We first explore the new ROLI Seaboard – a multi-axis controller, Steve Reich’s recent concert exploring themes from Radiohead, the Giant Tuba of Marknuekirchen, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinasuars live rig, Hollow Sun SOTU, with plenty of conversational diversions on the way.
New From Native Instruments – Something To ‘Supercharge Your Beats’
Native Instruments released a teaser today for a new product that they say will ‘supercharge your beats’. They add, “The sound of the 21st century fuses ultimate power with a lightning-fast, visual workflow – seeing is believing.” Is it just a coincidence that they announced this the same day that Ableton Live 9 is released? You make the…
Jamie N Commons Documentary
That gold-throated, smokey crooner you heard in this season’s “The Walking Dead” promo was UK Blues man, Jamie N Commons, and his track “Lead Me Home.” The Bristol born 24 year-old has the voice of a Chicago soul singer at least twice his age, something he must have picked up while doing junior high school in the Windy…
Ableton Live 9 Now Available, Push Available For Pre-Order
Ableton Live 9 is now available, for Mac & Windows. In addition, Ableton Push is now available for pre-order. Updates in Ableton Live 9 include: Session automation New browser New sounds New studio effects You can now extract musical information from samples Improved editing tools Max for Live is now included in Live Suite. These features are common…
Grammy U & Young Guru Announce “Era of the Engineer” Tour
Grammy award nominated audio engineer Young Guru is set to start a 13 college tour with Grammy U sponsored in part by HP and Disc Makers. Grammy U was set up by The Recording Academy for students “who are pursuing a career in the recording industry [and] to help prepare college students for their careers…
Into The Lair #57 – Ear Training Part 1
In the 57th Into The Lair, Mix Engineer Dave Pensado walks you through some exercises that can help you better identify certain frequencies in the spectrum.
IK Multimedia iRig Keys and iLectric Piano review
http://soundsandgear.com/ik-multimedi… checking out the iRig Keys mobile/portable keyboard controller from IK Multimedia as well as the new iLectric Piano EP app for iOS.
Why Your Music Files Sound Like Crap
Those music files — be they MP3, AAC or WMA — that you listen to on your portable music players are pretty crap when it comes to accurate sound reproduction from the original recording. But just how crap they really are wasn’t known until now. Audio data compression, at its heart, is pretty simple. A piece of…
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