PC and Music News

Created by the same producer / composer behind the highly successful Brazil Chillout and Satin Grooves sample libraries, Lounge & Chill encompasses beautiful, music-influenced instrumentals in 32 construction kits with additional electric piano loops, guitar licks and drumloops. This is modern lounge electronica with chillout and downtempo influences.

Producer Davor Devcic is one of the most talented music composers around and with this collection he has managed to create his most sensual set yet. It features an elegant sound palette of sophisticated, sensuous atmospheres and impeccably cool grooves from across the globe. If you're into Hotel Costes, Cafe del Mar or modern bossa nova sounds then this library is for you.

Allen & Heath announces the new Qu-16 rack mountable digital mixer.

Qu-16 takes compact digital mixing to a new level with innovative design and exceptional functionality combining to create a superb professional mixing experience. Bristling with all the features you'd expect from a top of the range digital console and incorporating technologies pioneered on our GLD and iLive digital mixing systems, Qu-16 has the power and pedigree to deliver class-leading audio performance. Whether you're switching from analogue or updating your digital desk, it's time to experience the new digital with Qu-16.

The original Bass Station was launched in 1993 and became a cult classic; the music-producer community has been asking for a new version ever since.

To celebrate Novation's 21st Birthday we have created Bass Station II. It has Bass Station DNA but the synth engine has been re-built from the ground up so it is bigger, fatter, more powerful and ready for making bass in the 21st century.


Features:
- Analogue synth: brand new version of the classic Bass Station
- Two distinct analogue filters
- Load and save patches
- Pattern-based Step Sequencer and Arpeggiator
- Dedicated Tweakable Controls
- Two Oscillators plus an additional Sub Oscillator.

Avid announce today during the NAB the new Pro Tools 11 (and we'll see this Update at the musikMesse)

With an all-new, ultra-efficient audio engine, 64-bit performance, and groundbreaking capabilities, Pro Tools 11 enables you to take on the most complex and demanding music and audio post productions with ease, so you can focus on sounding your best.

- Get exponentially more processing power than Pro Tools 10 using the same hardware
- Create bigger, more complex sessions, without holding anything back
- Experience ultra-low latency record monitoring without sacrificing plug-in performance
- Play and edit a wide range of HD video formats right in the Pro Tools timeline.

Chiptunes is a collection of 220 beautiful old school sounds for ElectraX, inspired by classic computer & game consoles.

Whether you are already well versed into chip music, or just looking to add that vintage 8 bit vibe to your music, Chiptunes will provide you with those classic, nostalgia-inducing sounds that are synonymous with yesteryear's audio circuitry.

Turn your ElectraX into a classic 8 bit machine, with grungy basses, animated arpeggios, chirpy synths, dirty leads, trippy effects, old skool sequences and lo-fi drum patterns. All rich in character and ready to be used in the next fakebit production.
The Chiptunes soundset is suitable for Chiptune, Fakebit, 8-bit, Synthpop, Electrotune, Game, Complextro, DnB, Trance, Hardcore and a wide variety of other music genres.

Launchpad S comes with Ableton Live music software (Launchpad Edition), used by some of the world's top DJs and producers – plus it supports other grid-based music applications such as FL Studio.

Whether you're a DJ, performing musician or studio producer, Launchpad gives you all you need to 'play' your software straight out of the box. Use the 64-button grid to launch and manipulate clips, trigger loops, fire off effects, control your mixer – and much more. Launchpad S also triggers loops and effects in the new Novation Launchpad app for iPad; a totally self-standing music performance app that hosts sounds and effects.