Archive for March 4th, 2008

Digital Music Doctor, a creator of pro audio video tutorials released the results of its quarterly survey, the Music Software Internet Popularity Index. Image Line FL Studio has placed second and Cakewalk Sonar has placed fourth now for two quarters in a row. Apple Logic moved up to seventh place and Cakewalk Project 5 knocked Sony Acid Pro out of the top 10. The results are based on recent search engine activity.

I’m surprised that Ableton Live and Propellerhead Reason aren’t on the list; if you want to see where those two stand and more details on how DMD does this research, click here.

‘Free,” the magic words. HipHopMakers.com, a music production blog from 25-year-old Californian Mark V., has just released a collection of 100 downloadable drum sounds. Although it’s only 9 MB of 16-bit/44.1 kHz WAV files, the collection contains enough hot drum and percussion sounds to put beats together fast, including snares, kicks, toms, shakers, cymbals, hats, claps and more. Big ups to Mark for sharing.

Also check out the rest of the site, which is building up its content of production-oriented tips and advice, interviews, reviews and videos.