With one semi-professional and two avid amateur DJ’s, DJ gear has always been a big part of our love for gear since we started back in 2003 with Gearjunkies. So if you’d ask us what piece of equipment, we think, has made a big impact in the world of DJ’ing, the Vestax VCI-100 would definitely make that list! Vestax themselves honour the VCI-100 with a special write up on thier website: “The history of the VCI-100″.
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.
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) saw the host broadcaster and production team create a spectacular and joyous festival of songs and unique performances to delight an audience of over 100 million viewers. From the Olympic-style flag-waving entry of the 26 finalists into the arena – via a bridge that was lowered over the auditorium – to the hilarious Stockholm tour given by spoof “Official EBU Host” Lynda Woodruff: the programme on 18 May was varied and captivating. A star turn was provided by actress and comedienne Petra Mede, who hosted the contest and also performed as a singer and dancer. Both she and the artists relied on Sennheiser Digital 9000 microphones and 2000 Series in-ear monitors for the show.
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of creative tools for audio professionals, is pleased to announce that Grammy-winning Nashville mix engineer and producer Rob Burrell has improved the tone and workflow in his personal workspace, emotionmix studios with an SSL X-Desk.
Sonnox Plug-ins spent some time with Grammy-nominated DJ / Producer StoneBridge at his studio in Stockholm, where he talks about his long career in dance music and shows some invaluable tips and settings that he uses all the time with Sonnox plug-ins.
The result of years of experience in Ableton Live multitouch control, the long-awaited Live iPad controller from Liine and ST8 is finally here. Built on what they learned from making Mu, Griid, Kapture Pad and Lemur, LiveControl 2 gives you every single feature you need to jam, produce and perform with Ableton Live. All the best features for controlling Live from your iPad or iPad Mini have been regrouped, refined and streamlined, making LiveControl 2 the ultimate Ableton Live multitouch experience.
MixVibes announced a major update on iPhone and iPad with the Record & Share new functionalities. Cross DJ is the first app to record and share mixes on Soundcloud. Record, edit and share your mix on Soundcloud straight from your iPhone or iPad. No computer needed, it’s all built in the app.
Native Instruments launched a new ‘Happy Hour‘ sales special for the TRAKTOR KONTROL Z2 – the 2+2 channel DJ control mixer. The Z2 will be available exclusively to TRAKTOR DJs for the special price of $599 / 599 € / 59800 ¥ until June 30, 2013. Usually retailing at $899 / 799 € / 83800 ¥, TRAKTOR KONTROL Z2 is available both at the NI Online Shop, and at participating retailers worldwide. DJs wishing to take advantage of this special offer at retailers need simply to provide a valid proof of purchase for a TRAKTOR product.
This is a first for us, if I remember correctly, but this post is intended to draw some attention to a free download of a complete album by Different Marks. This is a collaborative project between Martin Dawson (King Roc, Two Armadillo), Grzegorz Demiañczuk and Voitek Tarañczuk (Catz N’ Dogz). On 12th November last year, Martin unexpectedly passed away. The album was completed shortly before his tragic death.
With the release of Propellerhead Reason 7 just recently, they have made a big step forward with this ‘all in the box’ DAW. Our friends from Sweden have released a microtutorial on the Audiomatic Retro Transformer rack extension that comes free with Reason 7.
Check out Martin, the fearless support team leader at Serato, showing off his skills on the Vestax VCI-380 and Serato DJ. It’s fair to say, the team spends their fair share of time with the gear. Great little demo, direct from the Serato office!
Novation‘s latest MIDI controller is now available worldwide! Based around a 25, 49 or 61-note keyboard with 16 velocity-sensitive multi-colour launch pads, Launchkey features the Launchkey app (an iPad performance synth) as well as a Launchpad app that provides drag-and-drop loop playback from the pads and realtime effects including stutter and filter effects. InControl technology instantly maps the hardware giving you hands-on control of your mixer, transport and more in Ableton Live, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Reason, Logic and Cubase.
Native Instruments announced new pricing on MASCHINE CUSTOM KITS – sets of colored faceplates and matching knobs for customizing the MASCHINE MK2 hardware.
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.
The original Hartmann Neuron was an electronic musical instrument designed and built by German industry designer Axel Hartmann in the years 2001-2004. The Neuron synthesizer used an Artificial Neural Network to create a digital computer model from sampled sounds, implementing a new synthesis technology which was developed by Stephan Bernsee at Prosoniq.