Well here we are then. Almost at the end of another year. 2010 will go into history as a pretty darn good year for us. After years and years talking about a new layout we finally raised the glove and went to battle. After feeling, yelling, discussing, thinking, designing, coding and testing we got it right (we think).
Yes it is completely free! During their North American Tour this past autumn, Gorillaz recorded a musical diary. The result is a collection of 15 tracks, some with vocals, some without, some combined performances and some solo.
If there is a list of people contributing to the evolution of electronic music, like an ‘electronic music hall of fame’, then this man definitely will be on it! Monsieur Jean-Michel Jarre! Especially his first albums were, to me personally, a revolution, an epiphany, an instant love for electronic music. Maybe even one of the reasons I ended up here at Gearjunkies. These sounds from these electronic boxes were just … awesome! Sounds I never had heart before.
Like every year, this is becoming the time that many manufacturers try to give some back to existing and new customers. This is the season the Holiday Deals are launched. So we collect the deals we come across and share them with you. This way you can get the best deal out of this season for the gear you really want!
M-Audio started teasing a new product which they will reveal at the coming NAMM 2011, on january 13th. We did have some detailed pictures and specs posted, … however Avid asked us kindly to remove them. Even though this information has leaked onto the internet because of Avid’s own ‘information ditribution policies’, we met their request.
Mario Jurisch has done it again. After several other hardware controllers, he now has finished a controller for a Moog VSTi softsynth.This controller is special designed for the Voltwinkel MiniMogueVA softsynth (by Glen Stegner).
Daft Punk is BIG! Right? But with the release of Tron:Legacy their fame has become even bigger. Producing the OST for Tron they have ventured into new musical territories. When the news, that they would produce the OST, reached the internet (almost half a year ago), it was the buzz you just could not avoid. Everyone talked about it.
The Octatrack DPS-1 is a 8 track dynamic performance sampler. The Octatrack is ideal for radical audio processing and performance oriented sampling. Every track features real-time pitch scaling & time stretch and the next generation Elektron step sequencer has been designed with maximum usability and efficiency in mind. And from this coming monday the 20th of December at 8.00 CET Elektron start taking pre-orders from the general public.
Karma-Lab, the expert in Korg instructional content, is pleased to announce the release on DVD of its “House 101 Combi Creation Series,” a comprehensive Korg M3 training program. The two-DVD set contains 7 hours of in-depth video instruction, with 45 separate chapters – each a self-contained “lesson” you can work through at your own speed.
Allthough announced … oh so long ago, the OP-1 is still not released, however the project is still alive as this video shows us. John Eriksson from the band Peter Bjorn and John, got to have a go at the this Teenage Engineering‘s cutting-edge keyboard….. Still waiting though!
FXpansion is proud to introduce Ferocity, a collection of 128 cutting-edge leads, basses, pads and more produced for us by expert Canadian party rocker, Myagi. The sound set uses the full capabilities of Fusor’s macro controls & modulation system and is ideally suited to electro, breaks, drum & bass and dubstep.
It is the time of year that all kinds of lists come out. Best this or best that of 2010. However, the list below is a very nice one. It is a selection of the best musicvideo’s of 2010 according to eclectro.nl. Eclectro is a website dedicated to ‘eclectic electronica’ and is being made by a team of journalists, DJs, producers, designers and people who appreciate all kinds of electronic music.
Ken Macbeth has recently made public via his Facebook page that he is working on a ‘little cutie’. Officially named the Macbeth X-Series Micromac. He calls it a 3 VCO, 2 EG semi-modular MIDI minisynth.
German synthesizer company Access Music released a free signature sound set by sound design wizard Ben Crosland. The Virus TI sound set focuses on contemporary electronic sounds from Electro to Dubstep and Commodore Sid to Ambient. Registered Virus TI owners can download the set free of charge from the Access Music website.
Didn’t we bring you the good news that Jomox was planning a new production run for the SunSyn MKII just a few months ago? Today we sadly have to let you know that this attempt had to be cancelled for technical reasons… It seems Jomox had big problems to get the right parts for the SunSyn.