equipment

Bassheads, listen up! StudioFeed has brought the world a revolutionary piece of music technology this year in the form of the SubPac, a hi-fi tactile bass device that quietly and directly transfers low frequencies to your body, allowing the listener to literally feel each bassline, kick, and drum regardless of genre...

Nord, the Swedish synth manufacturers, have released a second version of its Beat step sequencer app, Beat 2. It’s been designed to work in conjunction with Nord’s Drum 2 percussion synth along with its accompanying Pad controller and also comes with a boatload of added and improved features for its sophomore update...

ILS-lab, a southeastern French music software company, has harnessed the sound of the classic keyboard vocoder into the compact and mobile of an emulation plug-in. The original instrument, which would analyze speech input and produce synthesized sounds, has seen its fair share of musical history thanks to its contribution to the music of classic greats like ELO, Kraftwerk, and Daft Punk... Read M

Serato has announced the first major update to Serato DJ. Serato DJ 1.2.0 arrives with professional features - 4 deck mixing; advanced FX powered by iZotope; midi mapping for use with a secondary controller; among others - to create a comprehensive new digital DJ platform...