The Octatrack DPS-1 is an 8 track dynamic performance sampler. The Octatrack is ideal for radical audio processing and performance oriented sampling. Every track features real-time pitch scaling & time stretch and the next generation Elektron step sequencer has been designed with maximum usability and efficiency in mind.
Since last week IK Multimedia has started teasing us with two new up and coming products. To be clear we really don’t have a clue! Is it a new FX plugin or an instrument plugin (Sampletank update thingy)?. Who knows? The only fact that we do know is that IK have posted several audio samples on Soundcloud. Listen and let us know what you think this is, … what kind of products we might expect from them.
Alesis, a leading manufacturer of professional audio equipment and electronic drums, announces the iO Dock, the world’s first pro-audio dock for Apple’s iPad and iPad 2 is now shipping to pro-audio and instrument retailers everywhere.
The video below is from Madeon, a 17 year old DJ/producer from France. He uses the Novation controller to make a live mash-up with numerous tracks (check out this Youtube description for the complete tracklist). The Launchpad is purpose built for triggering and manipulating clips in Live, it also offers a totally new way of controlling Ableton Live’s mixer. Launchpad’s buttons can be used to sketch out beats with drum racks, and they can be assigned to other functions in Live using Ableton’s ‘Learn’ mode.
BEAT to MIDI is a fast acting, low overhead Beat Detection and Drum Replacement tool which producers and musicians can implement to extract MIDI data from Drum loops. BEAT to MIDI allows for the correction of poorly captured or performed drum recordings after the recording session has taken place. BEAT to MIDI uses sophisticated algorithms to identify each drum hit (or transient) in the time domain. Once this point is detected, MIDI data can be used to trigger replacement drum samples to alleviate poor quality recordings and/or timing errors.
Together with the announcement of the Propellerhead Balance controller, they just announced the next version of Reason. With version 6 Reason reclaims the spotlight. Combining all the features from Record, version 6 adds audio recording and editing into Reason, along with Propellerhead’s acclaimed mixing console with masterfully modeled EQ and dynamics on every channel, multiple parallel racks, all the effects you know and love plus new ones to fall in love with, and much more of what you’ve always wanted in Reason.
The music production package that has everything you need to create anything you want. Sounds as good as it looks. Works as great as it feels. Propellerhead have taken care of all the tedious stuff – calibration, setup, the works. You can concentrate on having fun instead: making music. With two channels of recording and inputs for all your gear, your instruments are always connected and you are always ready to record.
The OhmRGB is a totally customizable, interactive MIDI instrument, designed to give you hands-on control for your performance. High-quality sliders, knobs buttons, expansion jacks, and multicolor LEDs provide the interface for creative expression, whether you’re mixing samples and synths or DJ’ing a cutting-edge set. Constructed with anodized aluminum and hand-finished wood, the quality is felt down to your fingertips. All of our controllers are proudly hand crafted and assembled for artists by artists in our Austin, Texas shop.
The Nightingale is the second of Thermionic Culture half rack 4U units, the first being the Freebird 3 channel valve EQ. These are of course all valve. Continuing with the 3 part principle (3 being the most powerful number in the universe) it consists of 3 parts:
As is known, Reloop‘s successful RHP series stands for premium headphones that appeal to and inspire quality-spoiled discjockeys. With the RHP-5 Reloop presents new rotatable and retractable compact headphones with highest wearing comfort, intended for DJs as well as leisure time purposes.
TC-Helicon’s ‘Gone Loopy’ competition runs from 30 June to 30 September, and the only requirements to participate is a TC-Helicon product with looping capability (VoiceLive Touch, VoiceLive 2 or the VoiceJam app for iPhone), a personal YouTube account and an open, creative mind.
Numark, the world’s leading manufacturer of DJ technology, and algoriddim, makers of the line of djay products for Mac and iOS devices, announce that iDJ Live, a portable DJ controller for iPad, iPhone or iPod touch is now available. Designed to work seamlessly with djay, iDJ Live was showcased by Numark at the 2011 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California this past January.
Ed Sheeran is one of the UK’s most hotly tipped young singer/songwriters. Parts of the story of his rise to fame are familiar: making music from a young age, couch-surfing at friends’ places, playing open mics all over the country before running out of money. But some things set him apart, like playing over 300 gigs in 2009, buying a ticket to LA in 2010 with no shows booked, being spotted by Jamie Foxx, selling 7,000 copies of his No.5 Collaborations Project EP and reaching number 1 in the iTunes chart without any label or promotion. Fast forward to Summer 2011, and Ed has deservedly caught the attention of the mainstream. His single ‘The A-Team’ debuted at number 3 in the UK singles chart, before he played to a packed stage at the world-renowned Glastonbury festival.
Scottish band, GlasVegas, is currently on a global tour with a compact Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system managing its FOH audio. The band has already visited an assortment of venues across Europe and the USA, and is playing at many of the international summer festivals, including a headline spot on the John Peel stage at Glastonbury.
Since the very first day the Apple iPad (1) was released we have had one at the office where we try out and play with a lot of music apps released for this tablet. Since its initial release there wasn’t any really decent integration for the studio. To be honest … after a while I got a bit bored with the iPad because of the lack of good usage in the studio.