Numark, the world’s leading manufacturer of DJ technology, announces availability of a free online download of Native Instruments’ Traktor LE DJ software for users who purchased a Numark NDX800 Controller from an authorized Numark dealer.
The free Swatches sound bank compilation has been updated with 8 new presets from the 30.8676 Hz bass-oriented sound bank based on the Ultra Analog VA-1 analog synthesizer engine. Bringing up the collection to 48 high quality patches picked from Analog Essentials, Ultra FX, Starlight, Journeys, Entangled Species, and now 30.8676 Hz, Swatches is a great source of inspiring sounds as well as a fun and easy way to test drive AAS’ sound bank titles.
Propellerhead today released Reason Record Education for sale—new packages consolidating the Reason Record application suite at a special price for schools and institutions. Available in license packs of 1, 5 and 10, Reason Record Education pairs the world-renowned, award-winning music production environment Reason with Record, the recording software for musicians.
Playing with ‘gear’ is the average Gearjunkies ‘wet dream‘ (so to speak). As it happened we were able to get four top DJ Midi Controllers in the same room at the same time. As two of the Gearjunkies founders (Marc and Mark) have a strong DJ heritage we’d decided to throw a party to have some good ol’ DJ Fun! Plus at the same time, do a good comparison between the controllers that were available.
After releasing the hardware version of the passive equalizer Sound Performance Lab released a software version of this equalizer. And having checked out the hardware version a few times I found myself intrigued to try out the software version of the SPL Passeq.
The new Origin firmware 1.3 brings numerous improvements and features, that enhance the user experience and sonic possibilities. The long-awaited Jupiter 8 template now allows you to tweak parameters and create your own patches just like the original. The is now even more intuitive thanks to the addition of dialogs, favorites and sequencer switche automation. And sound-wise, it’s more powerful and versatile with the addition of the unison, compressor and sample & hold modules.
Ha gotcha! Well, it really is a APC-80 but just not an official one from AKAI Pro. Ray Kawalec, a german DJ known as “Controlled Demolition” shows us how he build an “APC 80” Ableton Live Controller out of an APC 40 and an APC 20.
Mario Jurisch is a synth enthusiast who has built already several personal hardware controllers for various VSTis. For a complete list of these controllers you should visit his website. And like there’s no tomorrow he has finished yet another project. This time it is a universal controller, specifically designed for use with an iPad.
Emulator is the most revolutionary experience for DJ’s in the last 30 years!, is the first REAL and USABLE Multi-Touch DJ System that allows the crowd to see exactly what the DJ is doing on a huge transparent touch screen. The art of DJ’ing is now part of the clubs lightshow, this is the next level in DJ performance!
30.8676 Hz is a 100-preset collection for the Ultra Analog VA-1 analog synthesizer and AAS Player plug-ins focusing on analog bass sounds by renowned sound designer Andre Ettema. Split in two, the Movements presets make heavy use of the arpeggiator for some ferocious thumping action while the Stills presets propose a fine dose of fat, snoring, and wobbly analog goodness.
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Camel Audio is pleased to announce the release of a Dubstep Sound Library for Alchemy and Alchemy Player. Dubstep contains 75 presets and works as a standalone instrument when used with the included Alchemy Player and costs just 35USD / 29EUR / 25GBP.
Phosphor is a VSTi/AU instrument modeled on the alphaSyntauri, a vintage digital additive synth. The original alphaSyntauri required an Apple //e to operate, but Audio Damage have gone ahead and eliminated the middle-man, and now you can have this classic digital synth in your DAW of choice.
The guys from Turnlab send us this cool video interview with Aurex. Aurex is a minimal techno, elektro artist from Belgium. His music is influenced by artists such as Stephan Bodzin, Oliver Huntemann, Paul Kalkbrenner, … but the aurex-sound is always there. Aurex performed live sets and dj sets at different festivals and clubs such as Forest Festival, Crammerock, Styletraveller XL, Eargasm and the Bootleg club in Rotterdam. When playing live, aurex is using hardware drumcomputers, samplers and synths. This leaves plenty of room for improvisation and interaction with the crowd so no aurex set sounds the same. Expect tight beats, dark sounds and a great vibe.
Bundled with TRAKTOR Pioneer DDJ-T1 Edition software, this new controller delivers all of the most popular TRAKTOR features — without the need to upgrade the software. 4-channel deck control, 6 effects and recording all come as standard, meaning that the DDJ-T1 helps DJs unlock the full potential of the software at no extra cost.