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| 03-31-07 / 12:37 AM : BOSS RE-20 Space Echo (cjed) |
 Boss/Roland presented the RE-20 Space Echo, an echo effect pedal that emulates the famous RE-201 Space Echo Roland from 70s. More informations can be found here. |
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| 03-29-07 / 11:56 PM : Roland SonicCell (cjed) |
 Roland presented during the Musikmesse the SonicCell, a 128 voices polyphony expander that can receive two SRX cards, and includes an USB port and converters (can work as an audio interface). Moreover it can read and play Midifiles (and also audio files) in standalone mode, if theses files are copied to an USB key plugged into the USB port. |
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| 03-29-07 / 11:50 PM : BootCamp 1.2b : Vista compatible (cjed) |
| Apple provides at download Boot Camp 1.2b, that brings compatibility with Vista as well as new drivers (video, audio, webcam, etc.) The final version of BootCamp is expected in Leopard. |
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| 03-29-07 / 12:57 AM : IK Multimedia Sample Moog (cjed) |
| IK Multimedia presented Sample Moog, a virtual instrument aimed to reproduce all variations of Moog synths, using samples instead of modelisation. It provides hundreds of sounds from 22 instruments : Modular Moog® System 15, Modular Moog® System 55 (921), Modular Moog® System 3C (901), Musonic Minimoog® (DK), RA Moog Minimoog® (SS), Minimoog® Model D, PolymoogTM, Taurus I Pedals, Taurus II Pedals, ProdigyTM, RogueTM, Realistic MG-1, Opus 3TM, LiberationTM, MicroMoogTM, MultiMoogTM, SatelliteTM, Sonic 6TM, MemorymoogTM, ThereminTM, Minimoog® Voyager®, Little Phatty®. The engine used is SampleTank, and allows 16 multitimbral parts (effects are also included). |
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| 03-29-07 / 12:48 AM : Steinberg Sequel / UB versions of products (cjed) |
| Steinberg presented during the Musikmesse a new sequencer, targeted towards audio loops, Sequel. It can manage all samples formats and includes 5000 loops. Steinberg also announced universal binary versions of many products for april : HALion, HALion Player, HALion Player OEM, The Grand 2, HALion Symphonic Orchestra, HALion String Edition 2, Virtual Bassist, Virtual Guitarist 2. |
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| 03-29-07 / 12:37 AM : NI Kore 2 : 500 patches included (cjed) |
 NI unveiled Kore 2, an evolution to the Kore hardware solution that now includes a dedicated sounds library (500 patches) using integrated engines from REAKTOR 5, MASSIVE, ABSYNTH 4, FM8, KONTAKT 2 and GUITAR RIG 2 (as well as 8 variations for each). The whole is sold 499$. The interface can load and use any other Audio Unit. |
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| 03-29-07 / 12:25 AM : Arturia Origin Keyboard (cjed) |
 Arturia presented the Origin Keyboard, a keyboard version of the Origin (that was unveiled during january NAMM). The keyboard (61 keys) brings a TFT screen (5,2'), adjustable (0-135°), that displays the software interface, and a ribbon controller is included. |
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| 03-29-07 / 12:16 AM : First pictures of Nord Wave (cjed) |
| Gearjunkies provides first pictures of the Nord Wave taken during the Musikmesse. That is a new version of the Nord Lead that can work with any waveform (sample) as oscillator. The demoed instrument would be just a prototype and no more informations are available yet at the Clavia site, except the logo (smiley) describing a new waveform (external indeed, through USB) in the picture published yesterday. |
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| 03-29-07 / 12:00 AM : Berhinger Truth B3031A (cjed) |
 Berhinger presented during the Musikmesse the new monitors Truth B3031A (and B3030A, a less powerful version), that are an evolution to the Truth B2031 (new ribbon tweeters and kevlar woofers). More informations can be found here. They are priced 510 euros (pair), that is a little more only than B2031A (450 euros). |
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| 03-28-07 / 11:45 PM : Pirates of the Caribbean Online screenshots (cjed) |
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| 03-28-07 / 11:38 PM : Following Lego Starwars : Lego Batman (cjed) |
 TT Games, editor of the two Lego Starwars episodes announced the development of a new franchise : Lego Batman (due to 2008). The concept offers unlimited perspectives... something like with the Sims extensions... |
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| 03-28-07 / 11:17 PM : Vista sales : Microsoft gives wrong results ? (cjed) |
| Clubic reported that Vista sales numbers provided by Microsoft are wrong : these 20 millions copies are in fact over a 4 months time range, not two (XP was sold 18 millions times in first two months, that is twice). All that including OEM versions that computers makers had to include (they were threaten to have their licence removed if they wouldn't...) and planned updates plans. Indeed the very costly Vista and poor new features (as with XP...) did a lot. |
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| 03-27-07 / 08:17 PM : Musikmesse tomorrow : new synth from Clavia ? (cjed) |
| The Musikmesse opens tomorrow (28) but there is still an add (teaser in fact) stating Nord taking the lead. Again, that leads to think there will be interesting new product(s) from the maker. |
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| 03-27-07 / 07:59 PM : GForce impOSCar : UB update (cjed) |
 GForce provides an universal binary update to impOSCar. It is free for registered users after october, 1, 2006, and costs 26$ if the version is older. There is audio demos here, and a demo version can be downloaded. |
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| 03-27-07 / 12:17 AM : Flux : dynamic processor for transients (cjed) |
 Flux is a free plugin of type dynamic processor, that allows to set amplitude of transient sounds. It can operate on stereo signals or mono frequencies only. It is available in RTAS and VST formats (AU soon). It can be downloaded here. |
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| 03-27-07 / 12:09 AM : NeoOffice 2.1 (cjed) |
| NeoOffice 2.1 is now available (on par with OpenOffice 2.1 features). This mac friendly version of OpenOffice has been using Java (and its native Aqua widgets on OSX), even if there is plenty of room for improvements in that area (resizing speed, size and look of widgets that aren't always compliants with guidelines). This update brings support fot Microsoft proprietary OpenXML format and VBA scripts. |
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| 03-26-07 / 11:49 PM : Leopard in two months max (cjed) |
| While Apple denied a rumor (thrown by a speculator...) stating that Leopard would be delayed due to Boot Camp integration into OSX, an opposite rumor says the OS would be ready and close to final candidate. Technically there is at least two months yet for remaining builds and packaging. |
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| 03-26-07 / 11:40 PM : Logic Pro X / touchscreen (cjed) |
| It seems a planned book due this early april (that is in few days) called Logic Pro X Power could lead to think it will be the name of the new Logic software expected to use touchscreen through Leopard. |
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| 03-26-07 / 01:19 AM : Kongregate : Youtube like for Flash games (cjed) |
 The site Kongregate maintains an huge library of free Flash games, as with a notation system and chat. That is a Youtube like container for games (900 referenced). Among the 20 recommanded are stunning games : The Fancy Pants Adventures, Papa Louie: When Pizzas Attack!, etc. |
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| 03-26-07 / 01:13 AM : MacOSX : 6 years of revolution (cjed) |
| MacOSX has been here for 6 years (a bit more if we count the public beta)... that is the gap between Apple and Microsoft's Vista. As always we can look again to its evolution at L'aventure Apple. |
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| 03-26-07 / 01:08 AM : Get Xvid support on the Apple TV (cjed) |
| Macnn reported a hack for the Apple TV that allows to bring support for the Xvid video codec. The fact is Quicktime plugins seem not working on the included OSX version. |
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| 03-26-07 / 12:56 AM : Kurzweil SP2 (cjed) |
 The SP2 is the new scene piano from Kurzweil. It includes an optimized version of the Triple Strike Grand piano for the new audio architecture (probably the same as for the PC3), as other sounds (64 patchs total) : electric pianos, strings, pads, mallets, vox. The polyphony is only 64 voices but it provides 16 multitimbral parts and 64 rhythmic patterns. The price is only 1249$, that is the same as for the Roland RDSX300, and less than the PC1X (1829$, however the later brings more sounds - those from the PC2 and Roms cars - and an arppegiator). That is probably the best choice for an autonomous master keyboard.s |
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| 03-26-07 / 12:37 AM : Kurzweil PC3 (cjed) |
 Kurzweil presented the PC3, that onboards complete sounds rom from the PC2, the famous Triple Strike Grand Piano, Orchestral and Classic Keys roms, a new Strings rom (ensembles and separate sections), KB3 mode (organ simulation) as well as new sounds : basses, guitars, drums, synths (2 extension slots are available). The multi-effects is derived from the KSP8 and a sequencer and arppegiator are included. It manages sound up to 24 bits/192 Khz and allows 128 voices polyphony. Kurzweil states that contrary to other manufacturers, they design their own ASIC, so theses are specialized and more powerful at a same rom size basis.No audio demos are available yet and it is priced 2999$. |
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| 03-23-07 / 12:21 AM : Pianoteq 2 in early april / demo (cjed) |
 Version 2 of Pianoteq will finally ship april, 4 (will be free for buyers of the first version). It includes a new piano model, the Grand C2, developed from users feedback. A demo version will also be available at the same time (45 days operating time). Meanwhile we can listen to audio demos here. The software is priced 249 euros.s |
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| 03-23-07 / 12:13 AM : Cubase 4.0.2 update (cjed) |
| Steinberg provides a 4.0.2 update for Cubase 4. That is here for complete bug fixes list and download. |
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| 03-23-07 / 12:06 AM : Vienna Symphonic Library Special Edition (cjed) |
 VSL presents Vienna Symphonic Library Special Edition, available in two parts : base version (345 euros) and extended part (465 euros). The whole library counts 80 Go of samples, and the extension adds to the base version the famous Appassionata strings, harps, saxophones, harpsichord, the famous Konzerthaus organ, and guitars (classical and electric with distorsion). Compared with the 36 Go from SO Gold + Pro XP at the same price that can be interesting. Audio demos are available on the site. |
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| 03-22-07 / 11:54 PM : Puremagnetik Microdrum (cjed) |
| Puremagnetik presents Microdrum, a library for Ableton Live that includes 5 drums kits (Studio 1 & 2 Kits, MoxBox Kits - 909 kit -, Elektrodrum Kits, Percussao Kits), that is 230 samples (24 bits), and also rhythmic patterns that use these sounds. The file can be downloaded through the Puremagnetik site for registered members (5,75$ per month). Audio demos are also available. |
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| 03-22-07 / 11:41 PM : Squared 5 : free video tool (cjed) |
 Squared 5 is a freeware for OSX and Windows that allows to manage most of video formats, to edit them and convert them. More informations and download can be reached here. |
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| 03-22-07 / 11:31 PM : First pictures of Apple TV (cjed) |
 We can see first pictures of Apple TV installation (shipments have started this week) at Gizmodo blog. The box is very tiny, even more than a Mac mini. |
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| 03-22-07 / 11:27 PM : Apple features Myst Online : Uru Live (cjed) |
| Apple site provides a two pages article about Myst Online : Uru Live, in its games headings. We can look at some new screenshots. |
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| 03-22-07 / 11:21 PM : Star Wars: Empire at War Demo (cjed) |
| At Macgamefiles we can now download the demo of Star Wars: Empire at War. It however weights close to 900 Mo and works only on Intel Macs. |
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| 03-21-07 / 09:23 PM : Review of the Apple TV (cjed) |
| Macnn pointed an article from the Wall Street Journal (not free...) that is the first review of Apple TV. The setup box works perfectly, even on old machines. It doesn't yet support streaming from internet (only from up to 6 computers, mac or pc), however that use would be limited to watching trailers, as movies buyed on the ITMS are downloaded (not streamed). |
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| 03-20-07 / 10:29 PM : Midi for audio in games (cjed) |
| Joystic magazine reported that during Game Developper Conference, some people from Sony spoke about the future of audio in PS3 games, that would use Midi. It is clear that nowdays consoles can compete with PC software samplers thanks to their multi-core architectures. So Midi triggered samples could bring a dynamic aspect in game audio/music. And with libraries such as Symphonic Orchestra, this wouldn't sound like Doom 1 musics... |
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| 03-20-07 / 10:18 PM : AI : the upcoming new imacs (cjed) |
| AppleInsider speaks about next generation imacs expected soon. The screen size should be the same as the actual highest models (20 and 24'). Nothing about LED screens nor touchscreen models. |
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| 03-20-07 / 10:07 PM : Myst Online : Uru Live available (cjed) |
| Myst Online : Uru Live is now available on Intel Mac (except MacMini and MacBook fitted with GMA950 graphic processor). The monthly subscription costs 6,95$ (99 cents the first month). A free account is also provided (allows limited exploration and interaction). |
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| 03-19-07 / 11:18 PM : Sinevibes Critical Mass for Massive (cjed) |
 Sinevibes presents Critical Mass, a 68 patchs library for NI Massive, priced 23 euros. An audio demo is available on the site. |
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| 03-19-07 / 11:15 PM : AF : review of NI Massive (cjed) |
| Audiofanzine provides a review of NI Massive. As we could conclude trying the demo, the sound is interesting but different from an analog synth, and the software is resources hungry. |
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| 03-19-07 / 11:10 PM : MW : review of Redline (cjed) |
| Macworld provides a review of car game Redline. Graphics are average, not on par with nowdays consoles games or even other mac car games, and no advanced collision detection nor audio effects helps this. |
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| 03-19-07 / 11:04 PM : IMG : mac games overview for 2007 (cjed) |
| IMG presents an overview of main games expected for Mac this year. There is still to see if virtualization technologies will be used more, and if they are on par on the performance area with specific ports to OSX API. However the use of Intel processors yet gives the ability to benefit from specific optimizations for Intel processors found on PC games, that had to be adpated to PowerPC architecture before. But games are not developped in assembly code anymore, so the main points are the compiler used (now Intel's) and OpenGL (including the new multithreaded version in OSX) and audio drivers. |
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| 03-19-07 / 12:30 AM : A pop intro & classical theme (cjed) |
 This song made upon a well known pop theme (strings) switchs after the piano and brass intro to a two violins counterpoint (also cellos). The whole uses SO Gold Pro XP only :RetroPop.mp3 |
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| 03-17-07 / 11:11 PM : Emotional : among most popular 1% songs (cjed) |
| Emotional, registered at musique-libre.org since a year and a half (among the four I registered first), maintains its rank despite the huge grow of songs posted (now 10 000 in the global archive while they were only few thousands a year ago). The song is now ranked 70th, that is among the 1% most popular songs ! Without ads, and all comments are authentic. A new comment and note today (10/10) is good news, but too few people take the time to do that, so ranking is affected (could be better). |
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| 03-17-07 / 10:35 PM : Penumbra Overture demo soon ? (cjed) |
| Macgamezone reported that at Penumbra Overture game forums was said an OSX demo is due very soon, in a few days. It also might only work on PowerPC. |
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| 03-15-07 / 11:15 PM : Digidesign Structure Public Beta (cjed) |
| Digidesign just opened a pubic beta campain for its sampler software Structure. The registration is free, however a Pro Tools 7.0 configuration and an iLok USB Smart Key are required (for activation). The number of participants is limited. That is here. |
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| 03-15-07 / 12:42 AM : NI Pro 53 : 3.0.3 UB update (cjed) |
 NI now sells an universal binary update for Pro 53, version 3.0.3. It is free to holders of Pro 53 after september 12th, 2006 and for KOMPLETE 4 users. That is here. |
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| 03-15-07 / 12:37 AM : Microsoft's Plot to Kill QuickTime (cjed) |
| Macsurfer points an article on the site roughlydrafted that explains how Microsoft plotted since 98 to force Apple to stop developping Quicktime and work together on new codecs. We know the following : IE versions that broke the QT plugin, rumors that plagged QT Player on PC, etc. |
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| 03-14-07 / 12:37 AM : Manu Sol : rock ballade song (cjed) |
| This song is made from a piano theme (Complete Piano), with added bass and drums (Colossus), electric guitar (Kontakt 2) and brass (XV and JV) : ManuSol.mp3 |
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| 03-13-07 / 10:07 PM : QuadraSID : UB update (cjed) |
| QuadraSID, the virtual plugin based upon the C64 SID soundchip, has been updated (universal binary versions and optimizations). We can listen to demos here. |
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| 03-12-07 / 10:55 PM : EU and DRMs : the rolling stupid ideas (cjed) |
| It has been a time (in fact a few weeks only :)) since the european commission said stupid things about DRMs. The new sentence if funny (always the same refurbed) : "Do you find it reasonable that a CD will play in all CD players, but an iTunes song will only play on an iPod?" asked Kuneva. "It doesn't to me. Something must change." However Steve Jobs was clear about ITMS not dumping ipods sales, but very strongs ipods sales dumping (in a very little proportion) the ITMS (a few percents in fact, as ipods music comes mainly from CD rips or internet). And what about Microsoft, Fnac, Virgin or other services unavailable for mac users, or using proprietary Windows DRMs ? s |
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| 03-11-07 / 11:07 PM : AudioWarrior Master Songwriter Library (cjed) |
| Harmony-central reported that AudioWarrior presented Master Songwriter KONTAKT2 Workstation Library, a 3,3 Go samples library for Kontakt 2 that includes : acoustic and electric guitars with strum playing technique triggered through Midi, drums kits, basses, choirs (Nu-Age), pads, orchestral solo instruments, pianos (acoustic and Rhodes) and organs, and many editables drums patterns. It is priced 149$. |
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| 03-11-07 / 10:54 PM : Eve Online : another game port using Cider (cjed) |
 The Cider virtualization technology aimed at porting PC games to mac did a great start. After being used for Heroes of Might & Magic V and Myst Online: Uru Live, it is now used to make the port of the multiplayer game Eve Online (space strategy game). Moreover the game claims 160 000 subscribers yet on Windows (14,95$ / month).We can watch a trailer here. |
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| 03-11-07 / 10:40 PM : Leopard : ready to put Vista to shame (cjed) |
| Macosrumors speaks about the last build of Leopard, that is fare more stable and brings many bugs fixes (far more than last builds). There is yet two months before features freeze and focus on remaining bugs (that is 3 months from release, as planned). But the most important thing is that we have the confirmation of non yet unveiled secret features and of the hard work Apple did to put Vista to shame : "...very excited by its substantial official changelog and even more dramatic undisclosed featureset"... "we are very happy with how things stand in the Leopard arena and congratulations are most certainly due to the Mac OS X team who have done a great job putting Windows Vista to shame.".s |
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| 03-09-07 / 11:07 PM : Wave Arts UB updates, demos (cjed) |
| Wave Arts provides UB updates of their mastering/reverb plugins (also for version 4) and demos versions (30 days time limitation). That is here. |
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| 03-09-07 / 10:54 PM : Blast Miner, Gish 2 (cjed) |
 Macnn points out that during the 9th indépendant games festival, the Gametap award was won by Blast Miner, a game alla Tetris where the player has to grab gold from a mine, by means of TNT, gasoline, and acid. A demo is available on the site (Windows only, a mac version should be out soon) and videos are provided (the animated is stunning). We also learn that Gish 2 is under development, and that it is planned for mac too. The first episode won the price last year. |
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| 03-09-07 / 10:42 PM : Intel GMA965 : finally playable games (cjed) |
| Macworld reported that the new integrated Intel GMA-965 chipset (expected in new mac mini this month, and in MacBook), will finally offer a usable gamer experience, providing hardware accelerated T&L (Transorm & Lightning) and vertex shaders. Then benchs state it can achieve more than 50 fps in Call Of Duty 2, and 35 fps in Half Life 2. |
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| 03-09-07 / 10:32 PM : Apple Store retails : stunning success (cjed) |
| Despite serious doubts and criticism from business figures about the launch of Apple Retail stores in 2001, their success is astonishing and they beat records of growth, as reported Fortune. Steve Jobs didn't hesitate to hire the best specialist in that area, from Gap, and to innovate in products presentation (more intuitive), as in the design domain (patented stores concept). |
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| 03-08-07 / 12:31 AM : Roland R-09 : new colors, demo (cjed) |
| Roland (Edirol) added two new colors models to its portable R-09 recorder : red and white (the base color is black). New accessories are available among these. We can also watch an interactive demo here. |
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| 03-08-07 / 12:17 AM : Classik Studio Reverb : 1.1 update & demo (cjed) |
 IK Multimedia provides a 1.1 for their reverb plugin Classik Studio Reverb. This version, now universal binary, doesn't require anymore an iKey USB dongle and is compatible with VST 2.4 hosts (Cubase 4, Live 6) and ProTools 7. They also provide a demo version (operates 10 days) and an audio example on the same page.We can read a review of the CSR plugin at futuremusic here. |
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| 03-07-07 / 11:59 PM : Wakfu : sequel to Dofus, multiplayer role game (cjed) |
 Ankama games, the editor of the famous multiplayer role game Dofus, presents Wakfu, the sequel that features at least as great graphics and incredible animation. We can watch an impressive demonstration video here. The game will be available on Windows, MacOSX and Linux. The shipping date will be given a bit later, as the date for the opening of a public beta. the final game will be acessible for free, in a restricted but representative area. |
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| 03-07-07 / 11:48 PM : Back to 1997 : the threat of stopping Office (cjed) |
| PC Adivsor speaks about past memos exchanged at Microsoft in 1997. The Microsoft employee at the head of the mac softwares development group revealed to B. Gates that the threath to stop Office for mac was the strongest mean of pressure to Apple. In fact Microsoft was charged by the federal agency in 98 for such commercial fact (Apple was forced among other things to put IE preinstalled on every mac). Moreover Office for mac was used to beta test new features, as mac users seem more reactive and reveal new behaviors more easily (perhaps they are smarter ?) Microsoft said, without mentioning this market is less critical. |
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| 03-07-07 / 11:33 PM : New Apple products : next week ? (cjed) |
| Macworld reported that most macs models are backloged, that is stocks are very low and won't be replaced, leaving the high probability of new macs introduction next week. Even if Leopard won't ship now (will be out in 3 months) Apple can still deliver the new machines and demo Leopard on these. Users will have to wait a little before using the new touchscreen features. They would gain focus for months as they did with the iPhone announce. That was also the case for the first imac, but now the new macs should be out right now because old stocks won't be replaced. |
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| 03-07-07 / 12:27 AM : Penumbra Overture (cjed) |
 Penumbra Overture is a game using a 3D engine to enhance the gaming immersion and providing a highly developed interaction with the environment (physics). We can see the great graphic performance through screenshots and trailers here. The game will be out late march on Windows, MacOSX and Linux, and a demo will be available in the next weeks. It will be the first chapter of a trilogy. |
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| 03-07-07 / 12:12 AM : Soniccouture Konkrete 2 (cjed) |
 Soniccouture presents Konkrete 2, the sequel to the electronic drums plugin for Kontakt2 and EXS24. It provides 25 drum kits, 61 mapped keys in each, 1600 24 bits samples and a KSP script (Kontakt 2) named Glitch Machine that alters the sound in realtime. It is priced 75$ and audio demos are available. |
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| 03-06-07 / 11:58 PM : Vista yet cracked (cjed) |
| Just after being released, Vista is yet cracked. The mean used is innovative as it is based upon the easy activation procedure included in the OEM versions. That is here at PC Inpact. |
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| 03-06-07 / 10:08 PM : Apple and Google, Apps & multi-point touchscreen (cjed) |
| Google's CEO repeated that Apple and Google are working together on more and more projects. Rumors spoke about a tablet PC, and there is plenty of clues about the multipoint touchscreen revolution at Apple this year : the iPhone, the secret features of Leopard embargoed to the last time, the focus upon Core Animation and resolution independance of UI at developers conferences, the very long expected new Apple screens, that should have been out since months. We can then be assured to see new screens fitted with multipoint touch technology, combined with applications using these features provided by Leopard, the first being the new Logic. These screens could even rotate to work horizontally depending on the context. And the few time remaining for beta-test isn't a problem since few applications and Finder areas at start will use this technology (we can expect a new developer release following the announce at the MusikMesse). |
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| 03-05-07 / 11:46 PM : TENORI-ON : LED musical interface (cjed) |
 Yamaha and Toshio Iwai worked closely on a new musical interface, made of a 16x16 matrix of sensitives LED, the TENORI-ON. Each led triggers a sound (mapped sample) and a longer touch produces a looped sound. Then it is more a DJ tool, except if different notes of a same instrument are mapped. |
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| 03-05-07 / 11:08 PM : Korg Legacy Collection Digital Edition 1.3 (cjed) |
| Korg provides an update to Legacy Collection - DIGITAL EDITION (numbered 1.3). It includes the M1 emulator in version 1.6.0 (with all T series sounds plus new ones from five remaining T series rom cards), WAVESTATION v1.6.3 and MDE-X v1.2.6. |
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| 03-05-07 / 09:33 PM : Lego Starwars II & Star Wars: Empire At War (cjed) |
 This month should be on shelves two expected LucasArts games : Lego >Starwars II ported by Feral Interactive, and Star Wars: Empire At War ported by Aspyr Media. The later will require an Intel mac. |
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| 03-05-07 / 09:29 PM : AppleLinks : Prey review (cjed) |
| AppleLinks provides another review of Prey : they also found this Doom III engine based game interesting, featuring far more various places and clearer graphics. |
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| 03-05-07 / 09:18 PM : The Restaurant : collaborative research game (cjed) |
 The Restaurant is a collaboratif game (alla Sims) developed at the MIT Media Lab, in fact a research project aimed at creating a convincing AI based upon analysis of thousands of real players behaviors (recorded 10mn playtime). Users can sign in and download the game. All contributors will be credited and ranked, and a Lead Designer will be designed based on its playing performance (computed from many criteria).s |
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| 03-05-07 / 12:04 AM : MHC pianos available : demo (cjed) |
| MHC pianos, presented last november, is now available for mac. The price has been changed (139$, the same for Windows). Audio demo have been added, as a demo version of the software (only 4 piano patches and use time limited to 3 minutes). |
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| 03-03-07 / 05:50 PM : Realsamples Acoustic Guitar 1&2, Woodwinds oboe (cjed) |
 Following recents Classic Bass Collection and Overdriven Guitar Collection, Realsamples presents Acoustic Guitar Collection vol1 and vol2. As usual these volumes provide 32 velocity layers in 24 bits (Kontakt 2) on 1 DVD (or 4 CDs) and are sold 60$. Among these new products is also Woodwinds oboe (50$, one CD space, 8 velocity layers). Audio demos are available. |
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| 03-03-07 / 05:21 PM : Dan Dean Productions : Solo Strings Advanced (cjed) |
 Dan Dean Productions presents Solo Strings Advanced (DDSSA), a 2 Go samples library for Kontkat 2 that includes solo violin, alto vilolin and cello samples (6 articulations each) as well as ensembles based upon various combinations of these instruments (up to 12 violins per section with distinct sounding). It uses a new Timbral Impulse tonal modeling technology and an impulse reverb is bundled.The whole is sold 200$. Audio demos are available on the site. |
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| 03-03-07 / 05:10 PM : Alice UB update & audio bug fixed (cjed) |
| Aspyr Media finally provides an universal binary update for the game Alice (patch 1.1.2). Moreover this version fixes the remaining audio bug from 2001 that led to garbbled/sped up sound when changing settings ! That is here at macgamefiles. |
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| 03-03-07 / 05:02 PM : Sixtyforce 9.0 : more compatible, better audio (cjed) |
| The final version of sixtyforce 9.0 is available. It improves compatibility and performances with games, and also brings better sound emulation. |
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| 03-03-07 / 04:56 PM : Electronic Arts : games musics on ITMS (cjed) |
| Electronic Arts just signed with Apple to sell its games musics on ITMS. It seems that Apple huge progress in game area, with future macs, Leopard and multithreaded OpenGL (yet available on Tiger), and iphone produces high interest by famous game developpers (EA still develops games for ipod). |
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| 03-03-07 / 04:21 PM : VMware Fusion 1.0b2 : compatible games (cjed) |
| VMware gives many details on Fusion beta2, about 3D acceleration new feature (supports DirectX 8.1). It is even compatible with Leopard developper versions and Vista applications. Among working games are these : Aliens vs. Predator Demo, Breath of Fire IV, Grand Theft Auto III, Hitman 2, Lord of the Realms III, Max Payne 1, Max Payne 2, Need for Speed Porsche Demo, RalliSport Challenge, Tony Hawk 3, X-2 Rolling Demo. |
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| 03-01-07 / 11:36 PM : Introversion Mutiwinia : multiplayer Darwinia (cjed) |
| Introversion announced the development of Mutiwinia, a multiplayer version of the famous Darwinia game. This sequel will also spot a single player mode. It is expected for Windows during 2008 but we can hope a mac port by Ambrosia Software. |
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