Wacom today announces the launch of the second generation of nextbeat – an interface device aimed at professional DJs, that provides a new way of creating and performing music. nextbeat MK2 will be available in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Finland, Romania, UAE and Lebanon from September,10.
The Slate Digital “VIRTUAL CONSOLE COLLECTION” brings the sound of 6 of the world’s top analog consoles into your DAW workstation. “Slate Digital CTO Fabrice Gabriel and I studied these consoles inside and out. We meticulously modeled the entire circuit path so that we could recreate every subtle nuance that makes these consoles the legends that they are”, says Slate.
Mixed In Key, makers of award-winning Harmonic Mixing software used by world-renowned DJs, recently released DJ Tempo, their first app for iPhone OS. This new app takes advantage of the same tempo-detection algorithm of their flagship product to enable fans to quickly find the tempo of music played around them.
The world of DAWs doesn’t need another channel strip. What it needs is a better way of working with the essential tools you need for all of your tracks and busses. Alloy provides the key dynamics and sound shaping effects you’ll use again and again, in a self-contained and completely configurable interface.
HALion Sonic, the successor to the highly-acclaimed Hypersonic 2, is now available and has been received very positively by Steinberg customers. It definitively sets standards in terms of performance, versatility and ease of use. HALion Sonic sports over 1,000 sounds created by the top sound experts at Steinberg and Yamaha. From finest detailed acoustic instruments to legendary synthesizers, club sounds and soundscapes, from ultra-realistic acoustic drum kits to the latest electronic beats, there’s something in store for everyone. As a VST3 plug-in, HALion Sonic is a fantastic add-on to DAWs such as Cubase 5, but is also the virtual workstation of choice in standalone use.
Propellerhead Software today released for sale worldwide the biggest overhaul to its Record – Reason application family to date. These highly anticipated upgrades to Reason 5 and Record 1.5 introduce new instruments, effects, sequencing, sounds, patches and more for composing, beatmaking, loop-mangling, vocal treatment, songwriting, remixing and music production.
Keith McMillen Instruments, an innovator of creative technology for string instruments today announced the release of StringPort MIDI Out, a less expensive, less processor-intensive version of the full StringPort software suite.
Brainworx announces that their new bx_shredspread is out now with a 50% off introductory price. bx_shredspread is a stereo processor to be used on any stereo guitar subgroup or stereo guitar channels. bx_shredspread’ s main purpose is to make sure your stereo (“doubled”) guitar signals sound “wide and phatt” – as easy and fast as possible.
Denon DJ has announced a major performance enhancement to its market leading DN-S3700 direct drive digital media turntable. The firmware upgrade, to both new and existing units, implements MIDI Hybrid mode, enabling the DN-S3700 to also fully control DJ computer software, like Serato(TM) Scratch Live, from its control surface, including its unique 9″ direct drive vinyl control platter.
After the recent update of Reason 5.5. and Record 1.5. the guys and girls from Propellerheads didn’t take it easy. No! They decided to start a new project. They decided to build the World’s biggest drum machine. The video below is partly a ‘behind the scenes’ video and demonstration video. Details on release date are still to be announced!
After the release drumsounds of the eras of the 60’s and 70’s, Native Instruments today introduced ABBEY ROAD 80s DRUMS, the third instrument developed together with the iconic British recording studios. With two expertly engineered premium drum kits for use in the free KONTAKT PLAYER and the KONTAKT 4 sampler, ABBEY ROAD 80s DRUMS allows musicians and producers to recreate the defining drum sound of the 80s with the highest level of sonic fidelity and authenticity.
As you might have noticed every saturday we post our Sample Saturday post. Here we list the new Sample CD’s that have been released or featured that week by their distributors. This week however I noticed a somewhat different concept then your average sample pack/library. Loopmasters introduced their new series called DJ Mixtools. And this caught our attention. With DJ Mixtools you get more then just samples and loops!
Does it ever get easier than dragging and dropping a few files and have a full, pro-played drum track to an entire song laid down in virtually a minute? For any songwriter or musician, be it the professional or the enthusiast, the answer is of course no!
Steinberg released an update for the MR816 CSX and MR816 X Advanced Integration DSP Studio. Version 1.6 of the Tools for MR includes several main revisions and enhancements: The Yamaha Steinberg FireWire driver now supports the Yamaha FW16E FireWire Expansion Board and offers a better performance on Apple Macintosh computers with faster processing of the audio input and output. The Steinberg MR Extension also sees several minor enhancements.
VJ Fader is a visual designer who expresses music through interactive video performance art. As a leading force in the advancing VJ movement, he continues to design original content, develop custom software using Processing and Max/Msp/Jitter, and build touch screen interface (faderTouch) to sculpt immersive audio visual environments.In this video VJ Fader demonstrates a dynamic DJ setup using Traktor Pro, faderTouch (portable touchscreen) and TriggerFinger (MIDI Controller). In the mix, John Tejada, Deadmau5 and Plastikman.