Seasonal Greetings 2012
Just a short message from all of us here at Gearjunkies.com. We want to wish you all, who visits and supports us, a very warm and loving Christmas and a healthy and succesful New Year. Have fun and be safe!
Synths and workstations
NAMM 2013 rumour King-Korg and new MS20 synths
An Argentinian website leaked two pictures what seems te be two new analog synthesizers from Korg: the King-Korg (with simular looks as the Kawai K5000S/W) and a new MS20 analog synth, based on the controller from the Legacy bundle. We can’t wait for the NAMM 2013!
2012 Holiday Deals – Get your deal here!
As the year is ending (again), many manufacturers are announcing sweet offers, rebates, deals and discounts for their products. This post is a service to all our visitors. Below is a list of the ‘good deals’ we came across. This is the season the Holiday Deals are launched. So we collect the deals we come across and share them with you. This way you can get the best deal out of this season for the gear you really want!
Elektron Spotlight: SERi
Since first appearing on the 2006 Asian Dynasty Records compilation Perfect Strangers Electronic, SERi has been energetically releasing material on domestic and overseas labels, as well as continuing to play live. He has opened for big names such as Takkyu Ishino, Ken Ishii, Hiroshi Watanabe, Sugiurumu, Shin Nishimura, A.Mochi, and gained major attention in 2010 after winning a remix competition sponsored by Plus Records.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
These are the 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.
Moog released AniMoog 2.0
Moog Music have released a new version of their synth app, AniMoog. Version 2.0 is since yesterday available at the app store.
Massive Attacks Blue Lines gets a mixing makeover with SSL
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles, is pleased to announce that in-demand mixer, producer, and seasoned Solid State Logic user Bruno Ellingham has installed an X-Desk, X-Logic G Series compressor, X-Panda summing system and Alpha-Link I/O system in his mix room within Massive Attack’s Bristol-based studio complex. Here he has put his newfound SSL combo to good use, giving Massive Attack’s seminal Blue Lines album a contemporary mixing makeover fit for its 20th anniversary re-release, matching the critically acclaimed recording with a truly 21st century take on its sound. All but two tracks from Blue Lines were originally mixed on a large-format SSL console in London’s long-gone Matrix Studios so Bruno turned to SSL again for the new project: “The new SSL technology enabled me to easily match the large-format console size of sound that we wanted.“
Mount Kimbie talk Focusrite Gear
Mount Kimbie are an electronic production duo based in South London. Members Dominic Maker and Kai Campos met at university and released their debut album ‘Crooks & Lovers’ on Hotflush Recordings in 2010.
History Refurbished with U-He Free Podolski Synth
Podolski is a simple, CPU-efficient virtual analogue synthesizer. Basically a cut down version of FilterscapeVA with just one oscillator, one filter, one envelope and two LFOs, it also features a Zebra-style arpeggiator/sequencer plus chorus and delay effects. Podolski’s specialities are the Click parameter (emphasizes the filter attack) and its ability to seamlessly morph between three waveforms (WaveWarp).
Transistor Revolution – TR-808 and 909 Instrument from Wave Alchemy
Wave Alchemy have announced the release of Transistor Revolution, an accurate re-creation of the iconic TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines for Kontakt 5 Player. Using a custom GUI, 22,000 samples and Kontakt 5’s advanced sampling engine with over 100,000 lines of unique script, Transistor Revolution faithfully captures the tone, immediacy and groove of the classic TR-808 and TR-909 transistor rhythm machines.
The KOMA Elektronik SVF-201 Filter Module Available Now
After releasing two pedals and a CV motion controller in one year, Berlin based musical instruments manufacturer KOMA Elektronik are slowly moving into the world of modular synthesizers. Last month they announced the release of a tap tempo module for Eurorack synthesizers, but first there is the KOMA SVF-201: a state variable filter for the eurorack modular synthesizer format!
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
These are the 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.
Akai iMPC – MPC on your iPad
Wow, look at that! Now you can put an MPC Drummachine and sampler right on your iPad! With Akai Pro’s iMPC you can turn your iPad into an MPC.
AAS Releases Lounge Lizard EP-4
Applied Acoustics Systems released an all-new version of its award-wining Lounge Lizard EP-4 electric piano plug-in for Mac OS X and Windows. Lounge Lizard EP-4 ships with a new streamlined interface, a new equalizer and compressor module, a new multi-effect processor, brings native 64-bit operation on Mac OS X and more.
Classic Tracks – The real stories behind 68 seminal recordings
Sample Magic has announced the publication of its latest book, Richard Buskin’s Classic Tracks. What really went on behind the doors of the world’s top studios while recording The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Nirvana and R.E.M.? How did producers and engineers deal with the legendary egos of Oasis and Paul Simon? Or the haunted perfectionism of Michael Jackson and Phil Spector? And how – between the drugs, the sex, the fights, the tears and the tantrums – did some of the most iconic tracks of our times ever get recorded?