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Serene Music Aug 08 Star - VLC Media Player
This month we would like to introduce you VLC media player. It is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.It doesn’t need any external codec or program to work. Many western musicians and singers like it very much. The good news is, it is FREE!
Download: http://www.videolan.org/
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Serene Music Sept 08 Star - ACME Portable Machine
Feel that you are running out of monitor space when working on your music files? Or if you need the ultimate in mobile music-making, this gonna be attempting. This triple headed machines with 17″ LCD monitor maybe your choice! What about the specs? 2 duo core intel Xeon processors,4GB of memory,2 Quadro FX35000 graphics cards, 750GB SATA hard drives with DVD-RW drive. cool?
Link: www.acmeportable.co.uk
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Serene Music Oct 08 Star - Sonar Sequncing Software
SONAR takes full advantage of the power of your machine; it’s a powerhouse on today’s multi-core PCs
and Intel-based Macs (using Bootcamp). You can feel confident that you’ll never be left behind,no matter how technology changes. Cakewalk has been first to innovate on Windows Vista, x64 processing,multi-core and multi-processor support, and 64-bit double precision audio quality,and SONAR incorporates it seamlessly so all you need to think about is making music.
SONAR gives you the freedom to configure your studio to meet your unique needs.It’s compatible with your choice of WDM or ASIO hardware from the stock sound cardthat ships with your PC all the way up to an SSL AWS 900+ console. If you’re switching to SONAR you can load presets of keystrokes from your favorite applications or you can make your own.
It features the best support for control surfaces and MIDI controllers, and you can expand your
creative abilities with DSP cards, and third party VST, DirectX, and ReWire effects and instruments.
Plus you can customize menus, toolbars, layouts, channel presets, track icons, color schemes,
and more just the way you want it. Now the latest version Sonar 8 is release.
We strongly recommend SONAR 8 as it comes with free VSTi like TruePianos Amber, Auto-Tune, Guitar 3 etc. It save your cost as you need not to spend for those VSTi in the future.
Link: www.rolandap.com
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Serene Music Nov 08 Star - Any Video Converter Professional
This month, again we would like to introduce you a freeware! Having problem importing some videowith unrecognize format to your music sequencer? Any Video Converter Pro is an all-in-one video converting tool with easy-to-use graphical interface, fast converting speed and excellent video quality. It can convert almost all video formats including DivX, XviD, MOV, RM, RMVB, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod, Zune, iPhone, PSP, 3GP Phone or other portable video device, MP4 player or SmartPhone. It also supports importing video clips directly from YouTube and Google Video.
Link: www.any-video-converter.com
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Serene Music Dec 08 Star - Sony ECM-DS70P
This month, we are introducing you SONY ECM-DS70P mini microphone. It is a digital stereo microphone that allow you to capture the full range of sound! It is a good accessory for media friends like reporters whereby they can use it to record interviews, talks and seminars. It is portable and only weight about 10g!Musicians, you can try to use it to record your demo or acoutic guitar, you’ll get an amazing results
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Serene Music Jan 09 Star - Roland HD-1 Electronic Drum
Ever think of borrowing a set of drums to vent your emotions out? From now, you can enjoy hitting the drum kit without worrying that your neighbour will complaint on the noise you make!
The HD-1 successfully targets two disparate groups: first-time and/or hobbyist drummers who want the convenience that an electronic set provides, and project studio owners who want a MIDI-capable kit that doesn’t take up a lot of space. To achieve the low price, Roland reduced the contents of the sound module to ten kits, removed the editing features, and included only one of the patented mesh-head drum pads (the snare pad). Setting up the HD-1 is a breeze, because the kit comes partially assembled with three tom pads already attached to the stand and arm pipes. In addition, the snare, three cymbals, the kick and hi-hat pedals, and the sound module attach easily, so you can start rocking in less than half an hour.
From Jan 2009, we bring in the HD-1! We will have a 6 months short-term course of <Electronic Drum> , to enable students to experience and learn how to control a set of new toys!!
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Serene Music Feb 09 Star - Korg NanoKey
Korg’s NanoKey is a 25 keys USB-connected MIDI controller. It has buttons that shift the keyboard’s range up or down several octaves. Just connect it directly to your laptop and you can start control it! This is something that you needs if you are a traveller. You can always work on your music with this keyboard, wherever you go, with little weight or space penalty.
Link: http://www.korgnano.com/
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Serene Music March 09 Star -JAM
Another iteration on the intuitive music making theme, “Jam” hails from a team at the Domus Academy where the brief was to design for basic intuitive behavior in the context of a rapidly changing, unstable beta culture. The central hub records and wirelessly links Jam together, while the touch sensitive finger-taps store and play sound clips. It goes further by allowing changes in pitch by vertically dragging it on a surface and regulating the volume with the force applied to each tap.
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Serene Music April 09 Star - AT701 Wiresless Microphone
Ever think of getting yourself a wireless microphone, performing as a dancing queen that looks shining like a star on stage? The Audio Technica ATW-701 UHF Lavalier Wireless System includes the ATW-R700 receiver and the ATW-T701 UniPak transmitter with a Lavalier microphone. The ATW-701 UHF Lavalier wireless system delivers professional features and sound quality unheard of in its class. This easy-to-use wireless microphone system features eight selectable frequency-coordinated channels, diversity operation for increased range/reliability, manual and automatic frequency scanning, Tone Lock squelch and more. If you are looking for a handheld cordless mic, ATW-702 will be a nice choice!
ATW-701 (RM1200) ATW-702 (RM1400)
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