Native Instrument News Today

“In my way of expression through electronic music, I energetically draw out the beats and everything for you and those to dance to and to feel something higher,” Mary Droppinz says. “So many people just think of deejays as someone whos just playing on a playlist. I think its so much higher and deeper than that.”

Arturia just announced the KeyLab Essential 88 mk3, a larger sibling to the previously-released Essential 49 and 61 MIDI keyboards. This piano-size keyboard includes semi-weighted keys, eight drum pads and contextual buttons for controlling plugins.

Hybrid Scoring Percussion contains a selection of simple, carefully crafted loops that have been designed to be layered together to offer a wide range of varying percussive accompaniments.

The latest WoodSynth and WoodTroller updates add MIDI 2.0 support along with some handy MIDI mapping features for Komplete Kontrol users. 

The latest Harmonic Bloom update adds an array of new presets created by a talented line-up of musicians, composers and sound designers.

The latest version of Pro Tools introduces a built-in Dolby Atmos renderer, overhauls the marker and memory location system, adds I/O colour-coding options and much more. 

The latest iteration of Arturia's flagship software instrument bundle has arrived, delivering the most expansive and feature-packed version to date. 

Experimental label mappa editions’ elegiac collection of avian electronics is full of deliberately laid textures and out-there approaches to composition.

Reverb has refurbished Native Instruments Maschine MK3 units on sale for half off the sticker price: $299 (down from $599). The device is friendly to beginner and advanced beatmakers, providing music-making software and hardware in one package.

Arturia's latest plug-in features a selection of effects modules equipped with envelope controls, allowing users to draw in everything from subtle, evolving changes to dramatic beat-driven effects.