As far as we know it is a first. Instead of the other way round, Bleep!BOX is now available as a VST plugin. Originally released as an app for iPhone and iPad, this drum synth is coming to your desktop (PC and MAC). Now you can take presets you’ve made on your iPhone or iPad and load them up in your host sequencer of choice on your Mac or PC with full access to all parameters.
The Denon DN-MC6000 is a dedicated Traktor controller and digital mixer. Cased in solid steel it has excellent build quality and can be used to control other DVS systems via midi. The DN-MC6000 comes bundled with Traktor LE and works with both Mac and PC systems. If there is a direct competitor out there that will give the Native Instrumenst S4 Kontrol a run for their money it should be this DN-MC6000 controller.
Take a peak behind the scenes at Ableton‘s inaugural Hackathon! 30 developers spent 24 hours working on their pet projects, with some inspiring results. Does coding the night away with colleagues, coffee, and energy drinks sound like fun to you? Ableton is hiring!
Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the immediate availability of MPK mini, portable keyboard controller. MPK mini strikes the perfect balance between portability and comprehensive software control by melding together the immediate control and grab-and-go convenience of the LPK25 and LPD8. The MPK mini is less than 13 inches across and weighs just over one pound and easily fits into a laptop case, backpack or messenger bag for extreme portability.
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. Professional Sound and Visual Division today introduced a new pearl white version of its entry-level DJ system comprising of two CDJ-350-W digital media players and a DJM-350-W 2-channel mixer. As the popularity of music remixing increases, Pioneer continues to offer consumers the best way to engage in the art by offering innovative and fashionable DJ gear. The new pearl white CDJ-350-W and DJM-350-W models not only add a fashion statement to DJ performances but also offer two additional audio effects – Noise and Short Echo.
In time for the holiday season Steinberg are very happy to announce the release of three new service updates: the updates to WaveLab 7.0.1 and WaveLab Elements 7.0.1, and the CC121 1.6 update. All three updates are available as free downloads and add new functions.
Following the recent release of Native Instruments The Mouth, Tim’s voice-mangling, sound-controlled synth, here’s his first interactive audio-visual EP… the next step on Tim Exile’s quest to make music. A thing we do, not just a product you buy!
Mario Jurisch has done it again. After several other hardware controllers, he now has finished a controller for a Moog VSTi softsynth.This controller is special designed for the Voltwinkel MiniMogueVA softsynth (by Glen Stegner).
Daft Punk is BIG! Right? But with the release of Tron:Legacy their fame has become even bigger. Producing the OST for Tron they have ventured into new musical territories. When the news, that they would produce the OST, reached the internet (almost half a year ago), it was the buzz you just could not avoid. Everyone talked about it.
Behringer is taking the next step in the DJ Mixer market. At the coming NAMM they will introduce more of their NOX Series DJ Mixers. According to their PR chatter they won’t take any prisoners it seems. Well, … let’s wait till the NAMM, shall we?
The Octatrack DPS-1 is a 8 track dynamic performance sampler. The Octatrack is ideal for radical audio processing and performance oriented sampling. Every track features real-time pitch scaling & time stretch and the next generation Elektron step sequencer has been designed with maximum usability and efficiency in mind. And from this coming monday the 20th of December at 8.00 CET Elektron start taking pre-orders from the general public.
Yamaha announces a strategic partnership with Rupert Neve Designs, based on both parties involvement with VCM (Virtual Circuitry Modeling) Technology. VCM is an exclusive Yamaha digital technology, enabling engineers to achieve stunning sonic and musical performance by actually modeling the individual characteristics of a multitude of parts and components contributing to the final sound of original analog circuitry.
MiDi-to is a wireless DJ MiDi controller designed for Serato Scratch LiveTM. It is the first iPad MiDi controller designed for Serato that does not need any additional software to work. MiDi-to takes advantage of the new Core MIDI framework available with iOS 4.2 which minimizes setup and latency.
Retouch Control offers TouchOSC templates to control Propellerhead’s Record and Reason. So it is NOT an app but uses the TouchOSC app as a basis. TouchOSC is a universal iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad application that lets you send and receive Open Sound Control messages over a Wi-Fi network using the UDP protocol. Retouch Control is not available yet, more info is coming soon at www.retouchcontrol.com.
Reloop DJ has started with a new teaser campagne for their MISSION III controller. With just a little banner on their website they are telling us that they will introduce this new MISSION III at the coming NAMM in january.