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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.
KOMA Elektronik KOMMANDER ready for shipping
Do you want to create the perfect filter sweep, manually trigger a gate or step through a sequencer? No more need to turn knobs or to patch up a lot of modules, the KOMMANDER makes it simple: just plug it into a CV input on your (modular) synthesizer, move your hand over the device and you are able to control it with your hands, feet or nose, yes: just like a theremin: Kommand and Konquer!
Elektron Spotlight on Ether
South Korean duo Ether blurs the border between the visual and the aural. Snippets from obscure films are mixed with post-punk inspired music, forming a totality greater than the sum of its parts. Rule-breaking, borderless and unique – which is exactly how good art should be.
PreSonus Announces the ADL 700 Channel Strip
PreSonus is proud to announce the ADL 700 channel strip, which combines a high-end, Class A tube preamplifier with a fully variable, FET-based compressor and a four-band semi-parametric equalizer. The new channel strip provides separate balanced XLR mic, balanced XLR line, and ¼” TS instrument inputs and a single balanced XLR output.
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.
Denon SC2900 Multi Media Player – Official Launch in Madrid
These past three days our team member Marc van den Hurk was in Madrid for the official launch of the new Denon SC2900 Multi Media player. He accepted the invitation by Denon and went to see what this new player was all about. Read his report below.
![[SummerNAMM] Korg Kronos X Announced](https://i0.wp.com/www.gearjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/gj2/inximg/14711_USA_KronosX_4.png?resize=150%2C100&ssl=1 "[SummerNAMM] Korg Kronos X Announced")
[SummerNAMM] Korg Kronos X Announced
The Kronos music workstation was unveiled in 2011 to critical acclaim, and the raves of players around the world asking “what can possibly follow this?!” In the year since its inception, KORG has continued to release system updates and additional Kronos Sound Libraries, bringing the Kronos to an even higher level of performance.
Reloop Controller DJ Contest 2012
Reloop is looking for THE Controllerism Newcomer 2012. Therefore they appeal for a worldwide Controller DJ Contest! This competition calls for innovation and creativity at the Reloop equipment’s potentiometers and faders because the winner will receive a brand-new Reloop Terminal Mix 4 and the possibility to perform a showcase at Reloop’s booth at the BPM Show 2012 in Birmingham including flight and hotel! The winner will spend two days with the Reloop crew & artists at the trade fair for DJs and producers in England, performing his show case in front of visitors, manufacturers and DJs at Reloop’s booth.
Eric Harland – Looped Drum Sounds Collection – Video
The world of drum loops has just changed. Introducing Eric Harland – “Looped”. A groundbreaking collection of loops and samples that intimately captures the Multi-Grammy nominated drummer’s innovative approach to rhythm. Harland is renowned for his performances and recordings with a diverse set of artists including McCoy Tyner, John Mayer, Zakir Hussain and Dave Holland.