We heard some rumours about a new MASCHINE through the grapevine for a while now, but rumours are rumours. We were pretty excited, but also cautious if these rumours would carry any truth with them. But today, the rumours were confirmed by Native Instruments as they announce MASCHINE STUDIO and MASCHINE 2.0 – the new flagship groove production studio and next generation of MASCHINE software.
One of the major issues of getting a mix right is to know how well the mix translates on any given speaker system. How more worse it sounds the better in that case. That’s why I use the stock audio system in my car because it sounds abysmal which is perfect to check mixes. Also when your monitors aren’t that pristine, when you are listening to a mix, you’ll often miss out on details. The other way around applies as well. Even when you have a mastering grade sound system you may wonder how it will sound on a consumer grade sound system. Of course you can create your own impulse responses of various environments and use them with a impulse response plug-in to create this effect but that takes effort and time.
With the MOTU Artist Spotlight series, MOTU offers us an insight in the methods and workings of artists, DJs and producers who use their software and equipment. The most recent episode is with Virtual Boy and their use of MOTU audio interfaces and other hardware.
Below are some of the new 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.
The Aleph is a a Linux-based open source sound computer designed and developth my Ezra Buchla and Brian Crabtree. It is a open scource device that you can transform in a synthesizer, sampler, drum computer, whatever you like or want it to be.
Arturia initiates iOS 7 support with their iMini iPad app update. The iMini V1.2 is an authentic recreation of the 1971-vintage Minimoog monosynth for Apple’s all- conquering iPad, as of September 26.
Camel Audio is happy to announce the release of Alchemy Mobile v2.1.3, which provides support for iOS 7 and Inter-App Audio.
UK producer Paul Epworth has recently installed the ultimate Antelope Audio clocking solution for his DAW interfaces and converters with the Isochrone Trinity and 10M Rubidium Atomic Clock. The Isochrone Trinity high-definition master clock has a total of nine independent clocks employing Antelope’s 4th Generation of Acoustically Focused Clocking with 64-bit Digital Signal Processing (DSP) 3 of which are audio generators with up to 384kHz sample rate and +/- 200 cents varispeed.
In the early nineteen seventies, electronic musician Wendy Carlos programmed a Moog modular synthesizer to perform Baroque pieces. Her albums explore new timbres, and she called one of them The Well–Tempered Synthesizer.
Steven Slate has released the Terry Date Drums expansion pack for the Steven Slate Drums Virtual Instrument and Steven Slate Trigger Drum replacer. They are introducing the expansion pack for SSD4 and Trigger at a time limited lower price of 99 dollars.
If you’re looking for the very latest thinking and innovations in website design and website usage, or want to know how the live scene is changing, or if you need to find new ways to get your music and message to the world in a DIY-style, there’s only one place to be on the 17th and 18th of October: ADE Tech.
Below are some of the new 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.
The Waldorf Pulse 2 Analog Synthesizer is proof positive that good things can come to those that wait. For ever since this high-quality synthesizer developer discontinued its original rack-mountable Pulse and Pulse+ programmable analogue monosynths boasting ballsy bass tones and legendary leads beyond compare, those Nineties electronic musicdominating sounds have been severely sought after by those in the know. Which was exactly what drove Waldorf into development overdrive to produce an all-new Pulse fit for the 21st Century.
Hardware, and with that in mind, modules like the 500 series rack modules used to be the territory of the ‘high-end’ audio gear manufacturers. However, lately we saw a rising availability of these 500 series modules across the board (so to speak). We thought it would be a good plan to look into these 500 series modules and try out some of these modules and see what we would think of these.
Benjamin Laub or Grieves as he’s known to fans, critics, and rappers the world over graduated from his MPC2000 to Reason after getting introduced to it by his long-time collaborator, Budo. Once he realized the depth and possibility, his production quickly shifted over almost entirely inside Reason. And when Grieves set out to take his latest album on tour he was faced with a problem: How could he get his live band to sound EXACTLY like his record sounds?