Livid Instruments has released Livid Looper, free, open source audio manipulation software for Mac & PC. Designed to emphasize simplicity and hands-on control, short loops of audio can be sliced, diced, scrambled, and transformed with built-in and VST effects. “Since we released our Ohm MIDI controller, we have had a dramatic increase in DJs, laptop… Read More Free Looper For Mac & PC From Livid
Alfred Darlington, aka Daedelus, charts the evolution of his love of electronic sounds and gives us a private performance on his famous future toy, the Monome.
This video, from the latest issue of Computer Music, demos several Monome applications, including mlr, flin and Stretta‘s Press Cafe.
TASCAM has announced three recording bundles designed to offer everything you need, besides your computer, to record high-quality audio. TASCAM’s hitting several different price points, to appeal to different budgets and meet different requirements: The Track Pack T1 combines the US-122L audio interface with a dynamic microphone, headphones and Cubase LE4 recording software. Track Pack… Read More Tascam Intros Three Track Pack Recording Bundles
Mixxx, the free, open source DJ application for Windows, Mac & Linux, has been updated and is available as a free software download. According to the developers: Mixxx 1.6.0 represents over a year’s worth of hard work from our growing development team. The development of 1.6.0 was been driven by continuous feedback from our users,… Read More Free DJ App Download – Mixxx
Prime Loops is offering several free sample kits for Intua BeatMaker for the iPhone. Kits include: Dirty South Synth Loops Kit Platinum Crunk Grooves 1 Platinum Crunk Grooves 2 Prime Trip Hop Kit 1 via the BeatMaker
Behringer has introduced the U-CONTROL UMA25S Keyboard controller – a MIDI controller with on-board USB audio interface. The on-board USB audio interface accepts mic or line signals; headphones with boom microphone included. The UMA25S operates on DC, battery or USB power. The UMA25S ships with energy/XT2 Compact BEHRINGER Edition DAW software plus over 100 plug-ins.… Read More Behringer Introduces the UMA25S Keyboard Controller
E-MU has announced that the full version of the Proteus VX Software Sound Module software is now available as a free download. The download (registration requried) includes the enhanced v2.0.1 Proteus X Composer Bank (a special E-MU tweaked version of the Composer bank) that can be used in all versions of the Proteus X or… Read More Get Proteus VX For Windows For Free
Last year, we covered the introduction of the Livid Instruments Ohm DJ/VJ controller, and asked “Is this the coolest DJ controller yet?”. It looks like the answer is yes, at least for VJs. This month’s Remix magazine has a review of the Livid Ohm, and they call it a “one-stop shop for trigger-happy VJs”: “The… Read More Livid Instruments Ohm VJ Instrument Review
Propellerhead has announced three new software bundles Reason Premium Edition Studio Combo Rhythm Combo The bundles will roll out in early August in Europe and later in the month in North America. Reason Premium Edition The Reason Premium Edition includes a full version of Reason, bundled together with the four complete Hypersampled ReFills—Reason Drum Kits,… Read More Propellerhead Intros Three Reason Bundles
