Monthly Archives: May 2012

Beyond Beatmatching – Take Your DJ Career to the Next Level
DJ GEAR, Studio Software

Beyond Beatmatching – Take Your DJ Career to the Next Level

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The creative minds behind Mixed In Key software are proud to announce the release of Beyond Beatmatching: Take Your DJ Career to the Next Level, a book that gets deep into the craft and business of professional DJing. Authors Yakov Vorobyev and Eric Coomes have more than 20 years combined experience in the professional DJ business.  Vorobyev is also president of Mixed In Key, makers of the industry-standard harmonic-mixing software for DJs.

U-He updates DIVA to version 1.1.
Studio Software

U-He updates DIVA to version 1.1.

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Berlin-based plug-in developers u-he have updated their flagship VA synthesizer Diva (Dinosaur Impersonating Virtual Analogue) to version 1.1. The most intriguing changes address Diva’s notorious CPU-hunger in divine mode – more voices can now be played in realtime at the highest quality setting…

DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware, Studio Software, VIDEOS

DJ Theo Parrish – Video Interview

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Love of the music should be the driving force of any producer, performer or DJ.! In the video below Theo Parrish tells us how he feels about the new technology that has revolutionised modern DJ’ing. For example he is saying: “Im not comfortable with convenience replacing artistry…”. If that is true or not is a complete different discussion. But whatever this man is saying, you should listen. Like we did!

Studio Software, VIDEOS

Zynaptiq UNVEIL Video Overview

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Recently Zynaptic announced the introduction of UNVEIL, a real-time de-reverberation and signal focusing plug-in for the Mac OS X AudioUnits (AU) format. UNVEIL is a real-time, de-mixing based plug-in that allows attenuating or boosting reverb components within a mixed signal of any channel count, including mono sources, as well as modifying contained reverb characteristics. Additionally, UNVEIL allows bringing the key features of a recording into focus, or moving them to the background, by attenuating or boosting perceptionally less important signal components.

Native Instruments release Maschine Expansion Platinum Bounce
DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware, Studio Software

Native Instruments release Maschine Expansion Platinum Bounce

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Native Instruments today introduced PLATINUM BOUNCE, a new MASCHINE Expansion featuring a versatile toolbox for producers working in the area of contemporary urban club music. For instant use with MASCHINE or MASCHINE MIKRO, PLATINUM BOUNCE was created by cutting-edge music producers and sound designers – processed to achieve the distinctive upfront sound of contemporary hits for the radio and the hottest clubs. 

MOTU MicroBook II Now Shipping
Studio Hardware

MOTU MicroBook II Now Shipping

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MOTU have announced that they have started shipping their new ‘personal studio recording’ solution.  The MicroBook II provides simultaneous inputs for a microphone, a guitar, and a keyboard or other stereo line level device. The mic preamp delivers neutral coloration and pristine sound, with 20 dB pad and 48V phantom power for condenser mics. Programmable outputs provide flexible monitoring options.

New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
DJ Software

New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday

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And we’re back! After some time away, we are resuming our weekly overview of this weeks releases 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.

Synths and workstations

Something for the Weekend: Beastie Boys – Three MCs and One DJ

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Today a sad episode of our ‘Something for the Weekend’ post. Today, friday, we got the news that Adam Yauch a.k.a. MCA from The Beastie Boys died, probably, as a result of cancer. Yauch co-founded Beastie Boys in 1979 with Mike D, Mix Master Mike and Ad Roc. The Beastie Boys are one of the most important and influential hip-hop groups of all time. They were instrumental in making hip-hop a global, mainstream force. Formed in 1981 as a hardcore band, they combined punk and rap into a singular sound that grew increasingly broad over the years, encompassing a vast array of genres. We are truly saddened by this news. Therefor in honour of Adam we post on the greatest videos (we think) of the Beastie Boys, ‘Three MC’s and One DJ‘.

DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware, Studio Software, VIDEOS

Pioneer DJM-850 Performance Mixer Walkthrough

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With two colour choices, four channels, one hundred effect combinations and endless creative possibilities, the new Pioneer DJM-850 is set to become home and mobile DJs’; most sought-after mixer. The DJM-850 is primed and ready for plug and play, with preconfigured, studio-quality effects accessible at the touch of a button. The mixer rivals software’s creative possibilities liberating DJs from their laptops and allowing for a more natural DJing experience.

Synths and workstations

Roland Jupiter-50 – Video Overview

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One of the few good kept secrets was the release of a ‘little’ Roland Jupiter at this years MusikMesse. The JUPITER-50 is equipped with a sound engine that’s the sonic equal of its big brother JUPITER-80, containing most of the SuperNATURAL acoustic and synthesizer tones found in the JUPITER-80. It also retains the same Live Set architecture, where four separate sound engines can be stacked together to create massive voices such as classic fat synth tones. Users can even import JUPITER-80 sound data into the JUPITER-50. In addition, powerful multi-effects and reverb are onboard for studio-quality sound processing.

Studio Hardware, VIDEOS

Electro-Harmonix Special Edition SuperEgo Synth Engine – Video

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Below is the latest installment of Electro-Harmonix Effectology. This special edition episode features out brand-new SuperEgo Synth Engine which expands the tonal possibilities of your guitar.  Audio alchemist Bill Ruppert demonstrates some extremely innovative and inspiring sounds while mixing the SuperEgo with other EHX pedals that are already known and loved for their incredible tone.

G-Sonique MSX5 – Headphone monitoring system released
Studio Software

G-Sonique MSX5 – Headphone monitoring system released

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G-Sonique have released their take on headphone monitoring system software, called MSX5. These days, more and more hobby and professional musicians and mix-engineers are producing and mixing on headphones. Why? Simply because the facts are: highest quality studio headphones are much cheaper than mid-range studio monitors. There is no negative influence of room acoustics on the sound. You don’t need to invest so much money into correcting studio room acoustics and damping systems, all good headphones have almost linear frequency response starting at the deepest sub-basses, 20 hz (while only the most expensive speaker systems with sub-woofers in ideally acoustically treated rooms can reproduce these frequencies correctly).