Dualo brings a new instrument to Frankfurt: du-touch B
Dualo, a start-up company etablished in 2011 by two musicians and engineers, has designed a musical instrument based on a innovative and intuitive keyboard: the du-touch ß.
Synths and workstations
MFB announces Dominion 1 and Tanzbar
The german MFB announced today the release of the Dominion 1 analog synthesizer, and the Tanzbär: a analog drum machine.
Steinberg interviews Ben Westbeech
Hailing from London, Ben Westbeech is one heck of a talent from the British Isles who became known back in 2007, releasing tunes via Gilles Peterson’s label Brownswood Recordings and other equally exciting imprints including Strictly Rhythm, Dirtybird and Cross Town Rebels. Right from his debut album Welcome to the Best Years of Your Life through to the hit single Fatherless, Ben’s been producing his tracks with Steinberg Cubase. As a DJ he’s been playing from New York to Tokyo under his own name or his moniker Breach, which shows a deeper side of his love for house music, and under whom the EP Jack is about to be released on the seasoned Dirtybird label. He also runs his label Naked Naked, releasing music from the likes of Midland, Dusky and Dark Sky.
Roland RC-505 – Hands-On Looper for Modern Performers
Beatboxers, singers, and club performers, your Loop Station has arrived—introducing the RC-505, a unique and powerful live performance tool that’s perfect for next-generation loop artists. In a compact tabletop device, you have easy fingertip control of five stereo phrase tracks and various loop playback behaviors, plus INPUT FX and TRACK FX that deliver a wide range of real-time processing options for dynamic, expressive sound creation.
Rob Papen RP-Dock – Free host plugin
RP-Dock is a standalone host application for all current Rob Papen products. From BLUE to Blade, and all the RP-FX plug-ins can be loaded as well!
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
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.
Something For The Weekend: Giorgio Moroder talks Synth and Daft Punk
The collaborators is a new series from The Creators Project, which is a partnership between Intel and VICE, with direction from Ed Lachman. In this first episode they take a look at the collaborators behind Random Access Memories, the new album from Daft Punk. In this video they speak with legendary Italian producer Giorgio Moroder.
Roland introduces not one but three new keyboards: FP-50, FP-80 and BK-9
Today Roland introduced not one, as we were expecting but three keyboards. After they were teasing us with videos we were expecting just one new instrument. Via Roland Connect they now show us the new BK-9, FP-80 and FP-50.
And what is that from Allen & Heath?
Yes, the season of ‘teasement‘ has started. Roland is already hard at work with their teaser videos. And now Allen & Heath joins the club. They just posted this video below in which they introduce some kind of controller/mixer. The first thought that pops into mind is that nice looking design. Furthermore we see motorized faders and a color display. The name would be “Qu” if we are correct. We will know more on april 10th when everything will be revealed.
Roland is back! More details on the new synth, workstation?
Like we posted before, last week, Roland will be introducing a new instrument on april 4th. Looking at the video it is fair to say, … a keyboard (duh)! There is a (Dutch) preview website where you can sign up for more information when it will be released on the 4th of april. Information that is available (details from the video) tells us it will be a member of the BK series and pretty much a 76 keys version. Other details are the drawbars and the USB option. Next to part 1 they now show us a little bit more about the new synth, keyboard, workstation?
Crowd Funding for Dave Seaman DJ Mix compilation
Did we see an interesting Kickstarter project on the Don Buchla documentary earlier today, now there’s another interesting project and a first as far as we know, a crowd funding project for a DJ Mix album. UK based International DJ & Producer Dave Seaman is looking for funding to make the very first crowd funded DJ Mix compilation album.
Documentary on Don Buchla at Kickstarter
Don Buchla is a legendary instrument maker whose inventions were part of the greatest musical transformation of the 20th century. His pioneering work laid the basis for what electronic music was to become by creating a unique analog synthesizer which completely changed the way people think about, compose, and perform music. The list of musicians and composers who have used the Buchla range from avant-garde composer Morton Subotnick to Nine Inch Nails, with plenty more along the way. Don hasn’t stopped inventing since the arrival of the Buchla, and his other instruments combine an idiosyncratic sound with a sense of wonder and theatrical magic.
Arturia MiniBrute Tour – Video
The MiniBrute’s roots stretch all the way back to the 1970’s, but it’s most definitely a child of the 21st century. It proudly stands among the MS-20s, Odysseys, Pro-Ones and Minimoogs while bringing its own personality and powerful sonic imprint.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
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.
Something For The Weekend: Around the World (Daft Punk) 100% live
Via our friends at Novation we came across this video where Daft Punk’s Around the World is being recreated completely live. IntroducingLive, the band that recreated DJ shadow’s ‘Endtroducing’ and Mr Scruff’s ‘Keep it unreal’, have taken on their biggest challenge yet: Daft Punk’s legendary ‘Discovery’! Armed with a host of Novation synthesizers, IntroducingLive have released their first video featuring the robotic dance classic “Around the World“.