Hitsquad Musician Network: It's been a while since the first Onyx mixers with the FireWire option first came out, and now Mackie carries on with the Onyx 820i, which comes with Pro Tools M-Powered.
djay 3.0.1 Released 
djay 3.0.1 is a free update for all registered djay 3 users! After the overwhelmingly successful launch of djay 3.0 a few weeks ago and a lot of great feedback.
Thursday's Daily Kindling
How Owl City got its start on the Internet, late great rock guitarists, Bob Dylan's latest tour, and a T-Mobile Fender guitar cell phone. Plus an awesome blues guitar lick video!
Thelonius Monk's 7 Deadly Sins on the Bandstand
Jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy was a diehard follower of Thelonius Monk.
The Turtles and the Hare: Sometimes the Hare Wins
Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan are best known as the front men for '60s folk-rock group The Turtles (“Happy Together,” “Elenore,” “You Showed Me”).
The Man in the Baseball Cap - Joshua Bell (VIDEO)
The man in the baseball cap with a violin played six Bach pieces in a Washington DC train station on a chilly January morning in 2007.
The Wildman Rides Again - Remembering Jerry Reed (VIDEO)
The late Reed, who passed away one year ago this month, was a jaw-dropping talent on the 6-string in addition to being a talented country music singer/songwriter, an accomplished session musician, ...
Les Paul (1915 - 2009)
In the days and weeks to come, expect a lot of Les Paul stories to rise to the surface.
Cash and Creativity
My UPS guy looks like Chris Cornell. Which makes me wonder: Is my UPS guy Chris Cornell? Is that the Loud Love howler himself coming up the walk in brown shorts, asking for my autograph?
Players, welcome to The Punch-In.
The first post on TrueFire.com's blog, The Punch-In
Parallel Gating Your Beats
A look at how parallel gating your beats can raise the level of attack of your drum sounds and allow you to add effects in a new and interesting way.
Livid Block - New open source matrix midi controller
This week Livid announced they were releasing a new open source midi controller called Block.
Strange Instrument #8: The Eigenharp - The Synthesizer of the Future?
Eigenlabs is about to release the Eigenharp, maybe the most creative instrument to be released for ages! I might be keen to have the Pico entry-level version that looks like a melodica!!
Soniccouture releases Glass Works (Kontakt Player)
Soniccouture has announced the release of its latest product, a collection of rare instruments entitled Glass Works.
KHG Fortune releases Arracis Gold - Oscillator Stepping Synthesizer
Arracis Gold's most significant feature is the 4 x 8 osc step-sequencer with adjustable gate-length + modulation on gate-length. With this step-sequencer you can have a quite rhythmical output incl...
Novation releases Automap v3.3
Novation has released version 3.3. of Automap for Mac OS X and Windows.
Sonnox announces Sonnox Restore Suite (Oxford DeBuzzer, Oxford DeClicker and Oxford DeNoiser)
At AES, New York, (Booth #126), Sonnox has introduced a new suite of audio restoration plug-ins: Sonnox Restore is a collection of three plug-ins: Oxford DeBuzzer, Oxford DeClicker and Oxford DeNoi...
Lexicon announces PCM Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle
At AES, New York, Lexicon has introduced its new PCM Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle.
iZotope announces upcoming line of Pro Tools TDM Plug-ins
iZotope has announced plans to release a new line of Digidesign Pro Tools TDM plug-ins starting with their highly regarded IRC™\ Limiter in early 2010.
Beta Monkey releases Double Bass Mania IV Groove Metal Drum Loop Collection
Double Bass Mania IV lays down the brutal groove.
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