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Elektron Spotlight on Ghostown – Interview
With inspiration ranging all the way from grime to flamenco, listening to the French hiphop outfit Ghostown is a bit like turning the frequency knob on a radio receiving signals from all corners of the world. Rael Powell, the beatsmith and vocalist of the project, explains how he masters his loops.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
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: DJ Kypski & $jammie The Money Present The Clocktave
The Clocktave is a scratch tool to make music with. It is based on just one concept: the Clocktave. A Clocktave (Clock-Octave) is a note scale to scratch with, ranging from 1 to 4 octaves. The notes of the octaves are divided between exactly one rotation of the record. Every note of the scale appears at the same position over and over, regardless of which octave you are in.
Gayle San adopts Allen & Heath Xone:DB4
Renowned techno DJ and producer, Gayle San, has adopted the Xone:DB4 as her mixer of choice for touring and production work. Gayle San started DJing 18 years ago with vinyl, then progressed to CDs, and most recently her set up is digital, originally based around the Xone:4D and now the new Xone:DB4 mixer and Xone:K2 controller.
Blue Cat Audio releases DP Meter Pro 4.01 Audio Analysis Tool
Blue Cat Audio has released an update for their multi-purpose audio levels meter and envelope generation plug-in, Blue Cat’s DP Meter Pro. At this occasion, the introduction price period for the recently released plug-in has been extended.
Steinberg Nuendo 6 released
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today released Nuendo 6, the latest, highly anticipated version of Steinberg’s state-of-the-art production environment tailored to post and audio production studios.
Focusrite Saffire Works With Thunderbolt
Since the introduction of the first Focusrite Saffire interface in 2005, FireWire (Apple’s trade name for IEEE 1394) has been a firm favourite among Focusrite interface users with its high speed and reliability. In particular, FireWire and USB represent a great partnership – by having your audio interface on one type of bus and your hard drives on the other, you get the highest possible performance from your computer audio system, and the fewest problems.
KORG Legacy Collection 64-bit Compatibility
Korg are pleased to announce that the KORG Legacy Collection series is now available in 64-bit! KORG’s Legacy Collection series, made up of legendary KORG synthesizers including MS-20, Polysix, Mono/Poly, WAVESTATION and M1, as well as MDE-X effects processor and LegacyCell will now work on the latest 64-bit DAWs.
Sonnox Dynamics AAX plug-in released
Sonnox is excited to have released the AAX version of the acclaimed Oxford Dynamics plug-in. Both AAX DSP and AAX Native versions can be used as a surround buss compressor / limiter (previously only available in the TDM version) and the plug-in has improved metering.
ROLI Introduces the Seaboard GRAND – Groundbreaking New Musical Instrument
Designled technology startup ROLI introduces the Seaboard GRAND, a radically new kind of musical instrument and digital controller that reimagines the most iconic of musical instruments – the piano. An evolution of the piano keyboard, the Seaboard has a soft threedimensional surface that enables unprecedented realtime, intuitive control of the fundamental characteristics of sound: pitch, volume, and timbre. Piano and keyboard players can instantly transfer their skills to the Seaboard and begin exploring its new capacities. Pre-orders will start on april 14th, with only 88 Seaboards becoming available!
Supercharge Your Beats with Native Instruments
After the mysterious new synth they strated teasing last week, Native Instruments put out another teaser video for yet another product. “Supercharge your beats“, they say. Safe to say it has to with beats, drums. Will this be a new version of Battery (4). Or looking at the video, maybe Battery for iOS, seeing those funky buttons and ‘sample deckish kinda‘ pads?
Two limited-edition soft synth bundles by Rob Papen
Virtual instrument and plug-in developer Rob Papen is proud to announce availability of two limited-edition synth plug-in bundles, EDM Synth Bundle and Urban Synth Bundle, each comprising three carefully-chosen Rob Papen virtual instruments with combined savings of around 45%…
Ableton Live 9 and Push Released
Well, today is the day we all have been looking out for. Ableton today has globally released version 9 of the Live software together with the dedicated Push controller. Ableton has updated their website, but we experienced much slag as the website is very (VERY) busy. If you get through, you can pre-order the Push controller (with Live 9). Existing users can log in to the user account where you’ll find upgrade options. Prices for the Push controller range from 499 to 998 Euro, depending on which Live 9 version. There’s also more information on shipping information.
A&H release GLD Remote iPad app
Allen & Heath is pleased to announce the release of GLD Remote, the digital mixing system controller unveiled at NAMM 2013, providing a comprehensive suite of mixing controls for remote wireless applications using the iPad or the iPad Mini.
TC Electronic DB6 – Intelligent Loudness Management Solution
‘Cost-effective’, ‘High-density’, ‘Forever Compliant’, ‘One-step Loudness Management’ and ‘Audio at Its Finest’ are keywords that describe the brand new DB6 Audio Broadcast Processors from TC Electronic.