What’s the best version of OS X for music producers? Reader Marc Mitchell wrote in to ask: “Is there any chance at all we could get a survey on just how many pro “working” music makers are using lion or intending to go up to mountain lion.., I don’t know any producers that are using… Read More What Version Of OS X Is Best For Music Producers?
Reader James Rosenthal let us know that the studio gear of audio engineer Roger Nichols, an 8-time Grammy Award winner known for his work with Steely Dan, is being auctioned by his estate: I came across an interesting “estate” sale of the the legendary audio engineer Roger Nichols studio. Sweetwater is managing the sale of… Read More Rogers Nichols Studio Gear On Ebay
Reader Paul Bowen tipped us off to his new Korg Poly 800 demo video. Here’s what he has to say about the Poly 800: The Korg Poly 800 is a much maligned synth, yes, it’s built out of cardboard, yes, the parameter resolution is about 5-bit, yes, it only has 1 filter for all 8… Read More Korg Poly 800 Demo By Alex Juno
Reader Max Pfetscher tipped us off to a new free Gameboy sample library, Noizedrumz Vol.2 [nanoloop] for NI Maschine & NI Kontakt. The library features Gameboy nanoloop samples in high quality. Features: all samples created with a nintendo gameboy running nanoloop recorded and mastered with DBX 386, Cubase 5, Adobe Audition 918 Samples 24Bit, 44,1kHz, wav, available stereo… Read More Free Gameboy Sample Library For NI Maschine & Kontakt
Håkan Lidbo tipped us off to the CCC-Pad, described as “a creative media interface where sounds and video can be played in a new and intuitive way”. The first version will be on the market in fall 2012, but the big touch screen prototype was tested at the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest, Jan 11, embedded… Read More New Music Interface – The CCC-Pad (Sneak Preview)
Audio/visual artist Malaventura sent word of DIY (Drone It Yourself) – a Lemur template for iPad designed to manipulate drones. it comes with 6 drones, where every drone is composed by 5 loops that you can modified and add effects; a stepsequencer (The Drone machine) to create noisy rhythms and the most famous feature of the Lemur,… Read More Drone it Yourself (Lemur Template)
Sunday Synth Jam: Check out this live performance of Grind Out by reader Gil Assayas. Here’s what Assayas has to say about his multitasking performance: All the sounds you hear are played live at the same time in one take, without the help of a sequencer, playback or any sort of loop. An experiment in coordination… Read More Impossible Synth Jam – Grind Out
Amazing Machines sent us this teaser image for the Miditribe I/O, a new mod for the Korg Monotribe that will add both MIDI IN and MIDI Out. Amazing Machines says that installation of the MIDITRIBE I/O takes about 5 min, it is pre-assembled, no soldering, just plug and play. The Miditribe I/O is expected to… Read More Amazing Machines MIDITRIBE I/O For Korg Monotribe (Teaser)
AfroDJMac sends word of another freebie for Ableton Live users, Casio MT-68: I’ve worked in collaboration with my friend Mike Longo to create an Ableton synth made out of Mike’s old Casio MT-68. It’s got some great warm retro sounds and lots of character, I hope you like it 🙂 See the AfroDJMac site for details.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6p1emSaRV4 Developer Tom Burns wrote in with info on his new DJ app for Android devices, DJPad. I’ve released a low latency dual MP3 DJing application for Android. Features a 3-band EQ, multitouch mixer and crossfader, split output for headphone cueing, waveform view and multi-directory library. This app is under development and we are working… Read More DJPad DJ App For Android Released
