Today, Ableton has announced that its new technology, Link, is now available to test as part of the latest free Ableton Live release, Live 9.5.1 beta. Link enables users to play electronic instruments together “with the freedom of a live band and without the hassle” of MIDI setup. The technology keeps devices in time over… Read More Ableton Link: Available Now in Free Ableton Live Beta Update
This week, Sample Logic announced Cinemorphx, their “groundbreaking” cinematic virtual instrument library. Intended for use in sound design or music production, and powered by Native Instruments’ Kontakt Player platform, the library is built on the framework of Sample Logic’s Cinematic Guitars Infinity. Totaling more than 6,000 presets and 30 GB, Cinemorphx is made up of… Read More Sample Logic Introduces Cinemorphx for Kontakt
Italian design house Cremacaffe has debuted Kolibri, their latest wooden tabletop stand, designed by Elisa Andretti. “Designed with the beatmaker in mind,” the Kolibri stand is an all-in-one desktop stand for a laptop or tablet, lightweight (half the weight of a smartphone) but solid. The stand holds laptops sized up to 18’’, plus a wide… Read More Cremacaffe Debuts Kolibri Laptop Stand
Alesis has just introduced their new MIDI controller, the VX49. Dubbing it “revolutionary,” the keyboard provides advanced control of virtual instruments and DAWs via a full-color, high resolution 4.3-inch screen, a 49-key keybed with aftertouch, and “intuitively placed,” performance-friendly hardware controls. VX49 is powered by the Virtual Instrument Player (VIP) software (included). The VIP software… Read More Alesis Introduces VX49 MIDI Controller Keyboard
iZotope recently released a major update to their Ozone and Ozone Advanced audio mastering software. Ozone 7 is a set of essential mastering tools that enable music producers of all levels of experience to add polish to their mixes and audio recordings. While retaining the familiar workflow and precision audio processing of previous versions, developers… Read More iZotope Updates Mastering Platform Ozone and Ozone Advanced
Output has announced the release of Exhale, which they have dubbed “the first truly modern” vocal engine. “As musicians, we’ve always wanted a vocal instrument that was cool, creative and modern,” says Output Founder Gregg Lehrman. “So we decided to build it!” To develop EXHALE, Output enlisted a team of record producers, vocalists and sound… Read More Output Announces Exhale – A Modern Vocal Synth Engine
Advanced MIDI controller creator ROLI today announced two new products for mobile music-makers. The Equator for iPhone app ports the company’s Equator software synthesiser to the latest iPhone, using the Apple device’s 3D Touch capabilities. One of the first music apps on Apple’s App Store to take advantage of the iOS 9 interface update’s 3D… Read More Roli Debuts 3-D Touch Equator Synth for iPhone, Flip Case for RISE
Acoustica has announced a licensing agreement that includes over one thousand loops with their Mixcraft 7 DAW software. Beginning with Mixcraft 7, and in future versions of the music production and multi-track recording workstation for the PC, MVP Loops has granted Acoustica worldwide rights to bundle over 1100 MVP Loops. The loop library includes 646… Read More Acoustica Adds MVP Loops to Mixcraft
To mark the integration of their Archetype virtual instruments with Native Instruments’ Komplete Kontrol, Sonic Faction is giving away a copy of their full Archetype Kontakt Bundle. Archetype is a collection of eight virtual instruments (Beatdown, Sickness, Evilfish, Hatchet, Clone, Pulsator, Whoosh Machine and Rogue-One) which run the gamut of vintage and modern instruments, which are manipulated and… Read More Win A Copy Of Sonic Faction’s Archetype Kontakt Bundle
Keith McMillen Instruments, makers of alternative MIDI controllers and audio interfaces like the QuNeo, QuNexus, K-Board and Soft Step and 12 Step conrollers, have announced the launch of KMI Labs, a showcase for the technologies developed at the company. Preliminary technologies showcased at KMI Labs include smart fabric (which senses variation in pressure and changes… Read More Keith McMillen Instruments Launches KMI Labs
