Cakewalk Kinetic

Cakewalk Kinetic reviewed in the Technofile by MC Rebbe DJ, VJ, rapper, producer, journalist
If I had to describe Cakewalk’s latest offering, Kinetic, in one word, that word would be cool!

At it heart, Kinetic is a 16 channel pattern based sequencer that’s jam packed with authentic Roland patterns and sounds direct from their line of grooveboxes, putting at your fingertips 101, 303, 808 and 909 sounds, as well as Acid format grooves, all of which are categorised according to instrument type and music genre by Kinetic’s built in content browser. However, you’re not restricted to using just these patterns and grooves, as you can also create your own, in real or step time. Continue reading “Cakewalk Kinetic”

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Something to Shout About!

Apple Logic Pro 7.0 discussed by MC Rebbe The Rapping RabbiA few weeks ago, Apple released the latest version of its flagship midi+audio sequencer, Logic Pro. A multitude of new features and functionality has been added including support for both ‘Garage Band’ and ‘Apple Loops’, but the most significant new feature has to be support for ‘nodes’.

Nodes are one or more additional computers (a minimum of G4s, but preferably G5s) networked (via Ethernet) to a main computer, which then seamlessly harnesses the collective processing power of these nodes for use by Logic and this is something to shout about from the rooftops…with or without accompaniment from a fiddler (just don’t shout too loud or you might end up with nodes). Why? Because it marks an important midpoint in the evolution of computer based digital audio production and also seems to make its and Apple’s future direction (both of which now seem to be inextricably linked) pretty damn clear…as I’ll explain, by way of a little history lesson. Continue reading “Something to Shout About!”

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