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Beastie Boys stream new album on Soundcloud
2011 release, the long-awaited eighth album from the Hip Hop/Rock trio. Hot Sauce Committee Part Two was produced by Beastie Boys and mixed by Philippe Zdar. This album marks Mike “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “Ad Rock” Horovitz and Adam “MCA” Yauch’s first full length effort since 2007’s Grammy-winning all-instrumental The Mix-Up.
Release date: May 3, 2011
TrakProDJ – iPad/iPhone Traktor Touch Control System
TrakProDJ is the most complete Midi DJ Control system available yet for iOS devices and boasts a hyper responsive, well designed user interface.
Rob Papen SubBoomBass – SuperEcho New Soundset
Rob Papen has released a new soundset for SubBoomBass called SuperEcho. This soundset is made by Antonio Sage and Bad Boy Bill. This is a sound bank with an electronic edge. It is designed to bring some razor sharpness to your electronic productions.
Tom Oberheim – The world of the new SEMs
In the year since the launch of the Tom Oberheim reissue of the SEM, a surprising number of units have been built, tested and shipped. Surprising? Well, considering the fact that Tom Oberheim assembles and tests each unit by hand, each of the instruments shipped thus far represent a serious commitment of man-hours.
Guy Berryman (Coldplay) Installs Chandler Limited
Guy Berryman, the bass player for Coldplay has recently built his own private studio for various projects and has chosen a number of Chandler Limited pieces to create a specific sound that he wanted to achieve.
Waldorf Lector 100 Band Vocoder plugin
Damn, something we completely missed out on during the last MusikMesse in Frankfurt! But look at what Waldorf has been up to. They have been working an a 100 band Vocoder plugin called Lector. Robot voices, whispering strings, talking drum loops, rhythmic pads, the resonant ringing of bells, dripping water – the possibilities are all but infinite. With a quick tweak here and there, the Lector turns any incoming signal into novel sounds and effects. Tremendously versatile, the Lector puts in your hands a sonic toolset for a wide range of diverse applications. Just about anything goes, from distorting the human voice to adding subtle harmonies to lead vocals and getting creative with movie soundtracks.
Digitech is Giving Away 15 Distortion Pedals
You deserve to be rewarded, and you especially deserve free stuff. To celebrate you, the underpaid, overworked roadie/groupie/writer/producer/manager/guitar player/pretty much every thing else of your band, Digitech are kicking off “15 Days of Distortion”. They will post videos, resources, best practices and, best of all, they will give away ONE DISTORTION PEDAL A DAY FOR 15 DAYS. This all starts today, April 21st 2011.
Nomad Factory introduces Echoes Delay Plugin
Nomad Factory is proud to introduce ECHOES, a new Analog Echo Box plug-in designed to give you the warmth and richness of classic vintage delay effects. ECHOES delivers instant analog delay satisfaction!
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.
eyoControl 1.2 for iPad available with new controller Transport
eyoControl 1.2 for iPad is out and includes a new MIDI controller, Transport, result of a collaboration between Eyosido Software and audio software professional developer Vincent Burel (vb-audio).
Eowave KOMA – Analogue Bassline with Sequencer
KOMA is an analogue bassline inspired by classical synths from the 1980s. It offers the possibility to mix 4 different waveforms (saw, square, sub, noise). The 24 dB low-pass filter is also inspired from classical filters from the 80s.
Acclaimed producer Luke Smith installs Matrix in London Studio
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles, is pleased to announce that Luke Smith, critically acclaimed producer and engineer, has installed a Solid State Logic Matrix console at the heart of his north London Studio.
Andy Gray and the Unity Audio The Boulder
Producer and song writer Andy Gray has written the film score for the new documentary film ‘TT3D Closer To The Edge’ at his Isle Of Wight studio, ‘Real Noize’ using a 5.1 Unity Audio monitoring system comprising of the Rocks and forthcoming Boulder active monitors.
Kenny Larkin talks about Novation Launchpad – Video
Kenny Larkin (also known as Dark Comedy) is an American techno producer from Detroit. In this NovationTV video below he talks about how Launchpad forms the heart of his Ableton Live setup on stage and in the studio.