TDM V8 or below users who are covered by the Waves Update Plan may also move up to V9 and receive the SoundGrid license for no additional charge.

PureMix subscriptions are available right here at Sweetwater:

• 3-month
• 6-month
• 12-month

Manzarek was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a degree in Economics from DePaul University, then relocated to Los Angeles to study film at UCLA where he met Jim Morrison, who was also a film student at the time. The two re-connected after college and formed The Doors with guitarist Robbie Krieger and drummer John Densmore, who Manzarek met at a Transcendental Meditation lecture. They became the house band at The London Fog on the Sunset Strip, and later at the Whiskey a Go Go, then launched a recording and touring career. Because The Doors had no bassist, Manzarek covered both bass and keyboard parts at the same time.

Following Jim Morrison’s death and the breakup of The Doors, Manzarek played in Nite City and with Iggy Pop. He also backed poets such as Michael McClure, Scott Richardson, Darryl Read, and Michael C. Ford. He recorded a rock adaptation of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana with Philip Glass, and integrated classical, jazz, rock, ethnic, and electronic music with composer/trumpeter Bal. He also produced or co-produced acts, such as Echo & the Bunnyman, X, and Michael Barber. More recently he worked with “Weird Al” Yankovic on a “style” parody of The Doors. His recent recordings include Translucent Blues with slide guitarist Roy Rogers.

He wrote a memoir, Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors, and two novels: The Poet in Exile (based on the idea that Morrison faked his death) and Snake Moon.

Learn more about the Novation Launchpad S right here: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/LaunchpadS/

Mitch takes an in-depth look at Novation’s Launchpad S control surface for Ableton Live and other programs. Enjoy the demo, then learn more about the Launchpad S at the link above.

A: With Reason 7, you have four options for authorizing Reason:

• Dongle — if you’re working on a desktop computer, don’t have access to the Internet, or want to be able to jump among different computers, then a hardware dongle or key is a convenient solution.
• Computer Authorization — with Reason 7, you can now “permanently” authorize one computer to run without a key or Internet access.
• Internet Authorization — if you are on the go, Reason can check in with the Propellerhead site and authorize itself to run on your computer. Internet access is required.
• Balance — if you have a Propellerhead Balance audio interface, it will serve as a key for authorizing your Reason software.

The Roland JX-3p was the company’s first synth with MIDI.

NPR has a nice article on MIDI, as well as videos and a broadcast recording.

Our own Mitch Gallagher also interviewed Dave Smith during the 2013 NAMM trade show, just prior to the Grammy award presentation.

Mitch Gallagher sits down with drummer extraordinaire Keith Carlock. Keith was visiting Sweetwater for a special drum recording workshop courtesy of Gretsch Drums, held in Sweetwater’s Performance Theatre and Sweetwater Studios.