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Beatslicing is more FUN when you hold the sample in your hands
Still only in prototype stages, OTTO is an electronic musical instrument for realtime manual beat slicing of audio samples.
Apogee announces compatibility with Snow Leopard
Apogee Electronics is pleased to announce Snow Leopard compatibility for Duet, ONE, Mini-FW, USB and X-Firewire interfaces.
Symbolic Sound releases software for chaining Pacarana with Kyma software
Symbolic Sound Corporation has expanded the real-time sound-computing power of its Paca(rana) sound engine by making it possible for Kyma sound designers to chain two or more multiprocessor Paca(rana)s together via the built-in A/B Expansion ports.
Stanton announces new SCS.3 System
By combining two of the Revolutionary SCS.3d controllers with the new SCS.3m MIDI mixer, plus including Native Instrument’s Traktor LE software, Stanton has put together the most popular SCS.3 configuration, all in one box ready to go.
Best Service TITAN FREE now as a free download
Get your free copy of our brand new TITAN Synthesizer now and discover how to make a big sound experience in our Sample Player ENGINE based on 12 great TITAN multi samples! Did you know that you can even import up to 24 of your own samples (per layer) into ENGINE? Make your experience with this unlimited version of ENGINE – more than a sample player – and the free TITAN demo content now!
Hardware step sequencer from Taktmaschinen: mOne
The mOne is a open source hardware sequenser from Germany.
Propellerhead Record 12th micro video tutorial
In this tutorial Propellerhead is exploring some of the creative uses of pattern based effects that are available in the Reason sound bank. If you have Record and Reason, all of Reason’s effects can be used on audio tracks in Record.
MOTU ready for the Snow Leopard
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard is due to ship on August 28th. To prepare for this major OS release, MOTU has worked closely with Apple to ensure a smooth transition for your MOTU products when you make the move to Snow Leopard.
Akai MINIAK now available
Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces that the MINIAK, the synthesizer specifically designed for today’s music production and performance styles, is now shipping to retailers.
Nord C2 Organ now shipping
Nord is proudly shipping the new Nord C2 Combo Organ. This is a direct descendant of the acclaimed and award winning C1, with the addition of many exciting features including a stunning baroque pipe organ. Ever since the introduction of the Nord C1 in 2007, life has been a bit easier on the organ player. No other unit delivers so much, at such a low cost, in such a compact and lightweight package. The sound and the versatility of the C1 has not only made it a player favorite, it has also received great accolades in the music press all over the world. With the introduction of the Nord C2, we now raise the performance bar a bit further – this is the new organ for others to compare against.
Finalised design for the Denon DN-HC1000S Controller
Skratchworx has the scoop on this one. They are showing the final design of the Denon’s Scratch Live focused DN-HC1000S controller. Designed to interface and aid DVS systems (turntables / CD players) with today’s most popular DJ software program, Scratch Live, the DN-HC1000S provides DJs a comfortable plug and play, reliable hardware controller for all major features and commands of the Scratch Live software system.
Xone:22 DJ Mixer from Allen and Heath Now Shipping
Allen & Heath is proud to be shipping the new Xone:22, a 2-channel analog DJ mixer offering high quality audio and a professional feature set at an amazing $399 US MAP price. The smallest and most affordable Xone mixer to date, the Xone:22 is equipped with Allen & Heath’s characteristic sound and build quality, plus professional-grade features that would normally be found in the booth of a top-rated club.
Tech / Progressive House Pack Alert
Latest from Wolsfraektroes Music – Tech House & Progressive House Producer will give you 200MB of up to the moment Tech House and Progressive House Bass Loops, Synth/Lead Loops, Drum Tops and Sidechained Effects. Tech House & Progressive House Producer contains 35 Bass Loops, 56 Top Loops, 68 Synth/Lead Loops & Sidechained Effects. All loops are key and tempo labeled and are served as 44.1 kHz Wav files. Tech House & Progressive House Producer – creativity & inspiration injection for all Tech House & Progressive House producers.
Propellerhead Record 11th video tutorial
The Record micro tutorials is a series of short and focused tutorial videos that will highlight one aspect of Record in each installment. Part 11 – Send effects are the effect units that you feed from the mixer’s effect sends. These are useful for effects like reverb or delay where you want to feed several channels through the same effect unit.
Driver updates for Lexicon I-ONIX series
Lexicon today announced it has released new Windows and Mac software drivers for the I∙ONIX series of Desktop Recording Interfaces. With the new 64-bit Windows driver, these interfaces now operate seamlessly on computers running Windows 64-bit XP and Vista operating systems. The new Mac driver improves performance and now supports all Mac computers operating on OS X 10.4.9 or higher regardless of whether they are based on a PowerPC or Intel processor.