Posts Tagged 'Soundcards'

Something For The Weekend: Pigeons Daft Punk Medley

Something For The Weekend: Pigeons Daft Punk Medley

These past weeks there has been a lot of attention to the latest album by Daft Punk, ‘Random Access Memories’. If you have a presence on the internet, then you couldn’t dodge tweets, messages, comments or whatever that had this new album as a subject. Thoughts on the new album range from brilliant and genius, to ‘meh’ and ‘not bad’. Anyway, for this edition of “Something for the weekend” we turn to the band Pigeon for a medley of older Daft Punk tunes we all love.

Yamaha Goes Frantic On Status Quo Reunion Tour

Yamaha Goes Frantic On Status Quo Reunion Tour

It was a tour whose initial dates sold out in just ten minutes. A tour which nobody thought could ever happen. But March 2013 saw the impossible become reality… and Yamaha digital mixing consoles played their full part in reuniting the classic line up of Status Quo – otherwise known as the ‘Frantic Four’ – on stage for the first time in over 30 years.

Arturia MiniBrute – Gearjunkies Review

Arturia MiniBrute – Gearjunkies Review

Last year Arturia surprised us with the announcement and release of the MiniBrute, an analogue hardware synth. Arturia is mainly known for their software products, however they are not complete strangers to hardware gear as they released the Origin synth in 2009. Recently we got a MiniBrute to play with and one of the first things you’ll notice is that this synth isn’t light weighted, even though it looks mini, with just a 25-keys keyboard. 

Focusrite releases Scarlett 18i8 and 6i6 USB Audio Interfaces

Focusrite releases Scarlett 18i8 and 6i6 USB Audio Interfaces

The Scarlett range of Focusrite USB audio interfaces gets extended with two new models, the 18i8 (18 in, 8 out) and the 6i6 (6-in, 6-out). Both are aimed at recording artists, producers and bands and differ primarily in their I/O configuration. Both feature award-winning Focusrite mic pres, designed specifically for Focusrite’s computer music interfaces, and Focusrite’s renowned precision 24bit/96KHz conversion for maximum transparency. In addition to Mac® or Windows® operation, both interfaces are compatible with iOS® devices like the iPad® (via an Apple iPad camera connection kit.

Something For The Weekend: Launchpads and FL Studio 11 performance by PRA2

This weekend we have a cool video of Valentin Prados using two Novation Launchpads with the recent new version of FL Studio (11). Under his artist namen Pra2 he performs his own track Argentina with these two controllers and FL Studio 11. With this latest version the software supports amongst others APC20/40, Lemur, Block, Maschine/Mikro, padKONTROL, Traktor Kontrol and of course the Novation Launchpad.

Alt-J Tours with Presonus StudioLive

Alt-J Tours with Presonus StudioLive

In today’s über-connected world, it’s easy to become inured by the nearly endless procession of cookie-cutter bands on the Web. But when a breath of fresh air like Alt-J comes along, it’s proof positive that great music stands out on its own merits. In almost no time at all, the Leeds, UK-based quartet has captured the ears of millions of music lovers, with each gig playing to ever-larger sold-out crowds.