Get an exclusive look at the new MPC virtual software with Andy Mac from Akai Professional. This guided tutorial will bring you through the power and functionality of the new software. This is the platform that will drive the MPC Renaissance and MPC Studio.
Allen & Heath has unveiled GLD Series earlier this year, a user-friendly, cost effective and scalable live digital mixing system, conceptually based on the hugely successful digital iLive series. A standard GLD 32 input system offers 28 XLR mic inputs with plug n’ play I/O expanders allowing easy expansion up to 48 inputs (44 XLR mic inputs).
To be honest, at first I really thought this was some kind of a joke. However, after viewing this short documentary my initial thought completely changed. I got moved and inspired by Robbie Wilde‘s story. His passion, his ambition, his persistence, is … really awesome. We take our hat off to ‘that deaf dj‘!
Native Instruments gave two new TRAKTOR KONTROL F1 units to controllerism pioneer Moldover for a weekend test drive. Combining the F1s with his TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, he unlocked the full potential of TRAKTOR‘s new Remix Decks™
Pioneer recently announced the RMX-1000 Remix Station, an innovative technologically advanced device for enhancing DJ performances with its ability to create and add a variety of new and unique remix effects, as well as rhythmic sampling capabilities.
With a unique sound generator at its heart, and the tools to add unprecedented movement and evolving changes, BLADE is an additive synthesis engine that has an individual character and flexibility never seen before in a software synth. With the video below Rob Rapen shows us more about the features of the “Harmolator” within Blade.
Nothing more to say then two Dave Smith Tempest drumcomputers and two Teenage Engineering OP-1 (sampler) synths going forwards together under the leading expertise of Edison and Anon Day. Enjoy!
Three time DMC World Champion DJ Switch skratches a funky mix on the NEW Denon DJ SC3900 – Digital Media Controller with 9-inch active platter.
For more than a decade, System 6000 has been TC Electronics signal-processing flagship. Professional recording, production, post and mastering studios everywhere have embraced the pristine dynamics processing, the ultra-realistic reverbs and delays, the flexible and innovative surround sound tools and the next-generation radar loudness metering of System 6000. But don’t just take TC’s word for it. In the video below, you can see System 6000 doing what it does best in the real world: mixing and mastering in three first-grade studios in New York City and touring the world with Depeche Mode and Pendulum.
Acoustic singer/songwriter Cyra Morgan is about as new as a debut artist can be. How new? She’s using the same pick she started learning guitar with on day one. She hasn’t changed her strings yet because she doesn’t know how.
The VRM Box is a high-quality USB headphone interface with a difference. VRM stands for Virtual Reference Monitoring. It gives you the option of listening to your mix on multiple sets of speakers, in different rooms, just using headphones. This helps to overcome the problems associated with creating a mix that translates well on many speakers. Burning CDs to listen to your mix in different environments will become a thing of the past.
One of the more interesting new app last week was the introduction of the Akai MPC Fly app. A reconstruction of the famous Akai MPC Groove and beatboxes in iOs format for your iPad. The guys of Skratchworx had a walk-through of the app with one of the developers of the app.
Akai will of course announce the new MPC lineup, but there’s more news from Akai at the NAMM. Take a look at the MAX49 that will be shown in Anaheim.
Serato ITCH 2.1 is here – The free software update is now available online at www.serato.com. The latest version features enhancements and bug fixes for all Serato ITCH users with 2.1 offering improved stability and increased performance.