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Electronic Musician Extra
    A Penton Media Publication by Tracy Katz February 12, 2009  |   Volume 8, Number 6    
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NAMM Videos Live!


Welcome to EM, Mix and Remix magazines' Winter NAMM exclusive site. We've packed in all of our trade show coverage in one easy-to-find spot, featuring more than 40 product demo videos. View the Winter NAMM videos now!


Product Update


EastWest Play Pro offers editing capabilities and additional control over Play-Powered instruments. Read more.

FabFilter has released its new synthesizer plug-in, FabFilter Twin 2. Read more.

A new Karma-Lab collection for the Korg OASYS is available now. Read more.

VirSyn has updated the plug-ins Bark, Matrix, Prism, Reflect, TDesign, and VTape. Read more.

Wallander Instruments has announced two brass/reed collections, Saxophones 1 and 2. Read more.


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Odds and Ends


EM Pick: Domene

São Paulo-based composer, producer, and sound designer Domene offers a wealth of film score-worthy music. From complex rhythms and tribal vocals to impressive percussion and strings, his work has it all. If you are a fan of the Motorcycle Diaries soundtrack, you'll enjoy hearing Domene's organic, mind-opening tracks on MySpace.

All EM Pick artists are EM readers selected from our growing number of friends on MySpace. Want to be featured next? For consideration, add us at myspace.com/electronicmusician.




Neanderthal Music
A jazz composer has created music to accompany a museum exhibit on neanderthals.

The Role that Music Subscriptions Play
Microsoft and record labels rely on subscription music services because they can't live off download sales alone.

Synesthesia Linked to Genetics
The reason why some people see colors while listening to music may be in their genes.



EM Announcements


EM Cast with Eddie Jobson
Prog-rock keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson (UK, Roxy Music, Frank Zappa, Ian Anderson) discusses his comeback EP, replacing analog synths with soft synths, working with Zappa, and more. In addition, the EM editors discuss what impressed them at the NAMM show. Click to listen.

BeatleTech Live
At BeatleTech, you will find Fab Four-related articles and interviews from the pages of Mix and Electronic Musician magazines, as well as exclusive video content with artists and engineers who have worked with The Beatles. MORE.



Calendar and Contests


NEW! Expo '74
Registration is open for Expo '74, Cycling '74's first Max/MSP/Jitter user conference, happening April 22 to 24, 2009 in San Francisco, California. More.

NEW! Discounts on Abbey Road Plug-ins
Through February 23, you can purchase Abbey Road Plug-ins at a special introductory price on the upgrades, with discounts of up to 43 percent off. Click for details.

Just StuffIt Contest
Smith Micro is celebrating the release of StuffIt Deluxe 2009 and 20 years of StuffIt compression with a contest. Enter for the chance to win a laptop, MacBook, iPods, and more.

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