segunda-feira, outubro 28, 2013

Morreu Lou Reed


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Morreu Lou Reed

O músico, compositor e guitarrista norte-americano Lou Reed morreu, este domingo, aos 71 anos, desconhecendo-se a causa concreta, noticiou a revista "Rolling Stone".
Lou Reed, fundador da banda de culto Velvet Underground e que agora atuava a solo, marcou meio século do rock. Foi considerado um dos melhores guitarristas de sempre pela "Rolling Stone", alcançando a 81ª posição no ranking.
Casado com a artista Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed tinha sido submetido a um transplante de fígado, em maio.
Foi com a mulher que esteve pela última vez em Portugal, a convite do produtor Paulo Branco, para expor as suas fotografias e apresentar o documentário "Red Shirley", com o qual se estreou como realizador, no Estoril Film Festival, em novembro de 2010. Além da exposição de fotografias, intitulada "Romanticism", Lou Reed deu, na ocasião, uma aula de cinema, fotografia e artes marciais na ocasião.
O último concerto de Lou Reed, que atuou pela primeira vez em Portugal em 1980, recua a julho de 2008, no Campo Pequeno, em Lisboa. Antes, o ex-Velvet Underground, banda que deixou em 1970, tinha atuado em 1992 e 1998 (durante a Expo98) e em 2000.
Em 2011, o músico fez um álbum de parceria com o grupo de heavy metal Metallica, intitulado "Lulu".

Fonte: Jornal de Notícias


sexta-feira, outubro 25, 2013

Ohm Force releases Ohm Studio v1.0



Ohm Force has announced the release of Ohm Studio, which they describe as "the only pro-grade DAW that allows for online cloud-based collaboration - a technical challenge that explains why it took so long and why Ohm Studio is the only DAW to offer online collaboration to date".
As opposed to other DAWs that culturally promote the idea that one guy can do it all, Ohm Force understands that the music most people listen to is very rarely made by one person alone. In this age of the Internet, having access to a world of talented people to do instrument recording, arranging, producing will be brought back to the core experience of computer music making. Collaborative features as well as a UI with a gentle learning curve and pro-grade audio performance complete the approach that sums up Ohm Studio.
Ohm Studio (free) includes a basic production suite, free partner plugins (Hybrit amp sim from Lepou and Voxengo's Old Skool Verb), exclusive UVI-made Ohm Studio multi-instrument (with 1.5 GB of sounds), Frohmage filter and all of the Ohm Studio features with two exceptions: recording is limited to 16-bits and export to high quality compressed audio.





EarMaster Pro 6.1



The easy, motiviating and efficient way to become a better musician.

EarMaster Pro 6 is the ultimate training tool for all musicians of all levels. It includes thousands of exercises for sight-singing, ear training and rhythm study from beginner level to very advanced. The courses of EarMaster have been designed by experienced music educators with the aim to offer a comprehensive and progressive set of exercises that can be used at home or at the music school. 


Used by music schools and conservatories across the world to train the music professionals of tomorrow, EarMaster 6 will help you take your musical skills to the next level and make you a better musician. The program includes all you need for consistent and highly effective ear training, sight-singing practice and rhythm training:

EarMaster6 is for both music students, hobbyists and professional musicians. The current version is the outcome of years of collaboration with leading music schools, conservatories and universities from all around the world. Therefore, no matter how experienced you are, you will always find lessons, drills and tests that will challenge your sight-singing, aural and rhythmic skills.

2 complete courses with over 2000 exercises will help you organize your training. As you move along the exercises, the difficulty will be raised automatically to match your level and skills.

- Install the program in the default directory
- Apply the activator :)
- Enjoy your newly full registered app !

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quarta-feira, outubro 23, 2013

Audacity atualizado para a versão v2.0.5



Audacity é um software livre de edição digital de áudio disponível principalmente nas plataformas: Windows, Linux e Mac e ainda em outros Sistemas Operacionais. O código fonte do Audacity está sob a licença GNU General Public License. A sua interface gráfica foi produzida utilizando-se de bibliotecas do wxWidgets.
O Audacity é muito popular entre os podcasters pelos seus recursos de edição, sua grande disponibilidade em múltiplas plataformas, suporte e licença aberta que permite ao programa ser gratuito.

Alguns dos recursos do Audacity incluem:
  • Importação e exportação em formato WAV, MP3 (via LAME, copiado separadamente), Ogg Vorbis, e outros;
  • Gravação e reprodução de sons;
  • Edição simplificada com Cortar, Copiar, Colar e Apagar;
  • Desfazer ilimitados para qualquer passo;
  • Mixagem em múltiplas faixas;
  • Efeitos digitais de som e mais plug-ins de efeitos (Pode-se criar novos plug-ins com a linguagem Nyquist);
  • Edição de amplitude sonora em formato envelope;
  • Remoção de ruídos;
  • Suporte para modo multicanal, com taxa de amostragem de até 96kHz e 24 bits por amostra;
  • A habilidade de alterar a velocidade do som, sem alterar sua altura, para sincronização perfeita com vídeo (em dublagens);
  • Facilidade de uso;
  • Suporte a idiomas.


A interface gráfica do usuário do Audacity, possui suporte aos seguintes idiomas: Africâner, Alemão, Árabe, Basco, Bengali, Bielorrusso, Birmanês, Búlgaro, Catalão, Chinês (Simplificado), Chinês (Tradicional), Coreano, Croata, Dinamarquês, Eslovaco, Esloveno, Espanhol, Finlandês, Francês, Galego, Galês, Georgiano, Grego, Hebraico, Híndi, Holandês, Húngaro, Indonésio, Inglês, Irlandês, Italiano, Japonês, Khmer, Lituano, Macedônio, Norueguês, Occitano, Persa, Polonês, Português, Português (Brasil), Romeno, Russo, Sérvio (Cirílico), Sérvio (Latino), Sueco, Tajique, Tcheco, Turco, Ucraniano e Vietnamita.
Fonte: Wikipédia
Audacity 2.0.5 substitui todas as versões anteriores. Ela corrige falhas ou trava que foram relatados em Audacity 2.0.4 em algumas máquinas , e contém muitas outras correções de bugs e melhorias de estabilidade .

  • (OS X) trava quando a importação de arquivos de áudio são fixas.
  • (OS X) Os arquivos podem agora ser aberto usando Finder " Abrir com " , e clique duas vezes ou arrastando o ícone do Audacity.
  • (OS X ) Unidade áudio plug- ins não são carregados até ser usado. Isso faz com que o Audacity iniciar mais rápido e evita falhas de inicialização devido a incompatibilidade plug- ins.
  • (Windows ) Em poucas máquinas, o WDM- KS baixa latência anfitrião do Windows causada Audacity 2.0.4 para pendurar ou o computador para dormir. WDM- KS foi removido Audacity 2.0.5 , enquanto nós trabalhamos em permitir com segurança este host. WDM- KS ainda estará disponível para testes no desenvolvimento do Windows alpha constrói .
  • (Windows) Corrigido um bug onde Audacity não iria gravar até que a corrente de entrada foi reconduzida .
  • (Linux) Agora você pode navegar através de um efeito ou outro diálogo usando TAB do teclado.

Outros bugs foram corrigidos , nomeadamente em forma de exaltação sendo muito alto , conforme detalhado nas 2.0.5 Release Notes.
Bossie 2013 Prêmios: Em setembro, o Audacity foi listado como top pick no bossie categoria do InfoWorld 2013 para " Os melhores aplicativos de desktop open source e plataformas móveis."



sábado, setembro 14, 2013

Jam Origin updated to MIDI Guitar v0.9.3-R2R


What is MIDI Guitar?

MIDI Guitar is a revolutionary piece of software that converts your guitars analog signal into MIDI, making it possible to use your standard guitar as a MIDI controller/ MIDI keyboard. Play your favorite software synthesizers/samplers with your guitar. MIDI Guitar is the worlds first low latency, polyphonic software solution, allowing you to play both chords and single notes with instant audio feedback.
Traditionally guitarists have had to seek out expensive custom hardware to be able to use a guitar as a MIDI controller, either hardware that needs that to be physically attached to the guitar or dedicated guitar synthesizer hardware. MIDI Guitar removes the need for any kind of specialized hardware beside a standard guitar interface to connect your guitar to your computer. Just connect your guitar and let MIDI Guitar do the rest.
MIDI Guitar comes in two variants, a standalone application that supports hosting of VST/Audio instruments and effects that be used without any additional software installed and a VST/AudioUnit variant that can be used in with your favorite Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) software.
Join many guitarists around the world and try MIDI Guitar today. Download the free trial where you can try all the features included in the full version and use it unlimited with the built-in samplers and synthesizers. When using the trial version with MIDI output and VST/AudioUnit plugins the recognition will be interrupted occasionally, but it still fully functional. Upgrade to the full version to explore a new musical experience without interruptions.





Celemony Melodyne Editor v2.1.1.15


Shape audio as never before

Vocal polishing of the highest quality, the removal of wrong notes from piano recordings, incredible harmonic and rhythmic freedom: Melodyne editor is the most powerful edition of our one-track product family and offers you the entire spectrum of Melodyne's award-winning capabilities.

Unique and award winning
Melodyne editor, with its Direct Note Access technology, makes possible what had previously been considered impossible: access to individual notes in polyphonic audio material. Correct wrong notes in a piano recording; change the chords in a guitar accompaniment after the recording is over; refashion a sample lick. Only Melodyne editor gives you the freedom to work like this with audio. And allows you to do things you could only dream of doing before.

Edit music and not just audio data
With Melodyne editor you can edit your audio material in an intuitive and flexible way. Simply move an audio note to a different pitch or a different position. Make notes longer or shorter, louder or softer. Delete notes from chords or add new ones by copying. Use a multitude of scales, create your own or extract scales from audio recordings. Control the timing in detail and even the time course within notes. These functions for shaping audio will give you an experience you don‘t want to miss.

Best sound, best reputation, best of company
Melodyne editor is at home in all the great studios of the world and can be heard on countless productions. Leading producers are of one voice in praising the sound quality, flexibility, speed and reliability. Whether used as a problem solver in the hard day-to-day work of production or as a source of ideas and creative tool: Melodyne editor quickly becomes indispensible and inspires time and again.

The future of audio
Melodyne editor will change the way you work with audio. The note-based approach and intuitive operation of Melodyne editor will soon seem so natural to you and so much a matter of course that you will no longer regard audio as something fixed and given but quite simply as music. As music you can shape and refashion virtually at will. To correct and optimize or fully restructure in order to make new ideas reality. This is how we picture the future of audio editing. And with Melodyne editor, this future is yours already today.

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sexta-feira, setembro 13, 2013

Audacity updated to v2.0.4


Audacity, the free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds, has been updated to v2.0.4.

Changes and Improvements:

  • New "Reverb" effect to replace GVerb, based on the original "Freeverb".
  • New View > Go to Selection Start and Go to Selection End commands.
  • New Tracks > Align End to End command to append existing tracks to each other.
  • Change Tempo now supports fractional BPM.
  • Plot Spectrum now supports FFT sizes up to 65536.
  • WAV files now support "Album Title", "Track Number" and "Genre" LIST INFO tags and also support ID3 tags.
  • Handle a bug in older iPods or some OS X applications that cause them to refuse AIFF files whose metadata contains an uneven number of characters.
  • (Windows) Added support for "Windows WDM-KS" host which can provide very low latencies if you reduce "Audio to Buffer" in Recording Preferences.
  • (Windows Vista and later) You can now record computer playback by choosing the new "Windows WASAPI" host in Device Toolbar then a "loopback" input.
  • (Windows and Mac OS X): VST scanning dialog now replaced with a dialog for choosing which VST effects to load.
  • (Linux) CTRL + ALT can now be used to smooth samples in Draw Tool.
  • Modules Preferences replaced with a dialog on launch of Audacity enabling you to choose which modules to load.

Bug fixes:

  • Keyboard Preferences: Shortcuts for Generators, Effects and Analyzers were not exported. All imported shortcut changes were discarded.
  • Equalization curves were corrupted in Graphic EQ mode after switching to/from Draw Curves or after running the effect then reopening it.
  • Change Pitch displayed corrupted values when reducing pitch or editing "from" Frequency. Detection was very inaccurate at high sample rates.
  • Bass Boost no longer clips if the track contains 32-bit audio.
  • Auto Duck was excessively slow on older machines.
  • (Windows) Exported MP3 comments tags were not seen by Windows programs.
  • (Windows and OS X) Audacity crashed if you used system quit before file import was complete.
  • (Linux) Equalization crashed Audacity if the XML file was corrupted.
  • (Linux) When configuring effect parameters in "Edit Chains", "Preview" (not intended to be functional) caused a crash.
  • (Linux) LICENSE.txt and README.txt were wrongly installed in /usr/local/share/doc instead of /usr/local/share/doc/audacity/ .
  • Accessibility: ENTER did not toggle selectedness of a label track unless a label was selected.
  • Numerous other interface fixes.
  • Audacity is a free wave (audio) editor.




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