Reader aymat (Joel Carlo) wrote in to let us know that Mackie has released updated drivers for the Onyx Blackjack that finally deliver on the device’s promise: For the thousands of Onyx Blackjack users on the Windows platform who have had nothing but frustration for the last 2 years since Mackie released it back in… Read More Mackie Onyx Blackjack v3.0 Driver Update ‘A Freaking Happy Occasion’
Ohm Force has announced the availability of Ohm Studio, “the first real-time collaborative digital audio workstation.” Ohm Studio has the standard features that you expect in a digital audio workstation, such as audio recording, MIDI sequencing and virtual instrument support. What makes Ohm Studio unique, though, is the baked-in support for Internet based collaboration. This… Read More Ohm Studio, ‘The First Real-Time Collaborative Digital Audio Workstation”, Now Available
Back in 1967, composer Steve Reich scored a conceptual music piece, Slow Motion Sound. The score reads: Very gradually slow down a recorded piece to many times its original length without changing its pitch or timbre at all. Reich explained Slow Motion Sound like this: Slow Motion Sound (1967) has remained a concept on paper because it… Read More ‘Vertical Music’ Explores Slow Motion Sound
Apple has bought Italian audio software company Redmatica, creator of sample management tools, according to reports. Apple hasn’t released an official announcement on the acquisition and probably won’t. Redmatica makes several sample management tools, including: Keymap Pro – a sampled instruments editor for EXS24, Kontakt3 and 4, Structure and Reason NNXT formats. AutoSampler – an app… Read More Apple Buys Redmatica – Are Better Sampling Tools Coming To Logic & GarageBand?
Musicrow has released Bass Lab – an ‘extreme bass synth’ for Native Instruments Reaktor. It was previously only available as part of a bundle. Here’s what they have to say about Bass Lab: Bass Lab is your laboratory for electronic bass sounds. This powerful synthesizer was designed with one purpose in mind: to assemble the… Read More Musicrow Intros Bass Lab Synthesizer For Reaktor
Subatomic Software has renamed its modular synthesis app for Mac OS X, Antimatter, to Audulus. Audulus is a minimalist modular software synthesizer and effect processor. With Audulus, users can build synthesizers, design new sounds, or process audio. All with low latency real-time processing suitable for live performance. Features include: audio unit hosting – use your… Read More Audulus Modular Audio Processor For Mac
Microsoft is planning radical changes for the next major version of Windows, Windows 8. Microsoft is responding to pressure from Apple’s success with the iPad with a new version of Windows that promises to provide a unified look, across both tablets and desktop computers. Cool idea – but can Microsoft deliver on that promise? And can… Read More Windows 8 – Bad News For Musicians?
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Developer Jonathan Mackenzie let us know about his two new iPad apps for sound synthesis and manipulation, Strange Attractor and Voco. Strange Attractor (App Store link) is a novel sound generator and effects processor based on chaos theory. At its heart is a feedback system which can spontaneously oscillate, or respond to incoming sounds, processing them into fractal… Read More Two New iPad Sound Design Apps, Voco & Strange Attractor
The 4TrackTrigger, aka the ‘Traktor-Weapon’, is a new DJ controller, made by the German Faderfox and the Swiss Glanzmann Digital DJ Solutions. The 4TrackTrigger is a compact 4 deck controller, specifically designed for Traktor Pro 2.5 in external mixer mode. The 4TrackTrigger is expected to be available in mid June. Pricing is TBA.
