Author: Soundroll
Track Name: Perfect Day
Duration: 1:43
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A positive electronic track featuring chorus piano and sweeping pads. It would fit into a corporate context perfectly.
I used a Sony Walkman in the 80s. If you’re not old enough to know what I’m talking about, a Walkman was a fairly slim, portable cassette player popular at the time. It didn’t have a built-in speaker, and required headphones, much like many of today’s portable media players. We didn’t have earbuds back then – headphones had a foam rubber pad for each ear attached to a thin loop of metal that went over the head.
I was at university at the time, and mainly listened to the Walkman when I worked after class – a letterbox delivery job to pay the bills, and a cleaning job to pay for my Yamaha electric grand piano. Besides the Walkman and headphones, I had to carry around a small selection of music cassettes, and a good supply of batteries.
Times have changed. Would today’s teenagers survive with a device like that? The BBC News Magazine decided to find out. A few months ago they invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.
Here are some of Scott’s observations:
But Scott did find two nice things to say about the Walkman:
Scott concludes that he is much happier living with today’s technology: “Personally, I’m relieved I live in the digital age, with bigger choice, more functions and smaller devices. I’m relieved that the majority of technological advancement happened before I was born, as I can’t imagine having to use such basic equipment every day.”
Would you like to comment on Scott’s experiences? Do you have any nostalgic thoughts about old audio gear, or dreams about the gear of the future? Which improvements to audio technology excite you most? Let us know in the comments.
This week’s salute goes to AudioJungle author ScottWills, who made 22 sales in September.
ScottWills has only been an exclusive AudioJungle author since September 2008, and has uploaded 112 items (as well as 26 ActiveDen items, 6 ThemeForest items, 3 VideoHive items, and 43 GraphicRiver items. He has made a huge 3,339 sales, and achieved a rating of 
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ScottWills is originally from the UK, but is now based in the US. He lives a busy life around the Envato marketplaces, being the AudioJungle site manager, an ActiveDen blog editor and reviewer, and a GraphicRiver reviewer.
“Super-smooth jazz vibe, perfect for a Paris fashion catwalk…”
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“Gentle, delicate piano accompanied by singing baby birds.”
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Here are two more of ScottWills’ tracks that I enjoyed:
“How quickly the tide can turn… Another reflective, solemn piano melody.”
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“Electronic urban hip-hop…”
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Congratulations, Scott. Keep the creativity coming!
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Archangel Green is the first ever UK Record Label fully committed to a greener music industry. Their studio is powered by a green tariff provider, and when band “The Phoenix Rose” signed to the label they both agreed to numerous clauses aimed at making the production, performance and distribution of their music as environmentally friendly as possible. A 100% digital release, it sets new standards for how music can be produced and distributed in an environmentally friendly way, bringing the green agenda right into the center of popular culture. (more…)
Author: Ma13sharp11
Track Name: Red Alert – Construction Kit
Duration: 2:39
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High energy blend of funky guitars, heavy guitar riffs and hits, acid synth lines, beatboxing, alert siren sound fx. This breakbeat style track works great for action oriented projects.
Recently AudioJungle author Danielku introduced me to the Korg WAVEDRUM. I’m a huge fan of electronic percussion gadgets, and this one seems to be very expressive. Unlike a lot of other electronic percussion instruments, this one is designed to be played with your hands.
The original WAVEDRUM was created back in 1994. Today’s second-generation model has more and better sounds, greater expressiveness, and better DSP. It has 200 instrument (100 for the head and 100 for the rim), 200 programs (100 preset and 100 user), and 100 loops.
Like the original WAVEDRUM, the device is better suited as an audio sound source rather than for MIDI sequencing. One user (tdultz) reported that he did not get very useable data when sequencing with Pro Tools. Then again, what other device or virtual instrument would be able to make use of all of that subtle sensor information as you play with fingers. And that isn’t going to be a problem—Tdultz is very happy with the WAVEDRUM’s sounds:
I cant say enough about the sound quality. Perfect sounds with zero ‘hiss’ going in from the 1/4″ audio left and right channels… Over 90 percent of the sounds are affected by the pressure sensitive drum head surface. With all the percussion sounds, pressing in gives a talking drum or tabla feel (you hear each sound bend in real time as you press or release). Other sounds produce ambient noises as a background complment to the percussion. You can keep playing the percussion sounds over certain ambient noises by using it much like indian tablas (apply pressure with the left wrist while you play with your fingers and hands.)
The second-generation WAVEDRUM sounds even better.
That’s enough talking—you want to hear what it sounds like, right. Youtube has a bunch of demonstrations, like this one.
What are your thoughts about the Korg WAVEDRUM? Do you have one? Do you want one? How would you use it?
This week’s salute goes to AudioJungle author BeatWave, who made 23 sales in September.
BeatWave has only been an AudioJungle author since August 2009, and has uploaded 8 items, made 37 sales, and achieved a rating of 
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BeatWave is based in the UK, and their profile contains a combination of pop, corporate and breakbeat tracks.
“This pulsating, uplifting and positive track will lend instant credibility to any corporate, business or current affairs project. Authoritative and contemporary in style this track incorporates an energetic groove, bright synth arpeggios, pulsating bass and warm, ambient pads. It’s The Business!”
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“Grand, building aspirational track that merges a cool laid back groove with a Vangelis style theme with a memorable piano melody.”
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Here are two more of BeatWave’s tracks that I enjoyed:
“This is the perfect track for a production that needs to be inspirational. It oozes class with a cool ambient groove, lush orchestral strings, and an ethereal female vocals.”
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“This is a seriously chilled out, relaxing track perfect for that laid back Jack Johnson feel. It features a beautiful strummed and picked acoustic guitar, gorgeous chamber strings and a subtle piano melody. Kick back and take a chill pill.”
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Congratulations, BeatWave. Keep producing!
SONAR is a digital audio workstation with by Cakewalk, a subsidiary of Roland. It is the only major DAW with a scripting language, and you need a Windows PC to run it.
It started life in 1987 as a DOS MIDI sequencer, and has been under constant development ever since. It competes very well with other major DAWs, and the Producer version costs around $400.
Last week’s article covered SONAR’s history and features. This week we learn how to use it. Here are 14 tutorials that make using SONAR a piece of cake. (more…)
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