New Gear Alert: Augspurger’s MX-65 MinimaX Monitors, Bitwig Studio 4, V Collection 8.1 by Arturia & More
Augspurger announces the MX-65 MinimaX nearfield monitors.
The MX-65 is Augspurger’s first entry into their new MinimaX nearfield monitor series.
Featuring many of the same high-end features as seen in the company’s SOLO and DUO series, the MX-series brings legendary Augspurger sound and immersive capabilities to new audiences in a compact and portable package.
The first in a new MX-series from Augspurger, the MX-65 allows for a wide variety of placement and applications. They can be positioned either horizontally or vertically thanks to the unique and rotatable solid maple horn, which operates across more than four octaves—perfect for classic audio recording and post-production rooms.
The MinimaX also boasts a 99.97% pure beryllium diaphragm, a signature feature carried through the entire Augspurger product line, delivering all the sonic clarity and punch you’d expect from the brand’s larger speakers.
The MX-65 will be shipping in Q4 2021, priced at $10,995/pair.
Bitwig Studio 4 has arrived, featuring Anti-Loops.
Bitwig Studio 4 features the introduction of Anti-Loops—read on to find out more!
Bitwig Studio’s latest update saw the arrival of comping for audio clips and Operators for all sequenced events. Anti-Loops uses these features to push the idea of what a loop is to the breaking point. Because after all, maybe the best loops don’t.
Get lost in the ever-changing landscape of somewhat-unpredictable, sometimes-irregular and always-interesting “Anti-Loops.” The Anti-Loops package consists of 100+ clips with sequenced notes and audio that utilize comping and Operators in creative ways. Operators for notes and audio events allow for boundless musical diversity and change, and the specially prepared comping clips hold hidden variations for you to discover.
So much more than flat WAVs, the Anti-Loops clips are ready to be edited and reworked as much or as little as you like. Use the Anti-Loops clips to learn, as inspiration, or as starting points for your own musical journeys.
In addition, Bitwig Studio 4 offers many more updates and improvements. Check out the release notes here.
To buy Bitwig Studio 4, or to download a free trial, click here.
Arturia unleashes the V Collection 8.1.
Arturia updates their expansive V Collection to version 8.1.
Arturia’s V Collection 8.1 marks a crucial update to their virtual instrument suite that brings new sounds, features, and improved accessibility for musicians & producers of every style and persuasion.
With features like microtuning compatibility, updated sound engines, further in-app tutorial improvements, and a new accessibility mode for Analog Lab V, it expands the V Collection experience in every direction—and you will be pleased to know that the update is completely free to download.
To learn more and download the V Collection 8.1, click here.
AKAI announces the MPC 2.10 update with new plugins and more.
With an emphasis on vocal production, AKAI unleashes the MPC 2.10 update for select hardware controllers.
MPC 2.10 starts with the new AIR Vocal Suite. For the first time ever, MPC users have a dedicated set of plugins to record and produce the perfect vocal recordings, right from the standalone MPC devices. It also adds four new plugin instruments that are sure to bring a surge of creative sonic inspiration. AIR Hype plugin from the AKAI Pro FORCE steps onto the MPC stage for the first time with over 1,500 presets including pianos, analog synths, Wavetable Pads, leads, FM plucked instruments and more.
The standalone MPC now supports USB Class Compliant audio interface devices. Connect any eligible audio interface and enjoy up to 32 inputs and 32 outputs. Increase your input count to record more tracks on your MPC One, or expand the outputs of your MPC Live II and MPC X to route audio into your favorite analog outboard gear, all via a single USB cable.
MPC 2.10 will be available July 20th, 2021 as a free update for MPC One, MPC Live, MPC Live II, MPC X and MPC2 Desktop users.
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