Pioneer DJ today introduced the Tour System – the CDJ-TOUR1 multiplayer and DJM-TOUR1 mixer. Pioneer says that the new devices take the sound quality of the NXS2 set-up and add the components needed to deliver that performance in large venues. Here’s the official video intro:
Multimedia software developer MAGIX has announced that it is acquiring a majority of the Sony Creative Software (SCS) products. Applications moving to MAGIX include: Vegas Pro, Movie Studio, Sound Forge Pro, and ACID Pro. MAGIX says that, by purchasing these product lines, the company is ‘cementing its position in the market and accelerating its international growth’.
Imimot has released an updated to Vezér, their timeline-based MIDI/OSC/DMX audiovisual sequencer. Vezér 1.6 is here offers 15 new features & other enhancements. Here’s what’s new in Vezér 1.6:
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has officially declared May 23rd-30th, 2016 Detroit Techno Week, to celebrate the role of Detroit and its artists in the creation of techno music and the annual Movement Electronic Music Festival:
Village of Trumansburg, NY has installed a new historical marker, placed outside of the building that housed the original R.A. Moog company on Main Street. The building is where the Moog modular and Minimoog were developed and produced. Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of The Bob Moog Foundation, and composer David Borden (Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company) unveiled the… Read More Trumansburg, NY Unveils R. A. Moog Historical Marker
Arturia has announced B-3 V — a new software simulation of the classic B-3 tonewheel organ and Leslie rotary speaker combo. While the B-3 V is designed to emulate the classic Hammond B3, it also updates it with new options, including: Voice Modulator – this lets you automate drawbars via LFO, envelopes and even a step sequence. These open up… Read More Arturia Intros B-3 V Virtual Hammond Organ
Superbooth 16: This video, via Sonic State, captures an interview with Scottish synth designer Ken MacBeth, of MacBeth Studio Systems.
Arturia has introdued Farfisa V, a software recreation of the Farfisa Compact Deluxe, with some additional features from the Duo Compact series. The new virtual organ, for Mac & Windows, uses physical modeling to emulate the original. Arturia says that they modeled the real behavior of each component, right down to the transistors, oscillators, filters and built-in effects.
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Miguel Fernandes, aka starshipfive, shared this live cover of Daft Punk‘s Get Lucky. Fernandes says that he wasn’t trying to recreate the original, but to create an original arrangement that had more of an electronic feel.
Sunday Synth Jam: Rheyne shared this video, which captures a synth jam for a polyphonic Moog setup, based on three Mother 32 Euro modules, controlled by a KMI QuNexus. Here’s what Rheyne has to say about the technical details:
