Musikmesse 2014 saw Akai Professional announce an updated line of APC controllers featuring three new models – the APC40 MKII; a compact keyboard – APC KEY25; and an APC Mini. All three controllers are class-compliant and bus-powered (so, no more power adapter like with the...
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I made an Ableton Live Instrument Rack that allows anyone to perform ambient music live, to create textures and ethereal rhythm patterns and manipulate them without having to resort to recording a single clip or using a single Looper device. It’s free for anyone to...
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This is surreal. Rob Ford made an appearance at The Beat Academy‘s SXSW Beat Battle Send-Off Event, where beatmaster Memorecks was giving a demonstration. As CDM’s Peter Kirn writes, it seems the some really do find the Ableton Push addictive (you know, like “crack”…). Well, I...
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We’ve covered M4SONIC and his incredible rise to fame and success before, so this latest endeavor with Novation is no big surprise. M4SONIC’s “Virus” Launchpad performance video is one of the most viewed controllerism videos on YouTube (right next to Madeon’s clip-launching “Pop Culture”), so it’s...
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