Is Smartbro Share It available in Cavite area?Quick answer:Yes and No.Edit: (October 21, 2009) Smartbro Shaire It is now available in Dasmarinas AreaEdit: (October 7, 2009) Just got home from Divine Grace Medical Center and they have Smartbro Share-It connection. So I’m sure that it is available in Tejero, Gen. Trias area. Although, I’m not sure at the surrounding towns (Noveleta, Tanza, Kawit,

Error Message: Cannot start this hardware.There was a problem installing this hardware:C-Media AC97 Audio DeviceSymptoms: There is no sound. When you open up Device Manager, there is a yellow exclamation mark on C-Media AC97 Audio Device. When you double click C-Media AC97 Audio Device, under device status, it says:This device cannot start. (code 10)Click troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter

Two Outstanding Technical Achievement awards for Large and Small Format Console Technology

Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional analogue and digital audio consoles, is pleased to announce that it has won two Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards.

SSL’s AWS 948 won the Outstanding Technical Achievement award for ‘Large Format Console Technology’ and the company’s Nucleus won the same award in the ‘Small Format Console Technology’ category.

Several hundred industry professionals gathered at the Hilton Anaheim for the sit-down awards ceremony, emceed by bass player Will Lee. Funkmeister Bootsy Collins presented the Nucleus award to Jim Motley, Head of Business, Workstation Partner Products at SSL and legendary audio engineer and producer Eddie Kramer presented the AWS 948 award to Dan Duffell, SSL’s Head of Marketing.

“We are honoured to receive these two awards,” says Piers Plaskitt, CEO Solid State Logic, Inc. “Our engineers and product designers work hard to create music production tools for our customers and it’s always reassuring when people tell us they like what we’ve made! It’s also great to see the Tec Awards reach its 27th year and we heartily support the work of Hillel Resner and his team in encouraging excellence in the audio industry.”

Nominations for the 16 categories of Outstanding Technical Achievement were made last year by a panel of more than 100 industry veterans and voting was then open to members of industry organisations APRS (Association of Professional Recording Services), CAS (Cinema Audio Society), GANG (Game Audio Network Guild), MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors),P&E Wing (Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy), SPARS (Society of Professional Recording Services) as well as subscribers to publications MIX Magazine, Pro Audio Review, Pro Sound News and Pro Sound News Europe.

The Nord Piano 2 HA88 lets you easily play, split and layer stunning Grand, Upright and Electric Pianos from the Nord Piano Library with sounds from the versatile Nord Sample Library. All this in a streamlined portable package with 88 Hammer Action Weighted keys.

The Nord Piano 2 comes with a wide range of quality acoustic and electro-mechanical instruments from the Nord Piano Library, all with their own unique character. The included Nord Triple Pedal features a dynamic sustain pedal that can also recreate the mechanical “stomp” and “sizzle” noises that occur when the lifting or releasing the dampener in an Acoustic Grand or Upright Piano. The Advanced String Resonance feature simulates the subtle phenomenon that occurs when piano strings cause other un-dampened strings to resonate, further adding to an amazing level of realism.

The Nord Sample Library offers more than 1000 high quality sample-instruments ranging from Strings, Brass, Synths and Basses to the legendary vintage sounds of the Mellotron and Chamberlin.
Both the Nord Piano and Nord Sample libraries are continuously updated and are available as free downloads for all Nord owners.

All of the sounds in the Nord Piano 2 HA88 are replaceable, making it an instrument that is built to evolve with you. It’s even possible to create your own sample instruments using the Nord Sample Editor.

We think technology should be transparent to the user, which is why the Nord Piano 2 has dedicated buttons and knobs for all functions the performing musician needs instead of confusing menus.
We’ve made it amazingly simple to layer and split sounds, and there’s a volume pedal input for sneaking in those strings while you keep playing.

The Nord Piano 2 also sports an extensive effects section, covering everything from Phaser, Wah-wah, Flanger, Chorus and Delay effects to a 3-band Equalizer, Amp Simulations, Compressor and Reverb.

The Nord Piano 2 will be shown at the AM&S Nord Booth #6464 at NAMM Show 2012.

The Nord Piano 2 will ship in the UK this month, January 2012, with a price to be confirmed.

For more information please contact Nord UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd on 01462 480000, email info@soundtech.co.uk or visit www.soundtech.co.uk/nord and www.facebook.com/nordkeyboardsuk

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The latest ReCycle update is now available for download. Version 2.2 of Propellerhead’s popular loop slicer brings support for 64-bit operating systems on Mac and PC, including Mac OS 10.7 Lion, an improved user interface and many workflow enhancements.

ReCycle 2 users can grab their free update at the Propellerhead website.

Here is the full list of changes:

• The program is now fully compatible with 64 bit operating systems.

• ReCycle 2.2 is a true Cocoa program under Mac OS and fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

• The main window has been redesigned, with new zooming and scrolling. Scrolling is smoother and you can now zoom in further. Some redundant controls have been removed and others added.

• When exporting AIFF and Wave files, Record/Reason-style tempo information is now included in the file. Also, when importing audio files created in Record or Reason, the tempo information in those files is used for setting tempo and length in ReCycle.

• The Waveform now indicates graphically what sound will be played back, by dimming silent sections.

• You can now use the Q, W, E and R keys to select tools, just like in Reason.

• The Preference dialog has been streamlined and updated.

• Open Recent (documents) is now a sub-menu on Mac OS.

• The status bar has been removed.

• We have removed support for the Sound Designer II, Mixman, and SampleCell formats since these are all outdated.

• The authorization system and copy protection has been changed, reducing the risk of having to reauthorize the program.

• Installation under Mac OS is now drag and drop (no installer).

For further Information, please visit: www.propellerheads.se

Propellerhead UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd is very proud to announce Propellerhead Reason has won the UK’s Music Industry Association’s (MIA) Best Music Software of the Year award sponsored by Computer Music / Music Radar as voted for by the public.

The MIA is the UK’s trade association for the musical instrument industry. The awards this year are the first MIA awards to be voted for by the public which makes this all the more important to us. Thank you to everyone who voted!

Released late last year Reason 5 was current at the time the shortlisted was created, now been superceded by Reason 6 .

For more information please visit www.propellerheads.se and www.facebook.com/propellerheaduk

For a list of all the MIA Award winners please click here:
http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/read/mia-awards-the-product-winners/016017

“…the AB10 sounds particularly good in an acoustic setting, but there’s plenty of scope here for using this bass in all sorts of situations, from folk and jazz to reggae and unplugged rock. Oh, and for practice without earplugs”.

Acoustic magazine decide to get ‘acquainted with a trusty stalwart’ this month where they review the Washburn AB10 acoustic bass.

“The Washburn AB series has been around for years, and has long been among the best of this type of instrument available”.

“First impressions are of a really handsome bass. The black finish is flat and glossy and the workmanship appears to be of top quality…”

“Before plugging in, I tried the AB10 acoustically and I have to say it’s pretty impressive. Out of the box the instrument was very well set up with no rattles and good intonation over the whole length of the neck. It’s loudish too – and for such a shallow-bodied instrument it produces a useful amount of bass frequencies”.

“Playing around with the Equis on-board preamp is well worthwhile, and everything from a zingy, almost dobro-type sound to a fat, warm and mellow woody one is there”.

“As well as the standard jack socket, the XLR balanced out is a useful feature, and given the low noise and high quality of the preamp, this would no doubt make a great recording instrument straight into the desk”.

The full review can be found in the February issue of Bass magazine (Issue 75)

Further Links

• Washburn Guitars
• Washburn AB Series
• Bass magazine

Ricoh Aficio 200 is a medium size multifunction product, manufactured by the Ricoh Corporation company. It is a monochrome copier with a copy speed of 20 pages per minute. Standard features are as below:20 page per minute black & white copier Unlimited sorting capacity via Image Rotation. No Sorter Bins required Paper capacity ranging from 500 to 1,600 sheets. Cassettes hold letter, legal and 11

Propellerhead has released ReCycle version 2.2 for sale—an update to the industry standard tool that creates REX files. Sporting a completely overhauled graphical user interface, ReCycle 2.2 adds new key commands, workflow enhancements and a new Online Help system—making Recycle even faster and easier to use. Version 2.2 is a 64-bit compatible application with full support for Windows 7 and Mac OS X Lion operating systems.

About ReCycle
An industry standard, ReCycle is the fastest way to make sampled material your own. ReCycle lets you do with sampled loops what you can do with beats programmed from individual drum sounds—like alter the tempo, or replace sounds and process them individually. Producers use Recycle for making loops tempo-independent, for quick editing of sampled parts, chopping up riffs, remixing and doing mash ups

Load any loop or musical phrase into ReCycle. The program will look at the file, analyze it, and slice it up into its rhythmic components. The file can then be rearranged, pitched or have its tempo freely adjusted. Artists have full control over the individual slices and can alter the timing or even quantize the groove, keep the feel of the loop and replace the sounds with their own. Or load the file into a software sampler and trigger the individual parts from a MIDI keyboard to turn the sampled material into a completely new performance.

A favorite among sound designers and producers, ReCycle’s REX file format is supported by all major music software titles including applications such as Apple Logic, Avid Pro Tools, Steinberg Cubase, Cakewalk Sonar, Ableton Live, MOTU Digital Performer and Propellerhead Reason, as well as software instruments such as Native Instruments Kontakt and Spectrasonics Stylus RMX.
www.propellerheads.se/recycle

Complete with 2 sets of physical drawbars per manual the Nord C2D is the ultimate portable organ for musicians that play with their drawbars as well as the keys. The new left-hand preset sections offer an unsurpassed level of hands-on control and the upper manual and panel has been tilted for better ergonomics. An LCD-display has been added for easier access to programs and settings.

The Nord C2D features a redesigned simulation of the characteristic mechanical key clicks that are an essential component of the classic tone-wheel experience. Furthermore, the redesigned percussion model offers increased control over the percussion levels when playing near-legato.

The Nord C2D also includes a redesigned Rotary Speaker simulation of a vintage 122 unit.

Naturally, the Nord C2D also includes both the Vox and Farfisa transistor organ simulations and the sampled Baroque Pipe Organ from the acclaimed Nord C2 Combo Organ.

The Nord C2D will be shown at the AM&S Nord Booth #6464 at NAMM Show 2012

Handmade in Sweden by Clavia DMI AB, the Nord C2D will ship in the UK in February 2012, with a price to be confirmed.

For more information please contact Nord UK distributor Sound Technology Ltd on 01462 480000, email info@soundtech.co.uk or visit www.soundtech.co.uk/nord and www.facebook.com/nordkeyboardsuk

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