Moog Music Basss Pedals

Moog Music is bringing back the legendary Taurus Bass Pedals. Long sought after as the ultimate bass synthesizer, used Taurus pedals from the seventies have been known to sell for as much as 5k.

Only 1,000 of these new Taurus pedals will be built; the first 250 customers to order will receive a $300 discount from the $1995 price (a $500 deposit is required). The Taurus Bass Pedals offer ends on February 15, 2009 and Moog expects to ship the pedals in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Taurus Bass Pedals, long requested by Moog customers, have been used by Rush, The Police, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Phil Collins, Asia, Weezer, and many more.

Preliminary specifications include:

• 100% Analog Sound Engine based entirely on original TAURUS I circuits
• "Taurus I" style (one and half octaves on the floor)
• 2 VCO Oscillators, ADS Contour Generator, 1 VCF Filter, Output VCA
• PRESETS: 16 Banks x 4 presets = 48 Total Programmable Bass Sounds
• BANK 0 will contains the Original Taurus I Presets: VAR, TAURUS, TUBA, BASS
• MIDI: DIN and USB, Merging and Routing
• ARPEGGIATOR: MIDI Sync, TAP TEMPO, Internal
• CV Inputs: VOLUME, FILTER, PITCH, GATE

UAD-2 for Pro Tools - Delay Compensation for LE!

Universal Audio, manufacturer of high-quality vintage audio hardware and DSP Powered Plug-Ins for digital audio workstations, today announced the release of UAD Software version 5.2 software for the highly successful UAD platform, which enables the UAD-2 DSP card to be used with Digidesign Pro Tools systems via FXpansion's RTAS Adapter. In addition to full Pro Tools compatibility, UAD Software v5.2 now provides UAD-2 users with automatic plug-in delay compensation for Pro Tools LE via the bundled Mellowmuse ATA plug-in. Mellowmuse ATA lines up all tracks automatically with a couple of clicks. UAD Powered Plug-Ins and other plug-ins alike and it's free to UAD-2 users. UAD-1 users may purchase MellowMuse ATA at a discounted price as a courtesy of Mellowmuse.

Harbourside IT Audio Post Production Instructor Ken Cade Nominated for Emmy Award

Congratulations to Audio Post for Film, TV, and New Media Instructor Ken Cade, who has won an Emmy Nomination for his work on the TV Series Tin Man. Ken has won numerous Bessie awards for his commercial compositions and has worked on shows such as: The Outer Limits, Poltergeist, Star Gate, Highlander and presently The 4400. He has been both a nominee and winner of Gemini, Golden Reel and Leo Awards.

FourTrack iPhone App

FourTrack multitrack audio recorder for the iPhone has been updated to v1.2. FourTrack users can now import tracks, complete with pan and gain settings, directly into RiffWorks recording software for Mac and Windows. Songs can be instantly posted from RiffWorks to the RiffWorld.com community for comments, online collaboration, and contests. More tracks, effects, and drums can be added to songs using RiffWorks. All tracks can be exported as .wav files for use in any DAW.

Harbourside Audio Engineering and Music Production Students Record Radio Single for Ryan McMahon.

The Audio Engineering and Music Production Class of 2008 has recorded radio single 'Comeback' for Ryan McMahon. The song is currently in heavy rotation on the CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation) and radio stations across Canada. You can check out the track on the band's website, or on their myspace page. 'Comeback' was produced by Harbourside IT Instructor Mike Rogerson and recorded entirely by Harbourside IT Students. You can purchase Ryan's latest album 'Weeks Months Years' on itunes and many other digital and retail stores.

Pro Tools 8 Now Available!

Pro Tools 8 is up on Digidesign’s website. This may not shake you from your music making tool of choice, but it looks like it could be, at long last, the substantial refresh for Pro Tools users of that platform have been waiting for.

• Get all the instruments and effects in the box: Apple’s Logic Studio set the bar for this by first bundling lots of soundmakers,then cutting the price. Digidesign has been busy with their talented AIR group designing some very nice stuff, so this is a no-brainer.
• Fix the UI (conservatively): Without rocking the boat, obviously Pro Tools was long overdue for a fresh coat of paint and some enhancement.
• Beef up MIDI: This was long Pro Tools’ weak spot, and is now one of it's strong points.
  
• Edit pitch more fluidly: AutoTune and the magical note-editing Melodyne are always safe, but more fluid editing of audio pitches is making its way into audio software in general.
• Integrate scoring: The fruits of Digi’s Sibelius acquisition, real, modern music notation is finally in a major DAW (not the dated, clunky implementations elsewhere).
  

Harbourside Graduate working on Scifi Channel TV Series

Harbourside IT Audio Engineering and Music Production Graduate Stephen Hamm has landed a job as Sound Designer on the new Sci Fi channel series The Dragon King. Stephen is also an accomplished bass player currently performing in Canned Hamm and famous Canadian punk band The Evaporators.