A lot of hoopla has been going around the internet this past week regarding the iPad. Love it or hate it, the fact of the matter is that Apple has a track record of producing new hardware that rocks industries in such a way that the entire industry changes. The question comes down to then [...]

Numark has announced a flurry of new products for NAMM.

First up is the MixDeck, a new integrated all in one DJ solution that can handle everything from CD’s to mp3’s to an iPod.

Complete system with CD/MP3/USB decks, mixer, computer audio and MIDI interface, and Universal Dock for iPod
Play from CDs, MP3 CDs, USB flash drives, [...]

Indamixx has posted a video up doing a quick walkthrough of some of their partnered laptops and software including EnergyXT, Renoise and a new DJ software. Also quickly featured is a couple of new laptops such as their netbook, HDMI DJ system, IndaMixx Pro and IndaMixx Slim.
Great proof that Linux can succeed in audio in both the [...]

Denon has announced two new DJ controllers. The first one is the DN-HC5000 and is designed to control Serato Scratch Live.

Features include:

Serato-approved USB MIDI Sub Controller for Serato Scratch Live
Simple USB plug-and-play Connection (USB MIDI / Bus power)
Dedicated tactile controls to replace computer keyboard shortcuts
High-quality steel cabinet with rugged rubber keys
File Select knob and buttons with back-forward [...]

Soundcloud has sort of taken the music community by storm this past year. Starting about a year ago they just announced they are 500,000 users strong last week on their Twitter page. The service is designed for musicians to share music, generally with each other and allow for a commenting system for that music. Other [...]

 
First news from NAMM is trickling in. Akai has announced a new version of their APC line with the APC20. This is essentially half of the previously released APC40 from last year. The new APC20 features everything but some send effects, additional knobs and the crossfader from its older brother.
From the press online it [...]

Korg has announced an updated version of their popular Kaossilator. The Kaossilator Pro is basically a step up from last year’s model and is analogous to the MiniKP and its bigger brother the KaossPad 3.
The Kaossilator Pro takes the same basic hardware specs and idea of the KP3 and focused on a sound source rather [...]

So the new year is upon us and the site has been dead for the past couple of months. I have been battling with what to do with the site since I do not have the time to do a regular podcast regarding music production and I do not want to try to keep up [...]

Novation and Ableton have announced a new dedicated controller for Ableton Live called the Launchpad. Taking obvious design ques from the popular DIY Monome kits, the launch pad a 64 button interface designed to control Live’s session view.
Details from Ableton.com
Big grid
Launchpad features a multi-color, 64-button grid for launching clips plus eight dedicated scene-launch buttons. The [...]

Presonus is a company that for years has prided itself as being one of the best mid-level audio equipment manufacturers around. They have long been known for producing some quality audio interfaces and pre-amps and generally dominate that sector of the market along with Motu. It would seem logical then that Presonus would want [...]