One of the most intriguing announcements from Musikmesse is the collaboration between Pioneer DJ and Dave Smith Instruments. It has spawned the Toraiz SP-16 which we got a chance to get hands-on with.
What is the UAD-2 Satellite USB? How will this help Windows music producers? What impact will its DSP have on the plug-ins and processing you choose? We talked to Universal Audio to find out.
What do you get when you cross a drum machine, robotic mechanical balls, and an acoustic drum kit? Polyend's Perc is just that and can play the drums that'll make your human drummer jealous.
This is one of our favorite finds at Musikmesse 2016. Alex from DASZ is an expandable synthesizer and sequencer with an engaging interface and performance features. Watch our 10 minute video for more.
Fredenstein MixCube is an awesome solution for a more analog sound when mixing int he box. Along side this are 500-series racks, amplifiers and compressors. Watch the video here.
We caught up with Zoom at Musikmesse 2016 who kindly showed us around their rather handy... handy audio recorders, the U-24 and U-44. These are more capable than you might first think.
What makes the new Apogee ONE for Mac (now in its 3rd incarnation) so attractive? Aside from the high-quality build and audio components...? The price. We took a closer look at Musikmesse 2016.
Staffan Lindroth, product specialist for Nord, shows us just how playable and fun the new Nord Drums 3P really is at Musikmesse 2016.
If you want a small, portable, intelligent device to help you manage your MIDI devices, then the Sipario from Lab4Music is worth considering. Here's an interesting video overview from Musikmesse 2016.
From the makers of Loopy and Audiobus, A Tasty Pixel, comes The Amazing Audio Engine, an easy way to create your own iOS audio apps that are compatible with Audiobus and the Audio Unit spec.
The new SDR-MIX from VocoPro is a microphone mixer with a digital SD recorder which even has limited functionality when no computer is connected.
Should Windows users be left out in the cold for pro production gear features? Of course not! And now the rich analog sound of UAD Powered Plug-Ins over USB 3 will be available soon for Windows PCs.
Flintpope has recently updated his popular (and first) Reaktor set for Mikro Prism. It's now available for Ableton Live 9.5 Intro by way of 24 Simpler presets.
The new Boss RC-202 Loop Station is designed for fingertip looping and aimed at the electronic musician, performer and beatboxer. The features by themselves are impressive.
Music_SDP (a free, open source music and sound design platform) now has a new MIDI file manager and new 2 MIDI-focused modules to show off with this update.