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Moog Lap Steel Guitar
The Moog Lap Steel combines award-winning Moog Guitar technology with the unique expressive capabilities of the Lap Steel guitar. All the innovations of The Moog Guitar; Full Sustain, Controlled Sustain and Mute modes, Harmonic Blends and the onboard Moog Ladder Filter are seamlessly integrated to enhance new and traditional playing techniques.
Something for the Weekend: Jakob Lee – Hot Girl Song
I like this! Jakob Lee (Denmark) performs a partly improvised song with just Ableton Live 8, Two novation launchpads, Korg R3, Firebox, and a Mackie Mixer.
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.
Novation UltraNova now shipping
The new synth from Novation is now available at a store near you. The UltraNova is a ‘Nova’ series analogue-modelling synthesizer with a powerful effects processor. It is a single-part synth taking the legendary Supernova II synth engine as a starting point and packing it with the latest technology. It now has brand new features including wavetable synthesis, even more powerful filters, a software editor and a revolutionary new touch-sense performance mode.
Introducing The LepLoop – Synth, Sequencer, Drums In One
Laboratorio Elettronico Popolare (L. E. P. ) is proud to present to you a one-of-a kind analog synthesizer, sequencer and drum-machine: LEPLOOP! Small in nature but aggressive in sound, the user will be able to create a variety of analog timbres and beats. LEPLOOP was designed to be a minimalist electronic music live-performance groove-box, which can be used to create a variety of electronic musical styles.
TC-Helicon Love Song Competition
On Valentine’s Day, TC-Helicon launched a competition for singers using TC-Helicon products.The TC-Helicon Love Song Competition gives vocalists a chance to win TC-Helicon prize packages for recording love songs that feature any TC-Helicon product from VoiceLive 2 to the new VoiceTone Singles range.
Spectrasonics Omnisphere v1.5 update available now
Achieving excellence can take time and, after keeping us waiting on tender hooks for a couple of extra days, Spectrasonics have delivered just that in the form of the new awe-inspiring Omnisphere v1.5 update.
Allen&Heath Release iPad app for iLive digital mixing system
iLive MixPad connects to an iLive MixRack on a wireless network and provides the essential controls for live mixing, including channel faders and mutes, DCA faders and mutes, image controls, aux sends, channel processing, mic-pre control and full metering. Channel processing encompasses high-pass filters, gates, parametric and graphic EQs, compressors, limiters / de-essers and delays.
Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus – Official Video
You probably have noticed, if you’r into DJ gear, that the internet again has flooded with post on the new Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus mixer. And even this is the second post we have on this new mixer today, we still want you to watch the official video of the DJM-900 Nexus. The video has been set to private (all of a sudden by Pioneer) but our good friend Karl Detken has posted it on his Youtube account as well. So here it is! Watch how James Zabiela and Nic Fanciulli demonstrate this new mixer by Pioneer.
SSL releases Duende Native Plugin Collection
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles is proud to announce the release of Duende Native. Duende Native plug-ins are functionally and sonically identical to the highly acclaimed, but now discontinued DSP powered Duende plug-ins, but they run natively using your host computers processing resources.
Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus Unveiled
Pioneer stirs up the DJ scene with its next generation DJM-900nexus, a high performance digital mixer designed for today’s professional DJ performers. An ideal combination with Pioneer’s latest CDJ line of players, the DJM-900nexus offers a multitude of new features that includes a variety of onboard effects, increased sound quality, and direct PC connection to enable any DJ to perform to their utmost potential.
Printz Board (The Black Eyed Peas) talks Reason
We love these behind the scenes/production videos here at Gearjunkies.com They show so much more. How and why users use the software they have chosen. This time it’s the musical director of the Black Eyed Peas, Printz Board showing us how he creates a track with Propellerheads Reason.
Allen&Heath releases V1.8 iLive software
Allen & Heath has released the latest version of its iLive firmware and Editor software, V1.8. The software includes support of the new xDR-16 expander hardware, MixPad app, and a range of enhancements, including a new scene safes system, additional channel and mix compressor modes, greater I/O FX capabilities, a speaker matrix rack processor, third party TCP/IP control functionality, and output socket polarity.
Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus – Another mixer, another leak
Officially we can expect the whole ‘shabang’ (product details and images) tomorrow (17th february) but today already an image leaked onto the internet. Like Pioneer mentioned this new mixer will bring the ProDJ Link and Rekordbox to a new level. Just to be clear, we assume that the picture below is of the new DJM-900NXS. However the origin of the picture is unknown so we can’t be 100% sure, but it sure looks like the mixer shown in the original teaser video by Pioneer.
dbx Introduces new S Series Graphic Equalizers, Compressors and Crossovers
dbx® has enhanced its product line with new versions of its industry leading high-performance graphic equalizers, compressors and crossovers. The dbx S Series products are the next generation of the industry’s most successful signal processors. All products in the dbx S Series build upon 40 years of cutting-edge signal processing heritage. The new dbx S Series products feature a platinum front panel, and four color packaging with informative application suggestions for each product.