If you’re interested in an MPC, get ready to drool. Akai is shipping the MPC5000, the MPC they call “the most advanced MPC on the planet.” It offers 8-track streaming hard disk recording, a 20-voice, 3-oscillator analog synthesizer with arpeggiator, a new sequencing engine with 960 ppq resolution, pad and track muting and mixing, 64… Read More Akai MPC 5000 “The Most Advanced MPC On The Planet”
Tonium, the makers of the Pacemaker pocket-sized DJ system, has announced the launch of Pacemaker.net, a social networking site for Pacemaker users. The Pacemaker music community allows members to upload and legally share the mixes of their music, created by them using a Pacemaker or the free Pacemaker Editor software. According to Tonium, it’s the… Read More Tonium Intros Community Site For Pacemaker Users
Livid has put together a couple of cool videos demoing AudioCube basics: Percussa Cubes Basics Impressions and demonstration of using the Percussa Audio cubes with the tutorial Ableton Live set. The center cube detects the faces of the other cubes to send MIDI notes to Live to change loops. Percussa Cubes with Resonant Synth Here’s… Read More Percussa AudioCubes Basics
This video, by Livid Instruments, shows scratching with Percussa AudioCubes: I set up four loops in an audio looper program I’ve been working on for future release by Livid Instruments. I’m using the speed of my hand gestures as detected by the four distance sensors on the audio cube to change the playback speed and… Read More Scratching With Percussa AudioCubes
Livid is now shipping the awesome Ohm DJ & VJ control surface. While the Tenori-On and other new control surfaces look cool, the Livid Ohm combines great looks with an intelligent combination of switches and continuou controllers. The only way it could be more awesome would be if the center buttons were a 16 x… Read More Livid Shipping Awesome DJ, VJ Controller
DJ GO is a design concept by Continuum for a portable system containing 2 mp3/CD turntables and a mixer, combined into one unit that can fold up and turn into a carry bag. The DJ Go’s internal hard drive stores thousands of songs inside the device, eliminating the need to carry vinyl, CDs or iPods.… Read More Design Concept: The DJ GO
A demonstration of ammobox, a new free virtual instrument that lets you scratch audio by triggering samples asyncronously with MIDI. The turntable provides velocity and rotation control. Creator Nathan Ramella (aka Synthesizer Patel) says: What you see on the screen is me dropping MIDI notes into an Ableton Live MIDI loop, as each note is… Read More Scratching in Ableton Live With Ammobox
Numark has introduced a new turntable, the X2, that combines CD & vinyl functions into one hybrid unit. The X2’s CD player offers full MP3 playback capability as well as the ability to scratch, loop, manipulate and pitch adjust both audio and MP3 data CDs. Since both the CD and turntable can be played simultaneously,… Read More Numark Intros High Tech X2 Turntable
Nokia has announced a “What does your city sound like?” competition, featuring DJ Shadow: Now is your chance to collaborate with the inimitable DJ Shadow in his unique experiment for Nokia Trends Lab. This cutting edge music experiment offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to co-create a track with DJ Shadow using modern mobile… Read More DJ Shadow Ambient Sound Competition
Stanton has introduced the Stanton SC System, a new set of digital controllers for the professional DJ. Stanton doesn’t explain what “SC” stands for – but “sexy control” comes to mind. The system is made up of the SCS.1d deck and the SCS.1m mixer. Each component of the system (mixer and deck) can be used… Read More Stanton Intros SC Digital DJ Controllers
