The company behind Pacemaker, the intersting handlheld DJ device appears to have launched an online community for DJ mixes along with a free mixing software environment to create your own “studio” mixes on your computer. The software is free to download and appears to have a well designed UI interface. The software of course can sync your mixes to and from the Packemaker device.
Anyone care to try this out and see how it stands just as a mixing software on your computer?
Gigasampler was perhaps the best known sampler around and also one of the most widely used in the industry. It was a shame when last year Tascam decided to discontinue development on the Giga line. News from Messe though is stating that Garritan, makers of the excellent symphonic sound libraries have purchased the Giga technology and hope to continue development on it. Full Quote below:
Gigasampler revolutionized the music industry when it was introduced in 1999 and its importance in the music world cannot be overstated. Giga products enjoy exclusive rights to Endless Wave technology, a patented system which allows large samples to be streamed directly from the hard drive with low latency. Giga became the professional’s sampler of choice for many film, game and television composers, including many high-profile musicians. Giga has led the industry throughout the past decade. Garritan also has a history with Giga, and the Giga technology fits into Garritan’s mission to revolutionize music technology and provide musicians with the tools needed to make great music.
“After reviewing over twenty companies, we believe that Garritan is the best candidate to carry on development of the Giga platform”, stated Derek Davis, EVP/COO of TEAC America, Inc. “Garritan has demonstrated a sincere interest in building on the present Giga technology and taking it to the next level.”
“We’re very excited about this opportunity and proud to own some of the very best sampling technologies on the planet,” said Gary Garritan, CEO of Garritan Corporation. “Acquiring the Giga technology helps us achieve our vision of providing the best tools to make great music available to all musicians.”
Garritan will be announcing its plan for the assets in the coming months.
Well it looks like Akai is diving deeper and deeper into the synthesizer realm after release of the synth engine on their Akai MPC 5000. Announced as Musikmesse today is their new small keyboard called the Miniak, which I presume is designed to compete with the Alesis Micron and the Korg Microkorg. In fact the press release on Akai’s website states that this synth was developed in tandem with the Alesis development team. This little synth offers eight multi-timbral voices, a 40-band vocoder, multi-mode filter and more.
It looks like a solid if not fairly generic little synth, but with the popularity that the Micron and the Microkorg have had this may be a hit. The question is though is this field already too crowded for another cheap small form factor synthesizer?
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