AlphaTrack Controller Gets Adobe Audition 2.0 Support

Frontier Design Group has added Adobe’s Audition 2.0 to the list of applications that support its AlphaTrack controller, including Digidesign’s ProTools, Cakewalk’s SONAR, Steinberg’s Cubase SX/SL and Nuendo and Cubase 4 (including Studio 4), Apple’s Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro, Propellerhead’s Reason, and MOTU’s Digital Performer. AlphaTrack is a compact controller for DAW mixing… Read More AlphaTrack Controller Gets Adobe Audition 2.0 Support

June 18, 2007Leave a comment

Monome Videos

The monome 40h is a reconfigurable grid of sixty-four backlit buttons, designed to be an open-ended musical interface. The buttons can be configured as toggles, radio groupings, sliders, or organized into more sophisticated systems. When the monome was introduced, the biggest question I had was whether the device’s minimal design would lend itself to expressive… Read More Monome Videos

June 6, 2007June 13, 2007Leave a comment

Monome 256 Prototype In Action

monome, a collective based in Philadelphia that has created a open-ended configurable switch array for music and multimedia, has posted a video (below) of its upcoming monome 256 in action. The group plans three configurations: 256 (two fifty six) the 16×16 whose design has solidified 128 (one twenty eight) is an 8×16 64 (sixty four)… Read More Monome 256 Prototype In Action

June 6, 20071 Comment

Microsoft Launches Surface Computing User Interface

At the Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Microsoft Surface, the first in a new category of surface computing products from Microsoft. Surface turns a tabletop into a dynamic surface that provides interaction with all forms of digital content through gestures, touch and physical objects. While no… Read More Microsoft Launches Surface Computing User Interface

May 31, 2007May 31, 20071 Comment

Monolake’s Awesome Monodeck

If you’ve seen images of Monolake performing, you may have wondered about the unique instrument he uses, the Monodeck II: In this video, Monolake jams with the Monodeck II: Monolake, aka Robert Henke, uses a custom MIDI controller, along with Max, to control Ableton Live. He calls the Monodeck II “an industrial grade prototype.” Here’s… Read More Monolake’s Awesome Monodeck

May 31, 2007May 31, 2007Leave a comment

WK Audio Introduces EDIT DAW Controller

EDIT is a new hardware controller from WK Audio, designed for Steinberg’s Nuendo Media Production System. EDIT is designed for Nuendo users who need a compact, professional control surface focused on edit work and multitrack recording, rather than a complete mixing desk. Derived from the popular ID Controller, EDIT shares an almost identical layout and… Read More WK Audio Introduces EDIT DAW Controller

April 20, 2007April 20, 2007Leave a comment

Mackie Debuts d.pro Series DJ Production Consoles

Musikmesse: Mackie unveiled its new d.pro Series of DJ Production Consoles with FireWire I/O. These new 2- and 4-channel DJ consoles are highlighted by their FireWire capabilities, studio-quality sound, immense routing flexibility, and certification for Native Instruments Traktor “Scratch” software—letting DJs mix and scratch digital music files using standard turntables with specially coded vinyl discs.… Read More Mackie Debuts d.pro Series DJ Production Consoles

April 10, 2007April 11, 20071 Comment

Musikmesse: Mawzer Shows Modular MIDI Controller

Musikmesse 2007: Jerash Labs showed an innovative new MIDI controller design, the Mawzer Modular MIDI Controller. The Mawzer Modular MIDI Controller is a modular controller that lets you create your own custom MIDI controller from a set of five types of control units.

April 7, 2007April 7, 20071 Comment

Allen & Heath Adds XONE:1D to MIDI Control Family

Musikmesse: The new Xone:1D is a dedicated MIDI controller connected and powered via USB, which can be used to control leading DJ software such as Ableton Live and Traktor3. As well as the USB connection, the Xone:1D has 5-pin DIN MIDI sockets for connection to other MIDI-enabled devices, and features 4 60mm linear faders, 8… Read More Allen & Heath Adds XONE:1D to MIDI Control Family

April 3, 2007April 3, 20071 Comment

JazzMutant Intros Dexter Multitouch Sensor DAW Control Surface

Musikmesse: JazzMutant has introduced the first multitouch sensor control surface, dedicated to DAW control designed for Cubase, Sonar, Logic Pro, Nuendo, and Pyramix. JazzMutant has partnered with leading software companies, such as Steinberg, Cakewalk and Apple, to redefine the interaction between Digital Audio Workstations and the user. This laptop-sized control surface has been designed with… Read More JazzMutant Intros Dexter Multitouch Sensor DAW Control Surface

April 2, 2007April 2, 2007Leave a comment

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