Perhaps you have heard of the legendary Moog Taurus Bass Pedals? Perhaps this is your first introduction? Regardless, the Taurus has been called by many as the “Fattest Synth Ever”. Now you will know why Moog are bringing it back. Moog Music has set up a dedicated microsite for the new Taurus 3 Bass pedals.
Open Labs’ SoundSlate™, the ultimate virtual instrument player and hardware DAW for your keyboard workstation or MIDI controller, contained in a sexy 1U rackmountable case. SoundSlate™ redefines music production and performance by incorporating Open Labs’ music operating environment including the critically acclaimed virtual instrument host Riff™, 8000+ of sounds and effects, a robust audio i/o, and a powerful computer core running Windows XP into a 1U-ultra compact case that packs a punch.
Open Labs’ Jim Stout explains to you “What Is SoundSlate“?
TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 – the first official TRAKTOR controller for use with any DJ software. Whether you are a DVS timecode or software DJ, simply connect the TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 to a computer running TRAKTOR (or other performance software) and gain instant control of your decks and effect parameters.
Traktor DJs like Craze, Klever, Kenny Larkin, Loco Dice, Martinez Brothers’ Stevie, Rafik and Treasure Fingers are early adopters of the Traktor Kontrol X1. In this video, they explain their decision to integrate the X1 into their setup.
One year later, same city, different location. Music ALIVE 2010 hosted at the Hilton in Rotterdam by Media Satellite.
The location was very nice and well set up. At the entrance everyone got an Ableton goodie bag, with the obligatory promo pamflets, keychords, other goodies, but also a Dance Tunes voucher to download two tracks for free. Which is always nice of course!
Steinberg announces that its support for PowerPC systems is gradually coming to an end. Due to Apple’s decision not to support PowerPC processors in its latest operating system, Snow Leopard, Steinberg has decided to focus exclusively on Intel CPUs in the development and testing processes for its Mac-compatible products.
This means that the current versions of Steinberg products will be the last versions to officially support PowerPC processors. These product versions will support PowerPC processors for the full lifecycle of these versions.
In this video, Reason veteran Josh Mobley talks about his transition to using Record for his professional work. Combining Reason and Record offers significant improvements over Reason when used in a ReWire setting. Josh shows us how uses Reason drums rewired to Logic 9.
Ben Liebrand gave a stunning masterclass about Remixing, Producing and loads of insight Tip and Tricks how to use Ableton Live … and there was a special guest appearance of Sacha Liebrand too!
More pictures from the Music ALIVE 2010 event in Rotterdam. IK Multimedia gave us a sneak preview of Ampltitube 3 which was announced at the NAMM 2010 in Los Angeles.
Here are the first impressions of the Music ALIVE 2010 event. An afternoon around Computer Music products, Audio and Visual Performance. Allthough the weather isn’t helping (lots of snow again), many visitors have come to the Rotterdam Hilton to see the latest products and technologies, soft and hardware, touch the latest controllers, watch workshops, enjoy music and VJ performances.
Sunday is the day then! Music ALIVE 2010 at the Hilton in Rotterdam. Come and see the latest products and technologies, soft and hardware, touch the latest controllers, watch workshops, enjoy music and VJ performances. This is the place to network, bring your CDs and Laptop, show your latest songs and productions. Talk with product specialists, artists, producers, label managers, DJs and other users.
FREE ENTRANCE but registration is necessary – maximum Capacity 450 visitors – Sign Up at http://www.music-alive.nl
Reloop will be presenting several new (and updated) products at this years MusikMesse. In Frankfurt they will present a new model of their RMX-40 mixer, the IQ2 mixer, Digital Jockey 2 – PRO Traktor controller, and Play Portable PRO DJ interface.
Reloop Play – Portable PRO DJ 4 channel interface
A dream come true for every DAW user: With the Status 24|96 Sinn7 was able to create a combination of hi-end recording interface and monitor switch controller. High-resolution audio converters offer the finest sound with 24 bit / 96 kHz quality.
Like previous years, Media Satellite proudly presents Music ALIVE ’10 an afternoon around Computer Music products, Audio and Visual Performance. Gearjunkies has partnered up with Media Satellite to bring you detailed coverage of this event. Starting this week with details on new products/updates, exclusive artist performance announcements at the event, and next Sunday live news coverage from the event itself. If you don’t want to miss anything? Be sure to follow the Gearjunkies twitterfeed. Click on that ‘follow‘ button!
Simply plug your electronic instrument (synthesizer, guitar, whatever) into iConnectMIDI and you can play and control your music, using your iPhone or iPod, your instrument, or both at the same time.
Analogue Solutions introduces their new hardware sequencer Europa, which does not contain a ‘sound engine’. It has been designed from the ground up to be utilised with your MIDI synths, analogue modular, drum brains and drum machines. Europa was designed to be utilised with the SQ8 and Oberkorn analogue sequencers (and anything else with a compatible clock input).