Daft Question

I’d heard talk on the radio, a while ago, that there had been a short TV ad spot consisting of a short bit of music and the Daft Punk signature, and looking at the music press section of magazines on the shelf at a train station retailer this week those robot faces were on many of the covers: so it seems Daft Punk have a new album out.  Good for them, I thought, and later — having been primed so well for it — I was curious enough to click on a link to this interview on BBC Radio 6 music. (content only available for a short time)

Interview highlights (by Sam Freeman, from memory having listed to it once, while cooking, a few days ago):

  • concept of working on the production of a album with a cast and crew involved; analogy to big movie production (Daft Punk having taken a break from making their new album to work on the Tron Legacy soundtrack).
  • why they see computers in music making as a bad thing: lack of individual identity in the sound because the setup is too shared; brief description of their early setup using samplers etc as comparison; (from about 12min in, I think)
  • why Iron Man didn’t pass Daft Punk auditions, and who did…
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Reason 7

 

Before of the release of Propellerheads Reason 7, the opening of this video, demonstrating the new ‘audio quantize’ type features, made me smile… it begins with the line:

Today we’re going to pretend we can play music better than we actually can

A few weeks on from its arrival, and the 7.0.1 update is now available (update news via KVR – and let’s not forget the Reason Essentials equivalent v2.0.1).

I (Sam F) have had chance to play a bit with some of the new features and will talk about them in the show today…

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Google Play Music All Access

Google have released their own music streaming service, Google Play Music All Access.

Available only in the US and accessed via either Android or the web at a monthly subscription of $9.99 , though currently at a special offer of $7.99.

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Steinberg updates

WaveLab (Elements) 8.0.1

WaveLab 8 boasts 150+ feature enhancements compared to the version 7s.  Anyone who had purchased or upgraded to version 7 on or after March 1, 2013 “are eligible to obtain a free Grace Period update to WaveLab 8 or WaveLab Elements 8

Cubase (Artist) 7.0.4

maintenance update in which a bunch of user reported bugs are fixed so things work “as expected”, plus improvements are made to the MixConsole, Chord Track, MIDI functions, Audio system, and the GUI… the version history pdf details them all.

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Digital Performer 8

MOTU are shipping Digital Performer 8, EM Magazine says,

This DAW goes to 11

which might mean something to you….

Also includes full 64 bit support, Windows 8 17 new effects, 15 new themes and Punch Guard recording

Available as a 30 day download demo now.

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Fake Soundcloud Superstar

5 Magazine has an interesting article about faking your way to being a SoundCloud superstar and of course its all about the money.

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History of Pro Tools Hardware

A cool video about the history of ProTools hardware from 1991-2013. Bringing back many memories....
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Get On Down releasing TR-909 CD Tribute

Get On Down are releasing a CD celebrating the famous TR-909, including audio samples and commentary from rapper Schoolly-D about the samples.

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Whats the Difference Between the SM58 and the Beta58A

An interesting article from Shure about the differences between the SM58 and the Beat 58A.
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Spotify Drops the 5-play limit

Spotify has announced today that they are dropping the 5-play limit for free users, so now you can listen to the same song over and over and over again. You have still the 25 hour play limit and of course the adverts.

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Steinberg Notation

CDM reports that the recently dismissed Sibelius development team have found new task at Steinberg.

Could we see new notation software, or perhaps Cubase could be getting some new features?

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New MacBook Pros

Apple have announced New MacBooks Pros featuring upgrade processors and different configuration options.

Also a couple of prices changes in the MacBook Air notebooks.

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New ADA8200

The good old work house ADA8000 is seeing a refresh, now with the inclusion of,

8 state-of-the-art MIDAS designed Mic Preamps

More details online.

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Behringer X32 Producer

The Behringer X32 Producer console has appeared on the Behringer site.

From the tech spec, 40-Input, 25-Bus Rack-Mountable Digital Mixing Console with 16 Programmable MIDAS Preamps, 17 Motorised Faders, FireWire/USB Audio Interface and iPad/iPhone Remote Control.

An interesting piece of hardware though I don’t tend to relate rack-mountable and portable.

From the blurb,

Why do we call it the X32 PRODUCER? A producer is someone who lives life on the go…

It is however great to see digital desks comming down in price.

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Shure Home Recording

The Shure Home Recording series is a great source of information if you are doing recording at home and this entry about microphones is very interesting if you have always wondered how do they work?

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Trains

How could we not mention the release of Trains a sound library of train sounds.

Available from Boom now as either stereo or 5.0 surround recordings at 96kHz 24bit wav.

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Media Changes

The Calrec blog linked to these two stories over the last few weeks,

Firstly the announced demise of MiniDisc Sony will no longer ship Mini Disc after March this year, very sad but I am glad that got message!!

And as one format dies its important to remember that formats don’t always die when they are went to, Vinyl continues to sell, DAT still sees portable use and back in 2011 cassette was making a come back maybe!

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Flying with Instruments

If you fly often with instruments then you will be interested in the new rules.

More details online.

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