Figure, Propellerhead’s best selling music making app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, has integrated SoundCloud, enabling quick sharing of tracks with friends or the world. In addition using Audiobus, Figure users can now bus their audio to other effects and recording apps in real-time.
Today Algoriddim are excited to announce the availability of Spin2, the world’s first all-in-one MIDI controller created exclusively to control djay for Mac, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Jointly developed with Vestax, a company dedicated to professional DJ gear for over 25 years, Spin2 is an ultra portable hardware solution that offers professional Vestax mixer controls, touch-sensitive jogwheels, FX, sample pads, strip touch control and a built-in studio-grade audio interface to make the mixing experience complete.
Audio Raiders have just released an updated version of Sasha Soundlab for DJs and producers. Users of this Kontakt 5 insturment get more sound presets, new analogue filters, enhanced drum machine with pattern management and more.
American pro audio plug-in company Plugin Alliance LLC is pleased to announce availability of Noveltech VOCAL ENHANCER, an all-new native version of Alliance partner company noveltech Audio’s unique vocal processing plug-in, as of February 13.
LinPlug have released updates for their RMV software drummachine and Albino synthesizer. Next to the update they have announced a price reduction for the RMV upgrade (from RMIV or even RMIII).
NAMM 2013 is now in the history books, with throngs of show-goers and hoards of manufacturers finally recovering from jet-lag and hangovers, following the music industry’s premiere annual trade show event in Southern California. It was standing room only in the MOTU booth throughout the show, with special guests and artist appearances over four days, along with a sneak preview of a major MOTU software upgrade.
Tone2 Audiosoftware are proud to announce the release of the ElectraX 1.4 update, including 64 bit Mac versions, several feature enhancements and fixes.
Line 6, leading manufacturer of innovative solutions for musicians, is pleased to announce v1.1 of the StageScape™ M20d smart mixing system. This software update features enhanced recording, file management and playback capabilities that make it even easier for musicians to record their live shows, soundchecks and rehearsals.
Musical instrument designer Dave Smith was honored with a Grammy® award this past Saturday for his work developing the Musical Instrument Digital Interface or MIDI, as it is more commonly known. The ceremony, held at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, also celebrated the work of Glenn Gould, Carole King, and the Temptations, among others. Smith shares the award with Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Roland Corporation, the Japanese musical instrument manufacturer.
Tek’it Audio has announced the release of Badass 2 a multi-effects distortion plug-in. With the help of twelve effects available simultaneously, including two distortions, pre and post filters, a lo-fi resampler, a bit degrader, a pitch-shifter, a frequency cutter, a frequency booster, a ring modulator, a limiter and a compressor, Badass 2 is armed to distort your sound in the way you want.
Allen & Heath has updated its GLD digital mixing system firmware to V1.1, adding a range of enhancements including support for the forthcoming GLD iPad app and ME personal mixing system, new Graphic EQ emulations, and customer requested additions to Scene management functionality.
Below 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.
Any DJ or producer, professional or ‘bedroom’, knows this problem. If you are serious about your work/hobby, you collect a lot of stuff over the years. If it’s gear, records, CD’s, miscellaneous crap, you name it, your studio gets cluttered. IKEA recognised this problem and made a video of DJ Harry Love and his (HUGE) collection of vinyl records and gear. Like a “Extrem Home Makeover” they turned his DJ room (and house) in a much more liveable environment.
Prime Loops are now auditioning music producers and beat makers in a wide range of electronic music genres to join our ever expanding network of “Prime Producers”.
Stanton has recently released a SCS.4DJ SC-IX V4.0 update. There are a lot of important features that many working DJ’s have requested, and they have tried to get in a good selection for this release. The big changes are that the controller has Track Gain and Active Playlist Resort, but there are a fair number of other goodies there as well. Below is the full changelog.