Traveling DJs will love the new Airphones as they represent a smart combination of compact DJ headphones and an active noise canceling function. Reloop’s Silent Air technolgy smoothly fades out ambient noise such as plane engines, city noise or disturbing noise in trains or offices – this way the DJ will always arrive laidback to his next gig.
MixVibes recently released a stand-alone, freemium DJ app for iPhone. Today, it announces an update. The Paris-based company has a 10 years experience in developing pro DJ software. Its flagship product, CrossDJ, is already available on PC/Mac and iPad.
Native Instruments today introduced SCARBEE RICKENBACKER® BASS, a new KONTAKT instrument featuring the sound of a Rickenbacker® 4003 bass guitar. Sampled by bassist and instrument designer Thomas Skarbye, SCARBEE RICKENBACKER® BASS is also the first software version of this bass to be approved by Rickenbacker®.
Nektar, the company known for the Panorama P4 and P6 USB controller keyboards that feature deep integration with Propellerhead’s Reason, have announced Panorama integration with Steinberg’s acclaimed DAW Cubase.
Teenage Engineering have recently introduced the OD-11 cloud speaker. It is a re-designed, re-developed new version of the Carlsson OD-11 which was introduced in the mid 70s and became a very popular speaker for Hi-Fi systems. Teenage Engineering worked closely with the Carlsson Foundation for this new version.
IK Multimedia is proud to announce iRig Recorder for the Android operating system. iRig Recorder is a powerful audio recording and editing app that turns a mobile Android device into a professional field recorder, and makes it easy to capture interviews, classes, rehearsals, music performances, lectures, and more, with outstanding quality. When used with the IK range of mobile microphones and accessories for Android including iRig MIC, iRig MIC Cast and iRig PRE, iRig Recorder provides a complete, ultra-portable solution, to any recording needs on the go for the popular Android platform.
IK Multimedia is proud to announce five new accessories in its popular iKlip mounting solution line up: iKlip 2 for iPad and iPad mini, iKlip Stand for iPad and iPad mini and iKlip Studio now for iPad mini.
Celemony shows how easy it is with Melodyne to control the volume of singing on a note-by-note basis, thereby sparing yourself a certain amount of fader automation and allowing you to control a subsequent compressor more efficiently. How to further enhance vocals through the targeted editing of sibilants and consonants is the subject of the second film.
Cthulhu is firstly a chord memorizer and player, allowing you to experiment with creating and reworking chord progressions with single-note presses.
Leading professional audio interface manufacturer Focusrite has announced Scarlett Studio: a complete home studio kit with all the gear required to record pro-quality tracks, including a fully-featured music software suite. All you need is a Mac or PC!
Building on 10 years of expertise in the DJ software industry, MixVibes releases a stand-alone DJ app for iPhone. Easy to use for music lovers yet powerful for experienced DJs, this app allows you to achieve the same level of performance as with real decks.
After a beta period Mixed in Key 5.5 is now available to the public. The major new feature with this update is the addition of ‘Energy Level Detection‘. Now you can detect the ‘power’ a track has and match it with other tracks with the same energy level.
This week Serato updated Serato DJ and added support for the Reloop Terminal Mix 2 and 4 DJ controllers. The DJ software is being included with the controllers. It even includes the powerful video plug-in Serato Video which is offered as a free download. The Serato DJ software will be available for download via www.serato.com as of now.
With Beats Like Bonham from the guys at The Loop Loft you will get classic Led Zeppelin drums and grooves at your fingertips. This bombastic beats collection is the latest addition to The Loop Loft’s Complete Takes multi-track drums series.
Gemini DJ have informed us that their FirstMix I/O (controller version with built-in audio interface) is now shipping worldwide.