Pioneer is set to enter the professional audio market with the launch of its flagship club sound system. Drawing on Pioneer’s rich heritage in sound reproduction, deep understanding of the club industry, and close collaboration with Gary Stewart Audio (GSA) and Powersoft, this exciting arrival promises to make waves in Ibiza this season.
Native Instruments launched the ‘MORE SOUND TO THE POUND’ sales special. For a limited-time, customers purchasing the MASCHINE or MASCHINE MIKRO groove production studios get MASCHINE Expansions for free.
With his latest collaboration single by Daft Punk, ‘Get Lucky’ reaching No.1 in over 50 countries around the globe, it was a huge honour for the International Music Summit (IMS), when Nile Rodgers agreed to create the IMS Anthem, which was then to be remixed by Eats Everything. After a hugely successful summit, it was agreed live by Nile Rodgers that the single would be put up for charity auction for licensing rights.
There is something special about the metal outfit In Flames and how they constantly challenge the unwritten rules of music. Unruly and difficult to pinpoint, each album different from the others. Metal with hint of death, layers of electronic wizardry and vocals oscillating between being harshly desperate and clear as crystal. Their signature sound is not something fixed, it is ever evolving and hard to describe as something else than In Flames in full effect.
Below are some of the new 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.
These past months we saw a few pictures on the Twitter feed of Junkie XL, showing some of the work he was doing with Hans Zimmer on the soundtrack for The Man Of Steel motion picture. The images were of a drum studio set up of twelve drum kits, all facing eachother. To us that looked very interesting.
Toolroom Records returns with another outstanding set of royalty free samples for you to enjoy! And to celebrate this release, they have launched a producer competition exclusively on Beatport, with a set of money can’t buy prizes!
Daft Punk‘s long-awaited return, Random Access Memories, is a glorious reimagining of late ’70s/early ’80s disco, circa 2013. Shooting to number one in 20 countries upon its release, Random Access Memories was mixed at Conway Studios in Los Angeles by Mick Guzauski, whose impressive list of credits include Burt Bacharach, Madonna, Johnny Mathis, Quincy Jones, and Cher.
Native Instruments have released version 2.6.2. of the Traktor Pro software. It is a usual (maintenance) update like many others, except for a few details. This version lets you unlock the Remix Decks. Now these decks can be mapped to all controllers. Previously this was only possible with Native’s own F1 controller. Next to this unlocking feature, the software also supports the new Kontrol Z1 mixer.
Rekord Buddy is the world’s most advanced syncing tool for Traktor and Rekordbox. Whether you’re a Traktor DJ who wants the flexibility of using CDJs for some of your gigs, a Rekordbox DJ who wants to give Traktor a try or a regular user of both programs, Rekord Buddy is the simplest and most powerful way to keep your music collections in sync at all times.
Groove 3 have cooked up something special for Sonalksis users! Right now you can get their “Sonalksis Plug-Ins Explained” video tutorials at an amazing price during their month long “The More You Spend, The More You Save” sale. Spend $25 and get 10% off, spend $50 and get 20% off, and spend $75 or more and get a whopping 33% off your entire order. Just add products to your cart and the discounts are automatically applied.
Meet the all-new vjay, enhanced for iPhone and iPad! It’s our biggest update yet. Take your video mash-ups to another level with unprecedented tools to seamlessly mix and scratch video content just as a DJ would with music. Update today! Loving vjay? Be the first to tell your friends that vjay is currently available free for one week, as it was just picked App of the Week on the App Store worldwide!
Cleaver people with their cleaver ideas! The people at Kontor Records wanted to come up with an idea to improve the result on their promo mailings. They came up with the idea to grab the attention by using good old ‘vinyl‘. But with vinyl you need a player to play the record. So they included one in the mailing.
This month, Producertech have unveiled two fantastic additions to their range of online courses, both of which uncover the secrets behind producing professional-quality house music with Logic Pro. The first of these courses is by none other than Dale Anderson, one of the leading figures in the house music scene for over a decade, having appeared on multiple compilations including Ministry of Sound, Renaissance, Defected and Armada. The second course is by one of the most prolific and award-winning in-house contributors to the Loopmasters sample pack range, Andy Lee.
Native Instruments today launched a limited time offer for the TRAKTOR KONTROL S4 – the all-in-one 4+1 channel DJ system. This new price of $599 / 599 € /¥ 59,800 is valid at the NI Online Shop and at participating retailers, and represents a substantial saving on the previous price of $899 / 799 € / ¥ 83,800*. This offer is valid from today until August 31 2013, or until stock lasts.