DJing and production workflows are awkwardly pushed together with little real synergy. But the new Serato Studio software aims to make it a tad smoother.
The MPC, for so many reasons, is legendary. But for the longest time they were a self contained ecosystem, one that saw others invade the inner sanctum. But now Akai Professional has flung the gates wide open, and has made the latest MPC 2.2 software completely mappable to all controllers.
After being passed around the neighbourhood for a while, long-running production software Cakewalk has a new owner, BandLabs, who relaunched the DAW as Cakewalk by BandLabs, a free download for Windows users.
DJs are looking at adding boxes of buttons next to their spinning wheels. And the new NI Maschine Mikro mk3 is a very good way to start.
Capitalising on the success of their more pro level Remixlive and Remixvideo products, Mixvibes returns with a new entry level mobile app for Android and iOS, Beat Snap, intended to make it a, err... snap... to make a track.
Q: What's small, powerful and fun? A: The set of minijam Studio electronic instruments we get to play with. Dan take an early look, which is not a review.