Ultrasone is proud to announce the release of its flagship HFI Series headphone – the HFI-2400. With the debut of the HFI-2400, Ultrasone has designed an eye-catching black and silver, open-backed headphone that satisfies the highest of listening demands.
Yep Serato and Ableton are planning something big for next year. All will be unveiled at next year’s NAMM. So that’s it really. Just an announcement….
Numark announces NSFX, an effects controller for use with the company’s NS7 premium software-performance controller. Numark developed NS7 and NSFX in strategic partnership with software developer Serato. NSFX will make its worldwide debut at Numark’s stand, E10, during the 2009 BPM show, October 3 and 4, 2009 at Birmingham, U.K.’s National Exhibition Centre.
Launchpad is a dedicated controller for Ableton Live, co-developed by Novation and Ableton. Perfect for DJing, performing live or working in the studio, Launchpad features a multi-color, 64-button grid, control modes for the Session View and Live’s mixer, two fully-programmable User Modes and dedicated scene-launch/function buttons. Despite the big grid, Launchpad is neat, compact and portable: 239 x 239 mm with a slim 24 mm profile and weighing only 717 g.
A new feature of BPM 2008 was a massive prize draw, with two lucky winners taking home a huge prize pack, one on each day of the event. The Ultimate Prize Draw is set to return in 2009 with another amazing prize package. Entry is included for free with every BPM General Admission ticket bought in advance or on the door. All you have to do is fill in your details on a draw ticket and put it in to either Saturday or Sunday’s entry box. Then at the end of the day watch the draw take place in the Panda Hire Silent Arena to find out if you are the lucky winner (you must be present at the draw to win).
Richie Hawtin using Maschine and an upcoming Traktor controller at Saturday Adventure Club on September 19th. Native Instruments haven’t released any details yet but all will disclosed early november. Untill then get a glimpse of the new controller in this video (0:52 seconds)!
Yesterday we visited the official presentation of the Pioneer CDJ-2000 in Amsterdam. The video below is a short impression of this great day. Next to several endorsements of DJ’s, there was a cool DJ set by Laidback Luke. Afterwards we got to play with CDJ-2000…
Native Instruments recently released TRAKTOR PRO 1.2, a free software update for the latest generation of its digital DJ products including the DUO and LE versions. The update brings many improvements that make the latest TRAKTOR generation even more powerful and convenient, including extended performance effects, state-of-the-art keylock quality, advanced controller display support and more.
The CDJ-2000 is the ultimate technologically advanced multi-format player in the world. No matter what your media preference is, the CDJ-2000 can handle them all with great performance, reliability, and confidence. It enables playback of MP3, AAC, WAV and AIFF audio files on CD, DVD-ROM, SD card and USB memorydevices. You can also assign various buttons of the CDJ-2000 to trigger other devices, such as DJ effecters and software with MIDI mapping capability. With Pioneer’s new “Pro DJ Link” you can connect up to fourCDJ-2000’s and share a single music source from just one player. For displaying song titles, jacket art as well as detailed track information, the CDJ-2000 has a unique 6.1” Full Color LCD panel andGraphic User Interface so DJs can find information needed to select a song easily at a glance. Both the CDJ-2000 and CDJ-900 turntables include rekordbox, Pioneer’s proprietary music management software that organizes and catalogs a DJ’s entire music library. When music files are imported to rekordbox, thesoftware analyzes each file and prepares them for use specifically with the new CDJ turntables.The CDJ-2000 is the natural selection for performing DJs worldwide.
Evolution. Changing times call for changing tools. That’s why Pioneer’s new multi-format player is the natural selection for the next generation of DJs. It’s been 15 years since the genesis of Pioneer’s first CDJ deck, which led to the world-beating CDJ-1000 series. Now it’s time for something completely new. Introducing a major leap forward for the club standard CDJ series: the CDJ-2000 – Pioneer’s new professional player for the digital age.
For the first time ever in a video game, Grammy award winning DJ’s and producing duo, Daft Punk, will start the party right with Activision DJ Hero on October 27, 2009.
Native Instruments has announced update 1.1. for Maschine, their next-generation groove production studio.
Nextbeat is a fully integrated professional DJ System, incorporating intuitive touch sensor controls and innovative performance functions. It is a wireless portable control unit taht enables performers to move free from the main device, resulting in more dynamic and energetic live performances.
New S3700 firmware has been released (v.1300) from JP that improves minor bugs reported. Most important of these is the cue slippage problem caused b vibration to the unit. This version will be installed in this month’s factory production.
The 1.2 update for user of the latest generation of TRAKTOR (TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO, TRAKTOR PRO, TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO, TRAKTOR DUO, TRAKTOR LE (latest version) is available for download now. This is the the most advanced version of TRAKTOR yet, introducing several new features for all users, as well as some PRO-specific additions.