This past week we brought ypou the news that Universal Audio’s latest UAD Software v7.1 provides elegant enhancements to the Apollo Audio Interface. Key among them is Flex Routing, which allows inputs to be routed to hardware outputs, headphone bus routing, as well as selectable pre/post Aux send. Now they have released a video that covers this new feature.
The Tek’it Audio APC is a virtual re-creation of a popular DIY circuit, the Atari Punk Console. APC is a square wave synthesizer that creates fun “low-fi” sound, and comes with users MODs.
Check out Martin, the fearless support team leader at Serato, showing off his skills on the Vestax VCI-380 and Serato DJ. It’s fair to say, the team spends their fair share of time with the gear. Great little demo, direct from the Serato office!
Only a few days ago Chris Randall from Audio Damage released Mangleverb, his latest FX plugin. Mangleverb can be used as a filter, reverb, transient shaper, rhythmic gate, LPF gate, tempo-synced VCA, and any combination thereof. It is, for all intents and purposes, a Swiss Army Knife, for both wild sonic destruction and more utilitarian production work.
Always interested in DJ’ing but don’t want to spend a lot of money? Well maybe Lamebot’s method is for you an alternative then. He created a DJ setup with Native Instruments Traktor DJ Software, a Novation Launchpad and a Audio 2 soundcard. All new and all bought for around 250 dollars!
PluginBoutique present this overview of Sugar Bytes WOW filter box VST plugin, with producer Marc Adamo. This brand new Sugar Bytes WOW filter box is a super-sounding state-of-theart filter plugin featuring a mad modulation system, super juicy filters and offering a range of vowel sounds previously unheard of!
One of products, at the past MusikMesse in Frankfurt, that took a lot of interest with the public and press was Softube’s Console 1. Which is an integrated hardware/software music mixing solution which includes a rugged hardware controller and a modeled analog console channel with some unique additions.
Ableton masterclass at 4 pm CET (wednesday april 24th) – Scarlett will be working through the techniques she uses to produce playlists and mixes for catwalk shows. In the world of fashion, DJs are often employed to supply the soundtrack to catwalk shows – of course, having the ability to create a musical narrative is the key to being a great DJ, which undoubtedly facilitates their collaborations with fashion designers.
When thinking of the ‘Digital DJ‘ you quickly think of the DJ with a two or fourdeck controller witrh your typical Traktor or Serato software, probably. You would almost forget about products like the Novation Dicer. A small little device that integrates the ‘analogue’ with the ‘digital’. Even in this ‘digital dj era’ where innovations follow eachother by month almost, devices like the Dicer are still valid and used by many DJ’s. DJ Miaer shows that to us with a cool video showing off his DJ skills and using the Novation Dicers.
One of those more ‘quirky’ and interesting products we saw today was the Beamz Player. It’s a laser controlled controller which can be used by DJ’s to control virtually any DJ program and/or lighting control applications via MIDI and keystroke mapping. Configure and control up to 54 triggers – map controls to be triggered by breaking laser beams or using the buttons and rocker switches on the Beamz laser controller.
With the TRAKTOR DJ app, Native Instruments brought the leading pro DJ software to iOS with an intuitive app for instant, high-impact DJ sets. Now you can create mixes in seconds — put your hands directly on beautiful waveforms and manipulate them using gestures you already know. In the video below DJ Shiftee let’s us see how he uses the app with a hands-on performance.
Everything from mic placement to reverb settings can make or break the perfect vocal take. Fortunately there are plenty of best practices for getting the most out of your vocals, both when you’re tracking and when you’re mixing.
The majority of you will probably know about sidechain compression. But for those who still don’t know much about it or are new to music production, Elysia have made this video that is reall very nice. It explains in great detail what sidechain compression is and what types there are. And because we are here to help you we thought it would be nice to post it here.