Entries tagged: Gear
For The Love - Beat Battle
February 17, 2010
SWTBRDS' own, Al Jieh, will be judging a beat battle alongside REL and Keelay this Saturday night at Club 6. Full event info after the jump.
Tags: News, Bay Area, Events, Gear
Focus Makes A Beat
February 10, 2010
Focus makes a beat for the West Coast Theory crew.
via [Crate Kings]
R.I.P. Technics SL-1200
November 27, 2009
Various sources are reporting that Panasonic is stopping production of the Technics SL-1200 series turntable in Februrary 2010.
RIP to a cultural icon...the greatest turntable to ever exist.
Tags: Gear
Fake Make - Custom Labels
November 6, 2009
Fake Make makes custom labels for your 12-inches!
via [Straight Maxin]
Ableton X Novation Launchpad
October 1, 2009
Ableton and Novation have teamed up to bring you the Launchpad controller for Live. Looks to be a portable version of the Akai APC40.
via [Straight Maxin]
Tags: Gear
Korg microSAMPLER
September 3, 2009
**UPDATED**
Awwww shit. First the microKORG synth, now the microSAMPLER! Check out the full specs & Japanese Sham-Wow demo video after the jump.
New image official image courtesy of Gearjunkies.
Tags: Gear
Groovemaker - iPhone App
August 18, 2009
IK Multimedia has just dropped GrooveMaker, a new loop-based music production app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. For more information, check out Synthtopia.
R.I.P. Les Paul
August 13, 2009
Les Paul (June 9, 1915 – August 13, 2009)
Rest in peace to Les Paul, one of the most important figures in not only the recording industry, but music as a whole.
He is best known as a pioneer of the solid body electric guitar. Gibson Guitar Corporation even went so far as to develop a guitar with him that shared his namesake. Less publicized are his innovations in recording technology including overdubbing, delay effects, phasing effects, and multi-track recording.
NESynth for iPhone
August 10, 2009
Make 8-bit video game music with your iPhone with the NESynth. Use either keyboards, the American Nintento controller, or Japanese Famicom controller to create music.
Intua Beatmaker For iPhone
July 20, 2009
Intua's Beatmaker for the iPhone is the most sophisticated music app available, and probably one of the best apps period.
The all-in-one mobile audio workstation has a virtual MPC, step sequencer, pattern sequencer, effects, recorder, and wave editor.
More vids after the jump!
Tags: Gear
Vestax VCM-600
July 17, 2009
The Vestax VCM-600 is probably the best new Ableton Live controller in terms of build quality--solid as a rock. But not sure if it can touch the Akai APC40 in terms of overall integration.
Check out an in-depth review of the new mixer here.
Tags: Gear
Akai LPD8 & LPK25
July 15, 2009
Akai is debuting the LPD8 & LPK25 portable controllers at Summer NAMM. Looks like they're taking on Korg's Nano series head on.
Tags: Gear
Linos USB Record Player Concept
July 15, 2009
The Linos is a conceptual design for a desktop USB vinyl record player by Pyott Design.
via [NotCot]
Tags: Gear
Herbie Hancock & Quincy Jones on the Fairlight CMI
July 1, 2009
Video from 1983 of Herbie Hancock & Quincy Jones in the studio playing with one of the earlest computer based instruments, the Fairlight CMI. Herbie absolutely kills it.
Witness the birth of electronic music.
D16 Group - GUI Gods
June 30, 2009
D16 Group is a plug-in developer based in Poland. Their GUI designers are on point, making some of the most realistic looking virtual instruments and effect boxes.
Haven't ever used any of these, as me and most all the folks are Pro Tools guys (D16 plugs are all VST & AU), but I might have to try one of these out with Ableton Live.
Tags: Gear
Gear Porn: Neve Genesys
June 22, 2009
The Neve Genesys is a hand-built expandable analogue recording console with digital workstation control and a base configuration starting under $60,000.
The console offers 16 channels of mic/line preamps, 16-channel DAW monitoring, hands-on DAW control, 8 auxiliary buses, 8 group buses, 2 main outputs, 4 effects returns, comprehensive metering, 5.1 monitoring, 2 cue mixes, talkback services and an internal power supply.
Tags: Gear
New iPhone App - iDrum: Major Lazer Remixer
June 19, 2009
So I was on the iZotope website today looking up info on Spectron, when I saw this new iDrum: Major Lazer remix edition for the iPhone. (The iPhone version of iDrum is a beast, btw.)
iDrum: Major Lazer lets you instantly remix elements from the new album, Guns Don’t Kill People … Lazers Do, produced by dance floor innovators Diplo and Switch along with lazer-armed commando Major Lazer.
Read more about it at the iTunes store.
Retro Recorder by McDSP
June 17, 2009
Retro Recorder is a new iPhone recording app by McDSP, one of the leading plug-in developers in the digital audio realm.
Akai Remix 16
June 17, 2009
The Akai Remix 16 is a phrase sampler released in 1996. The relatively obscure--or just unpopular--groove box was discontinued just a few years after its release, but still pops up every now and then on eBay and craigslist.
Tags: Gear
Rectools08pro For iPhone
June 14, 2009
Yudo's Rectools08pro is the first 8 channel multi-track recorder/editor for the iPhone. It is comptabile with all external iPhone microphones and records in 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.
via [Synthtopia]
Gear Porn: Roland Jupiter 8
June 11, 2009
The Jupiter 8 was Roland's flagship analog synthesizer, first manufactured in 1981.
Tags: Gear
Livid Ohm64 Controller
June 4, 2009
The new Ohm64 by Livid features a fully programmable, backlit 64-button clip bank, onboard function controls, 8 mute/solo buttons, a BPM tap, 8 high-quality faders,16 rotary knobs, and a DJ-style crossfader.
The boutique controller is available in a hand crafted wood body, or an aluminum body for $599.
Tags: Gear
Gear Porn: API 500-6B Lunchbox
June 1, 2009
The API 500 series Lunchbox is a user-configurable portable rack unit. You can put in any six 500 series modules, either from API or 3rd party.
Tags: Gear
Softube FET Compressor
May 26, 2009
This one came out a while ago, but we had to get a late pass just on the strength of the GUI. Softube's FET Compressor has one of the nicest looking interfaces ever on a plug-in.
Not sure why they went with a 70's hi-fi equipment look, but it looks dope either way. On top of that, the reviews say it sounds great. It is, after all, modeled after the legendary UREI 1176--the original 1960's version.
Tags: Gear
Gear Porn: Wunderbar Console
May 21, 2009
This 12-channel console by Wunder Audio is boutique engineering at it's finest.
The Wunderbar console is equipped with the PEQ2 on every channel, and it'll only cost you $45,000--not including motorized DAW-controlled faders, which will cost an extra $7,200.
Tags: Gear
Vestax Handy Trax USB Turntable
May 17, 2009
My boy at Vestax shot me this in an email the other day. (One I regret not reading until today.)
Full specs after the jump!
Tags: Gear
Propellerhead Record, The New Reason
May 11, 2009
Properllerhead, the company that brought you Reason, debuted their new DAW today: Record. Basically, Record implements audio recording into Reason, and adds time stretch features, a modeled SSL mixer, and more.
All info @ the official Propellerhead Record page.
Tags: Gear
MPC 2000XL & SP1200 USB Flash Drives
May 6, 2009
Two of the most influential hardware samplers in USB flash drive form: the Akai MPC 2000XL & E-Mu SP1200. The detail on these are amazing.
More pics, tech specs, and order info after the jump!
Rane SL 3 for Serato
April 3, 2009
Rane jumps from the SL 1 straight to the SL 3. Serato heads rejoice, you now have a more streamlined interface. All details at the Serato site.
Tags: Gear
New Novation products
April 1, 2009
We're not a music/recording equipment blog, but since it's Musikmesse this week, we'll keep the news coming.
Novation debuted new products today at the Frankfurt show. Pictured above is the ZeRO SL MkII.
Tags: Gear
New Akai Pro MINIAK
March 31, 2009
Akai Pro is launching a bunch of new products at Musikmesse. The most promising one is this mini-synth made in partnership with Alesis. For more details, visit the source below.
Via [GearJunkies]
Tags: Gear
OP-1 portable synth & controller
March 30, 2009
Swedish firm Teenage Engineering is set to debut the OP-1 synthesizer and controller @ Musikmesse in Frankfurt later this week.
Tags: Gear
SSL X-Desk
March 27, 2009
Aw shit. Producers and engineers prepare to geek out...
Musikmesse doesn't start until next Monday in Frankfurt, Germany...but stuff has already started to leak out on the net.
Here's a leaked image of the new SSL X-Desk. No details on specs or cost yet, but it looks like an SSL summing box/fader port that can compliment with the X-Logic X-Rack units.
Tags: Gear
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