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12-30-05 / 03:16 PM : Wah Wah : IK Ampli Tube 2 demos (cjed)
Audiofanzine reports that IK Multimedia made available demos of its famous AmpliTube 2 software, a guitar amp, pedal, microphones, and effects racks simulator. It is here... and there :)

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12-30-05 / 02:49 PM : Camino 1.0b2 (cjed)
Camino, an equivalent of Firefox (but using Cocoa API) is available in a new version, 1.0b2. It includes the last Gecko engine (1.8).
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12-29-05 / 01:00 AM : HornSTack Epic : another epic orch (cjed)
Here is a new song made with SO Gold :
HornSTack Epic  
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12-29-05 / 12:56 AM : Sudio movie (cjed)
The Studio page now provides a short video of some instruments (all but keyboards).
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12-28-05 / 01:09 PM : MacMame 0.102u5 (cjed)
A new MacMame version is out, the 0.102u5. It is synchro with the last PC version and provides support for multiple keyboards.
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12-26-05 / 11:48 PM : Steinberg Studio Case II review (cjed)
Audiofanzine publishes a review of Steinberg Studio Case II. As we ever knew, Cubase SE3 is ok for common use but suffers from the lack of Freeze funcion (that can be turned around by bouncing audio/instruments and importing the audio file back, as in Logic Express). It also lacks a new feature brought by SX3, the external effects management.
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12-26-05 / 11:32 PM : Stoked Rider : new screenshots (cjed)
New screenshots of Stoked Rider are available.
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12-26-05 / 11:25 PM : Ultima V Lazarus out (cjed)
Ultima V Lazarus is a remake of Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny, made upon the Dungeon Siege (required) engine. So the quality has nothing to do... It's there (mac installer available).
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12-26-05 / 11:19 PM : Doom 3 mods : Last Man Standing/Classic doom (cjed)
Last Man Standing is a mod for Doom III that allows revival of original doom game experience (Single Player and Multi Player, with support for Single Player Cooperative). It can be downloaded here. There is also Classic Doom 3, that provides the complete classic doom levels (enhanced).
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12-26-05 / 08:20 PM : Free : get TV channels on the computer (cjed)
The "multiposte TV" offer from Free is now available. It allows watching TV channels on the computer (up to 2 simultaneus channels) through a modified version of VLC player. The procedure is explained here. Video-projectors holders will be peased with the video quality enhancement (VGA or DVI connexion instead of peritel) and the audio routing possibilities.
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12-22-05 / 01:42 AM : LightSaber Movie (cjed)
Here is a short 30s video i made that shows how the FX lightsaber Luke renders in action : in mpeg4 HD (H264) (4 Mo). The music, close to Starwars themes, comes from my songs library (Episode Mix, 2001).
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12-21-05 / 11:01 PM : Animated lightsets, Christmas tree for OSX (cjed)
You can get Christmas Lights, a Dashboard widget that displays an animated lightsets surrounding the OSX desktop (can be moved). We also can look at TreetopLights, that displays an animated Christmas tree.
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12-21-05 / 10:31 PM : Loi DADVSI / Virgin : it's Dallas (cjed)
On this interesting blog we can follow the debate about DADVSI law at the french Assemblée Nationale, and notably the corruption tried by Virgin in the "sacred" place.s
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12-21-05 / 12:23 AM : Soundsonline forums : christmas themes (cjed)
A little earlier, members of soundsonline started sharing their christmas songs : this is here, there and also here.
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12-20-05 / 11:27 PM : Tera 3 : JingleBells / Cantor (cjed)
VirSyn presents version 3 of its virtual instrument Tera. Among the demos we can find JingleBells, just in time. Another interesting software, Cantor, deals with human voice synthesis. The sounds demos are here, in the JMJ style. The new version is targeted to german language, and so are the demos (i liked this one, K-EriC-INeedYourInspiration). Finally we learn that Cantor has been used by Mike Oldfield...s
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12-20-05 / 02:47 AM : Buried : another groove (cjed)
Here is another short groove (rock) made in less than an hour, Buried (guitar and piano come from XV5050, bass from JV2080 SRJV10).s
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12-19-05 / 11:27 PM : SnowGlobe / icoNVader : ready for christmas (cjed)
Freeverse provides SnowGlobe, a virtual globe with snow inside, that reacts to movements of the globe (through the mouse)... Meanwhile Daedale presents icoNVader, a screen saver involving christams icons that "invade" the screen...
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12-18-05 / 09:44 PM : Miroslav Philharmonik : audiofanzine review (cjed)
Audiofanzine reiterates with a very interesting review, this time about Miroslav Philharmonik from IK Multimedia. They liked the warmth of the sounds, and the strecthing functions between playing techniques.
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12-15-05 / 10:54 PM : Quake IV for mac soon (cjed)
Aspyr Media announced it will bring Quake IV on mac (expected release date, early 2006) ! Based upon Quake III 's engine, this solo game will provide a less dark environment (more fights, less horror). Until then, we can take a look at a funny review (in french) from nofrag.
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12-15-05 / 08:51 PM : Music collaboration for a local TV channel (cjed)
The Director of LaBauleTV local TV channel contacted me this morning by mail, and asked for the authorization to use the song Tendance as the soundtrack for an automotive heading (this month issue is a review of the Aston Martin DB7...) As the cut has to be finished this evening, i don't know if my answer came too late. Whatever, it should be ok for the next spot. [UPDATE] The final cut finally could be made before midnight. I got a preleminary version (4'15, no credits and no off voice yet), i will get the full release tomorrow. Il will try to obtain agreement for broadcasting a short sample after the video spot is out on the TV channel. s
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12-14-05 / 10:58 PM : iDevGames Contest (cjed)
The iDevGames contest presents numerous démos of new cool games.
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12-13-05 / 09:54 PM : Gift ideas for musicians... (cjed)
Audiofanzine provides a cool article about gifts suggestions for musicians. I noticed : the perfectly useless cd stripper, for people bored with removing plastic film from commercial CDs !s
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12-13-05 / 12:29 AM : Spectrasonics : Symphony of Voices (cjed)
Produced by Eric Persing (famous Roland sound designer, notably for the D-50), Symphony of Voices from Spectrasonics (editor of the wonderful Atmosphere, from the same author) includes various choirs on 4 CD-Roms. Surprinsingly we discover here gregorian choirs and pop stacks from Roland Complete Orchestra card (shipped later) !
The demos (great) are here.
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12-12-05 / 10:21 PM : UT2004 MegaPack Tomorrow (cjed)
GameSpot will be hosting the release of the Unreal Tournament 2004 MegaPack, a compilation of nine new Deathmatch, Assault and CTF maps, tomorrow at noon...
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12-12-05 / 10:13 PM : Chris Hein - Horns Vol. 1 (cjed)
Best Services presents, Chris Hein - Horns Vol 1., a 3,5 Go library for Kontakt aimed at brass (349 euros) : Alt-Sax, Tenor-Sax, Trumpet, Trombone & Trumpet-Section. It provides 44 different playing techniques, up to 20 Velocities per note, effects (reverb, delay, chorus & 3-band EQ) and advanced controls via midi (Growl-Control, Air-Control, Keys-Control, Spit-Control, Dirty-Notes, Breath Release-Trigger, Legato-Mode, Real-Vibrato).
The demos are here. They are fantastic, let's Funky Combo !
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12-12-05 / 09:36 AM : Recording on iPod (vincent)
MacMusic.org reveals an article dealing with recording on iPod up to 3rd generation. It's quite technical but interesting.
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12-09-05 / 12:03 PM : P2P hors la loi ... (vincent)
No traduction yet, please switch to french mode.
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12-09-05 / 12:10 AM : Steve and the Pyramid (cjed)
There is the funny thing of the week : S. Jobs would have asked to buy the Pyramide du Louvre to use it in an Apple Store. Why not the Eiffel Tower instead ? Perhaps because it does not fit well with the glass style of Apple Store stairs :) Calm on Steevy.
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12-08-05 / 11:56 PM : aMsn : videoconference support (cjed)
The alternative MSN client for mac, aMsn, better than the official Microsoft client, now manages videoconference. But as you know, MSN can't catch up with iChat AV...
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12-08-05 / 11:49 PM : Divx 6 codec/encoder : final mac release (cjed)
Final version of Divx 6 is now available at download for mac, it is here. The Divx codec allows divx export from all Quicktime compatible applications (ie export from a DV movie in iMovie). A new bundled application, Divx Converter brings divx encoding on mac (drag and drop, batch encoding, advanced settings) and includes an mp3 encoder. Finally this version adds support for the new .divx conainer format, that allows multiple audio tracks, subtitles, chapters (as with DVD). This format was used by the Starwars Revelation movie, that should play fine now (all tracks).
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12-07-05 / 11:54 PM : Scarbee Imperial Drums XL (cjed)
Scarbee ships Imperial Drums XL, a virtual instrument (Audio Units format) based upon Steinberg Halion 3.2 audio engine. It unveils 48 Go of 24 bits/44,1 Khz samples (from 88,2Khz recordings) made from 51 drum parts, at various velocity levels, with or without effects, from various playing styles. A new Multimic system allows to set the volume from all parts. Presets for Roland V-Drum are included.
The demos are here.
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12-07-05 / 11:25 PM : Mac demo of Lego Starwars (cjed)
Macgamefiles finally provides the demo from Lego Star Wars game, a funny variation involving 3D rendered Lego characters.
[MAJ] You should use instead this link on ludomac (1,2 Mo/s, far more better than on the official site !)


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12-07-05 / 10:48 PM : e-card music collaboration for a company (cjed)
Yesterday i received an email from a person working at Ondeo IS, an international subsidiary of Suez group, targeted in water and wastewater treatment. She asked for authorzation about using a sample of Emotional song as the soundtrack of an e-card to be sent to company's employees. The resulting e-card can be watched here (i gave my agreement, the song is deposited at the Snac but is also available through a free creative-commons licence as long as it is for non-commercial use). s
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12-05-05 / 12:05 AM : Another Orch demo (cjed)
Here is another demo made quickly, in fact an orchestration added to an original song with pan flute and ukelele main theme (made in a few minutes without being applicated). As it sounds better without the main theme, here is the orchestration only parts (11 violins and french horns, SO Gold).
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12-04-05 / 08:13 PM : Peeyo : photos from the 'Gorges du Tarn' (cjed)
Pierre-Marie made available on its site photos from his last trip in famous "Gorges du Tarn" (in Lozère). Camera shots are great... and he didn't encounter Roland (our musher) and his horde !
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12-04-05 / 08:01 PM : Yamaha Tyros 2 demos (cjed)
Yamaha now provides Tyros 2 demos via a dedicated site made in flash. We find here videos and Wav (uncompressed) sound examples.

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12-04-05 / 07:50 PM : Yamaha SV 200 Silent Violin (cjed)
We knew midi guitars and drums, but Yamaha also makes electric violins, cellos and contrabass. No midi here, it uses the same principle as electric guitar (piézo transductors). These instruments are fitted with line level and headphone audio outputs.
SV 200 (violin)


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12-02-05 / 10:32 PM : Boinx Xmas : a calendar widget (cjed)
Here is a calendar widget for december and christmas, funny in someway : "Every day, a new "door" opens and reveals another piece of the story..."
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12-01-05 / 01:03 AM : Cinereplicas.com open days (cjed)
Cinereplicas.com organises open days from wednesday 7 to saturday 10, december (12pm to 5pm) in its Aubervilliers warehouse (Paris). A registration to their site is required (an invitation is sent by mail). We will find :
- Special offers and gifts
- exclusive products
- All cinereplicas.com products :
- Master Replicas Star Wars fx laser sabers : Mace Windu, Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, Dark Vador...
- Harry Potter magic wand : Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Drago Malefoy, Lucius Malefoy, Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Severus Rogue and Harry Potter...
- Kotobukiya figures : Dark Vador, Yoda, Clone Trooper, Predator…
- Harry Potter accessories : Gryffondor, Serpentard, Choixpeau…
We can buy the new FX Luke Skywalker saber for 159 euros (149 at the Fnac in promo), i hope there will be a rebate !
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