FM Synthesis Tutorial

Found this over at the Covert Operators page. Very cool tutorial on what can be a confusing subject.

Ableton Live 8 Beta Testing

If you currently own Ableton Live 7 you can get in on the version 8 beta testing loop here:

Ableton Live 8 Beta

For those of us who don't own a lot of the add-ons (Tesion, Operator,etc.) the Beta 8 version includes 'em.

Reason, ReWire and Ableton Live

Pro Tools 8 Previewed at AES

Digidesign has officially announced Pro Tools 8! Tons of new features including a "lite" version of the Eleven amp simulation plug-in, new MIDI functionality, and a some pretty cool sounding free virtual instruments. I'll have a full review up here as soon as I get my hands on a copy.

The big question - will there be Automatic Delay Compensation? I hope so...

New Ableton Live 7 Video Course

I've got a brand new Ableton Live video course available at www.HowAudio.com - this one has everything you need to know to get started making music with Ableton Live 7. There are two free quickstart movies that you can check out and HA now has three different price plans to choose from - Annual, Monthly and a Sampler plan where you can sign up for two months for only $30!

Get Mastering Digital Audio Production - Cheap!

My first book "Mastering Digital Audio Production" is available at a big discount through some of the resellers in the Used & New section on Amazon.com. There's even some new or like-new copies out there for under $5!

Check out the Mastering Digital Audio Production website for more details.

King Dubby - Updated for Leopard/Intel

Lowcoders & Bitplant have released a beta version for Leopard/Intel Mac users of my all-time favorite free Audio Unit plug-in - the King Dubby Tape Delay.

Currently it's still available only as an Audio Unit but according to the site a VST version is on the way!