Isotonik Studios: Delorean Dream - Yves Big City Presents our Biggest Novation Circuit Pack Yet

RELEASE: OUT NOW PRICE: £12.99

The 80's for those of us that remember them were the golden age for Synth Pop!
And whilst some of you won't be old enough to reminisce the sounds of that era dominate the charts and influence deeply todays modern music.

Taking the decade as inspiration Yves Big City has pulled together the largest pack we've released yet for the Novation Circuit. Consisting of 64 Synth Patches, Sessions and Samples this one pack alone is enough to fill an entire Circuit and provide weeks of inspiration!

If you're familiar with Roland Juno fat brass, warm bass & crystaline bells, get ready for some 80's Cocktail sounds.

With a Synth fusion of Drive Style, John Carpenter and Depeche Mode this pack will turn your Novation Circuit into a portable 80s box. Plus you can’t get lost with the macros of the Delorean Dream Pack as they follow a standard template:

Macro 1 : Cutoff
Macro 2 : Release
Macro 3/4/5/6 : Magic Movement
Macro 7 : Portamento
Macro 8 : Chorus

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FestForums® Presents the Ultimate Festival Gathering and Welcomes Seattle Film Festival, Tribeca, San Francisco Film Festival + many more

Converging cutting-edge tech alongside key players who drive the future of the entertainment industry, the bi-annual edition of FestForums® will descend on Santa Barbara later this fall, November 16-18 -- Registration for the third annual gathering is now open via the FestForums® website. Just ahead of the bi-annual event, held in NYC and Santa Barbara each year, the creators behind the esteemed forum are rolling out their first announcement and unveiling a comprehensive program for those interested in learning how to maximize their success in producing festivals.
An all-encompassing conference for music, food, beverage, and film festival industry leaders, FestForums® engages attendees on a multi-faceted level, providing enlightening talks, panels, and open networking opportunities to educate professionals, ensuring the festival market continues to thrive. Curating industry-specific activations, FestForums® Santa Barbara showcases unique opportunities as the role of film continues to expand in the festival space.

Honing in on fresh ways to evolve the longstanding independent cinema industry, the co-producers behind the three-day conference have coalesced experts from some of the most well known film festivals in the world, including Seattle Film Festival, Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival, Lexus Film Festival (curated by The Weinstein Company), California Film Institute, Tribeca, plus 100’s more in attendance. Over the past three years, FestForums®’ intensive schedule has incorporated powerful panels with industry leaders such as Quentin Tarantino, Fisher Stevens, Matthew Modine, Weinstein’s Richard Glasser, John Sloss, Geoffrey Gilmore, Bruce Dern, and Sundance Productions co-partner Laura Michalchyshyn that center on film’s growing importance to festival culture as well as played host to film premieres.

“Our commitment to empowering festivals with networking and educational opportunities is at the core of what FestForums® does best.” - Laurie Kirby, Co-Founder and Co-President, FestForums®

This year’s film-specific panels will discuss thought-provoking topics such as Solving Special Challenges Of Smaller/Niche Film Festivals and Lights! Camera! Releases! Filming Your Festival 2.0. Leading these conversations are seasoned, successful vets in the film and cinema realm: Founder and CEO of Revolution Media – C R Capers (aka Cha-Boogie), Gary Meyer, Eat Drink FIlms, entertainment lawyer William Hochberg of Greenberg, Glusker and the head of Rhino Films, and Stephen Nemeth to name a few.

In addition to invigorating panels, FestForums® will also be hosting exclusive screenings using state of the art cinematic technology provided by Cinetransformer. Attendees will relax and enjoy this one of a kind cinematic experience with complimentary movie theater snacks in an ultramodern “cinema on wheels”. Cinetransformer was recently recognized by the Golden Trade Leaders in Paris with a Golden Trophy in Technology and has partnered with leaders in the film industry such as Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal, and Disney XD.

FestForums® is also excited to announce the screening of one film in the Emmy Nominated film series: American Epic with a Q&A featuring producer and writer Allison McGourty and director Bernard MacMahon. Executive produced by Jack White, T. Bone Burnett, and Robert Redford and directed by Bernard MacMahon; American Epic seeks to resurrect America's lost musical history as it traces the evolution of blues, country, and more while reconnecting contemporary musicians from Nas to Willie Nelson recording techniques that have been long forgotten in today’s technology-driven world; giving the audience musical performances of a lifetime. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Burnett said of the film: "All of us have a common foe, and that's forgetfulness – where you forget where you came from and who you are. We all appreciate that link to our history. We need that."
 
Register today for FestForums® taking place this November 16-18th in Santa Barbara, California and be on the lookout for upcoming announcements regarding the Music, Food & Beverage, and more Festival educational tracks!

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Native Instruments announces new MASCHINE & KOMPLETE KONTROL hardware

MASCHINE Mk3 and KOMPLETE KONTROL Mk2 S49 / S61 now available to pre-order

September 7, 2017 – Native Instruments today announces the next generation of MASCHINE and KOMPLETE KONTROL hardware. Unified by an all-new industrial design, both units have been re-engineered to inspire and enable nonstop creativity, boasting more intuitive workflows, optimized layouts, vivid visual feedback, and deeper studio integration.

MASCHINE Mk3 delivers the best ever workflow for quickly sketching and capturing ideas. It adds two high-resolution color screens for easier sound browsing, editing, sample-slicing, and more. The new hardware also features more dedicated function buttons and larger, more responsive pads that retain the same ergonomic layout users know and love. For enhanced convenience and portability, MASCHINE now features a built-in 96kHz / 24-bit audio interface.

KOMPLETE KONTROL Mk2 extends the original keyboard’s workflow with 17 additional function buttons and two high-resolution color screens for browsing, previewing sounds, and more. And now – thanks to enhanced DAW and MASCHINE integration – it’s possible to mix, navigate, and edit projects directly from the hardware. The professional-grade Fatar keybeds and unique Light Guide are joined by new pitch and mod wheels, plus a horizontal touch strip for additional expression.

“We’ve learned from artists and our users that the biggest challenge in creative work isn’t one of getting started, but of keeping going,” explains MASCHINE Product Owner Chris La Pietra.  “We developed these new products in tandem to address this problem: Beyond sparking inspiration, they fuel the whole creative process – they help users get in the zone and stay there. They feel great, they integrate with existing setups, and they make music production as fun, intuitive, and hands-on as possible.”

“We set the benchmark for integrated music production software and hardware some years ago, and these latest products signify a major new milestone in our journey,” explains Mate Galic, CTO and President of Native Instruments.

“Holistic, tactile experiences and optimized layouts showcase the most powerful features in a completely intuitive way and support a sustained creative workflow. Sophisticated integration, with an ever-expanding software ecosystem of KOMPLETE, MASCHINE, and NKS plug-ins, make these the most advanced music production hardware units available today.”
Pricing and availability

The new MASCHINE, KOMPLETE KONTROL S49, and KOMPLETE KONTROL S61 will be available at the NI Online Shop and retailers from October 5, 2017. All three units will be available to pre-order from September 7 at the NI Online Shop. Pricing remains the same as the previous versions in all markets.

MASCHINE EUR 599, USD 599, JPY 72800, GBP 479, AUD 899
KOMPLETE KONTROL S49 EUR 599, USD 599, JPY 69800, GBP 479, AUD 899
KOMPLETE KONTROL S61 EUR 699, USD 699, JPY 79800, GBP 559, AUD 1049

About MASCHINE Mk3
The next generation of MASCHINE hardware lets you effortlessly produce beats, melodies, and harmonies with powerful drum synths, premium sounds, an integrated sampler, and more – cutting-edge software meets intuitive hardware for an ultra-smooth workflow.

Key features
        •       Integrated hardware/software system includes sampler,   arranger, mixer, FX, and more


        •       8 GB MASCHINE library with samples, one-shots, sliced loops, sampled instruments, presets, patterns, drum kits, and songs

        •       Includes 25 GB KOMPLETE 11 SELECT library

        •       25 pro-quality studio and creative FX including filter, EQ, delay, reverb, and compressor

        •       2 high-resolution RGB color displays for precision sample slicing, sound tweaking, note editing, mixing, browsing, and more

        •       16 large, ultra-sensitive pads make two-handed drumming easy

        •       Pro-grade, 96kHz / 24-bit audio interface with 2 x ¼” TRS line outputs, 2 x ¼”  TRS line inputs, ¼” dynamic mic input, stereo headphone output, 1 x MIDI In, 1 x MIDI out, and 1 x Footswitch

        •       Touch sensitive knobs for parameter tweaking

        •       Smart Strip for strumming notes, pitch bending sounds, performing with FX, and more

        •       Four-directional push encoder for browsing, navigating, and adjusting levels and balance

        •       Powered via USB 2.0 or with the included power supply unit

        •       Seamless integration with KOMPLETE
        •       Classic groovebox features including 16 velocity levels, swing, pad link, note repeat, step sequencer, and vintage MPC 60/SP-1200 sampling emulation

        •       Compatible with all major DAWs (including Ableton Live, Logic Pro, and FL Studio) as a

VST or Audio Units plug-in, with full multi-core support


More information about MASCHINE is available here.

About KOMPLETE KONTROL Mk2

With the latest generation of KOMPLETE KONTROL hardware, music-making becomes a more intuitive, hands-on experience. Perform expressively, browse and preview sounds, tweak parameters, sketch your ideas, and navigate and mix your project – all from one fully integrated centerpiece for studio and stage.

Key features
        •       Smart keyboard controller for all your virtual instruments

        •       Pro-grade Fatar keybeds with aftertouch – 49 or 61 semi-weighted keys

        •       Ergonomic pitch and mod wheels, plus touch strip for expression control

        •       Pre-mapped control of KOMPLETE instruments and hundreds of Native Kontrol Standard (NKS) instruments from leading manufacturers

        •       Full VSTi support

        •       Tag-based preset browsing: Find sounds quickly and hear instant previews

        •       Two high-res color screens for browsing, tweaking, mixing, and more

        •       Light Guide: RGB lights above each key highlight drum cells, key switches, chords, scales, and more

        •       Smart Play: See scales and modes on the Light Guide, play chord progressions and arpeggios with single keys, or map any scale to white keys only

        •       Deep integration with MASCHINE software / hardware

        •       Intuitive control over Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, and GarageBand. Cubase and Nuendo integration coming soon after initial release

        •       4-directional push encoder for one-handed sound browsing and project navigation

        •       Two assignable pedal inputs

        •       MIDI in / out

        •       USB 2.0 bus powered

        •       Includes KOMPLETE 11 SELECT


More information about KOMPLETE KONTROL S49 and S61 is available here.