Watch how to combine the Nx Head Tracker motion sensor together with the Nx Virtual Mix Room audio plugin in order to turn your headphones into a better mixing and recording tool. Chapters:00:00 Intro00:30 Attaching the Nx Head Tracker to your headphones00:50 Connecting the Nx Head Tracker with the Nx plugin: Mac01:27 Connecting the Nx Head Tracker with the Nx plugin: Windows02:11 The Sensor Fusion optionNx Head Tracker: https://www.waves.com/nx-head-tracker Nx Virtual Mix Room: https://www.waves.com/nx-virtual-mix-room Other Nx products: https://www.waves.com/nx
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Big news from Native Instruments – they’re launching a brand new production controller called Maschine Jam. Jam takes elements of Maschine controllers and Kontrol S-Series keyboards and combines them with arrangement workflows found on the Push or Launchpad. Build a track on the fly and perform it live with the Maschine Jam.
- Gear: Maschine Jam controller
- Manufacturer: Native Instruments
- Price: $ 399
- Availability: September 29th, 2016
Maschine Jam: Maschine’s Missing Production Controller?
As production software, Maschine has always been about emulation of the classic groovebox-style production workflow. With this new controller, Native Instruments is clearly trying to add some of the dynamic modern workflow elements that producers have come to expect out of Ableton (with Push and Launchpad controllers) into Maschine.
Maschine Jam’s Pad Grid
The actual hardware of the Maschine Jam is fairly easy to understand. The focal point is the 8×8 multicolored pad section that allows the arrangement of pads and scenes. NI’s press release details the functions of the pad section:
- In Step Mode, the matrix becomes a powerful multi-track step-sequencer for one, four, or eight sounds simultaneously.
- In Pad Mode, sounds are entered in real-time, while Piano Roll Mode makes step-sequencing melodies in a wide variety of available scales possible.
- When the Variation Engine is enabled, inspirational beats and melodies are randomly generated based on customizable values and then modified on the matrix. A built-in humanizer adds natural rhythmic fluctuations to programmed sequences.
While the product video at the top of this article does show a quick glimpse into finger drumming with the Maschine Jam’s pads in Pad Mode, based on the price, you won’t be using these pads to bang out beats on the fly regularly. That’s best suited for high-quality pads or arcade buttons that give you a solid physical response – not these basic push-button pads.
Maschine Jam Smart Strips: For Performance
Native Instruments has continued to add touch strips to their controllers, and the Maschine Jam is no exception with eight two-touch Smart Strips (once for each “channel strip”). The strips are mapped to new performance FX that come in a new update to the Maschine software, version 2.5 – and can be used to “alter the motion, space, and dynamics of sounds in real time”.
“The Smart Strips each feature multi-color LED meters to monitor the level of the assigned function, and can be used to alter macros, key instrument parameters, and even play melodies and chords with the unique Notes function. A powerful Lock function stores parameter snapshots that can revert back to their original settings or morph between multiple lock states.”
We’ve seen the Notes function in action – it’s like taking the Scale mode of an Ableton Push and combining it with the playability of an autoharp or Omnichord – incredibly fun and easy to quickly add melodic flourishes to a track.
Software + What’s Included
The Maschine Jam is targeted at on-the-go producers who want a highly portable controller to sequence ideas and built tracks on the fly. These producers might own Maschine already, but if not, NI is including the full software with a revised 9GB audio library, as well as the Komplete 11 Select package that includes Massive and Monark.
For the launch, there’s also a special offer of two free Maschine Expansions (out of twenty) when you register a Maschine Jam – clearly an opportunity to beef up a production library.
Not Only For Maschine: Ableton Jam?
Everyone who sees the Maschine Jam and the $ 399 price tag quickly starts to wonder – is NI going to lock this controller to Maschine software only? Thankfully, it seems that clearer minds have prevailed.
The Maschine Jam will not only work when running Maschine as a plugin inside of other DAW software, but it also can be used in MIDI mode as a dedicated controller for any DAW. They’ve even built an advanced template for Ableton Live with many of the performance and step-sequencing features.
DJ Techtools is getting an up-close-and-personal look at the Maschine Jam – stay tuned in the coming days for an exclusive walkthrough of the hardware and associated software updates.
Autore: DJ TechTools
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Mix on the move: WeDJ has landed – iPad app for easy DJ performances wherever you goWe’re releasing WeDJ, a DJ performance app that makes it easy for anyone to start mixing music on an iPad. Using the colourful animated interface, you can control the tracks in your iTunes playlists and use a variety of features and FX to add creativity to your sets. By plugging your iPad into speakers, you can DJ at parties, or you can use your headphones for practising wherever you go.It’s easy to start mixing on the intuitive app, which looks like a two-channel hardware set-up with waveforms, jog wheels, play/cue buttons, tempo sliders and a crossfader. You can use the Sync button to get your tracks perfectly in time and Auto Gain to automatically set the volume to the right level, leaving you free to use the performance features including Hot Cues, loops, Pad FX and Combo FX to make your mix unique. There’s even an Automix feature, which seamlessly mixes in the next track before the end of the track that’s playing. And to take your WeDJ performances to the next level, you can connect the new DDJ-WeGO4 controller for tactile control of the app’s features.WeDJ is available in the App Store at an introductory price of €2.99 until 30th September 2016, and will be available at the regular price of €4.99 from 1st October 2016.