The developers call it Audiogmented reality. Hear some nice streetperformance? Share some citysounds? On a party? Share a voice message with your friends on Facebook? Got something to say what doesn’t fit in a tweet? Use Shoudio! Listen to other random Shoudios from people and places all over the world! Tune in to channels. Subscribe to users or channels through iTunes.
Sad news today: Tsutomu Katoh, founder and chairman of Korg has passed away after a long fight against cancer. All the members of the Gearjunkies team wishes the family and all the employees at Korg al lot of strength.
Kapture Pad extends Ableton Live’s capabilities by allowing you to take snapshots of all mixer and device parameters in your set and recall them instantly. The inclusion of snapshot morphing makes Kapture Pad not only an indispensable live performance utility but also a mind-bending sound design tool.
Tascam has updated 2010’s best-selling portable recorder to the DR-07mkII, a new handheld recorder with adjustable microphones and high-resolution audio quality that’s simple to use.
Harmony Systems announced the worldwide availability of Delora gbTouch 2, an iPad application that functions as a remote controller for the Apple GarageBand Mac application program. gbTouch 2 adds significant professional style control surface features, and the ability to change the look of the app with a simple preference setting.
Tone2 Audiosoftware has announced the release of the Voltage! soundset for ElectraX. Voltage! is an inspiring collection of 200 presets ingeniously programmed by professional sound designers, suitable for Techno, Trance, Electronic, Dubstep, House, Dance, Progressive and a wide variety of other music genres.
Steinberg today releases LoopMash, a mind-blowing music app for creatively mixing and rearranging beats, tunes and effects. Now available for your iPhone and iPod touch, this inspiring mobile instrument lets you choose from over 40 presets and 250 addictive loops ranging all the way from ethno to disco.
Tone Projects has updated their Lo-Fi VST plug-in Sonitex STX-1260 to version 1.6 and are announcing a 1-week Spring Special offering $20 off all products. The sale will end on March 21st, 2011.
In January 2011 James Jacob, better known to his fans as Jakwob, went to the United States for his first major North American tour. The Propelleheads cameras met up with him in San Francisco, California to see him live in front of five thousand eager Dubstep fans.
Last year we already had a post on mr. Roger Linn and the early prototype of the Linnstrument. This instrument came from the interest of mr. Linn in the idea of new musical instruments that overcome the limitations of traditional mechanical instruments. His particular interest is in a new instrument that while be capable of entirely new sounds and playing techniques, and is also able to reproduce the sounds, virtuosic performance capabilities and subtleties that we’ve come to know and love from traditional musical instruments, but without all their problems and limitations.
Avid today introduced a series of new Mbox® family options—delivering innovative, professional features and flexible, open workflows so artists can create distinctive and compelling audio, in the studio or on stage.
Super-size your Studio! Do you own an Allen & Heath Xone:DX controller for Serato ITCH? Would you like to get your hands on some seriously cool accessories to super size your studio? Then polish up your routine and enter our Xone:DX video competition.
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.
The Freebrid is a 3 Channel valve EQ, company director Nick Terry explains, “We’ve introduced a new product that can be considered as part of a modular system, in our own unique style of course. The Freebird has 3 channels of broad but versatile valve EQ. The unit is a half rack design but can be put together in a 19 inch rack case with another unit to give 6 channels of EQ.”
Wow, how awesome is this? Interactive 24 hour music generator! Norman Fairbanks has developed a Kraftwerk app for the iPod and iPad. And to be clear it is an official Kraftwerk app as the ‘gentlemen’ from Kraftwerk have cooperated in the development!