Red Rock Software Announces Immediate Availability of iScratch for Virtual Digital Scratching.iScratch for Macintosh allows anyoneeI|from casual users to expertseI|to create real DJ scratches without the need for a turntable A playback machine for vinyl phonograph records, which were a major music distribution medium throughout the 20th century. The turntable contains a rotating platter to hold and spin the disc and an arm that holds a cartridge and needle (stylus). , mixer and vinyl records. Easy-to-use software allows amateurs to create a professional sound and music professionals to exercise their full creativity without unwieldy performance equipment. SALT LAKE CITY -- Red Rock Software today announced the immediate availability of iScratche, an application that allows anyone to create virtual digital scratches on Apple's Macintosh computers. Scratching is the DJ, or turntablist, technique of creating a variety of sounds by moving a vinyl record back and forth under a turntableeIUs phonographic needle. The sound has become one of the most recognizable features of hip hop hip-hop or hip hop n. 1. A popular urban youth culture, closely associated with rap music and with the style and fashions of African-American inner-city residents. 2. Rap music. adj. music. Rather than having to create the scratches with turntables, audio mixer and vinyl records, the new iScratch software allows turntablists This is an alphabetical list of turntablists and their most influential recordings. This list is alphabetized by the first letter in the first word of the artist's or band's name. Note that this list contains several artists listed alone and under the name of their crew. , both pro and amateur, to create their unique sounds digitally. "We're very excited about iScratch," said Craig Hopson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Red Rock Software. "iScratch replaces the complicated and expensive hardware of turntablism See DJ turntable. but retains its creativity by allowing anyone to produce a full range of fresh scratch compositions on their Mac." iScratch provides tools to create all the basic scratches, including push, pull, baby, release, chirp, tear and hold. The new software also includes a click tool for simulating mixer control. Now professionals and amateurs alike can compose for this unique instrument, to create extraordinary professional-quality sound. Because iScratch scratches are created digitally, DJs can use the application to save and share their work. iScratch compositions can be easily included in custom mixes, converted to MP3 and then moved to an iPod or CD. Turntablists can print sheet music for performance or in studios, saving time during expensive recording sessions. In addition, generating scratches on a computer with iScratch software allows professionals to create and remember new sounds even when their performance equipment is not readily available. iScratch also makes learning the technique of scratching more accessible to amateurs. "iScratch is the first software application to allow a user to visualize and edit scratches in an easy and intuitive way," said Jon Stovall, turntablist, bTree Media, Inc. "Now everyone can compose for the turntable as a musical instrument." Price and Availability iScratch is available exclusively as a downloadable version from www.iScratchWithoutRecords.com and costs $70 U.S. iScratch requires an Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh computer running OS X Tiger (10.4) and is compatible with the latest Intel Core The latest generation of the Intel x86 family of CPUs. Core supersedes the 13-year run of the Pentium, which was introduced in 1993. It essentially represents the ninth generation of the x86 architecture, the first chip appearing in the IBM PC in 1981. Duo Macs. For more information, including a list of features, or to download the Trial version, visit wwww.iScratchWithoutRecords.com. About Red Rock Software Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. , Red Rock Software (www.redrocksw.com) is the developer of Red Rock DeltaGraph 5.x, available for both Macintosh and Windows, and iScratch for Macintosh. In addition to its data analysis and charting application and its professional music specialty software An umbrella term for software that is designed for a specific application or niche. What is specialty software one day can become a mainstream application the next. See special. , Red Rock offers a comprehensive set of software design, engineering and management services. Red Rock Software has produced custom desktop, Web and enterprise-level applications for science, medicine, publishing, multimedia and office automation companies. |
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