Cinco minutos foi o tempo necessário para a UNESCO aprovar, esta manhã em Paris, a inscrição do cante alentejano na lista representativa do património cultural imaterial da humanidade. Paris ouviu os homens de Serpa.
A nomeação portuguesa foi considerada “exemplar” pelo órgão de avaliação da UNESCO – o chamado “corpo subsidiário” – cujos membros se declararam “unânimes sobre a qualidade desta candidatura”.
Portugal foi convidado a “intervir para partilhar a sua alegria” e 21 membros do Grupo Coral e Etnográfico da Casa do Povo de Serpa, todos homens, surgiram em palco nos seus trajos rurais, chapéus pretos e cajados, e cantaram , durante breves minutos, a canção Alentejo, Alentejo. Telemóveis e tablets despontaram um pouco por toda a grande sala da UNESCO, para registar o momento.
O cante é a terceira nomeação portuguesa a ser consagrada internacionalmente pela UNESCO, depois do fado em 2011, e da dieta mediterrânica em 2013 (uma candidatura apresentada em conjunto com Espanha, Marrocos, Itália, Grécia, Chipre e Croácia). A lista representativa do património cultural imaterial da humanidade existe desde 2008 e nesta reunião os delegados têm de analisar 46 candidaturas.
“É de salientar a importância destas duas candidaturas, a do fado e esta”, disse ao PÚBLICO o cantor Vitorino, presente na sede da UNESCO, em Paris. “O fado é muito solitário e individual. O cante é uma expressão colectiva – ele implica entre 18 e 30 vozes. É inclusiva. É muito atenta ao movimento social.” O cantor, que tem inscrito o cante no seu trabalho musical, acredita que o reconhecimento do mesmo como património da humanidade “vai eternizá-lo”.
Eventide has announced it is now shipping the H9 MAX effect pedal.
Eventide H9 MAX
Shipping NOW – H9 MAX, the studio processor in a stompbox, comes chock full of all 45 algorithms from TimeFactor, ModFactor, PitchFactor, and Space, plus the new Looper and all future H9 algorithms…forever.
H9 MAX features:
Includes all 45 algorithms and over 500 presets from TimeFactor, ModFactor, PitchFactor, and Space PLUS all current AND future H9 exclusive algorithms including the just-released Looper. H9 Control App for Windows/Mac/iOS features wireless control via Bluetooth, facilitating the creation and management of presets and control of multiple H9s. Share H9 MAX algorithms with up to four additional H9s. True Analog Bypass. MIDI Control. Simple One-knob User Interface. Built-in Tuner.
The H9 MAX is now available from Eventide dealers.
O fadista Carlos do Carmo recebe ontém o Grammy Latino de Carreira, no Hollywood MGM Theatre, em Las Vegas, no Nevada, antecedendo a entrega anual dos Grammy Latinos, na quinta-feira.
Além do criador de "Canoas do Tejo", recebem igualmente um Grammy de Carreira, por "Excelência Musical", Willy Chirino, César Costa, o Dúo Dinámico, Los Lobos, Valeria Lynch e Ney Matogrosso.
Nesta mesma cerimónia, prevista para as 10:00 locais (18:00, hora continental portuguesa), recebem o Prémio do Conselho Diretivo da Latin Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (LARAS) os músicos André Midani e Juan Vicente Torrealba.
Para homenagear Carlos do Carmo, a Rádio Comercial reuniu 35 artistas para cantar "Lisboa Menina e Moça".
Parabéns de todos os Portugueses para Carlos do Carmo. Obrigado!!!!!
Slate Digital has announced the release of the Virtual Mix Rack, a channel strip effect plug-in for Windows and Mac.
Slate Digital Virtual Mix Rack
The ‘VMR’ includes four world class mix modules, including two classic equalizers and two versatile mix compressors, with more modules to be developed.
The ‘VMR’ operates as a Virtual 500 series rack with hot-swappable modules, putting your whole processing chain in ONE WINDOW. This allows you customize your own channel strip, with signal flow following the modules, in any order you choose. Mix and match filters from different EQs. Chain an EQ before or after your compressor. Moving modules around is easy, fast, and creates no break in audio playback. Audition signal chains faster, easier, and in real time with the Slate ‘VMR’.
VMR features:
Customizable virtual rack of processors.
4 world class mix modules.
2 classic EQs, and 2 versatile mix compressors.
Models every nuance of the circuit paths and recreates all that makes up their trademark tone.
VMR for Windows and Mac (VST/AU/RTAS/AAX) is available for purchase for the introductory price of $149 USD for a limited time. A purchase also includes a free iLok 2 dongle.
– 3 Guitar types: Acoustic, Nylon & Steel – ADSR envelove control – Reverb fx included – Dynamic velocity response – Available for Windows and Mac (32 and 64 bits)
Marcel Blum has released version 42 of Soundplant, the first major update since 2010 of the popular computer keyboard sound triggering program following a yearlong beta. Soundplant
Soundplant turns the standard QWERTY keyboard into a playable instrument with ultra low latency, allowing the instant playback of any format sound files on 72 keyboard keys with no need for extra hardware. Soundplant’s cult following continues to expand the $50 software’s diversity of uses. Hollywood engineer Ed Novick used it in his 2010 Academy Award-winning sound mixing on Inception as well as in The Dark Knight Rises, Moneyball, and other films. Surf rock band Man or Astro-Man? played their sci-fi samples with Soundplant; metal band Nile used it for exotic percussion. When the foley artists of NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion aren’t handmaking their sound effects, they turn to Soundplant for a digital assist. The NFL’s Tennessee Titans used it at LP Field stadium. Soundplant even made it to Carnegie Hall, with new music champion Paul Pinto performing on the software for the 2014 premier of composer Erin Rogers’ Mother Earth. Organizations like London’s Drake Music taught disabled children to create music through Soundplant’s intuitive simplicity, and artists, educators, and DIYers delighted kids and adults with Soundplant-powered installations like the 2013 New York Maker Faire Editor’s Choice Award-winning xylophone drum pad Nazca Beats.
Soundplant, now in its 15th year, turns an input device you’ve been practicing on for as long as you’ve been typing into a versatile multitrack playback tool, providing hours of audio at your fingertips while avoiding the need for expensive dedicated hardware. New version 42 maintains its beloved rock-solid stability, low cost, straightforward drag-and-drop sound file assignment, and powerful flexibility as standalone software, while bringing new features such as 32-bit floating point mixing and 96 kHz output for audiophile accuracy, 256 channel polyphony for rich sound design, several new lightweight realtime effects, direct output recording, and finer key press and release control. You can continue triggering sounds while using any other program with Soundplant hidden, and launch an unlimited number of Soundplant instances allowing outputting to multiple sound devices, multitrack recording, and more banks of sounds. Soundplant works identically on Windows or Mac and keymaps can be transferred across computers with ease.
Soundplant is free for non-commercial use with limitations on some professional features. The registered version is available for purchase for $50 USD ($40 USD upgrade from v.39).
The registered version allows expanded sound file format support, audio output device selection, higher quality output sample rates, recording, and background triggering.