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| FutureMusic Daily News Blog Check out our FutureMusic News Blog: It's A Beta World for the very latest music news that matters. Updated several times daily. Read It Now... |
| Propellerhead Reason 5 and Record 1.5 Review Propellerhead Software, a boutique music software developer from Sweden, has updated Reason and Record, their two flagship products and we have the first comprehensive review! More... |
| TestDrive: Novation Launchpad Novation recently released a dedicated Ableton Live Controller to compete against the Akai APC range for the fervent Live user base. Although both share the grid paradigm, Novation took a slightly different tact in their Launchpad design that we feel paid off during our long term test. More... |
| TestDrive: ATI ADAC-2 Audio Technologies, Inc. recently released a 24 bit / 192kHz, two-channel sample rate converter with three independent A/D, D/A and SRC signal paths. The company is trying to enhance their industry reputation by developing versatile audio utility products that will appeal to studio owners on a budget. Unfortunately... |
| TestDrive: Livio Radio Featuring Pandora For $199, the Livio Radio is certainly not cheap, but you get what you pay for here: a good-looking, easy to use product with solid build quality that we can easily recommend to our readers who like their Internet radio not tethered to a computer. More... |
| TestDrive: Dangerous D-Box Review Combining pro monitoring, switching, analog summing, and talkback in one compact, elegantly designed unit, the Dangerous D-Box is a killer! More... |
| TestDrive: Violet Wedge Microphone Review Violet Designs aimed for a mass-market, large-condenser with their new Wedge microphone, but missed the target trying to be quirky and popular at the same time. More... |
| TestDrive: Akai APC40 Review The Akai APC40 is scores high on technology, build-quality, ease-of-use and bang-for-the-buck, but some ergonomic and workflow issues took away some of the shine. However, don't let that stop you. If you've been biding your time in order to purchase a savvy controller for Ableton Live without breaking the bank, your wait is officially over. More... |
| TestDrive: Stanton SCS.3d - DaScratch Stanton is back. After years of lackluster new product announcements, strictly cosmetic product polishing and recovering from their very public breakup with Native Instruments, the seminal DJ company finally has something to smile about, their new SC.3d... More! |
| TestDrive: Slacker G2 Portable Radio When the Slacker Internet Radio service first bowed in 2007, we were not impressed. The online radio component worked adequately, but the cringe-worthy hardware was such a dismal failure that we didn't think the concern would stay in business long enough to take another crack at their provocative music model. More... |
| TestDrive: Arturia Analog Factory Experience After putting Arturia's Analog Factory Experience through one of our longest product tests to date, we have concluded that there is a lot to love about their economical hardware/software virtual analog solution. More... |
| Ghost In The Maschine Like all major manufacturers hoping to cut through the din of new product announcements, Native Instruments did its fair share of hyping their new products for NAMM this year. The German concern had long been rumored to be working on some sort of hardware controller for electronic musicians, and most industry watchers, including FutureMusic, believed this would come in the shape of a MIDI DJ controller that would perfectly integrate with Traktor. Wrong!! More... |
| MIT Unveils Sixth Sense Interface Technology - Music Applications Abound With the controllerism and its offshoots in full bloom around the world, musicians will rejoice upon learning about MITs new Sixth Sense interface technology. More... |
| NAMM Gear Of The Show Award: Akai APC40 NAMM always gives us a massive Gear Hangover. With the multitude of new product announcements, demonstrations, performances and parties, it consistently shocks us when we make it back to the office in one piece...well, mostly one piece. More... |