Native Instruments today announced it is kicking off its TRAKTOR SCRATCH US Tour, a special workshop tour that presents its just-released digital DJ system. Starting on May 4th, the month-long tour includes 18 dates, with clinics being held in local music stores in nearly all major US cities. NI product specialists will give in-depth demonstrations of the advanced features and capabilities of TRAKTOR SCRATCH for various DJ styles.
Read MoreTRI-EDRE today announced the availability of Clone X 3.0.0, the latest version of its disk copy utility for Mac OS X. Clone X is a Universal Binary application for use on Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs.
Read MoreAn article in Ars Technica notes that, according to a report from market research firm Forrester, Mac users are “significantly” more likely to generate content for the Web than Dell users. “According to the report, Mac users are significantly more likely than Dell users to fall into the ‘Creators’ category — those who publish blogs, Web pages, upload videos, and so on — with nearly twice as many Mac users (a bit over 20 percent) being ‘Creators’ than Dell users,” notes the story.
Read MoreDigieffects, a developer of popular software plug-ins for Adobe After Effects and Apple Final Cut Pro, has agreed to be acquired by Robert Sharp, a veteran of the digital media industry. Robert, formerly of Terran Interactive and Canopus, has agreed to acquire Digieffects and take over management of the company immediately. Over the next few months, Digieffects will focus on working with users to update products in the short-term as well as define a long-term product roadmap.
Read MoreWiebeTech has introduced the RT5 eSATA RAID, that allows any five currently available PATA (IDE) drives to create a single volume as large as 3.75TB. RT5 eSATA (RT5E) retail pricing starts at US$1,699.95 for the base unit without drives and is ready to ship. The RT5 eSATA features a built-in RAID controller that supports RAID levels 0, 0+1, 3, 5 (including hot spare options) and a fast eSATA connection that eliminates volume size limitations.
Read More