The computer has become the primary tool for music creation and audio production. TBM is on top of the latest and greatest in computers, software and plug ins. We use a ton of them ourselves.
Give us a call, or since you're at the computer so much, send us an email, we're happy to speak geek - er - discuss all things computers, software and plugins to help you track down the perfect piece to shape your sound.
Ableton - Software for creating, producing, and performing music. Their flagship product, Live, has introduced a new approach to making music with computers on stage and in the studio that some call revolutionary.
Check out the Ableton Website.
Arturia - has quickly become a preeminent soft synth company, recreating some of the most sought after classic synths. From Moogs to Prophets, Arps to Jupiter 8s, you'll find it all here.
Check out the Arturia Website.
Bias - Designed from the ground up for audio pros, Bias offers intuitive, yet affordable, recording, mastering and sound design software and plug-ins for the mac.
Check out the Bias Website.
Finale - The first name in notation software, Finale, Allegro, PrintMusic, Finale SongWriter, and NotePad offer a full range of power and price to suit your notation needs. Best of all, you'll never outgrow the Finale family.
Check out the Finale Website.
Logic Studio 8 delivers everything a musician needs to write, record, edit, mix, and perform in the studio and on the stage. With three applications, instruments, effects, and a massive sound library, Logic Studio puts powerful music creation and production tools in one comprehensive package.
Logic Express 8 delivers the power and streamlined interface of Logic Pro 8. Innovative production tools and over 100 instruments and effects from Logic Studio let you record, edit, and mix with unmatched quality, speed, and ease.
Check out Logic Studio and Logic Express at Apple's Site
MOTU - developed Performer®, one of the Macintosh's first music programs ever and the music industry standard for MIDI sequencing in 1985. MOTU produces a full line of Macintosh and Windows based music and audio recording products. From weekend hobbyists to world-class recording studios, top performing artists and film composers all use MOTU products in their daily music-making.
Check out the MOTU Website.
Sonnox - The plug-in company formerly know as Sony Oxford is now Sonnox. With EQ and Dynamics effectively ports of the renowned OXF-R3 console, Sonnox takes the helm for these audio gems with new innovations on the horizon.
Check out the Sonnox Website.
Source Elements - With the development of Source Connect to connect 2 ProTools rigs over the internet, Source Elements has expanded to include several other equally useful solutions. No longer are you limited to the expense and inferior quality of an ISDN line. Connect and record with virtually anyone, anywhere.
Check out Source Elements Website
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Toon Track - Sonically stunningly, multi-microphone drum sampler designed for musicians and producers in need of a compact, affordable, easy to handle plug-in without compromising sound quality or control. The visualized drums in the interface combines auditioning of sounds and drumkit construction. The extensive drag and drop midi-library (featuring 8000+ midifiles) enables users to create a great drumtrack in just a few clicks. For more advanced handling, users can control microphone bleeding and levels between drums using the internal mixer.
Check out the Toon Track Website.
Waves - has grown into the world’s leading developer and supplier of software-based audio signal processing tools, while expanding to meet the demand for Waves processing in hardware-based products. Waves’ current product line has increased to over 60 processors that have been embraced by the audio industry in music production, film, post, and broadcast. In fact, the name Waves itself has become synonymous with top-of-the -line audio processing, and the company’s products are used where superior quality is a pre-requisite: hit records, major motion pictures, and top-selling games worldwide.
Check out the Waves Website.
Antares - First known for their ground breaking Auto-Tune plug-in, Antares has expanded their collection to include a suite of impressive vocal processors.
Check out the Antares Website.
Audio Ease - Creators of the stunningly realistic convolution reverb Altiverb, based on actual halls, rooms , and locations from around the world. Add to this a host of other equally useful plug-ins, and you have a company that does more than just write ones and zeroes.
Check out the Audio Ease Website.
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Cakewalk - Whether you are creating music professionally, or for personal enjoyment, there's a Cakewalk product for you at a price you can afford. Plus, Cakewalk sells many third-party extras to help you make the most of your Cakewalk product, including audio effects, virtual instruments, audio loops, and more.
Check out the Cakewalk Website.
IK Multimedia - offers an incredibly useful array of DSP and instrument plug-ins. From guitar amp simulation, to soft-samplers, to ground breaking instruments, all designed to help your music sound it's best.
Check out IK Multimedia Website
M-Audio - Thanks to the power of today’s computers, software goes beyond merely doing what hardware has done in the past, delivering the cutting edge tools that forge much of today’s innovative sound. The music software era has truly arrived — and M-Audio is proud to bring you the best of the breed from around the world.
Check out the M-Audio Website.
Serato - With their jaw dropping Pitch n' Time, Serato time compressed and pitch shifted their way onto the scene in a big way. They've expanded their offerings to include their groundbreaking Scratch, and Rane series EQs and Compressor limiters.
Check out the Serato Website.
Sound Toys - For music mixing, sound design, remix and more, SoundToys is the industry standard in professional audio effects plug-ins.
Check out Sound Toys Website
Spectrasonics creates some of the most widely used software instruments available. Featuring Atmosphere Dream Synth Module, Stylus RMX realtime groove module, and Trilogy total bass module, Spectrasonics' sonic fingerprints can be found all over film, TV and chart busters alike.
Check out the Spectrasonics Website.
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URS - Founded in 2003, URS has quickly become a leading Digidesign Third Party developer of high quality digital equalizers, compressors and classic console strips that digitally recreate the sound of analog hardware for the entire Pro Tools platform and all other popular native host platorms.
Check out the URS Website.
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The Vienna Symphonic Library marks the start of a new era in orchestral music production. The Vienna Instruments are the most powerful virtual instruments on the market and integrate intelligent Performance Algorithms with their easy-to-use VST/AU plug-in instruments to orchestrate an inconceivably vast array of samples. Composers, arrangers and music producers can reproduce every nuance soloists or ensembles are capable of playing with absolutely authentic results. Never before has composing been so natural, fast, and so much fun.
Check out the Vienna Symphonic Library Website.
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