METAlliance Academy March 20-21 at Capitol Studios in Hollywood

The METAlliance is presenting the first METAlliance Academy event, titled “In Session with The Guys,” on March 20 and 21, 2010, in Hollywood at the historic studios in the Capitol Records tower. Attendees will record and mix with the METAlliance founders in live [...]

DIY Community: Handmade Music Toronto, 2/19, and Why Now is a Great Time for Making

From a previous hackday at InterAccess; photo ( CC-BY ) Rob Cruickshank . [...]

Shure Applauds Efforts to Protect Wireless Mic Users In ‘White Spaces’

Shure Incorporated President and CEO Sandy LaMantia today lauded the efforts of Representative Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) to help protect several classes of wireless microphone users from possible harmful interference resulting from the use of new devices in radio frequencies used by wireless microphone systems and known as the “white [...]

Tree Audio Announces New Pricing, Products for 2010

Tree Audio in West Hills, Calif.—which developed the world’s first customizable 500 Series console, the Tree Audio 500—is offering new pricing and direct sales, and introducing two new consoles to its product line: the Tree Audio Branch ($12,495) 8-channel rackmountable console (with an 11-channel expander chassis available for $9,995) and the Tree Audio 500 ($24,995) 16-channel console, with two 500 Series tiers and a meter [...]

PSPaudioware Updates PSP sQuad Bundle

PSPaudioware has re-released its PSP sQuad bundle, which includes four EQ plug-ins, and is available in Audio Units, VST and RTAS formats for Mac OS X (Universal Binary); and in VST and RTAS formats for 32- and 64-bit Windows systems. PSPaudioware is offering PSP sQuad bundle as a free update for registered PSP sQuad users, while prospective users can try a fully operational 14-day [...]

Tablets, Slates, Multi-touch Everywhere, But Details Scant; Round Up of New Offerings

Could your next music controller be a tablet or slate? Dell’s “concept” points the way to what that might look like, but the wait continues for more shipping [...]

SM Pro Audio, Violet Audio Open U.S. Office

Australia-based Sound and Music—parent company of the SM Pro Audio and Violet Audio brands of music and audio equipment for the recording, live and installed sound markets—has opened a new U.S. office. The move is intended to provide North American retailers with prompt and convenient order fulfillment, direct communication with sales and support personnel, and easy access to a broad range of training [...]

WK-Audio Announces ID-Console Controller for Nuendo

German manufacturer WK-Audio calls the ID-Console its “new flagship” product. Created in late 2009, the ID-Console builds on features in the company’s ID-Controller Nuendo control [...]

CDM’s Biggest Music Tech Stories of 2009

Running a daily website is something of a controlled experiment in the passions of an enthusiastic community. 2009 was a year in which musicians pulled no punches in debating the merits not only of tools themselves, but of the ideas behind them. What follows is not the “best” of 2009, but the “biggest” – the stories that inflamed passions and got readers clicking and [...]

Where was I on 09/11/2001?

Just another day…so I thought…

I was at work on the 5th floor of 111 Fulton Street, which is 3 blocks away from the World Trade Center site.

I was speaking to a client at my desk when, I heard a loud bang and felt my seat shake. At first I [...]