How would a Roland TR-808 sound like in the real world? A question Moritz Simon Geist has answered with his MR-808 Mechanical Drum Robot installation. The robot installation MR-808 is a replica of the famous 1980s electronic drum machine TR-808 – with robots playing the drum sounds!
As we can expect from Pioneer they also release a special colorsetting for their RMX-1000. At the end of this month you will be able to get a Remix Station in a stylish pearl white finnish.
Nektar announced the release of Panorama P4 support for 14 new Reason Rack Extensions, taking the total of supported RE’s up to 38 in total. The Panorama P4 has quickly become known as the ultimate keyboard controller choice for Reason users and the most complete integrated controller experience on the market. For musicians who are looking for advanced control and integrated workflow, Panorama is the instrument that makes Reason playable like a hardware keyboard workstation. This new release now further cements this position and shows Nektar’s continued dedication to the Reason platform.
BEHRINGER is proud to announce the availability of its XENYX Q Series USB mixers. Ideal for any audio-mixing application, the Q Series combines latest technologies with ultra-versatile functionality at an affordable price point.
Native Instruments today announced that the world’s first 2+2 channel control mixer TRAKTOR KONTROL Z2 is now available in stores worldwide and at the NI Online Shop. TRAKTOR KONTROL Z2 is constructed of aircraft-grade aluminum and provides two stand-alone channels with two full Remix channels, a high-quality soundcard, and a host of new features that offer DJs top-of-the line performance coupled with tour-ready reliability. These hardware and software advancements make TRAKTOR KONTROL Z2 the first professional club mixer from Native Instruments.
Something that popped up on our radar last week from a german company called Endeavour. A very stylish new keyboard controller called the Evo. It is a pure keyboard controller that is connected to a computer via an Ethernet interface, and that communicates via Midi, OSC or our own in-house protocol with synthesizers, sequencers or similar. The keys are the special feature here. Every single key is equipped with a sensor that allows evo to read the finger position on a certain area of the key surface. Thus, every key offers, in addition to pitch and velocity, an additional level of polyphonic data input that can be used for continuous control of independent notes.
Here it is! A great give-away from our friends at Reloop. Thanks to them we can give away a Terminal Mix 4 DJ Controller. We had one at our disposal earlier this year for a review. And to be honest this controller impressed us. We liked it! So therefor we are happy to give one out to our followers and friends!
These are the 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.
Through the relase of the video below Elektron announces a new product for the 4th quarter of this year. So that means any day now (kinda). For us, Elektron is famous for not leaking any information before the official release date. And we expect that this time as well, so for now you can only listen to the new product and wait for any visual or detailed specifications information.
Yesterday the Serato DJ software is released. The software had been introduced last month together with the introduction of the Pioneer DDJ-SX. This newest DJ software from Serato offers the best feature set for all-in-one controllers and sets a new standard for controller DJs. With many new features including amazing new FX Powered by iZotope, MIDI mapping and a brand new user interface, Serato DJ delivers the most powerful all-in-one DJ solutions.
Very silently Livid Instruments has introduced another new controller called the Alias8. This controller is Livid’s take on making things simple again. Easier. Sometimes you just need to control a mixdown, latch onto some plugins, or setup some sliders and knobs to always do “just one thing.”
Word from Denon DJ is that their new MC2000 DJ controller is now available is stores right now. The MC2000 doesn’t need to be plugged into a mains power supply for you to get thrashing out tunes – it’s USB Bus powered which means if you want to show off your latest mix then you simply need to power up your laptop and plug in the MC2000 with a USB cable (supplied). Serato DJ Intro software detects the controller automatically and is ready to work from the moment you take out of the box and plug in – giving you true ‘plug & play’ functionality.
Rob Papen, friend of Gearjunkies, is a Dutch sound designer whose sounds and virtual synthesizers like Blade and Predator are used by a lot of producers all over the world, has completed his 4 Element Synth book and DVD. He told us that he originally planned just one DVD with a bookled inside. Now, over five years and many hours of script writing, filming and editing later, he is finished and all the content is not on one but on four DVDs with over 10 hours of material and a book with over 200 pages of content.
Big announcement from Ableton today. Not only did they release the details for Live 9 but they also introduced a specific Ableton controller, named Push. Ableton did the design of Push but they got help from the engineers at Akai Professional for this controller. Push combines Ableton’s vision for music making with Akai Professional’s years of experience making instruments.
At next week’s AES 2012 show Fairlight will introduce and debut their new Fairlight QUANTUM, an Audio Post Console. QUANTUM is a complete Audio Post Production System combining the power of Fairlight’s hardware and software, recording, editing, mixing, plug-ins, MIDI and video with a fully integrated, 12 or 24 fader console perfectly suitable for film, video and music studio and post production facilities.