Reaper 4.0

The incredibly powerful and very reasonably priced DAW Reaper just went to 4.0. All kindsa new features. A slightly higher price, but still a pittance compared to the big boys, and just as powerful.

Any new music toys on your side of things?

... And I Almost Forgot....

audioMIDI is having another of their No-Brainer sales, and it's a doozy: Rob Papen's RP-Delay (normally $69-99, depending on where you look) for $10. Some of their No-Brainers are more so than others; this is a Jayzus Pounce On This deal. I think it's only good until the 10th or 12th of August. I also think it's only PC.

For those of you looking for a free software resource, Gersic is plug-in heaven.

A Thing To Brighten Your Evening

Scholastic, Inc. -- the Scholastic Books people... you know, the Harry Potter publishers, and more importantly the providers of incredible amounts of classroom material to schools across the country and around the world? Until very recently, they used to partner with the American Coal Foundation, which provided them with a lot of material that was basically pro-coal-industry propaganda.

Turns out that even Scholastic can be taught.

Three cheers for the coalition of 16 organizations -- including Rethinking Schools, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace USA, the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, and 350.org -- who protested Scholastic and got this changed.