Untold History: Eventide and the Digital Revolution

You probably don’t know the history of digital audio. Get familiar with Eventide’s story. “The reality is that I was fortunate. I was in the right place at the right time.” The place was New York, the time was 1970. Fresh out of university with a master’s degree in signal processing, Tony Agnello joined Eventide,…

News Round-Up: 15/6/18

New flagship DJ mixer on the way from Allen & Heath. Ableton Loop registration opens. Manchester appoints night tsar. In the zone. Allen & Heath have unveiled their first new flagship DJ mixer in more than ten years. The Xone:96 features built-in sound cards, DVS support for Traktor, two stereo sends, three-band parametric EQs and…

DJ Skill Sessions #14: The James Zabiela Scratch Trick – Traktor Routine

We carry on our weekly DJ Skill Sessions series with a dead simple but impressive trick that we saw James Zabiela performing – so we’ve named it after him. You basically take a good sound to scratch with, loop it, then add a gate or transform effect that is running in time with the track…

Friday Five: Keeping Music Secret Is The Opposite Of What A DJ Should Do

In this week’s Friday Five, we’re leading with a piece from DJ Mag on why DJs shouldn’t be so protective of their tracks. We’ve also got articles from Digital Music News, Billboard, Pitchfork and Flypaper. Have a good weekend ahead! Tunes Don’t Have To Be Top Secret – Apps like Shazam or going on to…

BlueLab Plug-ins Updated

BlueLab has announced the release of updates, including a new design. There are many new plug-ins, such as gain riding, stereo imaging, and impulse responses (IR) processing, and the previous [Read More] Read the full story

Native Instruments releases Effects Series – Crush Pack

Native Instruments has released Effects Series – Crush Pack, featuring three plug-ins, covering a wide array of tonal distortion effects – bit-crushing, stompbox-style distortion, ring modulation, [Read More] Read the full story

IK updates AmpliTube to v4.6 – New Live Mode

IK has released a new AmpiTube 4 (Mac/PC) update that adds Live mode for use with iRig Stomp I/O, IK’s USB pedalboard controller and audio interface that lets you stomp effects, change presets, [Read More] Read the full story