Take a peak behind the scenes at Ableton‘s inaugural Hackathon! 30 developers spent 24 hours working on their pet projects, with some inspiring results. Does coding the night away with colleagues, coffee, and energy drinks sound like fun to you? Ableton is hiring!
Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the immediate availability of MPK mini, portable keyboard controller. MPK mini strikes the perfect balance between portability and comprehensive software control by melding together the immediate control and grab-and-go convenience of the LPK25 and LPD8. The MPK mini is less than 13 inches across and weighs just over one pound and easily fits into a laptop case, backpack or messenger bag for extreme portability.
The Denon DN-X600 is a highly spec’d 2-channel performance mixer, optimised for both traditional vinyl techniques and the latest digital media and computer DJ systems, that offers levels of technology and performance comparable with Denon’s flagship 4-channel models. Solid steel chassis construction, professional grade components and powerful USB MIDI capabilities make this a robust gigging tool, equally at home in the booth or the studio.
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. Professional Sound and Visual Division today introduced a new pearl white version of its entry-level DJ system comprising of two CDJ-350-W digital media players and a DJM-350-W 2-channel mixer. As the popularity of music remixing increases, Pioneer continues to offer consumers the best way to engage in the art by offering innovative and fashionable DJ gear. The new pearl white CDJ-350-W and DJM-350-W models not only add a fashion statement to DJ performances but also offer two additional audio effects – Noise and Short Echo.
In time for the holiday season Steinberg are very happy to announce the release of three new service updates: the updates to WaveLab 7.0.1 and WaveLab Elements 7.0.1, and the CC121 1.6 update. All three updates are available as free downloads and add new functions.
Behringer is taking the next step in the DJ Mixer market. At the coming NAMM they will introduce more of their NOX Series DJ Mixers. According to their PR chatter they won’t take any prisoners it seems. Well, … let’s wait till the NAMM, shall we?
Loopmasters James Harcourt – Twisted Tech House Essential Dance Basses Ed Solo Presents Bass Lab Vol1 Primeloops Dirty South
MixVibes, leading company in DJ technologies for over 10 years announces the release of a new update of CROSS, digital DJ solution for professional and advanced DJs. The CROSS 1.5 update brings major improvements to this powerful solution.
MiDi-to is a wireless DJ MiDi controller designed for Serato Scratch LiveTM. It is the first iPad MiDi controller designed for Serato that does not need any additional software to work. MiDi-to takes advantage of the new Core MIDI framework available with iOS 4.2 which minimizes setup and latency.
Retouch Control offers TouchOSC templates to control Propellerhead’s Record and Reason. So it is NOT an app but uses the TouchOSC app as a basis. TouchOSC is a universal iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad application that lets you send and receive Open Sound Control messages over a Wi-Fi network using the UDP protocol. Retouch Control is not available yet, more info is coming soon at www.retouchcontrol.com.
Reloop DJ has started with a new teaser campagne for their MISSION III controller. With just a little banner on their website they are telling us that they will introduce this new MISSION III at the coming NAMM in january.
We have mentioned the DJ Mixtools from Loopmasters before. We think it is a lot more then your standard loops and sample pack. The DJ MIXTOOLS from LOOPMASTERS is a brand new concept for forward-thinking DJs and live artists. Imagine buying a track but then being able to separate that track into its key elements and having ROYALTY FREE access to remix, effect, chop and loop the parts in your own individual style to create an exciting and refreshing new mix… Already 8 packs have been released till now in various dance genres. Recently Loopmasters have released volumes 9, 10 and 11. Expanding the series even further.
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.
Ableton is proud to present three new Partner Instruments to add to the growing collection of diverse and essential sounds designed specifically for Live by our partners! Now is the perfect time to buy, with a EUR 10/USD 10 discount on these three Partner Instruments through December 19th.
The dynamic duo behind drum & bass outfit Urban Assault and labels Heavy Artillery and 5 Star Recordings Faust & Shortee perform a scratch and controllerism routine to perfection, taking advantage of the Traktor Kontrol X1‘s intuitive control over track browsing, looping, cue points and effects in Serato Scratch Live.