The Live Sets were made exclusively for Ableton by ten artists from the Minus roster. Each Set comes with a companion Lesson that reveals insights into the artist’s musical vision and offers valuable production tips. Includes material from: Click Box, Hobo, Heartthrob & Troy Pierce, Magda, Marc Houle, Fabrizio Maurizi, Barem, Ambivalent, JPLS and Gaiser.
djDecks v0.99 is released. Changes include improved master tempo quality, Reloop Digital Jockey controller mapping, and some smaller fixes and improvements.
HAKEN Audio are proud to announce that Version 4.07 firmware is now available for download for Continuum Fingerboards with built-in sounds. This release adds these new internal sounds: Slide Wind, Metal Bar, Pluck Tine, and a Feedback String. Check out the Internal Sounds area at HakenAudio.com for examples and descriptions of the internal sounds.
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.
Camel Audio is pleased to announce Himalaya: Pads which consists of a wide range of warm, rich pads. Viral Outbreak is a collection of synths, pads and loops which draws on 1.7GB samples of the Virus synthesizer.
IK Multimedia is pleased to announce that the iRig™ guitar and bass interface adapter for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad is now shipping worldwide. The new iRig interface allows guitar and bass players to plug their instruments directly into the headphone/microphone input jack on their mobile Apple device and access the new world of mobile guitar and bass tone – AmpliTube for iPhone.
The airpiano is a new musical interface which allows playing and controlling software instruments simply by moving hands in the air. The airpiano introduces a magical user experience, a cool performance element and an experimental instrument to explore.
Slate Digital’s TRIGGER multi channel drum replacement tool for VST, AU, and RTAS has been called the new “GOLD STANDARD” in drum replacement and has already won two awards, earning a 10/10 rating from Computer Music magazine.
In 2008, the VCI-300+ITCH was the beginning for Vestax and Serato to create a new DJ console of the next generation. The goal was clear. To design a light weight and compact digital DJ instrument with the touch of analog control. Preserving the concept of the VCI-300+ITCH, the VCI-300MKII comes with usability improvements based on feedback from VCI-300 customers. Vestax has considered every comment that has been received, and have put them all in act. Simply to give DJs what they want.
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, has released their first iPhone App. The ‘Remote Control For X-Patch’ can be downloaded for free from the iTunes™ App Store now. The X-Patch Remote Control searches a network over Wi-Fi for SSL’s X-Patch devices. If your X-Patch is connected to a Wi fi network the Remote Control enables selection and recall of individual stored Logictivity™ Presets. There are up to 128 presets per X-Patch found, and where more than one X-Patch is found, each device can be independently selected and controlled.
FXpansion is proud to present BFD Sleishman, a set of 2 expansion packs for BFD2 and BFD Eco that capture the sensitivity, tone and dynamic range of Sleishman drums. Sleishman’s extraordinary free-floating drums enjoy legendary status by those drummers in the know, and by those lucky enough to own them. The Sleishman system of suspending the shell without any physical contact with lugs and other hardware results in unbeatable sustain and purity of tone. The drums’ patented tuning system keeps both heads precisely in tune with each other, resulting in a very unique sound.
Automap has been updated. The latest version of the software (v3.5) — which enables Novation’s keyboards and controllers to take instant control of DAWs and plug-ins — has a number of new features that make it even more powerful.
Celemony today released a service update for Melodyne editor, Melodyne assistant and Melodyne essential. The update resolves a compatibility problem with the new version 5.5 of Cubase and version 5 of Nuendo as well as offering various minor bug-fixes and optimizations for all three editions.
Finally it arrived! The first official Traktor controller from Native Instruments themselves. This thing is a monster in a tight little box! Never have I used a midi/DJ controller that was so easy and quick to figure out.
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