At this years NAMM Numark has taken the opportunity to introduce exciting new products. Numark will be introducing the NDX800 Professional Tabletop player/controller, the X7 Premium 4 channel digital club mixer, the V7 Motorised controller, the PHX USB professional DJ headphones and the MIXDECK UNIVERSAL DJ system.
Joining the new Denon DJ product line up is the DN-HC1000S USB MIDI sub-controller and universal interface for Serato® Scratch LIVE(TM). Ditching keyboard and mouse for an dedicated Scratch LIVE performance control surface, DJs can now use the most popular DJ software programme for digital file libraries to perform exactly as they would with turntables or CDJ decks.
Alesis announces the Q49 USB/MIDI keyboard controller. The Q49 is a 49-note keyboard controller that works with virtually all music software and MIDI hardware devices. The compact controller features USB-MIDI and traditional MIDI jacks for easy connection to Mac, PC and MIDI hardware.
Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the iPK25 keyboard controller and the SynthStation Studio music production app, both for iPhone and iPod Touch. Akai Pro will unveil the iPK25 and SynthStation Studio at the 2010 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, booth 6400, January 14–17.
Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the MPD26 USB/MIDI Pad Controller. Akai Pro will introduce the MPD26 at the 2010 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, booth 6400, January 14–17.
Announcing the KAOSSILATOR PRO – a supercharged version of the palm-sized KAOSSILATOR, reborn as a powerful track-making tool and loaded with live performance power.
Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the APC20 Ableton Performance Controller. Akai Pro will introduce the APC20 at the 2010 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, booth 6400, January 14–17.
Ultrasone announces the release of its latest special edition headphone – Edition 8 Palladium. Based off the design of the original Edition 8 headphone, these new special edition headphones incorporate lavish accoutrements to create the best sounding and most elegant pair of Ultrasone headphones to date.
EKS, creators of the world’s most innovative and fully configurable DJ controllers, is proud to announce the debut of their latest innovation – Otus RAW. Designed to work as a single or dual deck controller, EKS’ Otus RAW will contain many new features that were requested by professional DJs from around the world. Otus RAW is also designed to fully utilize the possibilities offered by today’s and tomorrow’s DJ software.
Stanton’s much anticipated update to its SCS.3 Serato ScratchLive (SSL) preset is now available. The SCS.3 Serato ScratchLive V2 preset gives you unmatched control over SSL, no matter whether you own a single SCS.3d or the whole SCS.3 system.
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.
DJs, remixers and producers on the forefront of technology, watch out. Serato and Ableton are happy to announce a partnership which will pave the way for the future of Digital DJing. With shared artist rosters from hip-hop (DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Nu-Mark, A-Trak) to electronica (Paul Van Dyk, DJ Sasha), both Ableton Live and Serato Scratch Live are renowned as the premier performance platforms in clubs around the globe. While Serato’s Scratch Live excels in vinyl emulation, music library control and lightning quick hands-on scratching, Ableton Live provides the tools for production, on-the-fly remixing and beat creation.
At the NAMM next week Allen & Heath will be launching the iDR-16 MixRack and iLive-R72 rackmountable Control Surface from the iLive digital mixing series. Also the global launch of the ZED-10 and ZED-10FX from the ZED Series of USB-equipped mixers for live performance, recording and production and the US launch for the Xone:DX MIDI USB controller.
Seven bands set out on a journey to discover what it takes to become successful in the newly converging worlds of music, technology and the Internet. Follow along via the RM64 Artists Record blog as they chronicle their experiences and learn along with them about how music careers are being created in the 21st century
On Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at the Low End Theory Club in Los Angeles, top beat-makers gathered to perform live with Ableton Live and compete for special prizes from Puma. The evening was a huge success, this movie captures the vibe for those that couldn’t be there.