Serato DJ 1.5.2 – The latest update for Serato DJ includes brand new FX powered by iZotope for Serato’s new FX Expansion Packs. Scrollable FX drop-down menus, support for the Vestax VCI-100 MKII, Numark MixDeck Quad and the brand new Pioneer DDJ-SB Serato DJ Intro controllers and a healthy dose of maintenance / bug fixes for continued stability and performance.
This brand new course from Producertech teaches how to play killer beats for a number of dance music styles, including drum and bass, dubstep, hip hop, house and breakbeat. Led by Paul Kodish, a professional drummer with more than 25 years of experience playing for headline bands like Pendulum, DJ Fresh and Apollo 440, the lessons go from starting out with the kit, right through to advanced techniques and jamming. In addition to the streamed lesson movies, the course comes with a series of downloadable packs, with readymade sessions for music software, drum loops and backing tracks in a variety of formats and a load of additional Loopmasters samples for playing along too as well.
With Maschine Studio Native Instrumenst truly made the Maschine even better, a lot. From what we hear around us and of course of what we experience in our studio, this studio controller and instrument is very nice. The guys at Pointblank have put together a video in which all these new features and improvements are shown and discussed.
As was to be expected (sooner), today Pioneer released the follow-up of their CDJ-900 mediaplayer. Like it’s bigger brother this mediaplayer will now be available as ‘NEXUS’ version. The NXS line-up continues with the addition of the CDJ-900NXS digital player. The latest player builds on the success of its predecessor, the CDJ-900, plus it’s packed with new technology including a full colour LCD screen, Beat Divide, four-deck Beat Sync and the ability to play sets from a smartphone.
Zynaptiq announced the immediate availability of PITCHMAP 1.5, the latest edition of their real-time polyphonic pitch-mapping and pitchcorrection plug-in. This free update adds support for VST, RTAS and AAX Native on both Mac and Windows platforms, as well as many enhancements and fixes, and is available now.
Steinberg announced the release of Cubase iC Air, allowing users of Cubase 7 or Cubase Artist 7, together with Leap Motion Controller or Intel systems powered by the Intel Perceptual Computing SDK, to control Steinberg’s popular DAW intuitively by the command of gestures.
With the Samson’s Graphite M25 And M32 USB MIDI Controllers, “Mobile Musicians” get options for every level of production and performance. Whether you’re a producer, performer or DJ, Samson’s Graphite M25 and M32 USB MIDI Controllers give you all the music production control you need for home studio and mobile applications in two unique, ultra-portable designs.
Propellerhead caught up with music production duo KOAN Sound to learn a bit more about how they use Reason in their music. Little that they knew that they’d reveal some truly amazing tips for designing synths and bass lines. Read on to find out how they create those gut-wrenching bass sounds and mind-bending effects!
Arturia is proud to announce availability of its KeyLab range of professional-grade MIDI keyboard controllers complete with all-new accompanying Analog Lab synthesizer software. Furthermore Arturia released firmware updates for the Keylab series.
This is a nice video we came across through Mixmag. It’s an interview with the current ‘bosses’ of Native Instruments, Mate Galic and Daniel Haver. They tell us more about Native Instruments and a bit of its origins. We think it is a cool video as Native Instruments were, and still are, some a the real innovators when it comes to (digital) music technology.
Roland sat down with Daedelus to talk about his upcoming Roland Radio set and the gear he’s been using to make his unique sounds. Roland Radio is a new monthly web broadcast featuring cutting-edge artists creating music with new and classic Roland gear.
Introducing The Looploft‘s first collection of multitrack drum sessions customized specifically for Pro Tools. Simon Phillips Session Tracks contains custom Pro Tools .ptf templates for all 34 sessions, already mixed utilizing native Avid plug-ins, and includes additional tracks for guitar, keys and vocals, as well as reverb, delay and chorus all ready to go so you can get creative straight from the start.
Below are some of the new 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.
Trackhunter is an easy to use app aimed at DJs that makes discovering upfront underground dance music very quick and easy. It makes it possible to listen to all the new music regardless of genre so you can create your own style without having to follow anyone else. It lets you keep up to date with the new music from your favourite online digital stores; Amazon MP3, Audiojelly, Beatport, Dance Tunes, DJ Tunes, iTunes, Juno Download, Stompy, Track It Down and Traxsource.
“It all started with one machine“. One sentence you must have heart many times. For any ‘real’ gearhead the collection of gear is something that’s almost unevitable, because we all just love … gear. Joe Mansfield is no exception. His ‘addiction’ is drummachines. His own private collection contains of 75 machines already. He loves them so much he wrote a book about it: “Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession“.