IK Multimedia announced iPad Air compatibility for its iKlip 2 universal microphone stand adapter and iKlip Stand tabletop holder. Designed and manufactured in Italy, both accessories perfectly fit Apple’s sleek new tablet, thanks to the addition of four easy snap-in adapters that will be included in the box.
Elektron had already told us they would bring something new to the NAMM show. And today they are giving us (and you) just a little sneak preview of what to expect. If we look closely, it appears to be an Octatrack with colorful drumpads (like we saw on some of the NI instruments). However, Elektron is sticking to their usual practise of NOT saying anything more then this. We’ll have to wait til NAMM!
Mixvibes introduces Cross 3, its new flagship Mac/PC software bringing major video features, frequency colored waveforms and more. The new version will be availbale in three versions: Cross DJ Free, Cross DJ and Cross (Pro version).
Focusrite announces a revolution in iPad recording with the introduction of iTrack Dock – the complete music recording solution for iPad. iTrack Dock is a comprehensive studio-quality Lightning iPad recording interface, featuring dual legendary Focusrite microphone preamps plus two line inputs and an instrument DI, independent stereo monitor and headphone outputs, and a USB port for class-compliant MIDI instruments and controllers. iTrack Dock provides everything required to record, monitor and control music on Lightning iPad – with precision Focusrite digital conversion at up to 24-bit, 96kHz sampling. It even charges and powers the iPad at the same time.
Acoustica announces the release of AeroMIDI 3D MIDI controller software. This groundbreaking software allows users to trigger notes and MIDI continuous controller messages with hand and finger movements in 3D space. AeroMIDI works with any MIDI software or hardware including synthesizers, lighting rigs, DAWs, effects, virtual instruments, and more.
Akai Professional is continually updating and enhancing the MPC experience. Today they have announced that the version 1.6 of the MPC software is available for download now, adding new features and fixing a number of bugs.
Fantastic news for all the gearjunkies and gearheads outthere! Roland is returning one of his legend instruments, the TR-808 drummachine. For now they haven’t released much information yet, but yesterday they released this video below and are very clear about it that there will be a comeback for the TR-808. The new name will be AIRA.
In celebration of its 15th anniversary, Red Bull Music Academy has teamed up with award-winning director Ralf Schmerberg to create a full-length feature film.
TC Electronic have introduced the new Ditto X2 Looper pedal. The original Ditto Looper rocked guitarists with a lust for looping like nothing else. Finally something that was simple, made for guitarists and sounded great. With the X2 they claim to have made it all even better, plus adding new next level looping features.
ROLI, a ground-breaking music technology startup based in London, will be exhibiting at the NAMM Show for the first time. They will be presenting their Seaboard GRAND, a new musical instrument that has attracted a great deal of attention in musician and tech communities, as well as the press. The NAMM Show is the world’s largest trade-only event for the music products industry. It is held every January in Anaheim, CA, and this year’s dates are Thursday, January 23th to Sunday, January 26th.
Developed in association with renowned pro audio inventor Dan Dugan, the Waves Dugan Automixer is a groundbreaking software version of the popular Dugan Speech System Automatic Mixing Controllers used the world over.
While outfitting the first dedicated film music mix room in the world with Dolby Atmos capability, multi-award-winning film scoring mixer Dennis Sands needed an elegant solution to connect the multi-channel surround processor to his monitor system. When Sands and his design consultants, Ron Lagerlof of Visioneering Design and Andy Potvin from Dolby Laboratories, Inc., learned that Focusrite would shortly begin shipping the RedNet 6 MADI Bridge, they knew they had found that solution, and—sight unseen—ordered and installed one of the first units to be produced.
The GRAMMY-nominated indie folk band Milk Carton Kids found the sound and the look they needed to take out on the road with Ear Trumpet Labs’ Edwina and Edna microphones.
Singular Sound will announce the launch of their crowdfunding campaign to support the production of the BeatBuddy — the world’s first guitar pedal drum machine.
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.