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November 10, 2005 ../ Native Instruments Readies Guitar Rig 2Native Instruments, is preparing to release Guitar Rig 2, the follow up to their successful guitar processing software/hardware combination, on November 30, 2005. When Guitar Rig debuted, it caused an instant sensation inside and outside the guitar community. Finally there was a comprehensive solution for the guitarist who wanted to delve deeply into processing beyond the four knobs on a stomp pedal. Native Instrument's (NI) inclusion of a hardware pedal rig cemented the deal by offering an all-in-one product that other software manufacturers neglected. Outside the guitar community, electronic musicians were ecstatic that there was finally software which could emulate all those gritty effects which took hours of tweaking to obtain. However, beyond this exciting new release, Guitar Rig 2 reveals the company's strategy for the future.
Guitar Rig was one of those Native Instruments products that fired on all cylinders in its first incarnation. Intelligently designed on all fronts with stellar sound quality, Guitar Rig has been the secret weapon in many artists production arsenal - adding some meat to a guitar lead or lifting a mediocre synth patch into the stratosphere. Version 2 has an enormous selection of gear to create provocative mind-bending sounds. Select from an arsenal of 8 amps, 15 guitar and 6 bass cabinets, 4 rotary speakers, 9 microphones with adjustable positioning and 35 killer effects, as well as several modulation components including step sequencers, LFOs, envelop followers and multi-step envelops. Combine that with an intuitive drag and drop rack interface and your ready for some serious tweaking.
However, even with all the enhancements, Guitar Rig 2 is all about the foot
controller. Rig Kontrol 2 makes a huge leap forward in technology. It features a 24-bit/96kHz USB 2.0 stereo audio interface and preamplifier
with two 1/4" TRS inputs. Yes two! You can now attach two sources to the Rig Kontrol and process them both with the software. Each source
has its own gain control with LED signal indicators. The unit also features MIDI I/O and is powered completely by the USB bus.
The Future: Native Instruments is now in the hardware business. By
developing and manufacturing Rig Kontrol 2 solely under the Native umbrella, the company is now poised to debut other controllers and instruments
under the NI moniker. It doesn't take much imagination to see what's coming next, a controller for Traktor 3. Even with the mind-blowing
Allen & Heath Xone: 3D becoming available in the first quarter of next year, at close to $3000 US, it certainly won't be for the average
DJ who doesn't want to mortgage their home to own one.
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 As the name correctly implies, Experiments In Sound, is Futuremusic's latest endeavor for pushing electronic music technology to the very edge of what's possible. Experiments In Sound grew out of Futuremusic's avant-garde events in New York City that featured DJ's taking mixing and live sound reinforcement to a whole new level with the very latest gear and software. Now Experiments In Sound has become The Ultimate Mix Contest...
After the tremendous success of our groundbreaking The Next Big Thing DJ Contest, Futuremusic has decided to once again create a new paradigm...
Futuremusic wants to thank everyone who participated in The Next Big Thing 2004. John Digweed, Beatport, Alienware, M-Audio, Native Instruments, IK Multimedia, PVDJ, PK Graphics, Ableton, The DubHouse, Propellerheads, Technics, FreeFloat, The Church, PCDJ and every DJ who entered this year's event thank you. From the sheer number of quality mixes, we can tell you that dance music is thriving in the United States. The amount of outstanding talent and creativity really blew us away, and every DJ who's putting their heart, mind and soul behind the music is a winner. John Digweed has made his decision and the winner is... Think you got skills?? Then start practicing! The Next Big Thing 2005 will kick off at the end of the summer!!
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