PC and Music News

DJ World Studio, the first iPad DJ application to combine vinyl and CD control styles, now comes with numerous improvements and new features, including quicker track loading, detection of DRM protected tracks, an upgraded interface, improved high and low frequency EQ controls and much more.
Developer Little Worlds Studio has made the improvements in direct response to the massive feedback received from the global community of fans, professional and amateur DJs.

DJ World Studio puts you in complete control of the party… for less!
DJ World Studio celebrates the arrival of iPad2 in Europe this weekend with the App available for £5,99 instead of the usual £11,99 today 28th only, do not forget it!

DontCrack announces a exclusive partnership with INA/ GRM and new GRM Tools VERSION 3 bundles…

Not only the famous "CLASSIC" and "SPECTRAL TRANSFORM" bundles have been totally re-writen from scratch and are now available in the RTAS – AU – VST and Standalone formats for Mac & PC but the folks at GRM Tools have designed an incredible set of new plug-ins called "EVOLUTION".

From Friday, March 25 to Sunday, April 17, 2011, EVOLUTION can be purchased as part of the GRM Tools Complete Collection at introductory price of only $489 (MSRP $1150). GRM Tools are actually sold and distributed exclusively by DontCrack.com via Instant Download.

Make music together with your friends in real-time!

Ohm Studio is the first ever real-time collaborative music workstation. It's an full-featured DAW for Windows and Mac allowing you to compose/produce with music partners from the whole world.

It supports VST plugins! Want to joint the beta-test? It's still in time.

Voxengo SPAN version 2.3 update is now available for
download. SPAN is a free real-time "fast Fourier transform" audio spectrum analyzer plugin for professional music and audio production applications. For the most part it was derived from Voxengo GlissEQ dynamic parametric equalizer and reproduces its spectrum analysis functionality.

SPAN conforms to AudioUnit and VST plugin specifications, and is available for Mac OS X (v.10.4.11 and later) and Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) computers.

List of changes in version 2.3:

- Right/left signal power difference readout added.
- "Filled Spectrum" spectrum display mode switch added.
- Level meter's "density mode" improved.
- Control surface crosshair option added (can be switched off in the global options).

Get ready to bring the evil with SoundToys new Devil-Loc plug-in, AND get it free for a limited time till 3/31/11.

What is it? It's our take on the classic Shure Level-Loc, which was designed to be a kind of level controlling amp, but was made famous (by SoundToys user Tchad Blake) for the painful sucking compression and distortion it would get when you punish it a bit. It makes drums into huge demons. It can do evil things to vocals and all audio, but it's true power is on drums. Individual tracks, sub mixes, whatever? It's scary, dirty, fat, evil, and awesome.

How to get it for free? We dropped some "Sharing Codes" on the party goers at the SXSW Tape Op party in Austin (that we gold sponsored cause we're cool). You need one of those codes to get it. They're all around the "Internet" because, by sharing the code, the original owner gets closer to winning stuff. Then, once you have your copy, you get your own code to share and you could win, too. It's a massive popularity contest really. So look on forums, emails, on tattoos of strangers to find that code.

Native Instruments today introduced RAZOR, an innovative and highly distinctive software synthesizer designed together with forward-thinking electronic artist Errorsmith. For use in REAKTOR 5 and in the free REAKTOR PLAYER, RAZOR uses powerful additive synthesis to create intense and profoundly modern sounds for contemporary electronic music production.

RAZOR utilizes up to 320 partials for its sophisticated sound shaping algorithms. The dual oscillator section provides a wide arsenal of timbres, ranging from typical analog-style waveforms to unconventional models like "Primes", "Sick Pitchbend" and "Hoover Sync". The two filter sections offers 20 different filter types including innovative formant, vowel and waterbed models. A further section provides an arsenal of unique "Dissonance Effects" that further contribute to the unmistakable, charismatic sonic footprint of the instrument. RAZOR even integrates a high-performance 34-band vocoder that can also be used to process external audio signals of any type. Price: 79$ (download on the NI website).