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Synthogy Ivory Upright Pianos Sample Library reviewed by EM writer Nick Peck in EM January 2010 issue

Harrison Consoles Mixbus Download of the Month profiled in Electronic Musician January 2010 issue

Sony Creative Software Sound Forge Pro 10 Audio Editor reviewed by EM author Dennis Miller in EM January 2010 issue

Waves CLA Classic Compressors Plug-In Bundle reviewed by EM writer Michael Cooper in EM January 2010 issue

Adding extra processing power to desktop Macs and PCs has always been a relatively simple affair. With numerous PCI and FireWire-based products available from Universal Audio, TC Electronic and SSL, users are really only limited by budget when shopping for upgrades.

FiXT Remix has announced the start of the new remix competition for ?So Long Sentiment? by indie electronic-rock artist Celldweller. Breakbeat producer Toksin has created a featured remix of the track, and stems from his remix have been included in the official remix download package so you can remix the remix. Remixers in the contest have the opportunity to try out demos of the entire plug-in suite from software company FabFilter, with installers pre-included in the official contest download file.

Mackie announces Windows 7 support for its FireWire interfaces, including the new Onyx-i Series FireWire recording mixers.

Denon DJ is offering a rebate on its DN-S3700 digital media turntable. Through December 31, 2009, each new DN-S3700 purchased through an authorized Denon DJ dealer in the U.S. will make the customer eligible for a $100 mail-in rebate.

The first ?iPDJ? Mobile Groove Event at Revolution LIVE Nightclub in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on November 20, 2009, will see DJs battle and record music live on their iPhones/iPods with GrooveMaker and FourTracks apps. Featured DJs include DJ Chris Domingo, DJ Scratch-D from Dynamix II and DJ Speechless.

You know you?re doing things right in the rap game when Chuck D gets on your album?s intro, calls you ?a soldier in the war for love? and exhorts people to ?listen with open hearts and open minds.?

Native Instruments North America (Los Angeles and) is currently looking for a managing director to head up its U.S. branch.

The MPK88 performance keyboard controller is now shipping to retailers. The MPK88 features a fully weighted, hammer-action keyboard with assignable keyboard split and after-touch.

Dave Smith Instruments has released an updated version of its synthesizer keyboard, the Poly Evolver. The new version boasts 60 potentiometers among its complement of 78 rotary controls. Potentiometers allow the full range of a knob?s values to be accessed in a single turn of about 300 degrees. That simplifies filter sweeps and other more performance-oriented gestures. A kit with

The Launchpad ($199) hands-on interactive controller for Ableton Live is now shipping and available in stores and online.

Now shipping, the TR-1 Traktor Controller is a USB MIDI controller designed with laptop-based DJ legendary Hiroshi Watanabe. The TR-1 is a compact, user-friendly controller designed to emulate the touch and feel of a traditional DJ mixer while providing the features and usability of a laptop-based system.

Parisian musician Joakim seems to approach his work as if he were in outerspace and able to hear all of the sounds of Earth at once. Styles, techniques, instruments, genres scenes and eras get banded together, and the resulting compositions come to life as engaging musical Frankenstein?s Monsters.

Not unlike its predecessors, Chromeo?s contribution to the DJ Kicks Series is a comprehensive showcase of the Montreal, Canada?based duo?s influences. DJ Kicks spans from the R&B-inflected '70s such as Leo Sayer?s ?Easy to Love,? through to the early '80s?like Donna Allen?s ?Serious? and the present-day, including Chromeo?s cover of Rhe Eagles? ?I Can?t Tell You Why.?

Sampla Hip-Hop Production Sampler is a new virtual sampler plug-in for Mac and PC designed for fast and professional-quality sampling, and beat creation for hip-hop producers.

Denon DJ announces a partnership with Native Instruments for a new software interface for Denon DJ?s DN-HC4500 USB MIDI/audio interface and controller. All DN-HC4500 units are now shipping with Native Instruments Traktor LE software.

Boredoms are certainly Japan?s preeminent source of experimental musical noise, and the ninth installment of their Super Roots EP Series (there is no number 4) is a standout cohesive work, even if the most exciting moment actually comes from a Norwegian producer.

It?s almost as if A Place to Bury Strangers has a bet going on as to how many guitar pedals they can use in succession in the shortest time span. The trio?s second album, Exploding Head, threatens to do just that to the listener.

Northampton's James Chapman (aka Maps) definitely played more than a few mind games with his latest CD. But these particular games weren't aimed at deception, but at a winning philosophy.

The NSFX is an effects controller for use with the company?s NS7 software-performance controller. Numark developed NS7 and NSFX in strategic partnership with software developer Serato.

Rubik's Dada Bandits 2009 Album release reviewed at Remix online by Kristi Kates

The Xone:DX. a new plug-and-play DJ controller, is a 20-channel USB soundcard and features total integration of the brand-new 4-deck Serato ITCH software.

After having issued music on Ghostly, Merck and more, Benjamin "Deru" Wynn delivered a set of enigmatic compositions to Mush for his debut on the label, and it's one of the strongest beat albums from the West Coast?based independent in years. Say Goodbye to Useless is stylish and varied.

What if someone convinced you to shed everything about yourself that characterized you? Would you still be yourself? This is what producer Thomas Troelsen did to The Raveonettes on their latest album, In and Out of Control. The Danish producer?known for his work with those other Danes, Junior Senior?has been a friend of The Raveonettes?s Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo for a long while sharing with the duo the same musical references and background.

Reason's mock Control Voltage system can do some amazing things, including this bit of CV-cabling geekery.

N.A.S.A. and Indaba Music have launched a star-studded remix contest for artists and fans to collaborate with N.A.S.A. and guest stars from their debut album, The Spirit of Apollo. Participants will remix and mash-up tracks from Kanye West, M.I.A., David Byrne, Tom Waits, Santigold, George Clinton and DJ AM, among others, to create a new N.A.S.A.-inspired song. The winner will be featured on N.A.S.A.'s forthcoming remix album and will receive $1,000.

The demo of Cakewalk's new SONAR Producer 8.5 continues, focusing on compositional features such as the Matrix view, the VX-64 vocal processor plug-in, a powerful arpeggiator and AudioSnap 2.

Cakewalk's Brandon Ryan demos the new Session Drummer 3 and PX percussion plug-in features of new SONAR Producer Version 8.5.

Two new multiformat digital turntables, the CDJ-2000 and CDJ-900 enable playback of MP3, AAC, WAV and AIFF audio files from CDs and USB memory devices, and from DVDs and SD cards, as well on the CDJ-2000. A USB port located on top of the turntable allows users to connect an external storage device such as a Tonium Pacemaker2 or a hard drive packed with music files,.

Brandon Ryan from Cakewalk demos a Shawn K. Clement remix of Cori Yarckin's "Everything You Said" with 140 tracks, 50 plug-ins and an 800MB high-res AVI video file?all running simultaneously on SONAR Producer Vrsion 8.5 with a PCAudioLabs Intel Core i7 desktop machine.

Cougar interviewed by Kristi Kates for Remix magazine About Album Patriot

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Roland has taken its Juno line of synthesizers to new heights of accessibility with the new Juno-Di Mobile Synthesizer. Packed full of more than 1,000 diverse, professional and customizable sounds, this intuitively designed, 61-note synth-action keyboard can actually run for up to five hours on eight AA batteries, great for practicing with headphones on the couch or in the van without worry.

Pedals aren't just for instrumentalists anymore; more and more often, vocalists are using effects both standard and extreme to convey their ideas, and Boss is there to make it easy and portable with its new VE-20 Vocal Performer.

Tips and techniques on using Propellerhead Software Reason to make NNXT patches with Thor's filters by Asher Fulero

Reykjavik, Iceland?s Gus Gus reeked of such promise thanks to the release of their now classic albums Polydistortion (1996) and This Is Normal (1999). Although primarily the work of Daníel Ágúst, Veiran and President Bongo, Gus Gus was formally a large collective of multimedia artists combining dance music with film elements.

Remix reviews Propellerhead Record. Remix writer Mo Volans gives insight into Propellerhead Records features and functions.

Remix reviews Get Color by Health. Read the Remix review of Health's Get Color, by Noah Levine.

Watch part 2 of Remix's Akai APC40 video review. Part 2 goes deeper into the Akai APC40 Ableton Live performance controller functionality.

Remix reviews A Certain Distance by Lusine. Read the Remix review of Lusine's A Certain Distance, by Dominic Umile.

Remix reviews Mind Chaos by Hockey. Read the Remix review of Hockey's Mind Chaos, by Kristi Kates.

This video review offers a quick tour of the features and functions of the Akai APC40 Ableton Live performance controller. Watch the review of the Akai APC40, by Asher Fulero.

Remix reviews The Snake by Wildbirds & Peacedrums. Read the Remix review of Wildbirds & Peacedrums' The Snake, by Patrick Sisson.

Learn how to use Propellerhead Reason's Combinator to make multipatch presets. Remix offers Propellerhead Reason tips.

Remix reviews Session 2 by the Herbaliser Band. Read the Remix review of The Herbaliser Band's Session 2, by Noah Levine.

Cathedral is the new stereo reverb stombox from Electro-Harmonix. Remix previews the new stereo reverb pedal Cathedral from Electro-Harmonix.