With the official release of the Apple iPad today, Korg now officially announces the iELECTRIBE. Korg‘s ELECTRIBE Series products have been must-have hardware gear for dance and electronic music artists around the world. Still at the forefront, the popular ELECTRIBE•R is now available as a dedicated iPad musical instrument app – the Korg iELECTRIBE virtual analog beatbox.
Last year AVID decided to combine all of their brands (including Digidesign, M-Audio, and Sibelius) into one unified AVID brand. During the past year AVID have been working hard to transition Digidesign to the AVID name. Below is an ‘Open Letter’ to all Digidesign customers to share information, answer questions, and explain how the changes will affect them.
StudioTrack is a powerful songwriting tool for musicians who want to capture musical ideas and record songs on the iPad. Every channel includes a reverb send and a configurable effects rack. Effect options include a delay, EQ, and a compressor. The master channel has a Reverb Return knob as well as a parametric EQ and a stereo master compressor-limiter. StudioTrack multitrack recorder for iPad, developed by Sonoma Wire Works and Retronyms, is now available on iTunes for $39.99.
These are the releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
Following Korg earlier today Yonac Software is pleased to announce the release of the miniSynth PRO for the iPad. Conceived and designed by the same team behind the original synth and the theremin for the iPhone OS, miniSynth PRO is a completely new, cutting-edge sound engine crafted especially, and deployed only, for the iPad platform.
It seems that KORG is (yet again) the first manufacturer to release an iPad dedicated instrument, the iElectribe. With this app Korg emulated the ELECTRIBE hardware interface into software, with preset management via a standard iPad-style menu.
AmpliTube 3.0.1 update is now available with 27 improvements that includes new features, popular user requests, and corrections. AmpliTube 3, IK Multimedia’s massive upgrade of the leading Guitar Amp & FX modeling software, has been updated with new features for a better user experience and overall performance.
Here it is, … our final MusikMesse post. This year (like the previous ones) we shot a lot of pictures and video footage. Not everything ended up in a post on Gearjunkies. But we thought we could compile most of the video footage and make a MusikMesse Tour to give you a short impression of the Messe this year. We want to thank all the manufacturers who gave us the opportunity to play with their latest gear. We enjoyed that very much. We call ourselves ‘gearjunkies’ for a reason of course!
Sales launch of the DrumXchanger is in three weeks but you can already try the public beta version now. The new Analog Code® software tool has an ace under the sleeve: it uses SPL’s proprietary Transient Designer technology for drum hit recognition. Hence, all drum hits, including the faintest ghost notes, are faithfully recognized regardless of their dynamic level!
Do the vocals on your favorite song sound like a vocoded chipmunk? Yes? Did you use extreme auto-tune settings in the sensitive ballad you wrote for your girlfriend, who then dumped you because, as Jay Z said, “Auto-tune is Dead”. Never fear, you can now recapture the emotive intensity of your original vocal performance complete with the off-kilter, yet somewhat charming intonation for which you are known.