Touch Ableton Live with Mu by JazzMutant
JazzMutant announce Mu for Lemur – controlling Ableton Live has never been easier, faster or more intuitive for the ultimate hands-on live performance and music production experience.
Monthly Archives: March 2010
SPL Transpressor Dynamic Processing 2.0
SPL has just announced the Transpressor, a new dynamic processing tool that seeks to surpass the limitations of common compressors – and anybody aware of SPL products ought to know that they are not in the bluffing business.
Image Line announces FL Extension
The FL Extension box from Image Line brings more than 75 additional plugins and product upgrades from the successful FL Studio library into retail stores. Buy an FL Extension box in-store, choose and download your FL Extension product on-line.
Nord Pedal Keys 27 now shipping
The Nord Pedal Keys 27 is a MIDI pedal board with 27 keys, equipped with an integrated swell pedal. The entire unit is housed in a sturdy aluminum chassis that makes it both lightweight and rugged. It communicates via MIDI and can be used with other MIDI compatible equipment.
Voxengo releases Deft Compressor
Voxengo is happy to announce the release of Deft Compressor, an audio signal compressor plug-in for professional audio production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plugin formats, for Mac OS X (v.10.4.11 and later) and Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) computers.
NI releases more Abbey Road Drums
ABBEY ROAD | 70s DRUMS is the second of Native Instruments’ collaborations with Abbey Road Studios London. This KONTAKT Instrument contains no emulations or modeling of any kind – ABBEY ROAD | 70s DRUMS is built entirely of high-quality samples of two distinctive vintage drum kits from the 1970s, made accessible via an easy-to-use interface newly created in conjunction with the Abbey Road experts. Made up of thousands of painstakingly sampled hits, every sound in this KONTAKT Instrument was recorded in Abbey Road’s legendary Studio Two using classic vintage equipment from that period.
Toontrack releases Songwriters Drumpack
Wouldn’t it be convenient having full verses, choruses, bridges, – complete song structures – in an array of styles, tempos and feels, categorized in separate songs with an individual hierarchy of increasing intensity? Pro-played drum MIDI that you could drag, drop and use to construct your full track in literally a few mouse-clicks?
A&H partners up with IK Multimedia
Allen & Heath is pleased to announce a partnership with leading music software company, IK Multimedia, to bundle its pioneering Amplitube X-Gear software with the newly launched ZED-10 and ZED-10FX mini USB mixers.
Presonus demonstrations at the MusikMesse
Presonus will take the opportunity to demonstrate many of the product announcements, made at the past NAMM, to the European audience. At this years Messe Presonus will give an in-depth demonstration of the recently announced version 1.5 of its Studio One™ DAW software. This major free update adds so many important features and enhancements that the company decided to skip the previously planned version 1.1 and go directly to this more advanced version.
MusikMesse 2010 – preview/rumours
Well, … to be honest we had expected a lot more leaked information and plain old rumours at this time of the year. Every year there were lots of pre-Messe rumours on new products, updates, etc. but this year it seems a bit slow on the rumour front. Nonetheless our Gearjunkies Team is fullly prepared and ready to invate the Messe floors early wednesday morning to get you the scoops and information on new STUFF you so desperately need. We will get as many information as possible, as soon as possible, posted on our website of course, but don’t forget our Twitterfeed if you want the latest news, the fastest way possible!
Adam to introduce new AX-Series at the Messe
ADAM introduced a new top line of studio monitors, the SX-Series, at the Prolight & Sound (Frankfurt, Germany) and at the AES (New York, USA) in 2009. Now ADAM Audio proudly presents a similar evolution to the A series, the AX series. The new A5X and A7X are joined by two new models, the A3X and A8X. All models of the new AX-Series now profit from the technological improvements found in ADAM’s top line monitors.
MuseBox soundset announced
Muse Research and Development has announced an agreement with Ultimate Sound Bank to provide sounds for the upcoming MuseBoxTM, a highly versatile Musical Instrument and Effects Box, being co-developed between Muse Research and Peavey Electronics. Ultimate Sound Bank will provide the core, pre-installed sound set for the device that includes all the essential keyboard sounds required by the gigging musician, as well as expansion sound sets that will be sold to customers both on-line and at retail. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
APIs JDK Audio Introduces R22 Compressor
JDK Audio, the new brand developed and engineered by legendary analog innovator API, recently announced the fourth product in its line of robust signal processing equipment. The R22 is a two-channel, rack-mount compressor with linkable stereo operation that uses true RMS power summing, a patented Thrust circuit for chest-hitting low-end, and easy to use, refreshingly musical control of all parameters.
Tonelux introduces TILT eight channel tone control
The innovative TILT control, designed by Tonelux founder Paul Wolff, rebalances a channel’s high- and low-frequency content via a single knob, and was first featured on the company’s MP1a discrete mic preamp module. TILT will get its European premier at the coming MusikMesse this week.
Demo video of the OTO Biscuit effect processor
Add depth, texture and organic behavior to synths, basslines, drum machines and virtual sounds from computers with BISCUIT. By using 8-bit converters, digital processing and analog resonant filters, Biscuit opens up a wide range of sounds from harsh distortion, digital and aliasing artifacts to warm and fat 8-bit sounds. Producers, deejays, musicians and sound lovers can use BISCUIT to extend their sound creation possi- bilities. BISCUIT will find its place in studios, on stages or even in clubs.The video below is from BigCityMusic and according to them: “The king of bit crushing has arrived!”