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257 Views· Posted 06/12/2014

In the following video, Rob Rives, from B&H, presents an overview of the new Bitwig Studio Music Creation System. Rives explores some of the software’s key features, including the dual side-by-side arrangement and clip launcher views, VST sandboxing, Hybrid MIDI and Audio Tracks, Layered Editing, and Histogram editing. The video also examines Bitwig’s unique container effect routing system and some of the

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Native Instruments Maschine Studio

1,443 Views· Posted 01/22/2014

The new Studio model is the largest of NI’s Maschine controllers and ships with the 2.0 version of the software. Featuring pads for playing drums and melodies, sequencing, sampling, effects, and an 8GB library of drum sounds, loops, and instruments.

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Wish-List Picks: Gift for Musicians

280 Views· Posted 12/18/2013

In this roundup we check out several gift ideas including a metronome/tuner, two ultra-portable looper and FX machines, a drum programmer, and an amazing portable synthesizer and workstation among other items.

298 Views· Posted 01/15/2013

"Akai's legendary MPC series is back! The Renaissance works with your Mac or PC for hands-on, intuitive beat programming."

772 Views· Posted 09/14/2012

The Octatrack is a dynamic performance sampler meaning that in addition to sampling, automatic time stretching, and sequencing, if offers a lot of hands-on control for musicians and DJs.