Includes 64-Bit Native Windows Support & Trilian Library Integration

BURBANK, CA - NOVEMBER 9, 2009 - On the heels of the release of their epic new Trilian(r) Total Bass Module virtual instrument, Spectrasonics has announced the release of version 1.1 of their award-winning Omnisphere® Power Synth - featuring native 64-bit Windows support, core library integration with Trilian and more. The new v1.1 is also Mac and Windows 32-bit compatible. For users who have both virtual instruments, sounds from Trilian can now be opened inside Omnisphere - allowing deeper editing of the Trilian sounds, as well as the creation of layers and splits with both instruments’ sounds in the same environment. The Omnisphere v1.1 update is free to all Omnisphere users as a download from the Spectrasonics website. more

Epic New Virtual Instrument Dedicated to Acoustic, Electric and Synth Basses Features Integration with Omnisphere

BURBANK, CA - OCTOBER 26, 2009 - Spectrasonics has announced the release of their long-awaited “Trilian(r) Total Bass Module,” an epic new virtual instrument dedicated to all types of Bass sounds - Acoustic, Electric and Synth. Trilian has an MSRP of $299 US and €229 Euro. An upgrade for all Trilogy customers is available from the online Spectrasonics Techshop.

Trilian is designed from the ground up to be the most versatile bass virtual instrument available today with a new level of expressive, real-time performance for acoustic and electric basses - plus cutting-edge synth bass tones with powerful editing and extraordinary sound quality. Trilian is the successor to Spectrasonics’ award-winning Trilogy bass instrument, with the new instrument offering a deeper control of musical expression and much greater more

Season Opener Game Features Stunning Music and Graphics Introducing the 2009 Football Team

Los Angeles, CA - October 21, 2009 - Composer Bob Daspit is no stranger to working on music for the big screen, having helped some of the industry’s top composers with custom sound design and session guitar work. This time, as the composer, Daspit created his own soundtrack for a truly gigantic visual display. Daspit collaborated with Hi-Ground Media to develop a two-minute piece to introduce the Cleveland Browns football team for the 2009 season that started in September. The Browns and their fans got a mind-blowing team introduction on the 27-foot tall, 94-foot wide screens at each end of the Browns’ 73,000-seat stadium. The video screens are the largest in the NFL. Daspit worked alongside the Emmy-Award-winning Creative Director Jayson Won, while Executive Producer Gregg Katano steered the project to more

Dangerous Monitor ST Key to 1960’s Style Mixes for Aerosmith Guitarist’s Release

Edmeston, NY - October 6, 2009 - Engineer Pablo Arraya recently completed Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry’s solo record, “Have Guitar, Will Travel,” where he acted as both the recording engineer for the final tracks and the mix engineer as well. Perry’s solo album was released today, October 6, 2009. Arraya, a Grammy-winning engineer, brought his newly purchased Dangerous Monitor ST monitor controller to Perry’s Boneyard Studio in Boston for the project. “The decision to buy the Monitor ST was directly related to working on the Joe Perry album,” states Arraya. “His vintage Neve console has an amazing sound, and I wanted to add a more modern and flexible monitoring path. When I came in to the studio, Joe asked me to listen to a lot of Hendrix, Doors, AC/DC, and more

Free Update Offers Native Support for 64-bit OS X Hosts and More

BURBANK, CA - September 16th, 2009 - Spectrasonics has released Stylus RMX(r) version 1.9, the company’s first 64-bit native Mac software. The new version of the award-winning groove software is now compatible with Apple’s recently released ‘Snow Leopard’ 64 bit operating system and the emerging 64-bit native host applications for music production on the OSX platform. Since native Windows 64-bit compatibility has been available since version 1.7, Stylus RMX is now fully cross-platform 64-bit native software and is also compatible with 32-bit Mac and Windows systems and hosts. The new 1.9 version also includes various technical fixes and compatibility updates with other recent software releases such as Apple’s Logic 9. Stylus RMX v1.9 is a free download for all registered users of Stylus RMX more

Engineer Michael Brauer Uses Dangerous Monitor ST-SR to Mix Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing” in 5.1 for Theatrical Release of Artsy Video

Edmeston, NY - September 9, 2009 - Multi Grammy Award winning, Mix Engineer Michael H. Brauer recently mixed Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing” from Viva La Vida specifically for a theatrical release with a new art-concept video. Could this be the best idea ever for getting high-resolution surround audio into the ears of the public? Brauer mixed the song at his room at Electric Lady Studios, NYC using the Dangerous Music Monitor ST-SR surround monitor controller. While the new video debuted at London’s Odeon Theater in July, playing before major movie releases, Coldplay is set to release “Strawberry Swing” as a single digitally on September 14. The band is currently on a US tour. more

“Room Service Rig” with Dangerous 2-Bus Analog Summing Amps Allow Mixes Immediately After Live ‘Zappa Plays Zappa’ Shows are Recorded

Edmeston, NY - August 4, 2009 - In a joint announcement today with AMD (NYSE: AMD), Dangerous Music released details of Dweezil Zappa’s road recording rig using 48-channels of Dangerous 2-Bus LT analog summing and Dangerous Monitor ST speaker controller, allowing immediate mixing of the ‘Zappa Plays Zappa‘ live shows - even in a hotel room. The “Room Service Rig” consists of a PC Audio Labs computer powered by dual AMD Opteron(tm) quad-core processors, running Steinberg’s NUENDO DAW software along with three 2-Bus LT summing amps and Monitor ST, providing large-format analog console mixing quality on the road.

“The pairing of AMD and Dangerous Music equipment has made a tremendous difference to the overall sonic detail of the final mixed music,” more

New Album Tracks Debuted at Private Listening Sessions Using Focal Twin6 Be Monitors and Dangerous D-Box

Edmeston, NY - July 9, 2009 - In a joint announcement today Focal Professional and Dangerous Music announced that Imogen Heap has just finished a preview tour of her upcoming album ‘Ellipse‘ at private listening sessions around the US using Focal Twin6 Be monitor speakers and the Dangerous D-Box for monitoring control. RCA Records organized the listening tour and worked with Dangerous Music and Focal to create the high-fidelity playback system that was used in hotel suites in major US cities to preview several tracks from Ms. Heap’s upcoming album.

The British singer-songwriter-producer and two-time Grammy nominee is set to release her much anticipated new solo album ‘Ellipse’ on August 25th 2009 on RCA Records. At the listening events Ms. Heap previewed tracks including “First Train Home,” “Wait It Out,” “Earth” and the piano song “Half Life” which ends the album ‘Ellipse’ as its final track.

Commenting on the listening events, Ms. Heap said, “I was a bit nervous as it was the first time I’d played ‘Ellipse’ outside of the studio environment. But as soon as I played it through the Dangerous Music and Focal speaker system I realized I had nothing to worry about.” more

Flagship Monitors a Perfect Fit for No-Compromise San Francisco Mastering Studio

Champlain, NY - June 23, 2009 - Focal Professional announced today that the first pair of their ‘Grande Utopia EM‘ monitors targeted for audio mastering have been installed in the mastering suite at the 1340 Mission Street Studio complex in San Francisco, CA. The Focal Grande Utopia monitors are a third generation speaker system that incorporates groundbreaking technologies and concepts. They feature a four-way system with a built-in Electro-Magnetic sub-woofer, a mid-bass woofer, two mid-range drivers and the renowned Focal beryllium tweeter. All of the Grande Utopia speaker components, crossovers and cabinets are designed and manufactured in France by Focal. The passive monitors installed at the 1340 Mission Street Studio complex have been paired with Pathos amplifiers and MIT cable. Acoustician and studio designer Bob Hodas supervised the monitor install. Studio owner and mastering engineer Michael Romanowski and mastering engineer Paul Stubblebine are both using the Grande Utopia monitors in the studio’s high-tech digital and analog hybrid gear-equipped mastering suite - including Stubblebine’s vinyl record-cutting lathe. The Grande Utopia monitors are Focal’s flagship offering. In fact, all models of Focal monitors are “checked” against the Grande Utopias at their factory headquarters to make sure they stand up in sonic quality. more

Famed PBS Kids TV Show Remade for the 21st Century

New York, NY - May 7, 2009 - Beatstreet Productions has finished audio post-production for 35 episodes of a new version of the classic children’s TV series, “The Electric Company” for PBS. The series combines a 15-minute narrative storyline that is interspersed with segments that include curricular clusters of music videos, sketch comedy, animation and short films. It features special guests including Whoopi Goldberg, Tiki Barber, Jack McBrayer, Wyclef Jean and original songs from Ne-Yo.

“Recording Ne-Yo was a real treat,” explains Beatstreet engineer Jeff Malinowski. “Often, tracking high-profile talent can be hit or miss but he was a true professional and was genuinely excited about the project.”

Beatstreet’s Matt Longoria handled Sound Design and Mixing for the series. “The show’s polished camera work, slick graphics, and beautiful animations demanded a compelling soundscape, which we were happy to provide. I am especially proud of the transition segments. They feature cool grooves, beats, and fun sound effects that mesh with the animations perfectly to segue the show between segments. The transitions, and many other segments in the show heavily utilize Spectrasonics Instruments Plug-ins: Stylus RMX, and Omnisphere. I have found them to be indispensable tools for composition and sound design. We made the sound design as rich as possible, while at the same time using sound effects to focus kids attention on the lesson at hand. An indispensable item is our Digidesign Icon D-Control. The D-Control has many useful and intuitive features that allow me to mix quickly and efficiently.” more