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Vintage Computer Festival: The rare, historic, and bizarre

Blow off the dust and get ready to dig through boxes. News.com's Kara Tsuboi takes a tour of the biggest garage sale for antique computers, vintage video games, and discarded gadgets--the Vintage Computer Festival at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. And for the first time in decades,...

Tags: Productivity, Games, Personal Technology, vintage, computer, geek, collector, hardware, linc, synthesizer, history, kara tsuboi

Videos 2007-11-06

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RegMusicMakerPro (zip)

RegMusicMakerPro 8 Track Polyphonic Synthesizer, select, copy, paste x 8 functions, built in Media Player and mixer, 178 polyphonic instruments, 180 tempo rates, alpha blending, midi mapper, MP-401, and MS GS wavetable synth.This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Instrument, PWS, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-08-27

ClipSpeak (zip)

ClipSpeak is a portable, lightweight text-to-speech tool that speaks text copied to the clipboard. It is intended to be as transparent as possible to the user, keeping user interface and interaction to a minimum. Features: Speak text copied or cut to the clipboard. Stop ongoing speech with the right-control key....

Tags: Daniel Innala Ahlmark, ClipSpeak, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-08-15

HighC (exe)

HighC is a graphical music creation tool. It is a synthesizer, a sequencer, and a mixer. Its goal is to make music composition as simple and direct as sketching. It is both a fun and educational tool in the hands of amateurs or children, and still meets the needs of...

Tags: Tool, HighC, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-08-12

Yamaha Tenori-On music sequencer

Photo gallery:Yamaha Tenori-OnDesigned as an easy-to-use and visually interesting solution to the struggles of composing and performing electronic music, the Yamaha Tenori-On music sequencer ($1,200) is a daring attempt to shake up the dull state of electronic music hardware.DesignThe Tenori-On's deliberately lightweight and tactile design has the whimsical appeal of...

Tags: Yamaha Corp., Yamaha Tenori-On

Product reviews 2008-07-10

Phillips DC912

When it comes to iPod speaker systems, there are at least three criteria for most shoppers: compatibility it needs to work with your particular iPod model; form factor (it needs to fit into a given space, be it a spacious shelf or tiny nightstand); and value (good sound for the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Phillips DC912, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2008-07-03

MAGIX Samplitude Music Studio (exe)

Samplitude Music Studio 14 is the solution for professional music production on your PC: Discover a unique range of functions and experience the easiest handling you've ever known for recording, editing, mixing, mastering, and publishing. Take full advantage of the numerous virtual instruments and unbeatable tools for trouble-free home recording,...

Tags: Instrument, Studio, Tool, MAGIX Entertainment, Samplitude Music Studio 14, Productivity, Podcasts, Internet

Software downloads 2008-06-09

iPhone software wishlist

iPhone software wishlistHow aboutJust adding support for Flash and Java, it will open up the phone and enable a lot more applications.Why only from Apple?What do you mean these could only come from Apple? Are you saying the SDK won't provide api's to access the wireless networking and the contacts...

Tags: Podcasts, Tools & Techniques, Wi-Fi, E-mail servers, WIRELESS, software, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Synesthesia Mandala USB Drum

The Synesthesia Mandala ($349) is an advanced electronic drum used to play sounds through your computer. Not to be confused with those novelty desktop electronic drum sets made for bored executives, the Mandala is a serious piece of gear meant to withstand the rigors of a touring drummer. That said,...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Mandala USB

Product reviews 2008-02-04

Friday Fun - OK, so who owns a Tux Droid?

Is you're Linux experience complete without a $145 Tux Droid? The other day my daughter was aimlessly browsing through a catalog when she came across the Tux Droid.  Neither of us had seen one before and we came to the conclusion that it was some sort of foam...

Tags: Firing, Wi-Fi, Web Site, Architecture, Linux, Web Site Development, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Web Technology, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-01-25

Ultrawave Guitar Multi Fx (exe)

Realtime Guitar Effects Processor, with 21 effects, analog harmonic spectrum analyser, wav recorder, tuner, and input/output level meters. Effects list: guitar synthesizer, chorus, flanger, phaser, echo, reverb, multi tap echo, multiband echo, multiband distortion, multiband fuzz, distortion, wah, vibrato, tremelo, ring modulator, noise gate, equaliser, filters, quad, pre eq, post...

Tags: Distortion, WAV

Software downloads 2008-01-24

Skewl (zip)

Skewl is a realtime sound synthesizer for Windows. It has a very hardcore, electronic sound. It's great for live performances. The synth has four stages: the sequencer, the generator, a filter/distortion and a delay/echo. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Generator, Marc S. Ressl, Skewl, Synth, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2008-01-15

Ace of WAV (exe)

This download is an advanced sound editor and synthesizer program. It features powerful synthesis and editing functions; an intuitive user interface; visual scripting for easy automation of repetitive tasks; and a built-in OpenDSP development environment for the creation of new functions. Version 2.7.2 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: Function, WAV, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-01-04

Glass Viper (zip)

A synthesizer with unique waveform shaping. The Glass Viper plugin was designed to be a synthesizer with unique waveform shaping, that has a deep and natural sense of movement. Going beyond analogue simulation, into a truly organic sound, from simple old synths to grungy filthy basses, or delicate pianos to...

Tags: Waveform, Glass Viper, Productivity

Software downloads 2007-12-21

Synare Plug-In (zip)

The name Synare standes for SYnthetic sNARE. Synare Plug-In was designed to be a small experimental drum synth for FXpansion's drum sampler and synthesizer DR-008. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Release, Plug-in

Software downloads 2007-12-19

The man behind the Commodore 64

The man behind the Commodore 64On targetHe's right about "Americans buy anything as long as its cheap".The C64 was an electrical junk pile. The failure rate was astronomincal. The floppy disk was slower than the cassette drive for the first year or two, and likewise had a huge failure rate...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Commodore 64, C64, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-12

Arkaos VJ MIDI (dmg)

ArKaos VJ is the dazzling fast software that will enable you to put out outstanding video shows in matter of seconds. Build a full performance using a few simple video loops from your hard drive by mixing and altering them using more than 100 real-time effects. It is a software-based...

Tags: Software, Performance, Video, ArKaos VJ, Corporate Communications, Performance Management, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management

Software downloads 2007-11-13

VirtualANS (rar)

VirtualANS (ANS the abbreviation for Alexandr Nicolaevitch Skryabin, the great Russian composer) is the software analogue of the first Russian synthesizer in which the unique optical method of synthesis, developed by a scientist E.Mursin in the years 1937-1957, is used. VirtualANS is a tool for creating unique fantastic sounds. You...

Tags: Sound, Synthesis, VirtualANS, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2007-07-03

Free Alpha (exe)

Focused on the essential modules of an analogue synthesizer Alpha 3 offers true hands on operation. Alpha 3 is the sum of all our experience in synthesizer manufacturing. Just when you get tired about the many over-complex synthesizers of today, when you want to return to the roots, the beginning...

Tags: Alpha 3, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2007-06-14

FreeAlpha (dmg)

Focussed on the essential modules of an analogue synthesizer Alpha 3 offers true hands on operation. Everything is where you would expect it, nothing is more complex as it needs to be. Nothing is less powerful as it needs to be. Alpha 3 is the sum of all our experience...

Tags: Alpha 3, Nothing, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2007-05-29