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Ok, not saxophone related. But this is good. Really.
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Finale 2009 – Defining Mediocrity
Continuing it’s yearly practice, MakeMusic announced Finale 2009. Basically, they are not raising the bar at all, again, with this. For $99, you finally get: Engraver Slurs fixed (which really should have been fixed 5 years ago) a Baritone Sax in the included Garritan sounds (plus, vintage electric piano, electric guitar, electric bass, vibraphone, handbells…and…
Great Idea….Bad Timing??
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…
Al Gallodoro Turns 95
Canadian saxophonist, Al Gallodoro turns 95 on Friday. Check out his site at www.algallodoro.com.
AKG C214
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…
Registration Problems
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.
Best Recorded Big Band Albums
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….
SmartMusic 10.2
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…
Nintendo DS + 2 iPhones = Band
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??
Steinberg – Classroom Resource Pack
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…
Scientists With Too Much Free Time
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…
John Coltrane Reference Book
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…
M-Audio Fast Track Ultra
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…
NAMM Show 2008
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…
Selmer – What Are They Thinking?!?!
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…