MTV Networks has scheduled a big press conference today that will reportedly announce a licensing arrangement with the Beatles to incorporate the Fab Four’s catalog into the company’s popular Rock Band video game. In their invitation MTV revealed that they had reached an “exclusive agreement” with Apple Corps (executor of all things...

Sony has released Acid Pro 7, a major upgrade to their excellent digital audio workstation (DAW) that combines full multitrack recording and mixing, MIDI sequencing, and Acid looping functionality for a complete music-creation and post-production environment. Enhancements: » Audio and MIDI mixing console » MIDI track freeze » Input...

“I bet the kids love this…” Mr. Rogers, a stalwart of American’s Generation X, was way ahead of the curve when he declared, “I bet the kids love this…” after receiving a demonstration of a homemade synth by Bruce Haack in 1968. Bruce Haack produced some of the earliest pieces of electronic music in the 1960′s, and...

The digital DJ world continues to make ground on vinyl. The latest shot across the bow is the new Vestax VCI-300 MIDI DJ Controller married to Serato’s new ITCH DJ mixing software. As you can see from the video below, it’s only a matter of time… For those who desire a larger platter, Numark is readying their NS7 and Stanton is reportedly...

Leslie Stanford has released Bass Tightener a free VST plug-in for Windows that claims to tighten and center bass frequencies. The Sanford Bass Tightener is a spatial effect for tightening up the stereo spread. It allows you to set the frequencies below a certain specified frequency to mono, for example 120Hz, while allowing the higher frequencies to remain in...