Well, maybe you have seen this video somwhere in your timeline or somewhere else but it still is worth a post here. Wikidrummer is actually an online French website … for drummers! Drummer Julien Audigier plays his drums at a factory, on a wind farm, and in many other unusual locations, resulting in widely varying acoustics throughout the video.
It seems that we weren’t the only ones that have a 10 year anniversary this month. In december 2003 Urs Heckman released his Zebra synth and to celebrate this anniversary he releases update version 2.7 this week which is free for owners of version 2.x or higher.
XILS-lab is proud to announce availability of R.A.M.S.E.S., an all-new PC- and Mac-compatible multi-effect plug-in with a difference, developed in close collaboration with fellow French sound design doyen Le Lotus Bleu (a.k.a. Laurent Bourgeon).
Storn System, a hardware synthesizer manufacturer from Bandung Indonesia announces a new hardware synth.
This latest course from Producertech achieves what no one thought was possible; professional sounding mastering results using only Live 9’s internal devices. Accompanying the 8 hours of tutorials is a Live Template Set, complete with a custom built mastering rack, a comprehensive Pro Mastering Tips written guide and Flowchart, and 8 additional mastering weapons racks, which include an Aphex-style Exciter, Bass Maximiser and various stereo enhancement tools.
Our regular visitors and Twitter followers have already noticed that this week we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the presence of Gearjunkies.com on the world wide web. Today we take a look back.
So, … how did it all start then, back in 2003. Two guys from Eindhoven (The Netherlands) were sitting outside a cafe enjoying a drink in the sun. Marc van den Hurk, a DJ/producer and studio owner, and Mark Dobrinic, a software programmer, were discussing the remains of a webshop project that went ‘belly up’. From this project a database existed with lots of gear and the related product information. Both thought it would be a shame if this information would be lost. But what to do with this database? Why not create an information portal for gearheads and gearlovers alike?
Below are some of the new releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
DJ/Producer extraordinaire Richie Hawtin employs the power of RedNet for his ENTER. events at Space, Ibiza. For decades, Ibiza has played a seminal role in the global music scene. Home to a concentration of the world’s most famous clubs and dance music institutions, including Pacha, Amnesia and Space, its sandy beaches and rocky landscapes are the backdrop to many DJs’ and producers’ proudest moments. Ibiza’s nightclubs are where the summer’s new tracks are debuted, where DJs play their most epic sets, and where clubbers forget the daily grind and lose themselves in the dance.
Korg introduces the legendary Wavedrum technology now in compact form! Announcing the energetic and on-the-go Wavedrum Mini; with built-in speaker, battery-powered portability, and a revolutionary sensor clip that transforms nearly any object into an instrument.
Mike McKnight is a music programmer, keyboardist, and musical director best known for his work on live tours with major artists such as Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, TLC, and Earth Wind & Fire.
Announced just last week, Tone2 now announce the immediate availability of Nemesis. This synth takes FM synthesis to its next evolutionary step: NeoFM synthesis. NeoFM is an exclusive new and improved approach to FM synthesis that is extremely powerful and intuitive.
Below are some of the new releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
Introducing are a unique live prospect. Playing Daft Punks ‘Discovery’ album from 2001, live from start-to-finish this six piece band, stage whole albums previously thought unperformable. Their first project was DJ Shadow’s sample based classic ‘Endtroducing’, and now they have done their homework to nail every last robotic detail of the French duo’s massive album live on Radio 1. The band comprise of a range of world class sessions musicians, sound engineers and actors in order to make it all happen, spending months to perfect sounds, and tackle this seemingly impossible feat.
Moog Music announced the release of “The Minimoog Model D Expansion Pack” for their award winning iOS synthesizer, Animoog. The expansion pack includes 69 Timbres extracted from a vintage Minimoog Model D analog synthesizer, and 213 presets designed exclusively for Animoog’s Anisotropic Synthesis Engine. Presets were crafted by a preeminent set of designers including Sound Creation Expert Kevin Lamb, Timbre Extraction and Design Pundit Drew Neumann, Synthesist Adam Holzman, DJ/Producer Dom Kane, and Sonic Mayhem’s Sascha Dikiciyan.
Multi-band compression has been around for quite some time and even in the digital realm is accepted as common. But to this regard one could have predicted innovations in that field. Fabfilter implemented these innovations and present to us a new concept of a multiband compressor, Pro-MB.