Traktor Kontrol S2 for $449

Native Instruments is having a sale on Traktor Kontrol S2.... sooo tempting but does this hint at a new version on the horizon?

Want a tasty DnB tune to remix - Shade Of The Knight

I love hearing great original tunes that artists have offered to the community to see how they can re-imagine it... I'd love to hear a really different sound to this track but just recognisable enough to go "is it?"


Dogs on Acid link

Numark DJ controller

Not a brand I usually look out for but this is looking nice, brushed steel, maps to TRAKTOR Pro2 and can control 4 decks... love to get my mits on one

Link - Engadget
Link2 - Skratchworx

Future of Traktor

Could be worth an upgrade... need more specs

More info - Future of Traktor

Various sales end tomorrow

Native instruments
Maschine with packs, Traktor packs, Komplete 8 upgrade (not sure if this is for everyone or just the people that have registered their 7 or previous version)

Ableton
Live and bundles... seriously where is Ableton Live 9

Time+Space
Sample packs and instruments

Remix contest - Lords of Acid

Sweet track, make it your own

Lords of Acid - Drowning in Ecstacy

Sale on at Loopmasters

Sometimes creating your own sound can be difficult, esp when starting with powerful tools but limited knowledge on how to make those sounds that are really in now. Check out these presets from High Rankin... choice bruv

Loopmasters - High Rankin - NI Massive Presets

Komplete 8 is available for preorder

I knew after I bought 7 on sale 8 wouldn't be too far behind it. Komplete 8 comes in two flavours now a Komplete and a Komplete 8 Ultimate. Where Ultimate includes a lot of extra instruments and samples and like many other packages comes on its own hard drive. To be honest I was expecting Traktor to crossover into Komplete but oh well.

Check it out below.

Komplete 8 -NI Komplete 8

Komplete 8 Ultimate - NI Komplete 8 Ultimate

Sweet retro synth needs donations

Rockit 8 Bit Synth Kit looks like it could be a good underground synth to have in your hardware arsenal and pretty cheap too.

Link

No more Kore :(

Sad thing to see a technology get decommissioned... maybe it will be rebirthed in 15 years or so

From Native Instruments:

Dear KORE user,

In the music technology domain, progress is constant. Sometimes, new paradigms and changing user preferences require us to adjust our development priorities in order to further push modern music production forward.

Today we would like to inform you about our future plans for the KORE platform. Our roadmap comprises two further updates for KORE 2, including 64-bit plugin versions for Windows and Mac OS X. Afterwards, further development of the KORE 2 software will cease. Native Instruments has no plans to develop KORE beyond its current generation, and will focus its development resources on advancing other products within the NI range.

KORE 2 will remain operational with your current setup, and technical support will continue to be available for an unlimited amount of time. However, upcoming versions of the KOMPLETE bundle and of individual NI instruments might not include special preset versions for the KORE sound browser.

As an immediate effect, KORE 2 will no longer be available for purchase, and the range of KORE-powered soundpacks will only remain available in the NI Online Shop until July 31st, 2011.