Having only just released the DJM-S11, Pioneer is back with a treat that is sure to please those DJs looking for a more affordable variant of Pioneers popular DJM-S9 DJ mixer. The DJM-S7 follows the industry-standard design layout for battle DJ mixers set in place
Italy’s IK Multimedia have announced new additions to their UNO synth line up with the UNO Synth Pro and the UNO Synth Pro Desktop. The UNO Synth Pro is a 37 key paraphonic synthesizer with three analogue oscillators, a dual filter system, multiple envelops and
Arturia and LA based modular synth aficionados Noise Engineering, have teamed up to work on the latest firmware update for Arturia’s quirky hybrid synth the MicroFreak. The new firmware update offers 3 new oscillator modes, a unison mode, more factory presets plus some workflow improvements.
Singers and MCs this might just be the product you never knew you needed, or maybe you did? Roland have announced Verselab MV-1, an all-in-one groovebox/workstation featuring Roland’s ZEN-Core synth engine, vocal recording and song arrangement with TR style step sequencer for beat making. This follows a string of new grooveboxes from Roland over the past 18 months, but the
Christmas has absolutely come early this year (well, for me at least) with Arturia announcing a new version of the V Collection software bundle which is jam-packed with 28 software emulations of legendary synths and keyboard instruments. V Collection 8 adds 4 new instruments which
You might have seen leaked images of this recently, but today Korg have made it official and it’s got us very excited. The SQ-64 is an exciting new polyphonic hardware sequencer with a (yep, you guessed it) 64 step pad matrix, designed to give hardware
In this video, we take you through how to setup Native Instruments’ Maschine+ to control, play and sequence your hardware gear. We look at the MIDI mapping templates and how the audio is routed with the Maschine+ at the centre of your studio set-up. We
British synth manufacturers Modal Electronics have today announced a new 8 voice virtual analogue polysynth, the Cobalt8
Sampling is the technique of reusing pieces of audio (melody, beats, voice or other pieces of music) and use them to create new musical ideas. It’s a technique that has been an integral part of electronic music production, shaping many genres of music from Hip
Maschine+ is Native Instruments’ answer to stand-alone beat making and groove box based electronic music production. We’ve spent some more time exploring the hardware features, sounds, samples and effects and put together a tutorial detailing an approach to making music using Maschine+’s stand-alone workflow. This