Fritz and Ulrich Sourisseau are self-proclaimed vinyl-cutting aficionados, based in southern Germany. Their latest venture is the development of a contraption that fits on to a Technics 1200 or 1210 MkII (as ‘industry standard’ as things get in DJing circles), and enables the user to cut their own vinyl discs. 
The VinylRecorder T560, as it’s called, looks a little like something from the Frankenstein’s drawing board, but is in fact a custom-made, hand-built and incredibly complex device. The vinyl-cutting process requires a heated stylus, an RIAA frequency-curve encoder, a miniature vacuum-cleaner, …

 
M-Audio has released Torq 1.5 DJ software for Mac OS X and Windows.
New features in Torq 1.5 software include:

Tempo Anchors
Tempo Master
zplane élastique time stretching
Send/receive MIDI Clock
A new toolbar and a variety of workflow enhancements

Torq 1.5 DJ software is available immediately from the M-Audio webstore. The cost of upgrading from any previous version of Torq is USD$49.95. Customers who purchased and registered their Torq Conectiv or Xponent hardware after January 17th, 2008 are eligible for a no-charge upgrade to Torq 1.5 software.
Here are the details on the update:
The software’s new Tempo Anchors allow users to …

Courtesy of Kyle Lyons
“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not DEFEETED” - Ernest Hemingway with a touch of THCDJ
Pascal Kleiman is a DJ, Producer, and record label owner hailing from Spain. Feet on the decks and ripping up dance floors for the past 20 years, this man is the man. An inspiration to us all and an icon of true passion for music. A man born with no arms, who let nothing stop him and mastered his skills using what he has, his …

Ueberschall has just announced the release of a Free Elastik Library which includes 245 loops and samples (245 mb) coming from 14 of their best 2008’s products :
- Balkan Lines
- Chillers Joint
- Club Electro
- Crunkzilla
- Dancehall Madness
- Electro ID
- Hip Hop Underground
- Loungeorama
- Minimal Electro Vibes
- Minimal House
- Minimal Techno
- Oriental RnB
- Trance ID 2
- Urbanic
Get it here. | Download

NEW YORK, NY – Hercules, the computer DJ entertainment specialist, announces the availability of the new Hercules DJ Control Steel for Mac and PC. This hot digital audio console designed for Professional DJ’s follows on the heels of the acclaimed Hercules DJ Console Rmx. The advanced, ultra-portable digital mixer retails for SRP $299.99 and will be available starting December 22, 2008 at Musician’s Friend.com. 
The DJ Control Steel is a new controller specifically created for professional DJs who already have an audio interface, but need a reliable advanced digital mixer that offers a …

A public beta of the Serato scratch live software has been released and is available for download, please notice that this is a beta and should not be used in production systems; in other words, don’t take it out to a live gig, just yet. Usually in a couple of weeks from beta it will be released as a regular version.
Changes since 1.8.2:
- Fixed an issue with the Offline Player reported on certain Windows computers, where playback would stutter when seeking through a track or if a track was loaded …

Native Instruments probably really want you guys to have a happy hollidays season so they are giving you guys a free KORE sound pack you can use if you already purchased KORE, but not only, you may also download the KORE Player for free and start having fun, with out needing to pay anything in advance.
This is a treat you don’t want to miss out.
To celebrate a great year for music production, Native Instruments has prepared this free gift for you. KORE SOUNDPACK COMPILATION VOL.1 is a full-featured production-ready sound …

Not long ago, we told you about the revolutionary program by Inklen called MixEmergency. Now the first public version of the program, version 1.0 is officially released. MixEmergency is a visualisation application for Mac, used to manipulate video and Quartz Compositions in real time. It has been a public beta for a short while and now out of beta and straight into your mac, with some needed buf fixes and brand new features such as new effects, wet/dry effect mix control and a new and improved high-performance rendering pipeline.
As you …

Grooveboxmusic is giving Ableton users free access to a collection of Ableton Live tutorials running over three hours in length via the Ableton Web Pass.
This collection of tutorials covers topics such as how to record and edit, virtual instrument basics, warping, designing electronic drums and much more. This offer provides seven days of access from the day you sign up and enter your access code. Offer valid until December 31, 2008.
Here’s the link for details.
 
The Ableton Web Pass video collection includes:

Audio Settings
Understanding Session View
Working with Clips
Working with Audio Files
Working with MIDI Files
Recording Audio
Creating MIDI Clips
Impulse Basics
Simpler …

Korg have recently announced on their website the release of the new microKORG, microKORG XL early 2009, here is some information from their website:
“The microKORG range expands with a new big brother to mega selling microKORG synth.
The original microKORG is loved and used daily by musicians around the world – from keyboardists to guitarists – enabling everyone to experience the enjoyment of a great synthesizer. Now an advanced microKORG is available; a synthesizer that lets you generate your own personal sound, packing a cutting-edge sound engine and powerful effects into …