In 2009, when Ableton announced a partnership with legendary, if under-recognized software lab Cycling '74, music tech nerds the world round (including, shamelessly, yours truly) rejoiced: here were two forward thinking and proven developers collaborating in what might just be the next great evolution of music software: user modifiable, native [...]
Marketing powerhouse Red Bull’s early forays into the iDevice app markets have been centered around their high profile sporting sponsorships – F1 racing, breakdancing, motocross. Now, they leverage their Music Academy with a suite of DJ apps for iPhone and iPad. Hyped as nothing less than professional tools, they include [...]
Now in its tenth year, Native Instruments’ Traktor has established itself as one of only a couple of torchbearers in the pro DJ software market. In what must be one of the longest version 2 updates in history, 2011 sees the iconic platform updated with a slew of new features [...]
Live has offered native support of both proprietary third party hardware, and custom user scripts for generic controllers, for many generations. More recently we’ve seen Ableton partner with a handful of manufacturers to produce some long-awaited controllers dedicated to launching clips and handling channel and macro controls. Since opening up [...]