VIDEOS
Novation with FL Studio – Tutorial and Competition
Ableton Live users know the power of Novation‘s eponymous grid controller Launchpad S, but here Novation demonstrates its power with FL Studio 11 in a new live performance. Accompanied by a tutorial on how to use FL Studio 11 and Launchpad together to play live.
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Max Reverb demonstration video
Last month at the NAMM, EHX introduced the Holy Grail Max, giving fans of reverberation more options in their quest for the perfect space for their instrument or voice. This new pedal shares the Holy Grail’s classic Spring and spatial Hall reverbs. A new Plate reverb, with a wonderfully complex, lush tone, and Reverse reverb for the sonically adventurous, were also added.
What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music!
What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music explores the challenges that a life in music can bring. Shot at the 2013 Red Bull Music Academy in New York by award-winning director Ralf Schmerberg, and produced by his Berlin based artist collective Mindpirates.
MIDI Loops for Dummies – The Ultimate Guide on How To…
Are you new to MIDI drum loops? Are you wondering how to create arrangements using different loop grooves and fills? Then this is the video you’ve been waiting for. The Loop Loft show you how easy it is to drag and drop MIDI drum loops into any DAW (Logic X in this case) and create your own song arrangements. THey also go into detail about selecting drum sounds and layering multiple drum kits on multiple tracks.
Universal Audio Apollo TWIN Thunderbolt – Video Overview
At the NAMM Universal Audio introduced this sleek 2×6 Thunderbolt audio interface for Mac which combines the same high-quality 24/192 kHz audio conversion of Universal Audio’s acclaimed Apollo series with onboard Realtime UAD SOLO or DUO Processing. With its ergonomic desktop design, rugged aluminum construction, and front panel headphone and instrument connections, Apollo Twin allows Mac users to record in real time (at near-zero latency) through the full range of UAD Powered Plug-Ins.
Image Line Minihost Modular plugin host (beta)
Image Line have introduced the beta version of their Minihost Modular, which is a modular environment for hosting/interconnecting VST/AU plugins based on a custom modular engine especially developed for this purpose. As a standalone, Minihost Modular can be used as an advanced VST/AU host with modular routing with some sequencing recording/playback capabilities.
Smithson-Martin Emulator for Pro Tools coming soon
Smithson-Martin announced that Emulator Artist, Shane Felton from UK has created an incredible Emulator template for ProTools. They call this ProTools Touch and it can be used on any Windows computer with touchscreen capabilities. An OSX version of this will be available for download shortly.
Nektar Panorama and Bitwig Integration – Video
The video below is a short preview preview of Nektar Panorama products integration with the exciting Bitwig Studio music creation software. Last week we could report already that there was (finally) a date for launch announced for the Bitwig software, March 26th 2014.
Plugin Alliance introduce Drumaton – Drum Crosstalk Removal Tool
Drumatom is NOT a plugin! It is a stand-alone MAC & PC program and is the world´s first microphone leakage suppression tool for multichannel drum recordings! It is based on the patent pending Advanced Audio Analysis – A3 technology by ACCUSONUS from Greece.
Waves Audio introduce the Morgan Page EMP Toolbox
Morgan Page and Waves Audio have collaborated on an EMP Toolbox. Hand-picked by Morgan himself, this ‘Electronic Music Producer‘ Toolbox contains eight powerful Waves audio processors he uses most in his mixing and mastering sessions, ideal for electronic music producers of every shade of the spectrum.
Mixing the Pet Shop Boys with Waves Audio
Perfect for front-of-house, monitor, broadcast, and theater applications alike, SoundGrid gives you instant access to the industry’s leading audio processors, directly from the industry’s leading consoles. And to make things even simpler, Waves SoundGrid-compatible plugins come pre-loaded into your DiGiCo console, so there’s no need to install.
Busy Buehren talks mastering with Steinberg Wavelab 8
For musicians and home studio owners it is a well-known issue. After spending many hours on recording and mixing a song, the final mixdown cannot keep up with the loudness, punch and brilliance of a commercial production. While you may be well pleased with your mix when listened through your monitors, it just sounds unbalanced and dull over your home or car stereo.
Mixed In Key announces new DJ Mix Software
The guys behind the Mixed In Key harmonic analysis software for DJ, have been quiet for about a year now. But with good reason as they have been working hard on a new software…. A DJ mixing software! And to be honest that is a bold move with several very strong players in this market already like Native Instruments Traktor and Serato. Fully aware of that, MIK have developed a software that does give new features that will give new creative possibilities for a DJ.
Electro-Harmonix East River Drive pedal – Demo Video
The recently introduced East River Drive is Electro-Harmonix’s first overdrive pedal built around the JRC4558 IC. Its symmetrical overdrive delivers edge and bite without compromising tone. True bypass for maximum signal integrity when the effect is not engaged.