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SampleCell 1
A brief review of Digidesigns Nubus sample card for the Mac. A very tidy piece of kit! Pick it up for a song.

Audio Ease BarbaBatch
- At last batch audio processing for the Mac!
Sonicstate exclusive review! If you're involved in multimedia production then you should check this out.
OSC's Deck v2.2
Okay! So it's not 2.5 but if you're completey new to deck take a look it'll give you the general idea....
Audio multi-tracking, sound fx spotting and much more, plus a tasty comparison chart between Deck and Digidesigns Session software.

Audio Shop Review
Entry level audio editing tool for the mac.

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General info:-

Deck 2.5 - the facts
I downloaded an action packed faq from the deckusers list. It's got lots of anwers to many questions check it out
Pro Tools Plug-in management using applescript
Explainations and examples -suplied by Martin Peddar
Sample rates and disc sizes
Handy reference table.
Cdi Sector sizes table
Obscure I know, but useful.

  • Info on CD-ROM burning software from Astarte
  • Info on the much misunderstood Pro Tools Project.

  • Interesting Promix01 mods?
    There's some interesting talk afoot about mods for Yamaha's spiffing little mixer. Though not sanctioned by Yamaha, it is possible to change the clock speed from the cd-unfriendly 48khz to 44.1khz by the changing of a chip. Also, there's rumours that you can 'break out' the mic-amp ribbons to allow insert points. It may infact be possible to bypass the analog stage and have direct digital inputs too! There is a page with info on the creation of digital inputs: http://exodo.upr.clu.edu/~hunt/promod.htm
    This is NOT for the 'I wired my own patchbay' school of electronics!!!!
  • 02 Users Pages
    http://www.users.wineasy.se/roland/music/02R/users/index.html

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    Downloads
    Digi Inits - I've always found them hard to track down, so here's a few that may be useful...
    Please, if you have any you'd like to contribute mail us

    Choose 'save this link as..' within your browser, then unstuff with Stuffit.

  • DigiSystem INIT 2.93
    You'll need this one to run Session 2.0 or the demo.
  • SampleCell INIT 2.03 +SC midi Driver
    After I got my SampleCell 1 card modified by Digidesign to run in a Quadra 800 it still didn't work . This is the INIT I needed to make to make the Quadra recognise the card.
  • Console markup sheet:24 channel
    Handy tempate for live sound or studio desk recall info. EPS format. - Feel free to print and copy.

    Other Goodies
  • Macromedia's Shockwave Tools for SE16
  • SoundHack
    the much acclaimed shareware sound manipulation software. And - the manual
  • Thonk
    "a small, simple to use, unpredictable and uncontrolable granular synthesis application" -I haven't tried this yet but it sounds like fun!
  • Shareware Sample Editor for Roland/Yamaha's
    I ain't checked it out but here's a sample editor that will read/write Roland discs - (floppies I guess?) and Yamaha stuff. It's called D-SoundPRO 2.2
    ftp://ftp.volftp.vol.it/pub/mac/sound/util/d-soundpro-2.2.sit.hqx
  • Keyquencer - a shareware alternative to Quick Keys for the Mac.

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    Handy Mailing Lists.

  • New- The CDR burning list
    CDR-L@VM.TULSA.CC.OK.US
    I guess you send 'subscribe' in the body.
  • The Logic-users list
    If you use Logic on any platform this is a must. Send email to:
    majordomo@mcc.ac.uk with:
    help
    subscribe logic-users (your email address here)
    end
    Don't include the brackets.

    For those of you who want a website address:
    http://www.mcc.ac.uk/~emagic - this is an UNOFFICIAL website run by Fokke de Boer. There's some handy environments, users list archives and loads of other stuff too.

  • The DAW mac list- a place where a lot of people with experience hang out. Also regularly visited by Digidesign dudes.
    To subscribe to daw-mac, send mail to
    daw-mac-request@lists.best.com with subscribe in the body of the message. If you prefer the non-digest version make that subsingle The server will reply to you and you'll need to authenticate the reply. Instructions are provided in the reply message.

  • The DeckUsers mailing list:- For those er, Deck users amongst you - regularly dwelling here is Hank Hansen from tech support and a damn fine job he does too!
    To subscribe, send a message to deckusers-request@lists.best.com with subscribe in the body
    if you want to subscribe a third party address, the subscribe command may be followed by the appropriate email address.

  • The Digidesign Mailing list - I don't know if this is official
    Send a mail to: majordomo@darkwing.uoregon.edu
    subscribe ddesign-digest Your Name Here

  • Mark of the Unicorn List
    Anyone using MOTU Macintosh products, or just interested in reading some discussions about them, is welcome to subscribe.

    To subscribe to motu-mac, send an email to:
    Majordomo@lettuce.salinas.net
    with the following command in the body of your email message:
    subscribe motu-mac
    To subscribe to the digest version of motu-mac, send an email to with the following command in the body of your email message:
    subscribe motu-mac-digest

  • Yamaha O2R mailing list
    To subscribe, send a mail to:
    majordomo@linux.wineasy.se
    with the message:
    subscribe 02r
    You don't need to fill in your address, if you are posting from the address you with to add.
    Post your messages to the list-address which is:
    02r@linux.wineasy.se
    (Note that the leading character in 02r is the digit zero)

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    Links
  • Arboretum Systems
    Makers of plug-ins in the Premiere format
    www.arboretum.com
  • Astarte
    They make CD-burning software.
  • Bias Inc
    They make Peak- an alternative (Hooray!) to the ubiquitous Sound Designer
    www.bias-inc.com
  • Deckusers Website
    Digest archives of the Deckusers List and a bunch more stuff
    http://www.sitenoise.com/
  • Digidesign
    Love 'em, hate 'em, visit 'em www.digidesign.com
  • Gallery
    They make very useful tools for the DAW user/multimedia developer
    http://www.demon.co.uk/gallery/
  • Kilo 4-3
    New site with info on using PC's for making music and lots more.- nice chap too - for a PC user (only kidding!)
    http://bunji.realitycom.com/kilo4-3/
  • Lucid Technology
    Makers of the NB24 nubus digital i/o card
    http://www.halcyon.com/lucid/
  • Macromedia
    They make Deck 2.5 and Soundedit etc
    http://macromedia.com
  • Waves
    Top Israeli plugin- boffins - good stuff
    www.waves.com
  • 02R website
    The independent www pages dedicated to the Yamaha 02R digital mixing console (and now also the "kid brother" 03D) has been updated to include reference to more 3rd party products. You can find the pages at:
    http://www.users.wineasy.se/roland/music/02R/

    • A little explaining to do
    First of all,
    I DON'T WORK FOR ANY OF THESE SOFTWARE COMPANIES!
    Just the occaisonal beta test
    The news and reviews contained on these pages are mainly stuff I find interesting.
    A a lot of the news here comes from lists on the subjects and cannot be always taken as gospel. Feel free to correct me if I've made any booboos!
    Ie'd like expand this page to cover more products so if any body wants to contribute, drop us an email.
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