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Apogee has announced the Symphony I/O, a multi-channel professional audio interface offering native Logic and Pro Tools compatibility and I/O flexibility. Symphony can function in StandAlone Mode or connect directly to a Mac via any Mac-based audio workstation. The new Symphony System also features new digital audio conversion technology, new Maestro 2 software, multiple I/O options and low latency performance. The Symphony I/O will replace AD-16X,
DA-16X and the Rosetta 800.
With flexible and scalable I/O architecture, the upgraded Symphony System now allows end-users to define a system to their specific needs. Symphony I/O’s base chassis can accommodate up to 2 I/O modules, creating any combination of analog and digital I/O with USB 2.0, Symphony and Avid’s Pro Tools connectivity.
The new Maestro 2 software offers integral control of Symphony I/O with a new interface that makes workflow easier by removing the guesswork from routing, mic pre adjustment, input and output calibration and hardware control. Lastly, connect Symphony I/O to the Symphony 64 PCI or Symphony Mobile Express/34 card for low latency with Apple Logic, and all Apple Core Audio applications.
Features:
» The latest in Apogee conversion and clocking technologies
» Current I/O Modules include:
— 8 Analog I/O + 8 Optical I/O
— 8 Analog I/O + 8 AES I/O
— 8 Mic Preamp
— 16 Analog IN + 16 Optical OUT
— 16 Analog OUT + 16 Optical IN
» Audio Interface Mode (AIM): Easily configure Symphony I/O from the front panel for these modes:
— Symphony (connect to Symphony PCIe card or Symphony Mobile
— Express/34 card for ultra low latency use with Logic or any Core Audio application)
— Pro Tools HD (connect directly to Pro Tools PCIe card)
— USB (connect to high-speed USB 2.0 port)
— StandAlone (I/O inputs routed directly to I/O outputs)
» Front panel control including two encoder knobs for selectable input gain and output level adjustment and sixteen (16) high-resolution meters, audio system and clocking indication
» Two (2) studio quality headphone outputs
» Four (4) word clock connections
» Available with feet for desktop use or rack ears for rack mounting
Apogee’s Symphony starts at $3690 and will begin rolling out on August 1st. More information on Apogee Symphony.
[via futuremusic.com]
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Google Docs is primarily designed to give you online access to Microsoft Office and other types of documents via a Web browser, but technically, you can store just about any type of file in the Docs database. A new iPhone app called Cloud Music, which debuted in the App Store on Monday, takes advantage of this flexibility to deliver a quick-and-dirty music locker service.
First, you have to register with Google and use your Web browser to upload some music files into Google Docs. The service offers up to 1GB of storage for free, with a maximum file size of 250MB, but you can add storage pretty cheaply–for instance, 20GB will cost you only $5 per year.
Then you can go to the App store and download Cloud Music for $1.99. The first time you log in, it’ll ask you to enter your Google ID and password. Then you’ll be able to browse through the music files, download them to a playlist, and begin to play.
find out more on cnet.com
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Audio File Formats
Sound Designer II: This format was originally introduced as the native file type of the veteran Macintosh-based Digidesign audio editing program of the same name. Originally, the output consisted of two linked mono files, but there is now a single stereo file version as well. You might want to export in this format if you are working with Pro Tools users on the Mac, or those aficionados still using Sound Designer!
AIFF: This is Apple’s full-bandwidth PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) file format that maintains the full audio quality of the bounce. AIFF files can have a maximum size of 2GB, which equates to stereo files of about three hours and 15 minutes at 16-bit, 44.1kHz resolution.
WAV: WAV files are, effectively, the Windows version of AIFF. These days, Macs are perfectly happy with WAV files, but Windows programs cannot always use AIFF, so if you expect your files to end up on a PC, WAV format is preferable. Sonically, there’s no difference between WAV and AIFF. Logic generates Broadcast Wave Files (BWF), so the maximum WAV file is 4GB (about six hours and 30 minutes at the CD standard bit and sample rates).
CAF: To address the limitations of AIFF and WAV files, CAF (Core Audio Format) has been introduced, and can cope with durations of up to 13 hours and 30 minutes at 44.1kHz. While bit depth and format (stereo, mono or surround) do not affect recording time, sample rate does, and the recording time is reduced to about three hours at 192kHz.
MP3 and AAC: Both of these formats use ‘perceptual encoding’ to trim down file sizes. You can select a bit rate (the higher the rate, the higher the quality, but the larger the files generated) or use variable bit rates, which change depending on the harmonic content of the audio, with lower rates during simple passages and higher rates for more harmonically complex ones.
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this look like the community designed by Glocal Music
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If you don’t know exactly what you are looking for, YouTube and its millions of videos can be a bit overwhelming. To help guide visitors through the clutter YouTube has launched a new music landing page (here)
read more on hypebot.com
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There have been numerous iPhone/iPod touch applications released, and musical instrument application is one of the popular categories among users.
Guitar, bass, piano, ocarina, the list goes on and on.
EVENNO introduces The Fingerist which is a music adapter that allows you to play those applications on iPhone/iPod touch like a real guitarist.
The Fingerist is a new style iPhone/iPod touch accessory that enables you to play your applications as if you are actually playing musical instruments.
This music adapter has a built-in speaker that operates on 3 AA batteries which will enable you to perform 6-hour stage live.
find our more on evenno.com
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Still think a music career is an easy path to a blinged-out life? Don’t believe the hype. A whole lot of folks have to get paid before the musician does. The Root traces the money trail.
If you thought the life of most musicians was comparable to the blissful and blinged-out existences of Kanye and Rihanna, you’ve clearly not heard much about our ever-desiccating music industry. According to the latest Nielsen research, only 2.1 percent of the albums released in 2009 sold even 5,000 copies — that’s just 2,050 records out of nearly 100,000, and to fewer people than go to a small liberal arts college.
As if that weren’t bad enough, even the bands who do move units end up paying through the nose, mouth, eyes and ears for management, legal fees, producers and other expenses, leaving most of them scrounging to pay for record advances and, if they can afford it, health care.
From the outside, it often sounds fun to be in a band. But before picking up that guitar or microphone, take a look at where the money from a record goes.
read more on the root
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Digital music distributor TuneCore has made several improvements to their service that will enable artists’ music to go live more quickly at digital retail, be categorized more accurately and show up in more searches. Artists can now do bulk uploads, allowing them to upload up to 20 songs at once and have their music delivered faster to stores and fans.
read more on hypebot.com
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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters just can’t keep away from each other, no matter how much they try. After years of discord, the duo, who played a short set together last weekend at a benefit for the Hoping Foundation in Oxfordshire, England, plan to reunite once again, performing Comfortably Numb at a to-be-determined stop on Waters’ upcoming tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Wall.
Posting the news on Facebook, Waters describes how he initially received an e-mail from Gilmour, who had performed for the Hoping Foundation in 2009, proposing that the two do a version of The Teddy Bears’ classic To Know Him Is To Love Him for the gig just past.
read more on musicradar.com
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