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Noteflight, the company responsible for the free notation software of the same name, has now come out with Crescendo, a fully-featured, online notation program. Crescendo offers full support of guitar tablature, professional sounding virtual instruments, and 35 stock templates for quickly setting up common ensemble configurations. Crescendo also features 40 orchestral, jazz, and rock instruments, including full woodwind, brass, and reed sections, as well as guitar, basses, and percussion.
Spread your wings at www.noteflight.com
King Banjo
Recording King's latest banjo, the RK-Elite five-string, recaptures the essence of Gibson's prewar masterpiece, the Mastertone banjo. The RK-Elite features a Mastertone-style tone ring, a three-ply maple rim, and a one-piece mahogany resonator. Other features include a bone nut and an ebony fret board. At a fraction of the cost, this banjo will give other high-end instruments a run for their money. Get that elusive Mastertone vibe without emptying your bank account!
Enter the kingdom at recordingking.com
Handy Recording
Have you ever noticed that your most inspirational musical moments usually happen away from any kind of recording gear? With the iKey G3, you never have to be further than an arms length away from a quality recording device to take down your ideas. Plug any line level instrument into the quarter-inch jacks, adjust the recording level, and hit the red button to record CD-quality audio. The G3 works like a multi-track recorder, so you can layer in more parts, or play lead over a rhythm track.
www.ikey-audio.com
Steinberger's Strings
D'Addario looked to innovative instrument designer Ned Steinberger for its line of NS Electric strings for electric bowed instruments. Comprised of stranded steel cores wrapped with aluminum, brass, tungsten, nickel, and stainless steel, the NS Electric line offers rich tone and expressive nuance, bringing out the fullest tone from electric instruments and can even offer subtlety of expression when used with acoustics.
www.daddariobowed.com
