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Propellerhead Artist Interview: Adam Fielding
Propellerhead have published another artist interview. This time they caught up with Adam Fileding to check out how he builds up his ideas and arranges them in Reason using Blocks. Recently Adam released his third album called Icarus.
Reloop presents Limited version of the Beatmix DJ Controller
Reloop Beatmix is the first controller developed especially for the popular worldwide software platform, Virtual DJ. Newbies and experienced DJs alike will soon familiarise themselves with this intuitive 2-channel controller, and in no time at all, can be up and running in the mix. From today on a special limited version will be available worldwide.
Serato releases update for Serato DJ – Version 1.2.1
Serato DJ 1.2.1 is the latest update for Serato DJ, now includes support for Serato Remote – Serato’s first official App for iPad, support for Numark N4 and Vestax Typhoon controllers as a paid upgrade, and free Loopmasters sample content.
MUTEC ships MC-3+ Smart Clock with 1G-Clock Technology
MUTEC from Germany, manufacturer of professional audio and video equipment, starts to ship the new MC-3+ Smart Clock, the world’s first digital audio master clock which incorporates MUTEC’s new 1G-Clock technology.
New Firmware Supercharges Novation UltraNova Vocoder
Novation have released a new firmware for their flagship hardware synthesizer, UltraNova. The vocoder of this synth has been overhauled. The improvement comes in the form of the simple firmware update and is freely available to all UltraNova owners. The update comes with 17 vocoder patches which are new to UltraNova.
Warm Audio announces release of the TB12 Tone Beast Mic Pre
Warm Audio, the award winning manufacturer of the WA12 and WA12-500 series Mic Pre’s has announced the new TB12 Tone Beast. The TB12 is hailed as potentially the highest quality microphone preamplifier on the market in its price range. It uses quality USA made components found in products with much higher price tags.
Apple unveils Logic Pro X
Apple today unveiled Logic® Pro X, the most advanced version of Logic Pro to date, featuring a new interface designed for pros, powerful new creative tools for musicians, and an expanded collection of instruments and effects. Logic Pro X includes Drummer, a revolutionary new feature that provides a virtual session player that automatically plays along with your song in a wide variety of drumming styles and techniques, and Flex Pitch, which provides integrated pitch editing for audio recordings. Apple also introduced Logic Remote, an innovative new way to play and control Logic Pro X from your iPad®, giving musicians the flexibility to create and mix their music from anywhere in the room.
Slate Pro Audio Multi-Touch in Pro Tools with Raven
The Slate Pro Audio RAVEN MTX Multi Touch Production consoles are shipping to some of the world’s finest studios and audio pros, and so it brings them great pride to announce a new RAVEN feature that they’ve been working on for quite some time.
Pioneer CDJ-2000nexus HID support for Serato Scratch Live
Pioneer today announced that their flagship mediaplayer, the CDJ-2000nexus, now will connect with the Serato Scratch Live dj software. With the new version 1.13 firmware update for the CDJ-2000nexus you will get added support for the new Scratch Live Version 2.5.0 software.
Native Instruments announces the Kontrol X1 MKII
Native Instruments today announced the updated TRAKTOR KONTROL X1, a new version of the compact and highly popular decks and effects controller. With the same size and robust product design as the original controller, the TRAKTOR KONTROL X1’s new features include touch-sensitive Browse and Loop encoders, 7-segment displays and LEDs for visual feedback, and an innovative multi-purpose touch strip for added tactile control. When combined with TRAKTOR PRO, KONTROL X1 MK2 delivers plug-and-play physical control over 2 track decks and 2 freely assignable TRAKTOR FX units – with or without the use of turntables or CDJs.
Serato introduces Serato Remote App
Designed to compliment an existing Scratch Live or Serato DJ setup, Serato Remote will connect seamlessly to your Serato laptop software and work with all supported Scratch Live and Serato DJ hardware.
Elektron Spotlight on Casker
Juno Lee formed the Korean based duo Casker in 2000. The outfit has since then released six albums, garnering much attention and critical acclaim. Their fusion of electronica, pop and world music is the soundtrack for the perfect cocktail party.
Exige 60 tracks in 4 minutes mashup with Novation Launchpad
Here is another video by Exige. A electronic music mavrick from down under with some incredible skills on the Novation Launchpad. In a about four minutes he mashes up 60 tracks! For a complete tracklist check the Youtube page.
Universal Audio introduce Flex Routing for Apollo – Video
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.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday #161
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.