It’s time again, MusikMesse is over, but we’ve been checking out everything for you, and it’s time for the traditional roundup of new stuff along our gear categories. The general impression is one of consolidation, but also one of new little gems that are more than welcome to be nurtured by us, junkies of gear…
Picking up where the popular Minimal Techno Sound Library left off, Camel Audio‘s latest two free additions to their Alchemy Factory Library contain 25 presets each, combining powerful drums and percussion, deep synths and pulsing basses.
Native Instruments announced new iOS compatibility for the updated TRAKTOR AUDIO 2 – the world’s smallest premium DJ audio interface. Now plug-and-play with the latest version of TRAKTOR DJ – the pro DJ app for iPad and iPhone – TRAKTOR AUDIO 2 transforms iOS devices into a mobile, crowd-worthy DJ setup. Designed for ultimate portability, TRAKTOR AUDIO 2 delivers pristine, premium 24-bit/48 kHz audio in an unsurpassed pocket-sized format.
Well this year can be seen as the year of the revival of the TR-808 with the attention it got due to the re-issue by the new Roland AIRA Series. Now Pulsecode have introduced a ‘virtual’ version for your iPad. Boom 808 integrates one of the most popular drum machines of the 80’s into the modern mobile producers workflow.
One of the few real new announcements at the MusikMesse was the MKII version of the AKAI APC40 Ableton Live controller. Combining deep control over Live with an enormous library of hand-selected sound content & virtual instruments, APC40 MKII puts endless creative capability at your fingertips.
Niche Audio is the label for producers looking for top flight mix ingredients and perfectly processed Maschine and Ableton Live expansion packs in contemporary styles and genres, mixed and engineered with precision, allowing you total flexibility and inspiration to take your music to the next level!
Dave Pensado (of the popular audio talk show Pensado’s Place) dives into Nectar 2. Learn about Dave’s favorite modules, including Nectar 2’s Delay and EMT-140 modeled Plate Reverb, and hear Nectar 2 on Dave’s latest mix.
Fairlight introduces EVO.Live – a new generation digital audio mixing system for the most demanding on-air and live productions. Built on Fairlight’s leading-edge audio processing and control surface technologies, this new system comes with true live credentials, offering the best possible price/performance value and unique operational features.
Applied Acoustics Systems (AAS) are very excited to release the Reverence sound bank for Ultra Analog VA-2 – the first collaboration with artist and sound designer Sean Divine.
batZode introduces an app thtat turns your iPad into a ‘breath’ midi controller, Blowfinger. The iPad becomes a super-expressive, easy-to-play wireless MIDI wind controller, using either keyboard or simple woodwind technique. (It also works as a breath controller.) Just blow into any iPhone headset mic or the optional pro mouthpiece and experience the soul-to-MIDI connection you’ve been missing.
Harmony Systems announces the worldwide availability of Delora rsTouch Pro 2.1, an upgrade to their iPad application that provides control surface functionality for the Propellerhead Reason music application on a Mac or PC. rsTouch Pro 2.1 adds support for 9 more Reason Rack Extension devices, and improves functionality when using FX (Sends) in Mixer Mode.
PreSonus’ new Music Creation Suite is a complete, integrated music-creation solution that’s ideal for educators, students, and home studio enthusiasts. PreSonus will offer lesson plans and instructional videos to help music educators get the most from the new hardware/software recording and composition kit.
San Francisco’s Dave Smith is a synthesizer pioneer par excellence, responsible for some of the biggest advancements in musical technology ever, including founding the legendary gear-maker Sequential Circuits and inventing the MIDI protocol. Hot Since 82 (aka Daley Padley) is a house producer and DJ from Yorkshire, England, who, up until now, has produced his tracks entirely in-the-box. So when Padley recently stopped through San Francisco to promote his Little Black Book album, Beatport got the two gear fanatics together at Smith’s lab to compare notes on the analog-vs.-digital world.
At Gearjunkies, we’re all about gear. So it’s good for us that at MusikMesse, there’s plenty to satisfy our gear need. Below you’ll find a small impression of some of the gear that is being presented to us. It’s just a small selection, but we wanted to share this with you. Enjoy!
In January 2014, Mixvibes introduced Cross 3, its new flagship Mac/PC software bringing major video features, frequency colored waveforms, rekordbox sync & more. Now, they introduce Cross DVS which is a convenient package letting users switch to Cross without changing hardware. Cross DVS includes 2 timecode records and a licence key to Cross. It fits in any existing setups seamlessly, since Cross works with any soundcard.