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.
Mixvibes have released an update for their CrossDJ app for the iPad. CrossDJ for iPad has the best audio engine of the market, and proves it again with its new keylock function. No matter how much you pitch your track, the key of the track will remain perfectly unchanged, the music will not be distorted. This functionnality allows you to feel completely free and mix various music! At the end of the day, you are more focused on your mix, and less on the technology.
MPC Fly 30, which is now available for 30-pin devices, merges unmatched Akai Professional technology with the power of your iPad, embodying legendary capabilities that have made the MPC an industry standard. Its multifunctional, double-hinged design gives you the flexibility to produce tracks anywhere, while also acting as a protective case between sessions and giving you total access to your iPad for normal uses.
With that many typical Nord red keyboards you see on live stages and in studio setups you may wonder how much they can improve on a 4th version of a keyboard player oriented board for playing organs, piano’s, EP’s and whatnot. Short version is that they made it better. Long version will take some explaining but first the most important bit, the sound.
iRig Recorder is now available for Android. This powerful app turns your mobile device into a sophisticated field recorder. Download it for free from the Google Play Store, and start recording right away. Add the full feature set, including waveform editor and all effects, via in-app purchase, for only $4.99. Use iRig Recorder with your device’s built in mic, or increase fidelity by using the iRig MIC or iRig MIC Cast, or your own mic through iRig PRE. Get iRig Recorder and find out what the iOS world already knows: IK mobile products rock!
Native Instruments released HELIOS RAY – a new MASCHINE Expansion providing sounds and beats drawing from London’s broken beat scene and LA’s abstract beat producers. Containing three separate styles of drum kits as well as unique Melodic Kits and new MASSIVE presets, HELIOS RAY is out now for MASCHINE and MASCHINE MIKRO, with a compact version for iMASCHINE also now available as an in-app purchase via the Apple App Store.
Arturia is proud to announce availability of SPARK EDM, a powerful production and performance software suite dedicated to EDM (electronic dance music) production, and EDM, another aptly-named Expansion Pack for its revolutionary SPARK Creative Drum Machine and SparkLE Creative Drum Machine hybrid hardware/software beat production centres.
The wait is over, a winner has been chosen! When Austin resident Thomas Echols was choosen at random to win the 10th Anniversary Minimoog Voyager Moog knew they had the opportunity to do something very special. In order to surprise Tom with the gift of a lifetime, they invited him to play a brief set in front of Switched On as part of their presence at SXSW this year. Grateful for the invite and happy to play, Tom had no idea just how amazing a day this would turn out to be for him.
Sasha is a DJ who almost needs no introduction, but we’re going to give him one anyway… A living legend to many and certainly a widely-acknowledged inspiration to a plethora of DJs all around thanks to his advanced skills, blending tracks together into one seamless composition and playing with keys and chords like no other DJ. It was a complete honour for Point Blank to be able to not only speak with Sasha over the phone for this interview, but also to welcome him into Point Blank a few weeks back where he took a tour of the college.
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.
Elektron has teamed up with renowned sample producer Goldbaby to offer Cult of SP 1200, an Octatrack Sound pack brimming with old school vibes. All samples are straight out of the SP 1200 and, since Goldbaby are behind them, sound excellent of course.
At the Mix Move 2013 Reloop will present for the first time the highly anticipated reissue of the award-winning Jockey 3 ME: Reloop Jockey 3 Remix, the new Traktor controller flagship! Thanks to its powerful live control system, the Jockey 3 Remix is predestined for advanced Traktor Pro users who do not want any compromise when it comes to mashups, live remixing or spectacular effect manipulation but who are looking for a tool that perfectly supports their professional mixing skills.
Virsyn have announced that they have updated Addictive Synth for iPad to version 2.1. The unique dynamic wavetable synthesis allows you to explore an unprecedented wide range of sonic territory. From acid loops, crystal clear percussions, realistic human choirs to complex musical sound scapes nothing seems impossible with only a handful parameters to tweak.
d(–)b has been developed and made by the team that’s behind the popular controller app for Ableton Live, touchAble. This new modular dj app provides endless possibilities for DJs with an iPad. Its modular approach lets the app adapt to the user, not the other way around.
Propellerhead announced today a new major version of its award-winning Reason music software. With over 90 third party Rack Extensions expanding Reason’s rack of instruments and effects already available, Propellerhead has focused its attention on new creative and inspirational improvements for the mixer, the rack and the sequencer.