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New Venture from Loopmasters – Innovative Label Promoting New Artists
Loopmasters, the sample boutique has set up a new record label, Public Records to connect music lovers with new and emerging raw talent from the underground – offering a springboard to new artists who deserve recognition for their music.
New Glow In The Dark vinyl for Traktor Scratch released
Native Instruments have released new ‘Glow In The Dark’ control vinyls for Tracktor Scratch. The new vinyls are in fluorescent Blue, Orange and Green. Both TRAKTOR SCRATCH versions come with two black vinyl records and two control CDs. But if you want to brighten up your decks, NI are now offering vinyl records in hot new colors. The records cost $/€19 and also work with the previous TRAKTOR SCRATCH version.
FREE Voxengo Spectrum Analyzer updated
Voxengo SPAN version 2.2 update is now available for download. SPAN is a free real-time “fast Fourier transform” audio spectrum analyzer plug-in for professional music and audio production applications. For the most part it was derived from Voxengo GlissEQ dynamic parametric equalizer and reproduces its spectrum analysis functionality. SPAN conforms to AudioUnit and VST plugin specifications, and is available for Mac OS X (v.10.4.11 and later) and Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) computers.
New Tape Echo plug-in for the UAD-2 platform
Universal Audio announced the release of the highly anticipated EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in for the UAD-2. Universal Audio’s EP-34 Tape Echo plug-in gives guitar players and mix engineers the rich, warm tape delay effects of vintage Echoplex* units, now on the UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins platform for Mac and PC. One need only listen to classic recordings from Jimmy Page, Brian May, Chick Corea, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Johnson and Andy Summers to hear the Echoplex sound in action.
Full 64-bit compatibility for Melodyne with 1.2. update
Celemony is proud to announce Version 1.2 of Melodyne editor, Melodyne assistant and Melodyne essential. The update brings full 64-bit compatibility and various optimizations. What lies behind 64-bit technology and what profit there is in it for software like Melodyne in particular are explained in a Celemony film.
The Bridge – Closer Look – Video
Ableton and Serato today announced the release of The Bridge, a software partnership which brings together DJ performance and production. The new tools generated by this partnership emphasize ease and creativity while pushing the boundaries of live performance. Below are two videos to give us some more insight in the use of The Bridge for DJ’s.
New Sounds for the FabFilter Twin 2
FabFilter has released two new sound sets for the FabFilter Twin 2 synthesizer plug-in: Dirty House and Ambient. In addition, the new Sound Set Bundle now combines all five currently available sound sets in a single download.
Chromeo: Oldskool Gear in Todays Electrofunk
It is still being done! Artists who stay true to their past. And with this I mean, they still make music like it’s 1987. No software emulations of the great analog vintage gear from that era, loaded in a state-of-the-art DAW. Nope, they still use that exact same gear from that era! A perfect example of a band who does just that is Chromeo. Doing their magic from their small vintage packed Midi studio.
Ableton and Softube team up for guitar plugin – Ableton Amp
Ableton Amp is the result of a close cooperation between Softube and Ableton. Getting a great guitar sound or adding a bit of good dirt to electronic tracks within Ableton Live has never been this easy. Ableton Amp has the characteristic tone of legendary guitar amplifiers and cabinets without any of the hassles. Amp has a minimal but very powerful parameter set to make sure that you’ll get the quickest result possible.
Serato unleashes The Bridge
Serato and Ableton are pleased to announce the release of The Bridge, a software partnership which brings together DJ performance and production. The new tools generated by this partnership emphasize ease and creativity while pushing the boundaries of live performance.
Multiband Compression with the Waves C6
For years, the C4 has been a favorite of studio engineers the world over, and in live sound, it’s quickly become a must-have for FOH and monitor professionals as well. To create the C6, we took the tried-and-true functions of the C4, and added two additional floating bands plus a sidechain feature, for one-stop vocal and instrument shaping.
Loop, Layer, Rock! – BOSS World Loop Contest 2010
Enter Today and Show Them What You’ve Got! – Win an all-expenses-paid (transportation & hotel) trip to the Music & You show (Paris) to compete at the RCE Finals for the Grand Prize: a 750 € BOSS/Roland Product Voucher and an all-expenses-paid (air fare, hotel and meal budget) trip to Los Angeles, California to compete at the International Finals for the title of BOSS Loop Station World Champion 2010.
NI TRAKTORs 12 – DJ Effects In Your DAW
TRAKTOR’S 12 brings the intense buzz of the club to your studio productions or live stage performances. A dozen of TRAKTOR’s tried and tested floor-rocking effects have been adapted for easy use within your DAW. TRAKTOR’s 12 includes some of the most inspiring and contemporary sounds from TRAKTOR’s arsenal – effects that have been road tested by top DJs in the world’s biggest clubs. Incredible delays, reverbs, and filters join TRAKTOR’s unique and hugely popular Beatmasher, Transpose Stretch and Mulholland Drive, among others, to form a powerful studio tool with true club pedigree.
StompBox for the iPad teaser video
StompBox turns your iPad into a great sounding fully fledged digital effects unit, complete with chromatic guitar tuner, metronome and recording tools. And we have a teaser video!
Introducing whiteLABEL Bolsterisers – Naive Dynamics Plugins
The bolsterisers hark from a time before compression as we now know it. A long-obscure English experimentalist engineer and gentleman scientist by the name of Edwin Pierfax III derived his naive design of the original bolsteriser during a nap on the lawn with his cat Tiswold. He is said to have announced one day during afternoon-tea that he had “found a method to aid in the bolsterising of signals to an extent most satisfactory”.