Mobile DAW & Remote CyberStep KDJ-ONE

maybe this is hard to sell when iPads are around, but they’re trying a dedicated little portable device with audio in, has USB – it’s about 1.5 hands large in size. seems to accept VSTs as well. There’s a position pointer below that looks like chase light TR-style but I assume it’s just helpful but not a TR-kind of input (the keyboard does not appear to be set to 16 step something but there’s arrow keys you COULD switch patterns 16step wise if the software is cool enough, anyway  –…

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Modules @ Namm 2012 – Schippmann, Malekko, XAOC, WMD

There’s also interesting modules at NAMM. The Mega Wave from Malekko, a Schippmann Filter Module, 600€ – one of the most expensive filter modules – that is –  (remember  Ebbe+Flut, EbbeFlut subtractive,filterbox!) and XAOC got a little sequencer and wavetable oscillator called tabula rasa. pics: triggered via  Matrixsynth & Forum • Namm 2012. and here’s another modules bei WMD (the geiger counter people)

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McMillen QuNeo Controller closer look at multitouch gestures

very cool multitouch gestures, $199! only – hope for a cool € price – not mentioned right now but they will tell, depends on distribution I assume. recent stuff – really hope for Apple Logic native support!! btw- it’s a MAX runtime, that is running in the background here. possibly not needed in ableton live if this is a „native“ driver that is shown in live’s supported devices list. anyway – it’s great to see they are going to override the shift-button problem with gestures.

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Mackie & Behringer iPad Mixers – they (Mackie) did not „take“ anything, sure! + UPDATE iodock clone by behringer

hmm, very straight video, they got. so here’s the second bigger company showing a new mixer based or better built around the iPad (looks like you need lots of them in the future)? worth a look: and.. – unmentioned before / bisher noch nicht hier genannt – iPad Dock Mixers from Behringer – Forum: iPad Pulte von Behringer Info Check: /www.behringer.com/news/behringer … ix1642usb/ It’s basically the Xenyx series, but with iPad Dock, don’t know how good it works with macs and audio, since Behringer has always been really bad with editor software…

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Alesis: Drum Trigger + Amp/Footcontroller Dock for iPad

DM Dock Drum Module Dock for iPad. and the AmpDock Multi-Effects Guitar Processor for iPad   got special addition to the well known IO Dock – Lots of Drum Trigger inputs for drummers or guitar input and foot pedal with switches and knobs – for guitarists. the drum one has 2 knobs, the guitar one 6 of them. nice to have those added.

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