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.
Earlier this week we have posted our first part of our iPad article series. One of the apps that will be discussed in one of the coming parts will be MorphWiz. MorphWiz is both an expressive musical instrument and an exciting visual experience. The Creators of MorphWiz, Kevin Chartier and Jordan Rudess along with chief technical guru Richard Lainhart jam at Richard’s studio in a rare in person meeting of all the morphing minds. Because we like this video so much we thought we had to share it with you.
Native Instruments is pleased to announce that the BATTERY 3.1 update is now available for free download. The update contains several new features and workflow improvements, and some fixes. You can download the update via the NI Service Center or the Online Update Manager.
Softube visits the songwriting/production team The Matrix. The Matrix have written and produced songs for an extensive roster of today’s top artists including The Mooney Suzuki, Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera, David Bowie, Shakira, Britney Spears, Busted and many others. More recently, they co-wrote and produced Korn’s chart topping multi-platinum album “See You on the Other Side” and “Untitled”. The Matrix has sold over 26 million records through the artists they have worked with and have recieved numerous awards and nominations for their achievements.
After several successful events in the USA and Portugal earlier this year, the Ableton & Novation Live Beats series is to tour Europe this September, with 14 events across eight countries. The Live Beats events are designed so that attendees of all skill levels can discover more about using Ableton Live and Novation hardware. Demonstrator Thavius Beck will mainly focus on the hands-on music-making potential of Live & Launchpad, but will also be showing off other Novation hardware and demonstrating how Automap can be used to take your Ableton Live sessions to the next level.
As we are in the middle of the review/test of our iPad and the almost endless list of music app’s, we got news of the release of the Google Chrome OS Tablet later this year. Google is planning to release their tablet on November 26th. Better known as Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year in the U.S. It is pretty obvious that this Chrome OS Tablet will be the main competitor to Apple’s iPad. But will it be an iPad killer? The general expectation is that the Google tablet will have Flash, something that is missed by many on the iPad. And also what will this mean for the development of (music) app’s for the Chrome OS Tablet? A feature that specifically WE (Gearjunkies) are interested in.
Yes, one week from now Reason 5 and Record 1.5 will be released. On August 25, noon CET the latest version of Reason and Record will be availble for sale and/or update! The beta testing is over, the manufacturing is completed and shipments of stylish software boxes are en route all over the world as this newsletter is being sent out. So mark your calendars and set your timers!
Rhythm Core Alpha is a music creation system designed for creating and performing live music in-front of an audience. It contains DRUM GRID for creating drum parts, a NOTE GRID for creating instrument parts, a unique 2D SOLO MODE where the user can play music live with the stylus, and a PATTERN SCREEN for arranging pattern and key/scale changes.
112dB announces that Big Blue Limiter, their tube-modelling character limiter, has been updated to version 1.1. This maintenance release applies to both the retail and the demo version. Big Blue Limiter is a character limiter. It is neither transparent nor intended to be. In fact it adds a little mojo to everything you run through it, if desired even when no limiting is taking place.
Sean Beavan is a musician, record producer, and audio engineer best known for his work with Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, God Lives Underwater, and Slayer. His production style is typically heavy, with heavily saturated guitars, but his work is diverse and wide ranging as exemplified by bands like No Doubt to System of a Down, to indie bands like Thrice, and 8mm. In this video below Sean tells us more why he uses several Rob Papen synths and also how he uses them in his productions.