139 New Year Limbo

Presented by Samuel Freeman .

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Here are the answers to our 2014 end of year quiz.
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1. Which version of cubase was released this year?
   • Pro 8
2. 2014 saw the release of a brand new DAW. What is it called?
   • Bitwig Studio
3. Which version of Iris was released this year?
   • 2
4. Which streaming service did Taylor Swift fall out with?
   • Spotify
5. Which version of Reason was released this year?
   • 8
6. Who delivered the 2014 BBC Music John Peel Lecture?
   • Iggy Pop
7. In which Month was Max 7 released?
   • November
8. What is Google November announced Music service called?
   • Music Key
9. What was Bandcamp CEO Ethan Diamond refering to when he said, “It’s kinda like what U2 and Apple did, except that it’s music that you actually want!”
   • Bandcamp Subscriptions
10. Which music streaming service launched in January this year?
    • Beats Music
11. MOTU released their first Thunderbolt audio interface this year; what’s it called?
    • 828X
12. Which company announced the release of Impact Xi Keyboard controllers?
    • Nektar
13. Who will eventually release the Traktor Kontrol S8?
    • NI
14. Which synth makers released the SUB 37?
    • Moog
15. Which band gave you an album even if you did not ask for it?
    • U2
16. Who offered to pay The Beta Band with vouchers?
    • Nandos
17. Which version of RX was released this year?
    • RX4
18. The ‘Music for Robots’ EP was released by Warp Records, and performed by the Z-Machines, but who composed the music?
    • Squarepusher (Tom Jenkinson)
19. Which long standing Apple product was discontinued this year?
    • iPod Classic
20. Who announced the StudioLive RM Series this year?
    • Presonous
21. Which version of Sadie was released last this year?
    • 6.1
22. Which medium celebrated 10 years in August?
    • Podcasting
23. What drum machine became super sized?
    • 909
24. Who released SPATv3 this year?
    • IRCAM
25. Which band helped out a fan via reddit?
    • The Offspring
26. What is the title of, and who released version 1.2 of their outcome record on the iOS platform?
    • Futures EP’ by Adam Jansh
27. What is Ocenaudio?
    • An audio editor
28. Who celebrated their 30th year of business this year having released ‘Multitrack Recorder’ in 1984, and what computer did that program run?
    • Stienberg, on the Commodore 64
29. Which company made a big deal out of Knobs?
    • Tuna DJ Gear
30. In which month was VST Connect Performer releaased?
    • July
31. Which version of Notion was released in 2014?
    • 5
32. Which DAW sync and share service started this year?
    • Blend.io
33. Which UK based company launched the Modulus.002?
    • Modulus
34. Who bought Songza?
    • Google
35. Which Company released a Drum Machine Dock for iPad?
    • Alesis
36. Which guild did YouTube upset?
    • Music Producers Guild
37. Who called WWDC this year?
    • Dr Dre
38. Has Logic Pro X been updated this week?
    • (rhetorical question)
39. Roli have been in the news a few times this year, what’s the name of their flagship musical controller interface?
    • The Seaboard GRAND
40. Who released iRing?
    • IK Multimedia
41. Which country hosted MIDI HACK 2014?
    • Sweden
42. What are the AKG Y-Series?
    • Headphones
43. Who didnt release Digital Headphones?
    • [ed.(SF) the list of who did would be more finite, but the question was reference to:] Apple
44. Who acquired Beats?
    • Apple

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