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.
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles, is pleased to announce that Peter Luts has installed a Solid State Logic Matrix, X-Rack and X-Patch at the heart of his home studio. The prolific Belgian dance producer first rose to prominence as a key creative force behind such global superstars as Ian Van Dahl and Anna Grace, as well as his own project, Lasgo, who’s debut single Something sold over five million copies. Also an in-demand remixer, Peter’s discography reveals a prolific desire to produce music and a hectic workload, which drove him to explore ways to improve his workflow and expand his sonic palette.
Join Grammy-winning producer/engineer/mixer Frank Filipetti (Book of Mormon, James Taylor, Korn, Elton John) and Avid’s Tony Cariddi for an insider’s look at what it takes to be successful in the music industry. Hear about Frank’s beginnings and how his experiences shaped his work and career path.
The Octatrack DPS-1 is an 8 track dynamic performance sampler. The Octatrack is ideal for radical audio processing and performance oriented sampling. Every track features real-time pitch scaling & time stretch and the next generation Elektron step sequencer has been designed with maximum usability and efficiency in mind.
Since last week IK Multimedia has started teasing us with two new up and coming products. To be clear we really don’t have a clue! Is it a new FX plugin or an instrument plugin (Sampletank update thingy)?. Who knows? The only fact that we do know is that IK have posted several audio samples on Soundcloud. Listen and let us know what you think this is, … what kind of products we might expect from them.
Urs Heckmann (u-he) proudly presents a new version of Zebra: V2.5.1 is now available for download. With numerous improvements, including the new oscillator effects and 64-bit support, version 2.5.1 is much more than a normal maintenance update.
Alesis, a leading manufacturer of professional audio equipment and electronic drums, announces the iO Dock, the world’s first pro-audio dock for Apple’s iPad and iPad 2 is now shipping to pro-audio and instrument retailers everywhere.
The video below is from Madeon, a 17 year old DJ/producer from France. He uses the Novation controller to make a live mash-up with numerous tracks (check out this Youtube description for the complete tracklist). The Launchpad is purpose built for triggering and manipulating clips in Live, it also offers a totally new way of controlling Ableton Live’s mixer. Launchpad’s buttons can be used to sketch out beats with drum racks, and they can be assigned to other functions in Live using Ableton’s ‘Learn’ mode.
BEAT to MIDI is a fast acting, low overhead Beat Detection and Drum Replacement tool which producers and musicians can implement to extract MIDI data from Drum loops. BEAT to MIDI allows for the correction of poorly captured or performed drum recordings after the recording session has taken place. BEAT to MIDI uses sophisticated algorithms to identify each drum hit (or transient) in the time domain. Once this point is detected, MIDI data can be used to trigger replacement drum samples to alleviate poor quality recordings and/or timing errors.
Together with the announcement of the Propellerhead Balance controller, they just announced the next version of Reason. With version 6 Reason reclaims the spotlight. Combining all the features from Record, version 6 adds audio recording and editing into Reason, along with Propellerhead’s acclaimed mixing console with masterfully modeled EQ and dynamics on every channel, multiple parallel racks, all the effects you know and love plus new ones to fall in love with, and much more of what you’ve always wanted in Reason.
The music production package that has everything you need to create anything you want. Sounds as good as it looks. Works as great as it feels. Propellerhead have taken care of all the tedious stuff – calibration, setup, the works. You can concentrate on having fun instead: making music. With two channels of recording and inputs for all your gear, your instruments are always connected and you are always ready to record.
Rectangle: “A plane figure with four straight sides & four right angles, esp. one with unequal adjacent sides”. Since last friday when we heart about this for the first time Propellerhead have managed to keep a lit on things. Rumours say it would be a hardware device. But … we really have no idea. The only thing we know is that this coming thursday all will be revealed by the heads at noon!
Here is a first peek at the Fairlight CMI-30A sampler. Peter Vogel presents a first look at the 30th Anniversary edition of this classic sampler. The new CMI is unique in that it produces the classic “Fairlight sound” that defined music of the eighties as well as the modern Fairlight sound, that of uncompromising signal purity.
The man primarily behind such Celemony innovations like Melodyne, DNA Direct Note Access and Capstan is Peter Neubäcker – a passionate musician, researcher and inventor, who sets unusual goals for himself and manages even on occasion to realize in practice things that in theory can’t be achieved.