Ableton Live 9, Push and some good info for owners of Suite 8 too.

"We've noticed some confusion about upgrade pricing for Live 9, and wanted to clarify things here.

To begin with, pricing in the Ableton web shop adapts according to products that a customer already owns - including versions of Live, Instruments, and Max for Live. As such, people who own different combinations will see different upgrade prices. Nevertheless, we see the confusion amongst customers, and will try to make our pricing as transparent as possible to everyone, as soon as possible.

Existing Suite 8 owners will be offered an exclusive introductory discount on upgrades to Live 9 Suite, to be made available upon release. This introductory discount is not yet shown on the website, as Live 9 Suite is not yet available. We apologize for any confusion or frustration from our oversight in not making this discount clear on ableton.com, and ask for your patience as we iron out the kinks in our new site."

from Ableton forum

UNIQLO Wake Up

This is UNIQLO's alarm app called "Wake Up". It's a simple alarm clock but it incorporates music from Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Wolf's Rain, Ghost in the Shell) and Cornelius into the alarm - based on the weather, time and day of the week.




uniqlo wakeup

2x speed iPad, iPad mini, slim iMac, and Fusion Drive

"Too much emotions is always a good thing"

http://www.apple.com/

Still waiting for my iphone 5 though...

Animoog controller with iPad inside

by Synth-Project
http://www.synth-project.de/index.html

Happy Birthday with Monotribe Cake

s(M)exoscope - an important tool for mixing

s(M)exoscope -VST/AU oscilloscope

s(M)exoscope is an oscilloscope  plugin. You can use it to  visually monitor audio wave forms.  http://bram.smartelectronix.com/scope_docs/ http://bram.smartelectronix.com/plugins.php?id=4

Master Yoda and rice field of Bali

more photos of Master Jedi' trip to Indonesia in the near future so follow us on moonbuz blogger and manishikuma twitter, facebook, tumbrl, instagram, loopcam you must

Reason Rack Extensions Ain't Cheap...

Ok maybe I am  little bit naive but was hoping for lower prices of extensions racks.( more like iOS price tag)
The idea of having Reason with all that new racks is a tempting one but now, I am not sure, especially that most of us already owns tons of expensive or not plugins, soft synths inside Ableton or Logic.

Just have a look
http://shop.propellerheads.se/

Is seeing believing - McGurk Effect

amazing...

via
http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/is-seeing-believing/

What would you choose? - Minibrute vs Minitaur

If you want to spend extra cash on synth this spring and had to choose one, which one would it be? Or maybe something else for that money ? Dave Smith or Waldorf or MFB stuff, or Doepfer Dark Energy?

My opinion is - if going modular in the future spare more money and wait or buy minibrute which could be useful also as an interface between your future modular you and computer world
What do you think?

some links on the subject:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2012/01/arturias-550-minibrute-analog-monosynth-how-it-compares-to-moog-rogue-update-on-fabric-of-reality/
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=175428
http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/showthread.php?t=163803
http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?2895140-Moog-Slim-Phatty-Phatty-2-Minitaur-or-Arturia-Minibrute
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2012/01/19/arturia-minibrute-tour/
http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12748
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/690661-minibrute-vs-minitaur.html

Propellerhead Figure for iOS is out -1$ for slice of Reason

MegaCurtis for iPhone

Completely rewritten for better performance, longer recording time, session recording, polyphony, high-res display and more!

80% DISCOUNT FOR A LIMITED TIME!

ps
but incompatible with iphone 3gs "requires camera flash" wtf?

Sbtrkt - Something goes right

Yeah, Something goes right,
Yeah, something goes right,
Yeah something goes right
and you're hoping that it goes right, that it goes right, that it goes right oh

You wouldn't even know, you wouldn't even care,
you wouldn't even know, you wouldn't even care
I've been there though, I've been there though, I've been there though-oh.

Standing in a dream world, sitting next to you, up in the clouds, up up in the clouds, up up in the clouds
Sitting on the edge, looking down at the earth
Looking up into space, up up into space, up up into space

(Chorus) Is it better to let you go?
Or is it better to let you know?
You should t-t-t-take it, you should t-t-t-take it back

Is it better to let you go?
Or is it better to let you know?
You should t-t-t-take it, you should t-t-t-take it back

I've only got myself self self to blame
Love something thinking things will never change
These feelings probably will still still remain, I was always hurt

& I've been feeling like this most most of my life woah
I've been feeling like things aint gonna change
Things aint gonna get it back?

(chorus)

I keep on having these conversations & p-p-p-praying
I keep on staring at these constellations & p p p praying
and these bitter thoughts that keep on escaping
I wish that they were staying and something would go right and something will go right, go right

Dont you bring me down. Dont you bring me down. Dont you bring me down.

(Chorus)

Yeah, something goes right,
Yeah something goes right
and you're hoping that it goes right, that it goes right, that it goes right oh

You wouldn't even know, you wouldn't even care,
you wouldn't even know, you wouldn't even care
I've been there though, I've been there though, I've been there though-oh.

Standing in a dream world, sitting next to you, up in the clouds, up up in the clouds, up up in the clouds
Sitting on the edge, looking down at the earth
Up into space, up up into space, up up into space

UAD Apollo at NAMM 2012

Features
Audio Interface
Sample rates up to 192 kHz at 24-bit word length
18 x 24 simultaneous input/output channels:
Eight channels of analog-to-digital conversion via mic, line, or high-impedance inputs
14 channels of digital-to-analog conversion via:
Eight mono line outputs
Stereo monitor outputs
Two stereo headphone outputs
10 channels of digital I/O via:
Eight channels ADAT Optical I/O with S/MUX for high sample rates
Two channels coaxial S/PDIF I/O with sample rate conversion
Two FireWire 800 ports for daisy-chaining other FireWire devices
32-bit and 64-bit device drivers
Microphone Preamplifiers
Four high-resolution, ultra-transparent, digitally-controlled analog mic preamps
Front panel and software control of all preamp parameters
Switchable low cut filter, 48V phantom power, 20 dB pad, polarity inversion, and stereo linking
Monitoring
Stereo monitor outputs (independent of eight line outputs)
Digitally-controlled analog monitor outputs maintains highest fidelity
Front panel control of monitor levels and muting
Two stereo headphone outputs with independent mix buses
Independent front panel analog volume controls for headphone outputs
Front panel pre-fader metering of monitor bus levels
S/PDIF outputs can be set to mirror the monitor outputs
Onboard UAD-2 Processing
DUO and QUAD models featuring two or four SHARC processors
Realtime UAD Powered Plug-Ins processing on all of Apollo’s analog and digital inputs
Same features and functionality as other UAD-2 products when used with DAW
Can be combined with other UAD-2 devices for increased mixing DSP
Includes UAD Powered Plug-Ins “Analog Classics” bundle
Complete UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins library is available online 24/7
Software
Console application:
Enables Realtime UAD Powered Plug-Ins processing
DSP mixer for realtime monitoring and tracking
Remote control of all Apollo features and functionality
Console Recall plug-in:
Saves Apollo configurations inside DAW sessions for easy recal
Enables control of all front panel parameters from within the DAW
VST, RTAS, and Audio Units plug-in formats
UAD Meter & Control Panel application:
Configures global UAD-2 and Powered Plug-Ins settings and monitors system usage

Behringer introduces electronic durm kits at NAMM 2012

So how does it compare to Alesis, Roland, Yamaha drum kits? What the best price/value/features/quality electronic drum kit  for the beginner or intermediate drummer would be?
If you have an opinion leave the comment please
http://www.alesis.com/drumscompare
http://www.roland.com/V-Drums/
http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/drums/el-drumkit/
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Category/Musical-Instruments.aspx?s=S600



p.s. In last Rythm magazine Geoff Nicholls gives some advice on the subject in proce tag under 800 quids, but what about 300 euro/dollars price tag ?