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.
Just a few weeks ago we presented you the first controller app for iPad called Midipad. It is an exciting new app for the iPad/iPhone for music creation and live-performance. The striking feature of midipad is its ability to directly communicate via network-MIDI-protocol. So there is no need to install any communication-peer-software on the Mac! Simply plug-and-play via Apple Bonjour – wireless.
You guessed it: the DrumXchanger replaces drum sounds. What’s more surprising: based upon SPL’s proprietary Transient Designer technology, it can replace drum sounds irrespective of their level.
Six application-specific audio plug-ins, created in collaboration with iconic Grammy®-winning producer/mixing engineer Jack Joseph Puig.
Voxengo Voxformer version 2.4 update is now available for download. Voxformer is a multi-functional vocal channel strip plugin for professional audio and sound production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plug-in formats, for Mac OS X and Windows computers.
Today was a good day! Yes, the good people from TM Audio (dutch importer) send us a shiny Xone:DX controller to play with. It is always cool to unbox ‘new gear’. That’s what we live for (… amongst other activities of course). In the coming weeks we are going to put this DX to the test and get a review going, so we can let you know what we think about this controller. Allen & Heath released this Xone:DX earlier this year. It is a new performance audio controller for electronic DJs and is the result of close design collaboration between Allen & Heath and Serato. The Xone:DX with Serato ITCH DJ software now offers 4 Virtual Decks and the latest Serato DJ FX.
Rana Sobhany woke up at 5:30am to pre-order her iPad on March 12th, and got in line to pick it up at 2am on April 3rd. She rocked the house over the weekend at the iPad Dev Camp in Silicon Valley and here we learn how she was DJ’ing there.
On Wednesday April 21st at 7 pm, Moog Music and Pastemagazine.com will launch the second season of Live at Moog with Amanda Palmer. Live at Moog is an innovative web video series featuring performances filmed at the legendary Moog Music factory in Asheville, North Carolina.
Applied Acoustics Systems releases the String Studio VS-1 v1.1.3 Update for Windows. This is a maintenance update containing the following changes:
– Added native 64-bit VST plug-in
– Fixed minor bugs
Yesterday Native Instruments released MASCHINE 1.5, a major free update that significantly increases the functionality and creative potential of the acclaimed computer-based music production system. With more classic drum machine features, improved host integration, new sampling functions, an extended sound library, and even more efficient workflow, the 1.5 software expands on the concept of MASCHINE as the most integrated and intuitive groove production studio for producers, live musicians and DJs. Below is a video of Justin Myracks, aka F Major, who builds a beat from scratch on Maschine version 1.5. This is not a tutorial – it simply shows how fast and hands-on Maschine is for creating a great groove.
Native Instruments today released MASCHINE 1.5, a major free update that significantly increases the functionality and creative potential of the acclaimed computer-based music production system. With more classic drum machine features, improved host integration, new sampling functions, an extended sound library, and even more efficient workflow, the 1.5 software expands on the concept of MASCHINE as the most integrated and intuitive groove production studio for producers, live musicians and DJs.
“March 29, 2004“. Yes, that was the day we implemented a NEWS section into the Gearjunkies website. And almost six years later we have reached news post number 5000. Congratulations to …. ourselves! Of all those 5000 posts there were big hits and there were misses. Some barely got read and others shot through the roof with reads!
With the advent of releasing its new advanced post, live and audio production system, Steinberg today is pleased to announce that it is presenting Nuendo 5 at certified Nuendo dealers and well-known post-production studios in more than twelve countries, from Japan to Europe over to the United States. Nuendo 5 will also be introduced at the AES Show in London, taking place on May 22–25. The tour’s initial leg begins on May 3, 2010, and will be under way for several weeks to come.
This ‘much-anticipated’ next version of the Imposcar softsynth is in its final development stage. According to their own website, GForce are putting their heads down once more and get on with the job of completing this instrument. So we have to wait just a few until GForce is unveiling the final version. That said, … we came across a very interesting ‘sometin’ ‘sometin’ on the internet. A GForce Imposcar2 hardware controller! Looking at the pictures, … that is a sweet controller, right? To be completely clear, the persons in the picture below are members of Underworld together with Dave Spiers from GForce. The guy playing with the controller is Darren Price of Underworld, contributor of many sounds to the (version 1) impOSCar soft synth. So there is an onvious connection between Underworld and GForce.
Spectrasonics today debuted a new online Artist Video Series to showcase world-class artists performing and creating new original music tracks with their award-winning virtual instruments Omnisphere, Trilian and Stylus RMX. http://bit.ly/90qQ8f The company’s software instruments and sounds are widely used in the professional community and its users cross every boundary of style and genre. http://ow.ly/1yLaG