That the Polish producer Tomasz Twardowski knows his gear is evident from listening to his latest 12″, A Soundtrack To Growing Up EP. Everything is in the right place. The dance floor not set on fire by the sound, feel, groove and character of his neo-disco boogie is not worth its name.
After the absence of Sample Saturday last week, due to the MusikMesse, we return. 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 MusikMesse 2013 show is over again, and the traditional Gearjunkies Roundup looks back at what we have been seeing and hearing. We give us our take on the coolest gear that was introduced at MusikMesse in our gear categories. We didn’t know what to expect in these crisis years, but making music is of all times, and we were met with quite some cool surprises! It looks like smartphones and tablets are already beyond the hype and are integrated in so many equipment, like from M-Audio, Arturia, Behringer, etc. But there’s always room for more news.
Now you can have music beating out of your hand with this new app from Wolfgang Palm, the originator of wavetable synthesis and founder/owner of PPG. PPG MiniMapper is an easy to use performance synthesizer with a wide range of sounds for iOS devices including iPhone and iPod Touch*.
Producertech are proud to announce the release of a new course on Native Instrument’s Maschine, which takes you through every aspect of the powerful groove production studio. The Complete Guide is a 5-hour series of tutorials, which explores all of the main stages of making music with Maschine, covering numerous production techniques in various different styles of music along the way. The lessons are delivered via streamed movies, with accompanying written notes, Maschine projects and additional Loopmasters samples.
Arturia have announced that an 1.1. update for the Moog emulation iMini app is avaialble now. This new version adds Audiobus support, background audio, MIDI enhancements as well as bug fixes. Visit the iMini web pages to learn more about those improvements.
Octa Pak 5 – House is essential for producers looking for soulful beats and sounds. The sound pack is custom built for the Octatrack and is filled with cutting edge samples from Loopmasters, pre-arranged and loaded for ease of use.
Drummer Thomas Holmen is a very busy guy. As guardian of the groove for Danish pop-rock sensations Infernal, Holmen spends his days on the road, cranking a powerful backbeat for one of Denmark’s most popular bands.
Eagerly awaited by many Pianoteq users, Modartt proudly presents the very first upright piano model for Pianoteq, the U4 add-on. It is available for version 4.5 of Pianoteq.
The video below is a great live remix of Skrillex and Daft Punk by Conte. We have posted these kind of videos earlier but Jack takes it a step further by adding some great visual FX. By placing the Launchpad ontop of the TV screen he shows some skilled timing and programming. Well, just watch. Only thing we can say that’s awesome!
UVI introduces a massive library inspired by four 90s classic keyboards – the Yamaha SY77, the Korg M1, the Roland D50 and the Ensoniq VFX: UVI Digital Synsations.
Thanks to FutureMusicMagazine we can show a cool video on modular synths again. This time Benge shows how to create a sequence on a modular synthesizer.
Veldberg XD is new virtual analog synthesizer based on algorithms from hardware VA synthesizers. Veldberg XD offers cold heavy and ultra sharp sound with analog sounding liquid filters and hard oscillators.
In random order and without any prejudice what so ever, we have selected some pictures for you of some old and some new gear presented at the Musik Messe in Frankfurt at the moment. Our team is hard at work to get us that much wanted information and pictures from the Messe floors. This is part 2.
Korg raises the bar again in the workstation category with the all new Korg KROSS. Featuring a high quality sound engine and advanced features that have previously only been available in products costing 50% more. Your musical creations can easily be transported for live performance using the onboard 16 track MIDI sequencer, audio recorder and mic input.