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Remiix: Plastikman Replikants app
Richie Hawtin introduces Liine’s new interactive music concept with Remiix: Plastikman Replikants. Available on the iTunes App Store, Remiix lets you combine and transform original Plastikman tracks and reinterpretations from your iPhone or iPad. Richie Hawtin’s Plastikman alias is synonymous with blurring the concept of performance and experience, with stripping back the boundaries between music and technology and merging artist and audience.
Scratched To Death with a Denon DJ DN-X600 and DMC Champ JFB
The Denon DN-X600 is a highly spec’d 2-channel performance mixer, optimised for both traditional vinyl techniques and the latest digital media and computer DJ systems, that offers levels of technology and performance comparable with Denon’s flagship 4-channel models. Solid steel chassis construction, professional grade components and powerful USB MIDI capabilities make this a robust gigging tool, equally at home in the booth or the studio.
White, the new Black for Pioneer DJ CDJ-350-W and DJM-350-W
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. Professional Sound and Visual Division today introduced a new pearl white version of its entry-level DJ system comprising of two CDJ-350-W digital media players and a DJM-350-W 2-channel mixer. As the popularity of music remixing increases, Pioneer continues to offer consumers the best way to engage in the art by offering innovative and fashionable DJ gear. The new pearl white CDJ-350-W and DJM-350-W models not only add a fashion statement to DJ performances but also offer two additional audio effects – Noise and Short Echo.
Free Reaktor synth from Native Instruments – Mikro Prism
MIKRO PRISM is a new free instrument, based on the successful synthesizer REAKTOR PRISM. Using the same sound engine as its bigger brother and REAKTOR 5.5’s new dynamic ”Modal Bank” technology, this fully-playable instrument shines with a stunning range of brilliant sounds.
Updates for Steinberg Wavelab and CC121 Controller
In time for the holiday season Steinberg are very happy to announce the release of three new service updates: the updates to WaveLab 7.0.1 and WaveLab Elements 7.0.1, and the CC121 1.6 update. All three updates are available as free downloads and add new functions.
Tim Exile – MOUTH Interactive EP for Free!
Following the recent release of Native Instruments The Mouth, Tim’s voice-mangling, sound-controlled synth, here’s his first interactive audio-visual EP… the next step on Tim Exile’s quest to make music. A thing we do, not just a product you buy!
Moog VSTi controller from Synth-Project
Mario Jurisch has done it again. After several other hardware controllers, he now has finished a controller for a Moog VSTi softsynth.This controller is special designed for the Voltwinkel MiniMogueVA softsynth (by Glen Stegner).
Something for the Weekend: The History of Daft Punk
Daft Punk is BIG! Right? But with the release of Tron:Legacy their fame has become even bigger. Producing the OST for Tron they have ventured into new musical territories. When the news, that they would produce the OST, reached the internet (almost half a year ago), it was the buzz you just could not avoid. Everyone talked about it.
Get knocked out with Behringer NOX Series DJ Mixers
Behringer is taking the next step in the DJ Mixer market. At the coming NAMM they will introduce more of their NOX Series DJ Mixers. According to their PR chatter they won’t take any prisoners it seems. Well, … let’s wait till the NAMM, shall we?
New Sounds and Samples on Sample Saturday
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NAMM 2011: The Kemper Profiling Amplifier
Kemper GmbH announce the new Kemper Profiling Amplifier to be unveiled at the NAMM Show 2011 in Los Angeles. The Kemper Profiling Amplifier is an entirely new concept for guitar amplification in the digital domain. Following the radical idea that every guitar player should be able to bring his personal sound of the tube amp setup he owns into a versatile, comfortable and most important reproducible format: The Kemper Profiling Amplifier “learns” the sonic behavior of any guitar amplifier and offers exactly the tone and feel the player knows from his “real” amp. The times of struggling to “re-find” that magic mic position in front of the speaker are over. Now there will be a profile available of basically any sonic condition the tube amp setup can provide.
A Machine That Makes Music? Yes, the Elektron Octatrack!
The Octatrack DPS-1 is a 8 track dynamic performance sampler. The Octatrack is ideal for radical audio processing and performance oriented sampling. Every track features real-time pitch scaling & time stretch and the next generation Elektron step sequencer has been designed with maximum usability and efficiency in mind. And from this coming monday the 20th of December at 8.00 CET Elektron start taking pre-orders from the general public.
Mixvibes releases Cross 1.5 DJ Software
MixVibes, leading company in DJ technologies for over 10 years announces the release of a new update of CROSS, digital DJ solution for professional and advanced DJs. The CROSS 1.5 update brings major improvements to this powerful solution.
Interesting Strategic Alliance Between Yamaha and Rupert Neve Designs
Yamaha announces a strategic partnership with Rupert Neve Designs, based on both parties involvement with VCM (Virtual Circuitry Modeling) Technology. VCM is an exclusive Yamaha digital technology, enabling engineers to achieve stunning sonic and musical performance by actually modeling the individual characteristics of a multitude of parts and components contributing to the final sound of original analog circuitry.
MiDi-to iPad MiDi controller for Serato Scratch
MiDi-to is a wireless DJ MiDi controller designed for Serato Scratch LiveTM. It is the first iPad MiDi controller designed for Serato that does not need any additional software to work. MiDi-to takes advantage of the new Core MIDI framework available with iOS 4.2 which minimizes setup and latency.