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| 10-20-05 / 01:01 AM : Starwars Expo at the Cité des Sciences (cjed) |
 From october, 18 to december, 16, the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie opens an expo upon Starwars universe (objects, special effects, IMAX movie of 30mn). Estimated visit time of 1h30 (10,5 euros). Nightly on tuesday and saturday during next holidays. The bill will also give access to Explora expo floors, up to 6 pm.Official site Article from starwars-universe |
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| 10-19-05 / 11:28 PM : Dual Core G5 vs Dual processors (cjed) |
| Here is the first comparison between new Dual Core G5 and older Dual Processors models.s |
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| 10-16-05 / 09:59 PM : Apple : more HD trailers now (cjed) |
| Apple now provides more HD trailers (mpeg 4 H.264) on its site, here. |
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| 10-16-05 / 09:38 PM : Cédrik's sourceforge project : MessAdmin (cjed) |
| Cédrik released on sourceforge his first opensource project, MessAdmin, that allows to manage (see, delete, etc.) HTTP sessions's content of any J2EE application, without any code change. Next version (2.0), in development, will be out soon. It will provide, among the basic servlet/jsp admin pages, a JMX admin console. Features, screenshots, installation |
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| 10-15-05 / 04:09 PM : Cocoa tutorial : chess game (cjed) |
| Objective-cocoa provides the first article from a Cocoa tutorial, through chess game programming. The purpose is to learn basic Cocoa classes (graphics and events) and object design patterns. |
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| 10-13-05 / 08:42 PM : Front Row : Media Center with imac (cjed) |
| New imac G5 interactive presentations were indeed demonstrations of Front Row mode, a media center functionnality activated by the bundled Apple Remote. Some screenshots are here. At this time this software is only available with a new imac G5. Furthermore this machine is now fitted with a digital multichannel audio output, aimed towards this use. Apple also provides a stream of yesterday's special event. |
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| 10-13-05 / 09:58 AM : Boinc ! (vincent) |
| Behind this funny acronym there is a 'new' network computing software which makes the old SETI@home screensaver outdated. The strength of Boinc consists in the ability to join several research programs, running in background process and being designed for Altivec CPU. Some people having used Boinc on G5 are computing a SETI packet in less than 2 hours (against about 11 hours on my G4 1,25 GHz) ! At last something useful to give to our super computers. |
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| 10-12-05 / 10:59 PM : NI Bandstand (cjed) |
 Following EWQL's Colossus (wich contains among its 30 Go library a GM instruments set of a few Go) Native Instruments announced during the AES Bandstand, a new virtual instrument based upon Kontakt 2, that brings the 128 GM instruments in a 2 Go library. The samples are from well known sound editors (like Peter Siedlaczek for orchestral samples). |
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| 10-12-05 / 10:11 PM : Ipod video & new iMac G5 (cjed) |
 Although the new ipod video isn't of so much interest (tiny 320*240 pixels 2,5 inches screen) compared with the Sony PSP, the imac G5 revision looks terrible : 1379 euros gives you access to the 17" model, very powerful (1,9 Ghz G5, new DDR2 memory with up to 700 Mhz front-side bus), Radeon X600 Pro fitted with 128 Mo - PCI Express, SATA 7200 tr/mn hard drive, dual layers superdrive, integrated bluetooth 2, integrated iSight, integrated airport extreme, Mighty Mouse... All needed to wait for the mid 2006 mactel.Ipod video interactive demo G5 Interactive demo |
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| 10-11-05 / 11:12 PM : Historical results for Apple (cjed) |
| Apple announced greatest results in his history for the last quarter, 430 millions $ net profit (50 cent/share), and gets 6,6% market share in US. |
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| 10-11-05 / 11:03 PM : Duke Nukem For... never ? (cjed) |
| Amazon announced a release date for Duke Nukem Forever, the game title that has been in development for 9 years, and that is at least creative through numerous jokes. |
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| 10-11-05 / 10:46 PM : Sony PCM-D1 Recorder (cjed) |
| Following the ipod nano, Sony unveiled a professionnal portable recorder (24bits / 96 khz, two condenser microphones in X/Y configuration, battery) using 4 Go flash memory (battery life of 4h). Announced for december, it will cost 2000$. |
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| 10-11-05 / 10:37 PM : Darwinia : another review (cjed) |
 Darwinia definitively is an event in shareware gaming this year (among titles like Lugaru or Gish). A PC game site published a review. This game coming from Virus (Atari ST / Amiga) for the idea, and from Tron for the graphic design obtained a high rank. |
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| 10-09-05 / 11:55 PM : Clip HD : Maria Taylor (cjed) |
| In its Mpeg4 HD gallery, Apple provides an interesting clip, "Song beneath the Song", from Maria Taylor. |
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| 10-09-05 / 11:39 PM : Katie Melua : Piece by Piece (cjed) |
 The new album (second) of Katie Melua, Piece by piece, was on the shelves some days ago. The challenge was high, and even if the result isn't of the same impact than the first album, there is some excellent new songs here (Spider's Web, Thank You Stars), some pretty good (Nine Million Bicycles, Piece By Piece, Shy Boy), and the famous arrangement of Cure's Just Like Heaven. Without any surprise, the new titles that were included on the live DVD belong to the best.s |
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| 10-09-05 / 10:30 PM : Troopers : dawn of destiny v5 (cjed) |
| Troopers is a multiplayer mod for UT2004, in the StarWars universe. Unreal Tournament 4's engine allows greater results than in Jedi Knight games (used the old Quake 3 engine). It's here for the download. |
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| 10-09-05 / 10:20 PM : Waldorf Q+ (cjed) |
| The Waldorf Q+ is a virtual analog synth (100 voices of polyphony, 16 resonant analog filters). Besides Virus Access, Nord Lead, or Alesis Ion/Micron, it counts with most famous synths for sound designers. Some sound demos here. |
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| 10-09-05 / 09:36 PM : Synthogy Ivory 1.5 (cjed) |
| Synthogy annouced the availability of an update to Ivory, expected for october. This huge piano library (40 Go) gains two additionnal velocity layers and an enhanced noise reduction in samples. Reviews of this product are very encouraging. |
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| 10-06-05 / 12:55 AM : Nice-Eze : photos (cjed) |
 Photos of Nice-Eze trip are all available in Projects-->Image-->Photos-->Nice-Eze. Some of these with a 'S' suffix have been enhanced (gamma, sharpness, sepia effect, and - less frequently - saturation). |
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| 10-04-05 / 11:12 PM : So Young (cjed) |
| Lionel Bansept and David Chochoi, two french from the best composers on soundsonline, show how emotion can help in creation. We also have the demonstration how wise and helpful the musicians community here is. So Young Eigtheen |
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| 10-04-05 / 10:25 PM : Quake 4 reaches Gold (cjed) |
| Clubic announced the release date of Quake 4 (21 october in France). |
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| 10-04-05 / 10:21 PM : Yamaha Tyros 2 (cjed) |
| Yamaha annouced the upcoming release of the Tyros 2, that onboards up to 1Go ram for samples (4 Mo factory). Few details for now, meanwhile you could take a look at the S90 ES, an enhanced version including a huge rom (228 Mo), definitively aimed at live. |
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| 10-02-05 / 07:23 PM : Light and Shade (vincent) |
| Mike Oldfield has just released his new album "Light and Shade", a double one. Is it necessary to introduce one the most talented composer of the late 20th and begining 21th century (1 album per year) ? He uses the modern technologies with more or less success, some tracks sounding a lot like the few previous albums. Even if it's always pleasant to listen to, he's not renewed himself a lot, on the contrary of the fabulous Tubular Bells, Amarok or The Songs Of Distant Earth, the first one that used mostly synths. Anyway we can notice that he used Logic 7 on G5 and Roland and Yamaha keyboards, as well as 4 tracks that can be remixed by anybody (on PC) owing to the U-Myx technology. Quite up to date after the mix tracks for GarageBand from NIN ! |
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