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Yard Sale Gear from Elektron – New Octatrack Soundpack
The pride of instruments you would normally find stowed away in some creaky attic has been restored. Goldbaby is the man behind this cultural achievement. He has dusted off his impressive inventory of forgotten and elusive gear and recorded them all. Soothing samba rhythms, cheap organs and plasticky and charming keyboard tones: the timelessness of the sounds make them forever contemporary.
The Complete Works of The Looploft
Our friends at The Looploft have announced an amazing promotion. They are introducing The Master Collection. EVERY loop ever released in EVERY format. Plus, you’ll receive 60% off of all future Loop Loft releases.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday #154
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: Pigeons Daft Punk Medley
These past weeks there has been a lot of attention to the latest album by Daft Punk, ‘Random Access Memories’. If you have a presence on the internet, then you couldn’t dodge tweets, messages, comments or whatever that had this new album as a subject. Thoughts on the new album range from brilliant and genius, to ‘meh’ and ‘not bad’. Anyway, for this edition of “Something for the weekend” we turn to the band Pigeon for a medley of older Daft Punk tunes we all love.
Reason 7 and MIDI compatibility – Video
With the recently introduced version 7 of the Propellerhead Reason DAW users get to use their externat MIDI instruments. So now Reason 7 comes with MIDI out support to bring the sound of your favorite hardware synths and beat machines to the Reason rack. MIDI is handled by the new External MIDI Instrument device, fully integrated into the Reason environment. Automating MIDI equipment from Reason’s sequencer or even from control voltages in the Reason rack is a breeze to set up.
Introducing Animoog for Blackberry Z10
Well there’s a surprise out of Asheville! Moog have developed an Animoog version for the new Blackberry Z10. It is the first creative tool for the BlackBerry platform from Moog Music, the legendary electronic musical instrument company founded by Bob Moog.
Dave McNair – Mastering with Sonnox Pro-Codec on David Bowie album
Present mastering/mixing engineer extraordinaire Dave McNair. With a list full of credits ranging from Iggy Pop and Rod Stewart to Los Lobos, Tina Turner and most recently David Bowie, his expertise and trusted ears represent the last step in the record making process. Dave recently, sat down with Sonnox to share his experience using the Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec.
Arturia updates Analog Classics – SEM V and Wurlitzer-V
Arturia is proud to announce availability of Oberheim SEM V 1.1.6 and Wurlitzer-V 1.0.5, the latest updates to its software recreations of the classic Oberheim Synthesizer Expander Module and Wurlitzer EP 200A electric piano.
XILS Lab introduce XILS V+ Vocoder Instrument
The XILS V+ combines a Vintage 10 band Vocoder, Supreme Top Octave Divider based Strings and Human Voices, or any sophisticated layering of these three elements. After more than one year of intense modelling deep in the basement of the Xils Laboratories, they offer you this complete recreation of a legend. Its unique vintage vibe and beauty that can only be brought back to life by precisely emulating different ancient and forgotten techniques.
Nektar Panorama P1 for Cubase, Nuendo and Reason now shipping
Nektar, the California based company behind the Panorama range of USB controllers, have started shipping the Panorama P1. The P1 is a compact control surface with 66 real-time controls, a color high-resolution TFT display and deep integration for Cubase, Nuendo and Reason.
Denon Engine DJ Update V1.1.0 Available Now
Denon DJ is pleased to announce new feature loaded and optimised legacy functions to its music management system Engine. Listening intently to user feedback, and maintaining a finger on the pulse of today’s DJ software and hardware demands, V 1.1.0 is now available. Running on PC/Mac or with the iOS iPad version, Engine’s new features make the live or studio DJ interaction experience even more fluid and precise.
Blue Cat Audio Updates 5 Audio Plug-ins
Blue Cat Audio has released an update for five of its most recent plug-ins: Blue Cat’s DP Meter Pro (audio levels meter), FreqAnalyst Multi (multiple tracks spectrum analyzer), Oscilloscope Multi (multiple tracks waveform visualizer), StereoScope Multi (multiple tracks stereo field analyzer) and Blue Cat’s Protector (zero latency brickwall limiter).
Vintage Classic Sounds for Steinberg Retrologue Available Now
Steinberg today announced the release of Vintage Classics that brings the beauty of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s synthesizer sounds to Steinberg’s widely acclaimed Retrologue virtual analog synthesizer.
Sugar Bytes WOW Filter Box Plugin – Features Overview
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!
Waldorf boosts Rocket synthesizer with free iOS app
High-quality synthesizer developer Waldorf is proud to announce availability of Rocket Control, a free iOS assistant app for iPad that boosts the capabilities of its Rocket hardware synthesizer.