If you’re a budding musician or musician simply tight on space or spends time on the road, then you might be interested in IK Multimedia’s iRig Keys I/O. It’s a brand new self-contained digital audio workstation (DAW) for your Mac, PC, iPhone or iPad. It’s a MIDI controller with full-sized keys (25 or 49), a high resolution digital-audio interface (DAC) suitable for plugging in directly your guitar, bass or microphone, and a built-in pre-amp. All this comes in a self-contained compact lightweight portable unit along with with a bundle of software and apps. [Read more…]
Review: iRig Keys I/O all-in-one portable digital audio workstation
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IK Multimedia releases iRig Pre HD – high-def digital mic interface for iOS, Mac & PC
October 19, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
October 19, 2017 – IK Multimedia has just announced iRig Pre HD a high-definition, ultra-compact digital interface for microphones with an onboard Class A studio-quality preamplifier designed to deliver top notch audio performance with iPhone, iPad, Mac and PC. It offers the ability to record anytime and anywhere using any kind of professional microphone with a XLR connector, including gain-hungry models and those requiring phantom power. Featuring an integrated 1/8″ headphone output for real-time direct audio monitoring, high-quality internal converters, LED indicators and a suite of professional audio apps, iRig Pre HD is the most comprehensive, portable digital microphone interface for professional applications on the market.
Hartke bass amp incorporates hybrid paper/aluminum cones
September 21, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
In an attempt to make their new bass amp more powerful and lighter Hartke has just unveiled their new HD500 Bass Combo featuring patented speakers whose driver’s cones are crafted from a unique blend of half paper, half aluminum.
The new model boasts a serious 500-watt Class D amplifier (500 watts peak / 250 watts RMS) along with a pair of 10-inch Hartke patented HyDrive drivers with the new cones that the company says produces both an exceptional blend of warmth and attack that can’t be attained simply by using traditional all-paper cones.
Syntronik legendary synth powerhouse now available for iPad – FREE
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September 20, 2017 – IK Multimedia has just rolled out Syntronik, the legendary synth powerhouse, is now available for iPad on the App Store. It offers the largest and best-sounding collection of classic synthesizers in a virtual instrument for iPad to date. This is thanks to a unique combination of the most advanced sampling techniques with a new hybrid sample and modeling synthesis engine, an arsenal of high-quality modeled effects and innovative instrument features that raise the bar for flexibility and sound quality.
Syntronik for iPad includes 17 amazing Synths covering a wide selection from 38 of the most iconic to ultra-rare classic synthesizers of all time:
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Experience Montreal’s MMFA REVOLUTION 60s exhibit through immersive audio
September 1, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
Many museums have exhibitions that take you back hundreds and thousands of years. Wouldn’t it be cool to take a trip back to the late 1960s, times of great change and social upheaval that molded where we are today and see the sights and hear the sounds of that period? Now imagine them both combined through a curated exhibition with a personal immersive audio experience. That’s what the Revolution Exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is all about.
[Read more…]Introducing iRig Keys I/O IK Multimedia all-in-one music production station that goes anywhere
August 24, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
IK Multimedia is proud to introduce iRig Keys I/O, the new breakthrough keyboard controller range featuring a built-in audio interface. It will be available in October 2017 and is now open for pre-order. The only keyboard controllers with 25 or 49 full-size keys to integrate a professional high-definition audio interface, iRig Keys I/O features 24-bit audio up to 96kHz sampling rate, a combo input jack for line, instrument or mic input with phantom power, balanced stereo output and high quality 1/8″ headphone output ideal for use with the latest Apple® devices like the iPhone® 7. iRig Keys I/O also includes all the controls users would expect from a premium keyboard, including velocity sensitive multicolored pads and programmable touch-sensitive sliders, buttons and knobs in an ultra-portable package that includes everything needed to create complete music productions and is unmatched for speed and simplicity to connect and set up.
IK Multimedia teaser…all-in-one music production..what is it?
August 16, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
IK Multimedia’s is telling everyone they’re coming out with a whole new meaning of plug and play with an all-in-one music production station that goes anywhere you want.
What exactly it is we won’t find out until August 24, 2017. #ikmultimedia @ikmultimedia #musicproduction
What do you think it is?
IK Multimedia ARC System 2.5 with new MEMS mic now shipping
August 6, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
IK Multimedia has just announced that ARC System 2.5 with MEMS microphone is now available for shipping. Version 2.5 of the Advanced Room Correction System combines a new highly accurate MEMS measurement microphone, measurement software together with an audio correction plug-in for Mac/PC DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) and employs Audyssey MultEQ XT32 patented technology to greatly improve the audio monitoring accuracy of speakers in any studio or listening room.
Syntronik – synth powerhouse for Mac/PC now shipping
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IK Multimedia has announced that Syntronik, the legendary synth powerhouse for Mac and PC, is now shipping.
Netflix adds Dolby Atmos support
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If you can’t get enough Netflix and want to enhance your listening experience in addition to 4K and HDR viewing, the company just announced, that starting today it will be adding Dolby Atmos sound support to the service starting with Bon Joon Ho’s Okja which recently had its debut at the Cannes Film Festival.
If Dolby Atmos is new to you, think of it as like surround sound on steroids. Instead of just having sound all around, the sound will actually travel in three dimensions. It places sound anywhere in the room and adding that often missing overhead sound like a jet speeding above you and totally immersing you right into the action. Read More at Canoe_Tech Blog.
