The Mackie DL1608 is a live mixer that harnesses the power of the iPad, allowing you control your levels, effects, pans, etc. wirelessly, from anywhere in a room! Here are answers to 5 frequently asked questions about the DL1608, compiled by Mackie themselves:
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From 13th April until 31st May 2012, anyone purchasing a Roland Jupiter-80 will be eligible to receive an iPad 2 completely FREE of charge, which you will be able to use to run the newly announced iPad synth tone editor (available May 2012).
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We don’t have too much information on this one at the moment, but it seems that Propellerhead will soon be launching a brand new iOS app, which is based on the Reason synth engine! Although it isn’t as powerful or as feature-packed as the Reason DAW, it is an excellent tool for making music on-the-go when creativity strikes!
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The Korg microKEY is now available in 25 and 61 key versions, to compliment the 37-key model that is currently available. These new models were announced at Musikmesse 2012.
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The Alesis iO Mix gives you a hardware mixer with an iPad dock for recording up to four channels of audio onto your iPad, transforming it into a powerful portable studio. With the iO Mix, you can record multiple microphones or instruments directly into compatible apps such as GarageBand. The Alesis iO Mix was announced at Musikmesse 2012.
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When recording, my aim is nearly always to capture a sound that is as true to the original as possible. If I want to add any character to my sounds, I want my choice of microphone to dictate this and I will leave any additional intentional colouration down to my arsenal of plug-ins, to process the sound once the recording has been captured. This way, I get the maximum flexibility, having full control over what I add or remove from a sound. After all, it’s a lot easier to filth up a clean signal than it is to clean up an already coloured signal! The words ‘polish’ and ‘turd’ come to mind here…
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Well, we’ve almost reached the end of our iOS series of articles, but before we go, I thought I would finish off by rounding up a collection of my favourite miscellaneous products and apps!
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Now, it’s fair to say that iOS drum products aren’t exactly in abundance! In fact, if it wasn’t for the recent NAMM 2012 show, we wouldn’t have an iOS drum category at all! However, we’ve managed to scrape together a couple of relevant products for a very brief article that should hopefully appeal to those with a passion for percussion and an eye for an iOS device!
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It has only been very recently that iOS devices have become linked with the world of live recording, but after the recent NAMM 2012 show, a selection of live mixing desks that make use of iOS products have started to make their way onto the market…
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Although the iPad is a fantastic portable device for working on and editing projects on-the-go, the main problem with it is that on its own, it doesn’t feature any way of capturing professional-quality sounds. This is where iOS recording products come in!
As well as products that have been made for the studio with the soul purpose of getting high-quality audio into the iPad, there are also a handful of products and apps out there that help integrate your iPad into your existing computer-based set-up and help you to control production-based applications in more hands-on ways.
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