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Muse Research ships RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO
Muse Research & Development is proud to announce availability of RECEPTOR QU4TTRO and RECEPTOR TRIO, the latest additions to its line of dedicated hardware plug-in players, as of March 28. With the introduction of these two new models, Muse Research now offers a complete RECEPTOR range priced to suit both budgetary and application requirements; yet each enable recording engineers and performing musicians to run popular virtual instruments and effects software in a high-performance, self-contained, tour-proven package with maximum performance and convenience.
Denon SC2900 Hybrid Midi Update available
Denon DJ is excited to announce a key performance enhancement to its SC2900 digital controller and media player.
Serato Interview with Hudson Mohawke
Ross Birchard is Hudson Mohawke – an artist who constantly pushes the expectations and boundaries of scenes and genres. One of the most influential and forward thinking producers currently. His appetite for sounds started at a young age. A UK DMC finalist at 15, DJing was the focus. It’s through his production that he has grown into the artist he is today and that has taken the kid from Glasgow, to the world.
Waldorf Rocket – Gearjunkies First Impressions
Now and then we are getting very lucky here at Gearjunkies. Because in our techlab we have got the brand spanking new Waldorf Rocket, an analogue desktop synthesizer for just under 250 Euro! First thought would be: “that can’t be any good!” But, … is it?
Mixvibes CrossDJ App for almost … nothing!
Mixvibes has a little present for you this Easter weekend. For one year, users have enjoyed CrossDJ for iPad. The app has been a success, with a 90% update rate. To celebrate, the app will be exceptionally at $0.99 / 0.89 € / £0.69 instead of $9.99 / 8.99 € / £6.99 during this weekend (starting Saturday the 30th – local time in each country).
Steinberg Cubase, Nuendo Updates available now
Steinberg is happy to announce the availability of the Cubase 7.0.3, Cubase Artist 7.0.3, Nuendo 6.0.3 and Cubase iC Pro 1.0.3 maintenance updates.
New Roland Keyboard coming…
Roland will be introducing a new instrument on april 4th. Looking at the video it is fair to say, … a keyboard (duh)! There is a (Dutch) preview website where you can sign up for more information when it will be released on the 4th of april. Information that is available (details from the video) tells us it will be a member of the BK series and pretty much a 76 keys version. Other details are the drawbars and the USB option.
Interview with Depeche Mode programmer Christoffer Berg
If you don’t know yet, Depeche Mode is about to release a new album soon. Several websites and magazines have been reporting on it already. Some friends in Sweden (Teenage Engineering) have been talking to Christoffer Berg who did a lot of the programming for this new DM ‘Delta Machine’ album. Below is the interview they did with Christoffer.
Knight Edition of the Reloop RHP-20 available
With the RHP-20 Knight, Reloop introduces premium DJ headphones with scene stealing, state-of-the-art aesthetics and elite sound design that is acoustically balanced for professional use. True to the motto ‘Looks Good – Sounds Pro’: The premium DJ headphone RHP-20 is available in a complete black ‘KNIGHT’ Edition with a quality rubber paint finish.
Sidechain Compression Tutorial with Elysia
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.
Propellerhead Artist Interview: Preditah
For nearly as long as dubstep has gone from being an experimental subgenre to the juggernaut world-dominating scene that it is today, Grime has been its lesser known cousin – developing right alongside dubstep but staying safely in the underground. It’s not that we haven’t all heard grime beats before but masterful grime producers have been weaving the sounds into pop songs and remixes in ways we don’t realize, effectively sneaking grime into our playlists. Propellerhead recently met up with respected grime producer, Preditah, to walk through his latest instrumental beat.
Ableton Push Controller Features – Video
The new Ableton controller for Live, Push, looks stunning. But on the other hand a bit daunting. We came across this video by Pointblank and it gives you a good view on how this controller can and will be used. Instructor Ski Oakenfull takes you through a basic routine by creating a Live project on the go.
Glenn Rosenstein talks Presonus ADL 600
From Livingston Taylor to Ziggy Marley, U2 to The Red Clay Ramblers, Grammy-winning producer Glenn Rosenstein‘s multi-decade discography is both lengthy and delightfully eclectic. So it’s hardly surprising that Rosenstein jumped at the opportunity to take on a project unlike anything he’d done before.
The Looploft releases Hunter/Harland – The Bunker Sessions Vol 1
Recorded at the world-class Bunker Studios in NYC, seven-string guitarist Charlie Hunter and jazz drum master Eric Harland bring the inimitable soul and feel of live musicians, playing together at the top of their game, to anyone’s tracks.
Pimp Your 4TrackTrigger with a … Pimpbox
We just came across this device from 4MidiLoop. It’s a two channel Pro X Fade box for internal mixing. It’s name, 4TrackTrigger Pimpbox. Next to the two pictures posted on the Facebook page we don’t have any other information. We’ll try to get more info as soon as possible.