Leading Hungarian sample creator company, PinkNoise Studio has provided his most successful package, PRO.TON - an analog synthesizer construction set in refill - for Propellerhead to share it for all Reason users freely. If you are registered Reason user you can download it right now from Propellerhead's web page - the sample set has been slightly enhanced, and a brand new Combinator bank has added. Check it at Propellerhead's front page.
Numark has revealed their second iPod-DJ product, the iDJ2. It is much superior than its predecessor since it doesn't need two iPods for playing two channels but one instead. Beyond this, you can tempo adjust, scratch and loop both channels with its proprietary controls. It handles external USB hard disks - we hope it can play songs from there directly -, and accepts phono and line level inputs as well as a dedicated microphone. The color display is very nice and the QWERTY keyboard which is optional enhances the mixer's usability even much further. I have to mention the 3-band EQ on the channels, and an also important factor is direct playing all the protected iTunes content downloaded - but without any manipulation. iDj2's price will be 600 USD - here is the official page, enjoy.
If you were in New York in 22nd, September, find B. B. King's Blues Club where the annual Moogfest will be held. Performing acts are Thomas Dolby, Don Preston from Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater and many more. Here is the detailed info page. In case you cannot attend you can still order last year's performance with Jan Hammer, Keith Emerson and others for 18 USD at the official Moog web site.
