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MOTU 4Pre Hybrid 6X8 Audio Interface Introduced
MOTU have introduced their new 4PRE Hybrid (Firewire and USB) audio interface. Availability will be pretty soon according to MOTU. The interface will be priced at (around) 485 Dollars.
Edelweiss – Rosegarden 11.11 Released
The Rosegarden team is proud to announce the release of version 11.11 of Rosegarden, an audio and MIDI sequencer and musical notation editor for Linux. A long time in the making, this release combines a number of bug fixes with two major sub-projects that happened to come together right at the same time, and several completely new features as well. It is probably our most substantial offering since the landmark 10.02.
Novation Twitch – Edison gets his hands dirty – Video
Controllerist champion Edison gets his hands dirty with Twitch, controlling Ableton Live through a custom-made MIDI map. Novation TWITCH is a DJ controller with a completely new take on DJing. The worlds of digital DJ and Controllerist are colliding; performers are looking for new ways to manipulate music.
Cakewalk PC4K S Type Channel Compressor released
A must-have addition to your effects arsenal, the new PC4K S-Type Channel Compressor adds vintage-era, console-style, channel compression to every ProChannel strip in SONAR X1 Producer Expanded.
Delora KymaConnect Mac OSX application Released
Harmony Systems announced the availability of KymaConnect, a Mac OSX connectivity application for Symbolic Sound Kyma™ users that adds even more functionality to the successful Delora PacaConnect product. KymaConnect reduces cost and on-stage or studio setup complexity while offering expanded capability to users of both Paca(rana) and Capybara sound engines.
Control Your Visuals with CellDNA 2.5
CellDNA is designed for realtime performance of video, images, and sounds. The intuitive, easy to learn interface gets you quickly mixing video, images, and sound. Live video input, realtime recording, an advanced database for tagging, organizing, and finding clips, network control, and integration with Ableton Live makes CellDNA one of the most advanced and flexible video tools in your kit. Extensive MIDI learn, and templates for all of Livid’s Controllers as well as a growing library of other controllers (including the Akai APC40 and APC20) allows you to use any MIDI controller for expressive hands-on performance of real-time video. Extensible with Cycling74’s Max software, the possibilities are endless.
Blue Microphones New Bottle Rocket Stage Two Bundle Announced
Blue Microphones now offers a second, bonus capsule with the purchase of the Bottle Rocket Stage Two tube microphone, in addition to the included B8 capsule. Designed with a compact form factor, the Bottle Rocket Stage Two offers Blue’s vacuum tube microphone with an interchangeable bayonet-mount capsule system. Effective November 7 the new bundle with an updated SSP of €2,249, includes the Bottle Rocket Stage Two and a bonus capsule in addition to the B8 capsule.
Latest Titles for the Loopmasters DJ Mixtools Series
The DJ Mixtools from Loopmasters is not your ordinary series of loop CDs/packs. It’s a concept that Loopmasters have introduced last year for the forward-thinking DJ and live artist. Imagine buying a track but then being able to separate that track into its key elements and having ROYALTY FREE access to remix, effect, chop and loop the parts in your own individual style to create an exciting and refreshing new mix… Recently loopmasters have expanded the series with five more editions.
Vermona PERfourMER MKII finally available
The PERfourMER MKII is finally available. We shipped the first units within Europe this week. The synthesizer will become available worldwide in December this year. “Four combinable synthesizer in one.” That’s the short description of the PERfourMER’s concept. The MKII-version comes with additional functions and a new user interface offering more space and clarity.
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 DN-MC3000 Announced – Some Specifications at least
Denon DJ are pleased to announce the DN-MC3000. The controller that we got a glimpse of at the past BPM Show, is now finally introduced to the world. The complete details will de released however on the 18th of november. Till then Denon gives us the specifications below and two images.
Korg Monotron Duo and Monotron Delay Released
Korg’s puts the thrill of the analog synthesizer into everyone’s hands, with the monotron, the monotron DUO, and the monotron DELAY.
Biolabs: Dark Space for Camel Audio Alchemy Released
Biolabs: Dark Space is a nightmare blend of science fiction and horror that is both fascinating yet strangely chilling. Featuring an extensive collection of moody and twisted soundscapes, tortured machines, a host of distressed hits, scrapes and evolving impacts, possessed basses, freaky effects and disembodied voices, each of its 75 presets for Camel Audio’s Alchemy (and the Alchemy Player) is a mini-world of possibilities fuelled by fiendishly clever programming.
Mastering Legend Howie Weinberg Talks About Plugins
Mastering great Howie Weinberg who has taken over Slate Studios Room B, has more gold and platinum placks on his walls than you could ever imagine. And these aren’t just any placks.. we’re talking Nirvana, U2, Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and hundreds of other huge artists.
Stevie Wonder reunites with iconic Aussie instrument – Fairlight CMI
It was a special moment in musical history last week when Stevie Wonder played the prototype of the latest keyboard developed by Australian inventor Peter Vogel. The new instrument from Fairlight Instruments is a limited‐edition homage to the synthesiser which changed the face of music in the eighties – the Fairlight CMI.