Due to overwhelming demand, a repress of I DREAM OF WIRES: HARDCORE EDITION has been announced, an independent documentary epic exploring the history, demise and resurgence of the ultimate electronic music machine, the MODULAR SYNTHESIZER. Available to order now from the new SCIENCE WITH SYNTHESIZERS webshop, and coming soon to other select retailers.
Mixvibes is introducing an interesting new function with version 2.6 of their Cross DJ software for mac and pc. You now can sync rekordbox™ within Cross DJ. As you know, CDJ-2000NXS are the club standard. All it takes is a USB stick and you’re ready to rock any venue. However, at home, some people use DJ software with CDJs, controllers or DVS. To retrieve their hot cues, loops and playlists in the club’s CDJ-2000NXS, they have to prepare their music in rekordbox™. With rekordbox sync, what is already prepared in Cross DJ is automatically reflected in rekordbox™.
WaveDNA is excited to announce a significant update to the full version of Liquid Rhythm beat generation software, including powerful new MIDI sequencing and editing tools to create and remix drum patterns. This can now be achieved either directly in Ableton Live clips via Max4Live as a plug-in, or as a stand-alone application. Additionally, the company has released Liquid Rhythm Intro, a condensed version of Liquid Rhythm to increase accessibility for the electronic musician, music producer, DJ and film/television composer communities of music creators.
This week Akai Pro have released the latest version of the MPC Software (version 1.5). Next to several maintenance improvements of the sofware, Akai has added some new features as well. In the video below Dan Gill shows off some of these new features of the 1.5 version software.
Melodyne offers unique possibilities for the enhancement of audio – from vocal tuning to rhythmic editing and even harmonic restructuring. In the course of a series of free seminars, Celemony explains how to make effective use of these possibilities to correct and polish recordings.
The very attentive users on the Sequencer.de forum did catch another ‘booboo’ from a retailer. It seems that Sweetwater already have printed their coming catalog and already posted a new line of Minifoogers by Moog. The new series are all analog effect pedals and consists of a MF Trem, MF Delay, MF Ring, MF Boost and MF Drive.
Mixvibes Cross DJ for iPad 1.4 ships this week. Big news: it can be controlled by wellknown controllers. Actually, it’s the first time some of these controllers can be used with an iPad.
We heard some rumours about a new MASCHINE through the grapevine for a while now, but rumours are rumours. We were pretty excited, but also cautious if these rumours would carry any truth with them. But today, the rumours were confirmed by Native Instruments as they announce MASCHINE STUDIO and MASCHINE 2.0 – the new flagship groove production studio and next generation of MASCHINE software.
Well, we all know the pearl-white versions of Pioneer CDJs, mixers and controllers, next to the standard black versions. However, the brand is taking the next step, … and are going for gold this time! They now claim their flagship Serato controller has received the Midas touch, with the release of a Limited Edition Digital DJ SX (model name: DDJ-SX-N) in opulent gold.
As seen on the Sweetwater website: the ‘new’ Native Instruments Maschine Studio. Real or fake? Ow please, let this be true! Jogwheel, extended transport control, two display’s and please: let there be an audio interface inside…
One of the major issues of getting a mix right is to know how well the mix translates on any given speaker system. How more worse it sounds the better in that case. That’s why I use the stock audio system in my car because it sounds abysmal which is perfect to check mixes. Also when your monitors aren’t that pristine, when you are listening to a mix, you’ll often miss out on details. The other way around applies as well. Even when you have a mastering grade sound system you may wonder how it will sound on a consumer grade sound system. Of course you can create your own impulse responses of various environments and use them with a impulse response plug-in to create this effect but that takes effort and time.
With the MOTU Artist Spotlight series, MOTU offers us an insight in the methods and workings of artists, DJs and producers who use their software and equipment. The most recent episode is with Virtual Boy and their use of MOTU audio interfaces and other hardware.
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.
Native Instruments introduced KINETIC METAL, a new instrument for creating ethereal sound beds, shifting textures, and delicate, tonal percussion. KINETIC METAL combines creatively-sampled, unconventional metal objects with artificial waveforms and is aimed primarily at producers and sound designers seeking atmospheric textures, mallet-like lead sounds, and delicate percussion. Two large, easy-to-use modification wheels allow users to quickly manipulate the sound. An auto-motion feature allows producers to set one or both of these wheels turning on their own, giving them freedom to focus on performance. KINETIC METAL runs in KONTAKT 5 and the free KONTAKT 5 PLAYER.
Based on the motto “Shape your Performance” Reloop will disclose new studio products at the BPM Show. Reloop Keyfadr and Keypad are especially designed and optimized DAW controllers for Ableton Live 9. The Reloop Studio Keyfadr combines some of the most useful control functions for music production into a compact and versatile DAW controller for producers and performers using Ableton.