Propellerhead caught up with music production duo KOAN Sound to learn a bit more about how they use Reason in their music. Little that they knew that they’d reveal some truly amazing tips for designing synths and bass lines. Read on to find out how they create those gut-wrenching bass sounds and mind-bending effects!
Arturia is proud to announce availability of its KeyLab range of professional-grade MIDI keyboard controllers complete with all-new accompanying Analog Lab synthesizer software. Furthermore Arturia released firmware updates for the Keylab series.
This is a nice video we came across through Mixmag. It’s an interview with the current ‘bosses’ of Native Instruments, Mate Galic and Daniel Haver. They tell us more about Native Instruments and a bit of its origins. We think it is a cool video as Native Instruments were, and still are, some a the real innovators when it comes to (digital) music technology.
Roland sat down with Daedelus to talk about his upcoming Roland Radio set and the gear he’s been using to make his unique sounds. Roland Radio is a new monthly web broadcast featuring cutting-edge artists creating music with new and classic Roland gear.
Introducing The Looploft‘s first collection of multitrack drum sessions customized specifically for Pro Tools. Simon Phillips Session Tracks contains custom Pro Tools .ptf templates for all 34 sessions, already mixed utilizing native Avid plug-ins, and includes additional tracks for guitar, keys and vocals, as well as reverb, delay and chorus all ready to go so you can get creative straight from the start.
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.
“It all started with one machine“. One sentence you must have heart many times. For any ‘real’ gearhead the collection of gear is something that’s almost unevitable, because we all just love … gear. Joe Mansfield is no exception. His ‘addiction’ is drummachines. His own private collection contains of 75 machines already. He loves them so much he wrote a book about it: “Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession“.
First published in 2011, Sound On Sound editor-in-chief Paul White’s Producer’s Manual became an instant best-seller. Now the team behind the book present this all-new and expanded iPad edition featuring all of the original content across 320+ immersive pages alongside over an hour’s worth of video walkthroughs direct from Paul’s studio, fully enlargeable photos, diagrams and an expansive glossary.
Output, a Los Angeles based music software company is opening it’s doors Nov 12, 2013 and launching REV – the world’s first collection (and a massive one) of instruments, loops, rises, pads, pulses, swells and more all in REVERSE. Released in partnership with Native Instruments, REV is built within the Kontakt engine and installable through the NI Service Center.
A recent four-night stint for funk great Maceo Parker and band at San Francisco’s acclaimed new SFJAZZ Center was saved from an abrupt and untimely end, thanks to cool heads, quick thinking, and a well-placed PreSonus StudioLive 24.4.2 console.
And they named it ‘FLOW‘! Mixed In Key have released their DJ mixing application that they announced a while back and where you could suggest its name. This new application is not just another DJ mixing program, according to MIK it’s a world-exclusive: the decks allow you to beatmatch and crossfade inside the same track.
The new flagship groove production studio delivers definitive hands-on control and new hi-res color displays. The ultimate groove has arrived. Finger drumming pioneer Jeremy Ellis performs a brand-new, completely live routine on MASCHINE STUDIO.
The DJ44 is the first member of a new line called SOLID CONTROL. The device is packed in a covered alu case with massive alu faceplate and high quality controls. You will find all necessary controls to mix perfectly with two decks using the internal software mixer and effects of Traktor Pro.
Today Steinberg introduces a six-in, four-out USB audio interface, featuring comprehensive connectivity, with studio-grade sound quality and a great software bundle. The UR44 audio interface audio interface that will be available in January 2014, further extending the Steinberg UR range of USB 2.0 interfaces.
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.