Jazz-Sax, all things Jazz and Sax
Finally, a professional mobile solution for recording on an iPod. The Alesis Protrack sounds good… ProTrack provides convenient, direct-to-iPod stereo digital recording to iPod in a portable, handheld form factor. Users can capture live audio anywhere and anytime with their iPod or iPod nano. ProTrack’s smart design integrates the iPod into the recorder, with included…
Canadian saxophonist, Al Gallodoro turns 95 on Friday. Check out his site at www.algallodoro.com.
AKG has a new mic out, the AKG C214. From the press release: Based on one of the most successful studio mics released by AKG, the C 414 model, and using all the feedback that during 30 years they have received from its users (maybe they could release a new version earlier, but…), AKG has…
Seems that the registration emails were not getting sent. Thanks AT&T. They changed their server setting not to allow sending emails on one account with the address of another. So, Gmail to the rescue. Emails for registrations are coming from mailer@jazz-sax.com. Look for that perhaps in your spam blocker or whatever.
As frequent readers of Jazz-Sax.Com will know, I won a pretty awesome M-Audio package. I really did not have the “horse power” to use it until my G4 PowerMac decided to die. Followed by my G4 Cube (though that was probably more me messing around with it than it just dying on it’s own accord….
MakeMusic finally released SmartMusic 10.2 today. Highlights of the new features: Support of Mac OS X Leopard Microphone Check Wizard ensures proper microphone levels for recording and assessment Easier-to-Use – many aspects of SmartMusic have been simplified and made more intuitive, including the installer, login process, activation, and update messaging Create assignments with audio-quality accompaniment…
The potential of a touch interface is amazing, as exhibited by this video I found at Gizmodo: Lots of potential for all kinds of interesting things. Now where is the saxophone sound??
Not sure what happened to the Music Education Alliance, but Steinberg announced their Classroom Resource Pack. “Computer technology is increasingly being used for teaching music in schools world-wide,” comments Mark Porter, Steinberg’s International Sales Manager. “But often the task of providing classroom resources is left to the individual teacher, even if their personal experience using…
I wonder why things like this get funded. John Coltrane and other famed jazz saxophonists hit piercing high notes that amateurs can’t by expertly changing the shape of their vocal tracts, research now reveals. No shit Sherlock. It’s called having chops. Practicing for a long time. Untangling this mystery has proven hard, since it is…
Here is a review of the forementioned John Coltrane Reference Book. Porter combines meticulous scholarship with an eye for telling details, the revealing and necessary details about Coltrane’s life and music that constantly open up new perspectives. There is no gratuitous quoting of literary figures irrelevant to Coltrane, or bizarre factoids (the attendance at a…
I got into recording a while ago, my first interface being an original MOTU 828. That thing works great. However, it is not supported in ProTools, and I kind of want to start using ProTools more. Plus, I want to move it to my home studio to hopefully make it easier to record virtual tracks…
The NAMM show kicked off the other day. So far, I haven’t seen anything that pops out “Whoa, that’s neat” to me. Some interesting things are: New line of AKG Headphones. I use AKG headphones, and they are excellent. Tascam DR-1 Portable Recorder, Yamaha Pocketrak 2G, and Marantz Digital Performer 6 Lots of recording devices…
I’m not sure what to think about this. Selmer, I gotta ask, why? Conn-Selmer, Inc. announces the U.S. availability of the limited edition 2006 issue Selmer (Paris) saxophone avian series. In 2005, the Henri Selmer company of Paris embarked on a five-year adventure honoring each of the continents by depicting a native bird in highly…
I’m a little late on this, probably due to not having internet during this time, but Frank Morgan passed away on December 14th. Frank Morgan, 73, a jazz saxophonist of impeccable ability, whose claim to the mantle of the celebrated Charlie Parker was clouded by his heroin addiction, died Dec. 14 at his home in…
I’m sure all of you have seen or played Guitar Hero. Or perhaps the bigger, and some say better, Rock Band. Here is something even better. Guitar Wizard. I believe it is a new, way better version of this. Done right, it would be very cool. Could be a new way to learn an instrument….