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New NI Maschine Design – more LED colours

more colours.   why and what? note – new colours should be like telling you things better via the same button, so it may help more than just „being coloured“.http://www.native-instruments.com/#/de/ … /maschine/ for all of you who might think it is just a hoax. 599€ is the new price quote from forum – aus dem Forum: the 1.8 version will work on both- the old and the coloured one. all maschine users get Massive for free. note that it’s not about colours, you need them for being a cool launchpad or…

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NI Maschine – Upcoming 1.8

The update will include the following improvements: – looks like the slicer will still be a bit dull, they should look at Geist from FXpansion how to use and process slices, anyway not bad to have time stretching – My personal comment 2 refering to my own performances: The LFO is still 18 Hz, which is far below standard, should be 100Hz minimum, and please add multicore support, after that there’s a lot improved, aaand – say you have a slice programmed to play and remove it in the chase…

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NI The Finger – Live Effects in realtime (glitch type) for any input incl. acoutic stuff

New Effects – Glitch kind of Effect Plugin like Battles or (hey) Tim Exile – based on Reaktor Patch that is finalized as a standalone software, presented by Tim Exile. Of course you can use real drums or any acoustic instrument as well. Im forum (deutsch): NI The Finger Since NI has only Flash I can only post screenshots, listen & watch the Video on their site

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NI Maschine 1.1 Update inkl MIDI control of ext. Gear (Beta)

The update will include the following improvements (which is already out as a Beta and therefore will be up sooner or later as final Update) – here’s the new Specs: New and improved features: MIDI Out Mode for sounds MIDI In for sounds and groups Drag-and-Drop audio export for scenes and patterns in host Record and trigger scenes switches via MIDI notes in host Scene retrigger option in plugin mode Loading groups without patterns Additional slicing sizes (1/8th etc.) REX file import Scene naming Adjustable metronome volume Record Count-In option…

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NI Kontakt 3.5 is out (free update)

feat 64 bits, for Native Instruments Kontakt. Free update for 3.0ers. as they say: KONTAKT version 3.5, released on July 16th 2009, provides several major improvements and brand new features that enhance the performance and ease-of-use for both new users and those already familiar with KONTAKT. http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/kontakt-3/overview/new-in-kontakt-35/?page=823

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