Akai Professional has announced the release of a new version (v1.4) of its MPC Software for the MPC Renaissance and MPC Studio controllers. The new software update includes the “most-requested” enhancements from MPC users, including 64-bit support in all versions: standalone, VST, and AU.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHgrH7q-MPs Thorwald Jørgensen, the Dutch thereminist (above), will be one of the performers at The NY Theremin Society’s “International Edition” concert this Friday evening, June 28, in New York City.
CEPA (The Center for Electronic Performance and Art) and M.I.A. (Machine Inspired Art) are presenting ConCon – The Controller Convention, July 19-21 at M.I.A. Gallery, in downtown Los Angeles. ConCon features workshops, demos and discussions during the day, and performances at night:
Sugar Bytes has released Thesys – an iPad version of their ‘extremely powerful and intuitive’ MIDI step sequencer app. Thesys provides a versatile palette of performance options, which can be triggered right from your MIDI keyboard: you can transpose, manipulate, twist up, mutate, and mangle patterns without needing to touch your iPad. You can use… Read More ‘Extremely Powerful’ MIDI Step Sequencer, Thesys, Now Available For iPad
The latest episode of the Power Of Electronic Music (POEM) audio podcast takes a look at Bringing The Mellotron Into The 21st Century. POEM’s Thomas Janak talks to ‘Mister Mellotron Germany’ Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock about the Mellotron and the Memotron, a ’21st century version’ of the Mellotron:
What’s more lo-fi than the sound of awesomely cheesy vintage drum machines? The sound of awesomely cheesy vintage drum machines….sampled from YouTube demo videos. Reader Brian Anthony Abraham Donaldson let us know about his site, where he’s shared several free vintage drum sample collections, including: PAiA Drummer Boy Loops PAiA Programmable Drum Set Samples Chamberlain Rhythmate… Read More What’s More Lo-Fi Than The Sound Of Vintage Drum Machines?
MusicRobot was uploaded by: Makeblock
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Arturia has announced the availability of their AAX Updater, which supports Avid’s advanced AAX plug-in format favored by Pro Tools 11. In Pro Tools 10, Arturia instrument users could run RTAS versions of their plug-ins. With Pro Tools 11, Avid has dropped RTAS support in favor of AAX. Users now have to update their plug-ins… Read More Pro Tools 11 Kills RTAS Support, But Arturia’s Got Your AAX Covered
Noisebud has released a new version of CatchDad, its performance sampling sequencer for Windows: With CatchDad you can catch 4 different sounds with just the click of a button and instantly start to program rhythms with the built in step sequencers. The plugin is capable of building advanced rhythmic patterns with the different sequencer speed… Read More Free Sequencing Sampler For Windows, CatchDad, Updated
Korg All Access: Andrew Innes of Primal Scream and the MS-20 mini Analogue Synthesizer was uploaded by: KorgUSAVideos
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