Monthly Archives: February 2011

NI Releases Scarbee Funk Guitarist – Kontakt Instrument

NI Releases Scarbee Funk Guitarist – Kontakt Instrument

Imagine the perfect funk guitarist: groove, precision and no solos – please welcome SCARBEE FUNK GUITARIST. This innovative instrument gives you instant playability and total control, with the genuine flavor of the funk. Lovingly sampled in uncompromising SCARBEE quality, SCARBEE FUNK GUITARIST is expressive, articulate and instantly useable – create driving rhythm guitar lines in minutes. Essential for anything from funk and soul to hip hop and R’n’B, but also perfect for adding an organic element to house or pop, this instrument is highly addictive and a true funk phenomenon. And if you want to further treat your guitar sound, check out the free for perfect custom tone.

DJ World Studio – DJ App for the iPad

Want to DJ anywhere with your iPad? DJ World Studio is here to turn up the heat with everything you need to mix like a pro and throw a kicking party. DJ World Studio is the first iPad DJ application to combine vinyl and CD control styles to suit every DJ. To get you mixing in no time, it comes with 30 great tracks completely free, and lets you import tunes from any source, including your iPod library.

Novation Nocturn 49 – A Closer Look – Video

Our friends at Winksound grabbed themselves a Novation Nocturn 49 to their studios and together with Novation product specialist Brandon Carroll they show us more on the features of this MIDI controller keyboard. The Nocturn Keyboard is an intelligent plug-in/sequencer controller. It has a high quality keyboard, with 8 drum pads and a total of 33 assignable controls, which allow you to get hands-on control of your virtual instruments, effects plugins and music production software such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Ableton Live and Reason.

What is the Audi sound?

I came across this video below today. At first I thought this would be an attempt of a hoax. But then again it was hosted at the official Audi Youtube account, plus it has been released in may 2010, so… I guess it’s real. Audi surely takes its ‘corporate sound‘ very seriously. Audi took almost one and a half-year of development to create a virtual “AUDI Sound Studio”. This ‘sound studio’ is the basis for all creatives, composer and sound designer to create the AUDI sound.

Sony Vegas Pro 10 – User Experience

Sony Vegas Pro 10 – User Experience

Often we get software offered for reviews and just plain ‘checking out’. Last year we got offered Vegas Pro software. Not sure what to expect, and kind of curious, we installed it here at the office. If you are still not sure what Vegas is, it is a software suite for video. And as we (I) am more into the audio side of things, it was not quite clear what to expect from this software. We made Gearjunkies videos before but with simple ‘freeware’ software. Doing a thorough review would be silly as we don’t have the ‘video technology know-how’. So I decided to take on a ‘project’. Why don’t I, a video software user with a ‘beginners’ level, make a videoclip?

Moog Lap Steel Guitar

Moog Lap Steel Guitar

The Moog Lap Steel combines award-winning Moog Guitar technology with the unique expressive capabilities of the Lap Steel guitar. All the innovations of The Moog Guitar; Full Sustain, Controlled Sustain and Mute modes, Harmonic Blends and the onboard Moog Ladder Filter are seamlessly integrated to enhance new and traditional playing techniques.