Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
The nifty DJ Conversion Utility receives an overhaul The DJ Conversion Utility 4.0 update brings a much needed GUI redesign, small bug-fixes and performance tweaks. For those who don’t know about DJ Conversion Utility, it’s a very nifty tool for DJ’s who use various software platforms or those who are planning on changing platforms. It […]
Erica Synths SYNTRX – The legendary EMS Synthi AKS reborn Erica Synths SYNTRX is the modern re-imagining of the legendary EMS Synthi AKS, used by Pink Floyd and others. Pink Floyd’s On The Run features an ominous arpeggiator sequence supplied by the legendary EMS Synthi AKS synthesizer. For the first time, a compact synthesizer offered […]
Native Instruments Traktor 3.3.0 is coming soon – What’s new? Native Instruments Traktor 3.3.0 is around the corner, and it introduces various compatibility features and bug fixes. Some of the biggest new features they’ve announced which are coming in the new Native Instruments Traktor 3.3.0 update is added support for various Pioneer products and extended […]
Funktion One has just unveiled their most compact system to date Funktion One introduces their most compact system ever, designed with the same stringent process as their world-renowned PA systems. Funktion One has long been at the forefront of loudspeaker development with their no-nonsense approach to audio quality. While a large number of popular loudspeaker […]
Top 5 current popular Wavetable plugins and their pros and cons The versatility of Wavetable plugins have made them the rage – Let’s look at the pros and cons of the current favourites. Almost every plugin developer currently offers a wavetable plugin, the versatility of wavetable oscillators makes them incredible tools for sound designers. Each […]
How to create Formant-like sounds without a Formant Filter Today’s music production tutorial deals with creating Formant-like sounds in a plugin that doesn’t have a dedicated Formant Filter. One thing that newcomers to u-he’s Hive 2 might be underwhelmed by is the lack of dedicated formant filter types – however, the versatility of the filters […]
Puremagnetik Prototypes – Free collection of open-source plugins Puremagnetik Prototypes is a free collection of audio plugins, it’s open-source so anyone can learn or edit the source code. Micah Frank AKA Puremagnetik recently launched Grainstation-C, a free an open-source granular effect audio plugin, and he’s taken things a few steps further by introducing a whole […]
New RODE NT-USB Mini mic is versatile and easy-to-use The RODE NT-USB Mini brings the pristine sound quality of RODE’s world-class studio mics to a compact, easy-to-use USB microphone. In 2014 RODE brought their world-renowned condenser microphone quality to a USB platform, proving that incredible audio quality doesn’t need to be complicated or expensive. Now […]
Arturia FX collection are effects you’ll actually use Arturia has been on a quest to recreate classic effects in recording history, this is the culmination – Arturia FX collection. Bringing together all 15 plugins from their “You’ll Actually Use” series, the Arturia FX Collection promises to offer professionals and beginners a huge variety of essential […]
YouTuber makes a working Microsoft Excel DAW Music Production YouTuber, Dylan Tallchief, has made a fully working DAW in Microsoft Excel – with a number of unexpected features. Have you ever wanted to make it look like you’re actually working, meanwhile you’re busy producing your next banger? Now is the time, this Microsoft Excel spreadsheet […]
