Studio Hardware

EKS Unleashes Otus RAW

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.

Peavey Introduces New PV Series Mixers

Peavey has added two new, feature-laden mixers to its long-running PV Series, the PV® 6 USB, and PV® 8 USB. The PV® Series has long been the benchmark of performance and value in audio, and these new PV® mixers reinforce this legacy. With exclusive Peavey reference-quality microphone preamps—featuring an astonishingly low THD (total harmonic distortion) of 0.0007%—these new mixers are equally useful in project studios or live- and program-music mixing situations.

Coming soon: A keyboard for your iPod

Learn to play music with your iPhone! – iDISCOVER KEYBOARD transforms your iPhone or iPod touch into a music creation studio. Virtually anyone can use it to easily create music. 25 piano-style keys and a custom sound app that includes more than two dozen world-class sounds give you everything you need to learn and create music with your iPhone or iPod touch.

Allen and Heath at the NAMM

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.

Rayzoon announces Jamstix 3

Rayzoon is pleased to announce that Jamstix 3 is now in a public beta for Jamstix 2 owners. Jamstix 2 users who are eligible for a free upgrade to Jamstix 3 (purchased after 05/11/2009) will automatically receive a separate mail with download links and license key when Jamstix 3 is released and do not need to buy the pre-order. Jamstix 3 is scheduled for release in Q1 2010.

DJ Spooky Introduces Novation Launchpad

From humble beginnings as a party DJ in downtown New York, Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky) is today a formidable force in hip hop. But he’s also an acclaimed multimedia artist who’s written on the subject of the history of hip hop and the aesthetics and art of the genre, and has criss-crossed the globe on the search for art and music. His latest Album, The Secret Song, is a fusion of hip hop, dub, rock, house and breakbeat, with snippets of the numerous genres moulded together to form what reviewers have said “may be the only concept recording of the 21st century that can be considered crucial listening”.