Thursday, May 8, 2008

Guitar Session by NI

New audio interface from NI, especially for the guitarist.

GUITAR RIG SESSION delivers powerhouse tone at a down to earth price. The versatile GUITAR RIG 3 XE software coupled with the portable yet robust SESSION I/O audio interface is a potent combination of components – specially designed to let you easily record and process your guitar, bass and vocals.

It may be small, but the USB-powered GUITAR RIG SESSION I/O packs big, studio-quality sound, thanks to crystal-clear 24-bit/192 kHz converters. Built with a tough aluminum chassis, this go-anywhere box is built to last.

The SESSION I/O features a superb phantom-powered mic preamp, Hi-Z Instrument and Line inputs, plus level-controlled Main and Headphone outputs – giving you maximum flexibility in virtually any recording situation.

Comprehensive software package with GUITAR RIG 3 XE, Steinberg Cubase® Le 4, KORE PLAYER and the KORE SOUNDPACK "POP DRUMS
Nice little package! In stores worldwide: June, 1st
List price: $249 / 229 €

Mac OS X 10.4 / 10.5, G4 1.4 GHz oder Intel® Core™ Duo 1.66 GHz, 512 MB RAM

PC:Pentium III oder Athlon XP 1.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM
USB 2.0 interface, DVD drive

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New Guitar Rig XE

native Instruments announced a new version Of Guitar Rig, avaialable for a June 1 ship date.

Guitar Rig 3XE
This powerful and inspirational software is the direct route to your perfect custom tone. Equipped with the best amps and effects from the award-winning GUITAR RIG 3 software, GUITAR RIG 3 XE puts a world of studio-quality guitar and bass sounds at your fingertips.

GUITAR RIG 3 XE offers 5 amazing guitar and bass amps as well as 21 extraordinary effects, taken from the award-winning GUITAR RIG 3 and based on acclaimed Dynamic Tube Response Technology® for true studio quality. The new “Matched Cabinet” module provides perfectly harmonized speaker configurations per amp, providing instant tried-and-true classic tones. 12 matched cabinets.

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Midi guitar Sax.

I have been shopping for a software instrument for Sax.

I downloaded the demo Saxlab which sounds good and responses pretty well to the Axon. Still need to tweak it a little. I also want to be able to switch sounds via velocity. When I pick hard the "roar" or "growl" sounds would trigger.
I am also looking at Yellowtools'Candy but there is no downloadable demo.

Brian
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Logic's Mainstage

Mainstage is part of Logic Pro. It is an independent application for live use.

Within Mainstage you can set up presets made up of audio and software sounds for use with Midi guitar. You can just use a regular guitar also - you get the audio presets from Logic Guitar amp or use one the guitar amp sims like GuitarRig 3, Revalver, Amplitube.... Midi Guitar gives you full use of the program and sounds.

More amd more guitarist are getting brever and using laptops on gigs. I think MainStage is an easy solution.

Brian
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Play guitar

Carlos Santana has become a god - again - to a new generation hooked on Guitar Hero, but the notion of youngsters banging away at plastic slabs in time with his most famous solos isn't that meaningful to him.
''I probably wouldn't be very good at it,'' he says in a recent phone interview. ''I'd say if you're going to spend that much time and energy, get yourself a real guitar. If you're going to make the jump - jump! I'm not into virtual anything, if it's not the real thing, man.''

Brian
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