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Native Instruments RAW VOLTAGE Maschine Expansion Introduced
Native Instruments today introduced RAW VOLTAGE, a new MASCHINE Expansion which captures the sound of a huge modular synthesizer system. For instant use with MASCHINE or MASCHINE MIKRO, RAW VOLTAGE contains kits, instruments and patterns that share the unique, rich and organic sound characteristics of analog synthesis.
XILS-lab Oxium performance soft synth plug-in available now
Oxium is a unique, yet cost-conscious (€99.00 EURO/$129.00 USD) performance-orientated soft synth plug-in, adept at giving equal billing to still-sought-after classic analogue sounds and more adventurous modernistic tones.
Free Food from iZotope for Iris!
iZotope have just released a free sound library for Iris Synthesizer plugin. Food celebrates the longstanding sound design tradition of using edible items for sonic inspiration. Sourced from a diverse range of delicious samples, Food transforms creative kitchen commotion into rich sonic ingredients, perfect for cooking up your own audio adventures.
TK Audio introduces TK-Lizer – The Tone Shaper
The new TK-lizer is a Baxandall type of EQ, high and low bands are selectable between shelving or bell, very useful for fine tuning of your low’s, mid’s and high’s. The EQ also has a built in M/S function which lets you process the mid and side signals separately. You can also affect the stereo width of your music by using the level controls in M/S mode. The three bands are based on the legendary Baxandall circuit from the 50’s.
Official Release Date Ohmstudio and Pricing Available
Ohm Studio, the first full-featured DAW for real-time online music production, has been in open beta since the end of May. It now features 14K users who created 21K projects – some solo, others collaborating with partners, and some others taking part in definitively fun public jam at weekly events. More importantly, the overall quality of the projects is pretty stunning and the Ohm Force team witnessed live how fast tracks were recorded and put up together, thanks to effective real-time collaboration.
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
These are the 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.
The Denon SC2900 We Got Him!
Last week we where in Madrid to get the first look on the new Denon SC2900 multi media player. And today it arrived at the Gearjunkies TechLab! Review will be online soon!
Mostly Robot: Behind the Scenes of Sonar 2012
Native Instruments today presented a brand-new video of Mostly Robot, the all-star band made up of five exceptional artists: Jamie Lidell, Tim Exile, Jeremy Ellis, Mr Jimmy and DJ Shiftee. Conceived by Native Instruments and utilizing an advanced array of NI hardware and software, Mostly Robot played their debut performance at this year’s Sónar Festival in Barcelona to great acclaim. This new video covers both the actual performance and preparation of the show, blending interviews with exclusive backstage and performance material, and giving viewers the opportunity to witness the birth of this modern supergroup firsthand.
Kid Koala tours new project with A&H iLive
Kid Koala has adopted a compact iLive system to mix his new Space Cadet live project. Touring venues such as planetariums, biospheres and space museums, Kid Koala performs a live rendition of his latest album, Space Cadet, and each member of the audience is equipped with their own set of headphones installed in individual inflatable ‘space pods’. The show uses an iDR-16 MixRack and an xDR-16 expander unit to cater for the large number of mixes required.
Kemper Amps release new Amp Profiles and FX
Today, Kemper Amps have released the brand new Software Version 1.1 for the Kemper Profiling Amplifier. This mandatory update includes a set of brand new Lo-Fi FX, and a collection of 50 additional Amp Profiles carefully collected from a range of guitar players with outstanding amp set-ups. Since its release in December 2011, the Kemper Profiling Amplifier has found its way into the recording studios and live rigs of internationally renowned producers and guitarists. The possibility to take the unique sound of your own, personal amp rig into any studio, as well as on tour, has opened up a whole new world of possibilities to guitarists.
Plugin Alliance adds USB flash drive activation to licensing system
Aside from its growing family of unsurpassed effects plug-ins — meticulously modelling high-end hardware from the likes of Brainworx, Mäag Audio, SPL, and Vertigo Sound, Plugin Alliance has always prided itself on its easy-to-use licensing system (using a single file to manage all licenses for activation on up to three computers). Clicking Activate when launching a new plug-in for the first time downloads a new license file to the computer in question from the Plugin Alliance server. Couldn’t be simpler, surely?
Allen & Heath new ZED mixer launched
Allen & Heath has launched the ZED60-14FX, a highly compact analogue mixer that is ideal for small bands and venues. ZED60-14FX is a companion to the ZED60-10FX launched earlier this year, employing the same high quality 60mm faders but with the addition of an extra 4 mono/mic channels.
FXpansion DCAM Dynamics Suite Available Now
FXpansion is proud to present a suite of four dynamics plugins. DCAM Dynamics offers a variety of different flavours of high-quality circuit-modelled dynamics processing. The included plugins are perfect for everything from taming tricky transients to heavy, creative sculpting effects and everything in between. Classic console bus compression and channel limiting amp processors are provided alongside a transient shaper and frequency-selective compressor making DCAM Dynamics a great all-purpose dynamics toolbox.
Steinberg Nuendo Live now available
Steinberg today released Nuendo Live, a dedicated live recording software solution for recording engineers, production houses and rental and staging companies. Based on the award-winning Nuendo audio workstation, Nuendo Live’s sole purpose is to deliver the very best in multitrack recording to live professionals.
Can U Feel It – Miami UMF Documentary
Ultra Music Festival Miami is the world’s premiere electronic music festival. It is like the Olympics for electronic dance music (EDM) and every year with Miami Music Week all the major EDM artists and fans from around the world collide in Miami for this ultimate experience in dance music.