Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
M-Audio Pick & Mix Promotion – Tailor your own sonic arsenal For a limited time, M-Audio are giving away a variety of plugins to users of some of their hardware as part of their M-Audio Pick & Mix promotion.. New and existing users of M-Audio’s Keystation, Oxygen and Code series of controllers and M-Track C-Series […]
Daft Punk to Kygo, Herbie Hancock to Rae Sremmurd – VocalSynth 2 Vocal synthesis is another technique used widely in contemporary genres everywhere and iZotope is set to knock it out the park again with VocalSynth 2. Whether you’re looking for Daft Punk style Talkbox style sounds, tropical house vocal chirps or high-pitched EDM chipmunks, […]
New Korg KROSS 2, now available in a limited edition The Korg KROSS 2 is a recently updated version of their intuitive workstation platform; user sampling, trigger pads and a variety of other new features. The new trigger pads on the Korg KROSS 2 can be used to sequence drums and other instruments or quickly […]
Moog Grandmother – a new semi-modular synth from the grandfather of modular Semi-modular is the name of the game, and it looks like Moog is set to knock it out the park with their latest installment, The Moog Grandmother. There have been a series of unconfirmed, yet seemingly legitimate reports that Moog is on the […]
Our top 5 FREE iOS music making Apps list There’s a ton of music making Apps available on the iStore, we tried them and came up with a list of our favourites. Groovebox What is it: Groovebox is one of the most intuitive music making apps, designed to be reminiscent of a rack of synthesizers […]
Soundtrack composer Danny Lux, announces two new plugin synths from Samplefuel POLY and WAVE are the new soft-synths from Samplefuel, a company headed-up by Danny Lux – soundtrack composer for Grey’s Anatomy, My Name is Earl and Boston Legal. The synths are based around Steinberg’s Halion Sonic multisample player and share some neat features. The […]
Future of KRK and Stanton hangs in the balance due to Gibson bankruptcy The future of iconic brands, KRK and Stanton, hangs in the balance after their parent company, Gibson bankruptcy declaration. It comes as no huge surprise that the more traditional turntablist brands are slowly dying off – Technics and Vestax closing down and […]
MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) an update to an age-old standard With so many developments in technology, it’s about time that someone addressed a few issues with the outdated MIDI standard. The team at MMA (MIDI Manufacturers Association – NOT Mixed Martial Arts) aim to bring new levels of expression and control to MIDI software and […]
Propellerheads – back in the limelight with Reason 10.1 update Propellerheads just announced Reason 10.1, a free update for all Reason users, which includes a variety of exciting new features. In recent years Wavetable synthesis has undoubtedly become the name of the game – thanks to the popularity of xFer’s Serum, the pristine quality and […]
Denon DJ acquires Soundswitch software/hardware lighting brand SoundSwitch is a revolutionary software/hardware package that connects your lighting and DJ software packages, giving you ultimate control. SoundSwitch allows you to control your lightshow either using your DJ MIDI Controller or automated using their DAW style software. It works with almost all DMX lighting hardware, with various […]
