Native Instruments today announced that the new generation of its critically acclaimed groove production studio is now available in stores worldwide and at the NI Online Shop. As of October 1, 2012, the MASCHINE range of products have received a major overhaul with new updates to hardware and software, the addition of colored CUSTOM KITS and the MASCHINE STAND, and a free separate download for MASSIVE, available to all new and existing MASCHINE users.
MOTU is now shipping Digital Performer version 8, a major upgrade to their flagship audio workstation software. Significant new features include 64-bit operation, a new video playback engine, Punch Guard™ confidence recording, 17 new included plug-ins, 15 new user interface themes, and new plug-in management features.
Noisepad is a user friendly drum computer, sequencer and beat creator made specifically for live performances and instant result. It has been designed to give you the most functionality and fun without having to go through a steep learning curve. After installation you’ll find 5 preloaded soundbanks of 12 samples each, ready to start the beat making. You’ll be bouncing your head within 5 minutes, that’s a promise!
vielklang Instant Harmony is an instrument for easy generation of harmonies from an audio or MIDI melody. The utilization of voice leading and harmony progression models allows vielklang to create harmony parts in a more musical way than traditional harmony processors and makes it a versatile and creative tool for musicians, songwriters and producers. vielklang utilizes zplane’s widely-used élastique SOLOIST engine for high quality pitch shifting and time stretching.
For all Maschine users and anyone who’s interested in the new Native Instruments Maschine MKII, there is an axclusive demonstration this weekend in Rotterdam. The text continues in Dutch below.
All-new American pro audio plug-in company Plugin Alliance is proud to announce availability of bx_rockrack PRO, a major update (V1.1) to the trailblazing bx_rockrack guitar plug-in par excellence recently released to critical acclaim by Plugin Alliance founder member Dirk Ulrich’s renowned German M/S mastering tools and audio plug-ins company Brainworx.
Virsyn have released another cool app which will transform your voice into a choir with up to four voices! Harmony Voice is a pitch shifter and harmonizer with professional features including automatic tuning correction.
IK’s instruments and effects software line gets a new make over: new bundles, lowered prices across the board and a facelift on the product boxes! Get unbelievable price reductions of up to 70% on must-have studio tools such as AmpliTube®, T-RackS®, SampleTank®, as well as the entire range of IK software products for Mac/PC.
Man, what a fuss these past weeks since Pioneer revealed the CDJ-2000nexus to the public. A fantastic upgrade form the first version. However one feature shook the DJ scene, and created two opposing sides. The younger DJ’s welcomed the new ‘SYNC’ feature. The slightly older DJ’s were appalled by this feature. “Now anyone can pose as a DJ! Just hit the sync button!” Without taking any side on this matter, the discussion went on for days, weeks. If you want to read more about it, just Google it and you will find lots and lots of editorial thoughts on the ‘Sync fucntion discussion’. Or, … you could watch Laidback Luke doing a performance ont he Nexus!
News from Serato. They have just released three updates for their software products. You can now download updates for Serato Itch, Serato Scratch Live and Serato Video.
The award-winning software Melodyne is used across all genres as the latest videos of the Melodyne artist talk series show. With Kipper, Andy Sneap and Mr. Woo producers of pop, heavy metal and urban music all praise the sound, the usability and the creative possibilities of Melodyne.
After months of development and refinement AlchimieDJ are pleased to announce the release of Alchimie Zinc™. Want to sync your media files with your favorite DJ program and save hours of time in the process? Then Alchimie Zinc™ is for you! Zync is a GUI based program to sync folders to crates/subcrates in Serato Scratch Live, Itch, and DJ Intro.
Propellerhead recently announced that hundreds of companies are developing instruments, effects and utilities for its new Rack Extension platform. The new technology, released in June this year as part of Reason 6.5, has been met with great enthusiasm from the developer community. The list of committed developers working on new devices for Reason grows by the day.
Modartt releases Blüthner Model 1 add-on for Pianoteq 4. Authorized by Blüthner, this is the world’s first physical model of Blüthner’s finest grand piano, widely celebrated for use on the concert stage.
Ableton invites you to take part in one of the free ‘Getting Started with Ableton Live’ workshops – to be held at select dealers in the Benelux this August and September.