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OPINION: This week Microsoft made big waves unveiling its latest smartphone, the Surface Duo 2, and updated Surface Pro 8 and Surface Go 3 tablets. But in the sea of announcements there was one key device missing: the Surface Book 4. Prior to the event there was a sea of “leaks” suggesting the firm planned to release a new Book. ...

TV antennas aren’t just for cord-cutters looking to cut back on the cost of TV entertainment. A good TV antenna will bring in anywhere from 20 to more than 100 channels, depending on where you live. The stations are free, don’t require a broadband connection (with the exception of some ATSC 3. ...

Stop right there! Did you see this deal? A decked-out Lenovo Legion 5i gaming laptop for only $1,200 at B&H! That’s a whopping $400 discount on this power-packed beast of a machine. This Lenovo Legion 5i is loaded with a top-end Intel Core i9-14900HX processor and a jaw-dropping 32GB of DDR5 RAM. ...

For the most part, we’re fans of Roku’s friendly, intuitive remotes, and particularly the ones that have voice capabilities. But there’s a sticking point—four of them, actually—when it comes to the Roku remote: the quartet of buttons at the bottom stamped with the logos of popular streaming services. ...

A decade after the Portege laptop exited the consumer market, it’s back — and with a user-replaceable battery, too. On Friday, Dynabook — which, as Sharp, took over Toshiba’s PC business in 2018 and then renamed itself — announced the Portege Z40L-N, a $1,699 laptop based upon the Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processor. ...

Windows-G has announced the release of E-NoiseGate600, a JSFX noise gate plugin for REAPER suitable for removing unwanted noise and bleed from recordings, rhythmic gating, gated reverb effect, music/vocal ducking, and downward dynamic range expansion. It utilizes exponential coefficients for smooth attack and release envelope curves. ...

Six String Audio has released update 1.6 for Ultimate Rock Guitar and Ultimate Rock Guitar Free featuring improvements and fixes. Update 1.6 Improved: The Slide-Out-Gliss-Samples are now velocity responsive. The longer you hold a note, the softer a slide-out sample is played. Improved: In response to a customer request, we added a global Legato-OFF-keyswitches. ...

New Sonic Arts has updated Granite, a granular texture generator, to version 1.6931. Improvements & Fixes: New grain-double-buffering technique reduces clicks and artifacts. Added MacBook track-pad support for horizontal waveform scrolling. Presets/Samples Metadata Editor now remembers its last window size. Updated and refreshed visual design for the Setup and metadata dialogs. ...

Sonuscore has released a free update for LUX Orchestral Strings, the company's flagship orchestral string library for Native Instruments Kontakt. Version 1.0.1 focuses on technical refinements to the performance engine and addresses specific bugs reported by early adopters. The primary focus of this update is the legato engine. ...

discoDSP has updated Discovery Pro to version 8.10 which introduces 16x oversampling for offline bounce, mono mode priority for intelligent chord handling, voice-based panning, classic filters toggle, and significant CPU optimization with comprehensive HiDPI display improvements. ...

AIR Music Tech today announced the release of Tape Double Track, a brand-new plugin that faithfully recreates the (ADT) effect classic Automatic Double Tracking, first developed in 1966. AIR brings this iconic sound into both MPC and DAW workflows and it's launching completely free of charge ($99.99 value) for a limited time. ...

Physical Audio has updated their Tetrad, Modus and Preparation 2 instruments to support MTS-ESP micro tuning and fully resizable UIs. Tetrad is updated to v1.15, Modus to v1.5.1 and Prep2 to v2.2.1. MTS-ESP is ODDSound's system for dynamic microtuning in a DAW environment. The resizable UIs allow smooth scaling of the view to suit both large and small monitor sizes. ...

Rob Papen has released DelGrain, a new plugin that combines Granular Delay with Tape Delay, a distortion module, an analog-modeled Filter section, and various routing modes, all controllable by the creative Disrupt Sphere. Rob says that you will see that DelGrain has a lot in common with DelSane, like the creative Disrupt Sphere. ...

Valhalla DSP has released version 5.0 of the free ValhallaSupermassive reverb plugin, adding Sirius, a new reverb/echo mode. Update Notes: New Sirius reverb/echo mode: A true workhorse of an algorithm. Sirius has a low to very high echo density, a clear, realistic decay, and natural high frequency rolloff (depending on the EQ settings). ...

Blanketfort Audio has updated Ruinator, its multi-mode distortion, to version 1.1, adding AAX support, 2 new distortion modes, resizeable UI and more. New in v1.1: AAX added for all the Pro Tools users out there. New distortion modes: Lo Fuzz - A Bass tuned Fuzz designed to make walls shake. Fold - A 'West Coast' style wavefolder, perfect for dirtying up synths. ...

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iPhone, iPad / Education / Training: An app for choral singers who don't read music well. Snap a photo or import JPG, PNG or PDF. Touch notes in the image to hear the pitch. Not for instrumental parts - see details below. Whether you sing in a choir, or a barbershop quartet, or other vocal group,...

iPhone, iPad / Education / Training: All aspiring music students understand the importance of Sargam practice. Practicing Sargams each day does wonders to your “Sureelapan� as well as confidence. Practicing every day under watchful eyes of your Guru is the ideal way. But that is difficult...

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Sound Effects: Get the simplest soundboard creation app: Load sounds, samples or songs through your iTunes library Create and edit soundboards quickly and easily Up to 8 sounds per soundboard Make the most of your screen thanks to the adaptive layout Play multiple...

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: Introducing Notes - Sight Reading Trainer, the ultimate iOS app for mastering sight reading in music! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced musician, Notes is your is your tool to become the musician you were meant to be. When you are ready to...

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: StaffWars is a game designed to help beginning and intermediate musicians learn, practice and woodshed the note names on the grand staff, treble, alto and bass clefs. THE APP for anyone who wants to master these clefs.

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Analysis: SPL Graph is an audio Sound Pressure Level (SPL) environmental noise analyzer, real-time frequency analyzer, chart recorder and data logger. It includes: Plot sound level over time Record audio while plot is running, playback to identify sounds that may have...

iPhone, iPad / Education / Sheet Music & Tablatures: PLAY FREE MUSIC SCORES Whatever instrument you play, whether it's a piano, trumpet, guitar, or harmonica, or kalimba, you will always find notes of excellent quality. • Browse the most extensive sheet music collection from MuseScore....

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Tuners: Plays tuning notes for Viola (C G D A)

iPhone, iPad / Education / Training: Accelerate your sight reading skills with instant feedback on timing accuracy. Our carefully graduated levels, from beginner to professional, allow you to start at your optimal skill level and progress at your own pace. You'll improve more rapidly than...

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Tuners: Sleek, efficient, and responsive, TuneWave is the no-nonsense utility that lets you tune your instrument quickly and easily. TuneWave puts everything you need front and center for optimal visibility and glanceable feedback. It can transpose if you’re using an...