Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Launchpad Arcade – no hardware required! Novation made a bold move when they launched their new web-based application – Launchpad Arcade. Now anyone can rock out, anywhere! The website’s landing page is laid out much like an actual Launchpad, alongside a host of sound banks for the user to load up and perform. The interface […]
AudioSwift is software that brings hands-on control to your DAW Designed for Mac OS, AudioSwift turns your MacBook or Magic Trackpad into an intuitive control surface for your DAW. Through a series of modes, AudioSwift opens a whole new world of control over track volumes, panning and sends, all at your fingertips. Because of the […]
PreSonus Faderport 16 boasts an effortless workflow The new PreSonus FaderPort 16 offers complete tactile control over your favourite DAW’s Mixer, Transport and other MIDI assignable controls. In the digital world it’s hard to find Studio Gear that sounds and feels like the analogue legends of the past. Many products on the market surf a […]
TheoryBoard is the ‘ultimate hack for production and composition’ The TheoryBoard is a new MIDI controller that plays chords and melodies on light-up buttons. Instruments that guide you in chord structures and melodies are no longer a new thing; Native Instruments’ popular Kontrol S controllers and Akai’s Advance Keyboard range are just two such examples. […]
Maschine Mk3 from Native Instruments is here Native Instruments have announced the next generation of their popular pad controller and music making DAW system, the Maschine Mk3. There are a number of new features and enhancements on the new model, with a lot of focus aimed at improved integration with the brand new Komplete […]
Arturia KeyLab Essential MIDI controllers now shipping The Arturia KeyLab Essential MIDI controllers come in two derivatives; the 49 or 61 key version and also include the Analog Lab software suite which offers over 5,000 sounds to explore and use to create with. Arturia say that the new and improved KeyLab Essential range place emphasis […]
iRig Keys I/O is an all-in-one Music Production Station iRig Keys I/O is one of IK Multimedia’s latest products and as usual they’re tapping deep into the mobile music producer market and this time specifically into the producer on a budget. iRig Keys I/O is a MIDI controller that comes in 25- and 49-key versions […]
M-Audio CTRL 49 Tested and Reviewed The M-Audio CTRL 49 was first showcased at NAMM 2016 and is now being shipped globally. As the name suggests it is a 49-key MIDI controller and has a really impressive feature list. Although they make no massive claims to being the most advanced controllers like AKAI perhaps do […]
Maschine JAM new from Native Instruments The Maschine JAM is brand new from Native Instruments and in a nutshell it brings the controller/software up to speed with what pad controller users possibly expect from their production packages. You see Maschine has always been a very powerful music making tool, but if there’s one possible criticism […]
KORG nanoKEY Studio for mobile producers Creating music ‘in-the-box’ is something many music producers do these days and KORG know this, hence their uber portable little controller, the nanoKEY Studio. The KORG nanoKEY Studio is tiny. Tiny as in hardly any bigger than a tablet. But that’s the actual point of nanoKEY Studio; to offer […]
