Monthly Archives: May 2013

Native Instruments introduces ABBEY ROAD 50s DRUMMER
Synths and workstations

Native Instruments introduces ABBEY ROAD 50s DRUMMER

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Native Instruments introduced ABBEY ROAD 50s DRUMMER, a new KONTAKT instrument featuring the sound of two classic drum kits from the 1950s. The kits provide the distinctive drum sound of the era, which was necessary to compete with the electrified instruments gaining popularity at the time. Recorded with both state-of-the-art and period equipment at Abbey Road Studios in London, 50s DRUMMER also includes a groove library, mixer presets, and a new set of brush articulations, delivering the authentic feel of rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country, and jazz from the 1950s. 

New Sounds in the Nord Sample Library
Synths and workstations

New Sounds in the Nord Sample Library

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Nord Keyboards have added new sounds to the Sample Library. The Hound was a digital synthesizer module with analog filters (VCF) developed in the late nineties by the Dutch company Cirko Electronics. Although it received good reviews when released, only 20 units were ever produced. It had a special “fatness” parameter that gave the sound more meat when applying a lot of resonance, 4-outputs and was 16-part multitimbral. Thanks to Eric van den Berk for making these samples!

Shure introduces new SE846 Sound Isolating Earphones
DJ GEAR, Studio Hardware

Shure introduces new SE846 Sound Isolating Earphones

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Last week Shure introduced the SE846 Sound Isolating Earphones featuring Quad High-Definition MicroDrivers with a three-way system configuration for dedicated low, mid and high frequency distribution. The patent-pending design of the SE846 includes a groundbreaking low-pass filter with true subwoofer that enables deep low-end performance without sacrificing clarity or detail.

Yard Sale Gear from Elektron – New Octatrack Soundpack
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Yard Sale Gear from Elektron – New Octatrack Soundpack

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The pride of instruments you would normally find stowed away in some creaky attic has been restored. Goldbaby is the man behind this cultural achievement. He has dusted off his impressive inventory of forgotten and elusive gear and recorded them all. Soothing samba rhythms, cheap organs and plasticky and charming keyboard tones: the timelessness of the sounds make them forever contemporary.

Something For The Weekend: Pigeons Daft Punk Medley
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Something For The Weekend: Pigeons Daft Punk Medley

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These past weeks there has been a lot of attention to the latest album by Daft Punk, ‘Random Access Memories’. If you have a presence on the internet, then you couldn’t dodge tweets, messages, comments or whatever that had this new album as a subject. Thoughts on the new album range from brilliant and genius, to ‘meh’ and ‘not bad’. Anyway, for this edition of “Something for the weekend” we turn to the band Pigeon for a medley of older Daft Punk tunes we all love.

Reason 7 and MIDI compatibility – Video
Synths and workstations

Reason 7 and MIDI compatibility – Video

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With the recently introduced version 7 of the Propellerhead Reason DAW users get to use their externat MIDI instruments. So now Reason 7 comes with MIDI out support to bring the sound of your favorite hardware synths and beat machines to the Reason rack. MIDI is handled by the new External MIDI Instrument device, fully integrated into the Reason environment. Automating MIDI equipment from Reason’s sequencer or even from control voltages in the Reason rack is a breeze to set up.

Dave McNair – Mastering with Sonnox Pro-Codec on David Bowie album
INTERVIEWS, Studio Hardware, Studio Software

Dave McNair – Mastering with Sonnox Pro-Codec on David Bowie album

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Present mastering/mixing engineer extraordinaire Dave McNair. With a list full of credits ranging from Iggy Pop and Rod Stewart to Los Lobos, Tina Turner and most recently David Bowie, his expertise and trusted ears represent the last step in the record making process. Dave recently, sat down with Sonnox to share his experience using the Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec.

XILS Lab introduce XILS V+ Vocoder Instrument
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XILS Lab introduce XILS V+ Vocoder Instrument

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The XILS V+ combines a Vintage 10 band Vocoder, Supreme Top Octave Divider based Strings and Human Voices, or any sophisticated layering of these three elements. After more than one year of intense modelling deep in the basement of the Xils Laboratories, they offer you this complete recreation of a legend. Its unique vintage vibe and beauty that can only be brought back to life by precisely emulating different ancient and forgotten techniques.

Denon Engine DJ Update V1.1.0 Available Now
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Denon Engine DJ Update V1.1.0 Available Now

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Denon DJ is pleased to announce new feature loaded and optimised legacy functions to its music management system Engine. Listening intently to user feedback, and maintaining a finger on the pulse of today’s DJ software and hardware demands, V 1.1.0 is now available. Running on PC/Mac or with the iOS iPad version, Engine’s new features make the live or studio DJ interaction experience even more fluid and precise.