Positive Grid announced today that the new version of its Final Touch Audio Post Production System for iPad is now available with the new AAC format preview, the first of its kind on iPad. With this new update, Final Touch adds real-time auditioning through the Apple AAC encoder, which provides accurate level metering and preparation… Read More Final Touch Update, Now With AAC Format Preview
Thom Yorke has announced a new album today, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes, which is available right now. You can buy the digital album as a $6 bittorrent bundle, or get the deluxe vinyl + digital version for £30. Official Description: Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes is a new eight-track record from Thom Yorke. A record born of silver darkness,… Read More Thom Yorke’s New Album, ‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’, Now Available To Torrent
Camel Audio have announced the v2.3.9 update for their iOS synthesizer, Alchemy Mobile. Alchemy Mobile 2.3.9 Key Features: iCloud storage of favourites and user presets Sound quality improvements – smoother track switching and looping Audiobus 2.1 with support for iOS 8 (Audiobus on iOS6 no longer supported) Numerous additional improvements to performance and stability. Here… Read More Camel Audio Updates Alchemy Mobile
This week Universal Audio announced its new line of UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt DSP Accelerators, for use with Thunderbolt-equipped Macs and shipping early October. UAD-2 Satellite Thunderbolt DSP Accelerators enable Thunderbolt-equipped Mac users to run larger mixes filled with DSP-intensive plug-ins. These “desktop-friendly” units provide full access to UAD Powered Plug-Ins, including exclusive plug-ins from Studer,… Read More Universal Audio Debuts Thunderbolt Satellite DSP Accelerators
Today software instrument developer Output announced the release of a set of free “organic, electronic and percussive” loops. The large package of loops was created using Output’s REV, the world’s first suite of instruments, loops, rises, pads, pulses, swells and more — all in REVERSE. Using REV’s four engines (Instruments, Timed Instruments, Loops and Rises),… Read More Output Releases Free REV Loops
Akai Professional has announced that it’s now shipping three new APC controllers: the flagship APC40 mkII (above); the APC Key 25 with integrated keyboard, and the compact APC mini. “We are excited to announce the availability of the APC40 mkII, APC Key 25, and APC mini,” says Akai Professional Product Manager Dan Gill. According to Gill, the new… Read More Updated APC Controllers Now Available
Akai Professional is now shipping four new MPK keyboard MIDI Controllers: The 25 key MPK225 (above) the 49 key MPK249 the 61 key MPK261, and the ultraportable MPK mini mkII. According to Akai Professional Product Manager Dan Gill, “The new MPK series is huge leap forward–improving on the previous series, with more capability, more features, and… Read More Akai Pro Ships Four New MPK MIDI Keyboard Controllers
At this year’s Winter NAMM Show, we spied the unannounced iRig Pads at the IK Multimedia booth. Now, IK has officially announced that the iRig Pads – a MIDI pad controller for iOS, Mac & Windows – is now shipping. The iRig Pads is a portable MIDI pad controller. IK says it’s the smallest ‘groove controller’ on… Read More iRig Pads MIDI Controller For iOS, Mac & Windows Now Available
Modulus Music’s Liam Lacey was at the London 2014 Music Tech Fest hackathon recently, where he demonstrated this hack: “For my hack I played around with Thalmic Labs Myo gesture armband device and developed software for it that turned it into a MIDI controller. I then mapped it’s MIDI messages to a set of audio… Read More Using Thalmic Labs’ Myo As a MIDI Controller
Native Instruments today published a video (above) that teases its new “flagship, all-in-one” DJ controller Traktor Kontrol S8. The video is disappointingly short on up-close glimpses of the controller and long on beautiful people in Ibiza and “high profile artists” offering their first impressions of the Traktor Kontrol S8.
