After our LiveRemote App Give-Away from IXIMIX last week, they now gave us some redeem codes for the TrakPRO DJ app. And those too are meant for you, our visitors! The TrakPRO DJ app is a pioneering touch control surface for Traktor DJs.
Image-Line is pleased to announce FL Studio Mobile is now available from your local App Store. There are two FL Studio Mobile applications: FL Studio Mobile for iPhone & iPod Touch, G3 & G4 with Retina display support and FL Studio Mobile HD for iPad 1 & 2.
Faders, EQ, headphone and playback controls, needle search and pitch bend — it’s all there. Magic Stripes for pitch bending and direct manipulation. They have a better idea than simulating a jog dial: Magic Stripes. One finger for pitch bending, two for ultra-precise tempo adjustment. Watch the video below to see them in action.
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.
Steinberg announced today that it is discontinuing its technical support for several older products and operating systems as of August 1st, 2011. The reason for this decision is to use the available resources to make its customer support for current products even quicker and more efficient.
Griffin Technology Inc., makers of innovations for everyday life, and algoriddim, makers of the line of djay products for Mac and iOS devices, are excited to announce DJ Cable for iOS devices is now available. Designed specifically to work with algoriddim’s for djay for iPad, winner of a 2011 Apple Design Award, and djay for iPhone and iPod touch, the DJ Cable allows users to have the ultimate mobile DJ experience in the palm of their hands.
Novation spent a day with Heidelberg based DJ, composer, mix-mastering-engineer and producer ‘LOPAZZ‘ as he showed us how he has integrated Novation’s Twitch in to his live setup.
This workshop will be focused on Akai’s dedicated Ableton Live APC Controllers. The APC 40 and APC 20 are the world’s finest Ableton Live control surfaces. Ableton and Akai Professional worked in a joint partnership to make the APC the perfect Ableton LIVE control surface. Whether you are an electronic music performance artist and LIVE is your canvass, a DJ using LIVE to mix tracks, or a traditional musician using LIVE on stage or in the studio, the APC is designed for intuitive, powerful control.
Kiss goodbye to your mouse and keyboard, and let your fingertips do the work with LiveRemote. LiveRemote connects to Ableton via CoreMidi networking technology with incredibly low latency of between 1-3ms. Control your session from the comfort of your couch, or whilst walking around the room.
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.
Propellerhead just has capped off its tremendously successful “Music Making Month,” a series of activities that spanned the entire month of May to inspire and help people with their music creating endeavors. During the month, Propellerhead held 25 live streaming interviews, clinics and Q/A sessions plus an additional dozen tutorials and videos with music professional and insiders on topics as varied as song inspiration and lyric writing to synthesis techniques and mixing/effects tricks to promotional ideas and placement opportunities. All sessions and materials are now archived and can be viewed at: www.propellerheads.se/mmm.
Waves have announced they have added two new additions to their famous Signature Series, with the Bass & Drum Collection and the Vocal Collection.
Soniccouture and Ableton present a unique take on a most unusual mallet percussion instrument. Named after the Greek god of dreams, the Freenotes Morpheus is a modular metallic instrument consisting of a series of metal bars, each attached to its own resonator. With no damping, the notes buzz freely, allowing for lush, ringing pads and sharp attacks alike.
SmithsonMartin have posted a very interesting video of, what we believe, is a evolution of their Emulator DJ software. With this new version, Emulator Modular, multitouch capability will be added to your preferred software. In the video below they show us how this would work with Native Instruments Traktor software.
British singing phenomenon, Adele, has just completed a tour of Europe and is currently on tour in America with an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system managing both FOH and monitor sound. Requested by the sound engineers, the system comprises two iLive-112 Control Surfaces with an iDR10 modular MixRack and iDR0 mini Rack, connected via ACE and input sharing over MADI.