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Dancefair – Dutch dance event for every DJ and Producer
If you are a DJ or producer you can probably talk for hours about great tracks, softsynths, compression, sample packs and .wav files. You sit behind computers for days creating tracks or browsing Beatport, Dance-Tunes, Trackitdown, or Whatpeopleplay.com for nights on end. That drive, that urge is similar to a alcohol, sex or drug addiction. It’s a feeling you can’t explain to people that aren’t ‘t a passionate dj or producer. Even your best friend or girlfriend doesn’t completely understand it. Do you recognize this? Most likely you will!
New A&H GLD live digital mixing system at NAMM
Allen & Heath will unveil GLD, a user-friendly, cost effective and scalable live digital mixing system, conceptually based on the hugely successful digital iLive series, later this month. A standard GLD 32 input system offers 28 XLR mic inputs with plug n’ play I/O expanders allowing easy expansion up to 48 inputs (44 XLR mic inputs).
Moog announces the release of Minitaur
Moog Music has announced the release of Minitaur, the newest addition to Moog’s Taurus Bass Synthesizer family.
Akai announces the MPC Renaissance
And there it iis! the new Akai MPC Renaissance:
New Akai MPC on the NAMM 2012?
It looks like that Akai will be announcing a new MPC model on the NAMM this year. On Twitter they posted a teaser.
Reloop announces RHP-5 Skate Aid
Reloop is proud to present the RHP-5 series DJ headphones with integrated iPhone control. Compact and lightweight, these headphones deliver a surprisingly robust sound without burning a hole in your wallet.
Apogee Ships the 8-Channel Mic Preamp Module
Apogee Electronics is pleased to announce the 8-Channel Mic Preamp Module for Symphony I/O is now shipping and available world wide.
Put some Sasha in your DAW – Sasha Soundlab
AudioRaiders has invaded Sasha’s studio to bring you the first collection of sounds and software instruments that truly capture the heart and soul of one of electronic dance music’s most iconic producers. This is not just a sample library. You can customize every sound and loop to fit your style.
2011 Holiday Deals – Get them while they’re hot!
Later then normally but like every year, this is becoming the time that many manufacturers try to give some back to existing and new customers. This is the season the Holiday Deals are launched. So we collect the deals we come across and share them with you. This way you can get the best deal out of this season for the gear you really want!
The Martians are coming! – Ministry Of Control project
Maybe you have seen this video already. Rumours have been going around who’s behind it all. Going with the latest trend of ‘viraling’ new products we guess it won’t take long before a new DJ controller will be unveiled. We have tried to figure out who’s behind it, but to be honest our guess is as good as yours.
Native Instruments Kontrol S2 – Gearjunkies Review
It finally arrived last month, the Native Instruments Kontrol S2 Midi Controller. Just before the BPM show in England it was revealed online by Native Instruments. Because of its price and smaller size, it’s being seen as “the smaller brother” by many. In this case Native’s top controller, the Kontrol S4. We quickly started playing…
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes – 2011
Can you believe it? Yet another year has rushed by. And, … what a year it has been. We are glad we can say that this year was pretty good to us. More visitors, more reviews, more followers on Twitter, Facebook and Google+, new team members, two new (Dutch) blog websites with DJ2DJ and Studiojunkies… So yeah 2011 was good to us.
Three new Elektron Machinedrum UW Sound Packs – Free
With their seasonal greetings, Elektron have send us this information which is always nice as it is about FREE stuff! They want you to explore three brand new Machinedrum UW Sound Packs? This time Elektron have gone modular crazy. The three Sound Packs are the result of heavy patching and knob tweaking and consist of a total of 322 samples, all of them of course 100% copyright free.
Win Balance, Reason 6, SoundCloud Pro Membership
The Unnofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW.com) and featured Reason artist Olivia Broadfield have just announced a new remix competition with over $1000 dollars in prizes!
Serato Scratch Live 2.3.3 Update – Video
Serato is happy to anounce the release of Scratch Live 2.3.3, a new maintenance and bug fix release for all SSL DJs. Serato Product Manager, Nick, gives the latest version of Scratch Live one final test before release. Nick uses the Novation Dicers for cues and loops, as well as the Vestax VFX-1 for DJ-FX control.