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“Innovative and authentic” – Could Pioneer DJ’s DDJ-REV5 be the DJ controller we’ve been waiting for? It has an “authentic scratch experience” plus cutting-edge stem, mixing and performing features.

Pioneer DJ has introduced DDJ-REV5 DJ, a new-generation controller offering an authentic scratch experience and innovative features. The new DDJ-REV5 controller delivers the ‘next generation’ of scratch control. Add in some very cutting-edge stem, performance and BPM mixing features, and this could be one of the best mid-priced DJ tools in the market.

Pioneer’s new DDJ-REV5 is a Serato DJ Pro and rekordbox compatible controller, and slots in between the company’s DDJ-REV1 and REV 7, offering several features of the top end model but for less cash.

Pioneer says the new DDJ-REV5 offers the best of old and new with an “authentic scratch experience and a variety of innovative features to enable more creative open-format DJ performances”.

These new features include large and easy-to-use jog wheels, designed to feel like classic CDJ wheels. In addition, there is a robust MAGVEL fader which is “ready to translate every tiny movement” while scratching.

But it seems to be the performance side of the controller where the DDJ-REV5 really shines. As well as long tempo sliders above the decks, it features both Performance Pads and Lever FX so you can easily add riffs and effects as you mix. You can use the new Piano Play mode, for example, to play ‘always in key’ riffs and melodies above your mixes.

The stem controls and features are rather cool. There are four dedicated buttons to control your music as the software splits the audio into its constituent parts (vocals, melody, bass, and drums in Serato DJ Pro, or vocal, drums, and other instruments in rekordbox).

Each stem part can be solo’d or muted to create your live mashups, or different stems can be controlled by separate decks for live remixes. An EQ knob controls volume for separate stems.

Lastly, there is an Auto BPM feature that enables you smoothly transition between the tempos of your current and incoming tracks over a predetermined number of bars – the current track will gradually change tempo to match the one loaded over those bars.

DDJ-REV5 costs, around £999 (inc tax) and $/€1099 plus tax. You can get more information from the Pioneer DJ website.

Here’s an in-depth video from Pioneer DJ US below:

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Composer & synthesist Tomer Baruch (Synthesized Sounds of the Sea) and drummer Alex Brajkovic have released a new electronic soundtrack to the classic Fritz Lang dystopian science fiction silent film, Metropolis (1927).

The new score was created for the Sounds of Silence Film Festival, Den Haag.

Here’s Tomer Baruch & Alex Brajkovic say about the new score:

“One of the most significant themes in the dystopian feature is the blurred-to-nonexistent line separating man and machine; Human-like machines, Mechanical-humans, real-life android deepfakes, and above all the city of Metropolis, an enormous machine and within it men, slaved to maintain its operation. The theme that was disturbing in the beginning of the 20th century is as relevant as ever with the latest developments in AI, forcing us to rethink again what makes us human.

In analogy to that, the soundtrack is based on archive recordings of early 20th century machinery, on top of which Tomer Baruch and Alex Brajkovic play analog synthesizers and drums. They interface with the machines and embody a relentlessly repetitive mechanical motion, one which is usually sequenced or programmed. By creating music which is in itself blurring the line between man and machine, by subjecting themselves to machine-like patterns, the musicians become a part of Metropolis, creating a disillusioned, intensified and darker than ever soundtrack for the film.”

The new score is available via Bandcamp. You can preview the album below:

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ELTA Music has announced that their SOLAR 42 analog microtonal drone ambient machine is now available to pre-order.

The SOLAR 42 is described as “an improved model of the SOLAR 50”, an earlier 50-oscillator/10 voice synthesizer, that they said was designed for making atmospheric sounds, background music, microtonal music, ‘super polyphonic electro symphonies’ and more.

Features:

• Two white noise generators.
• Two Samples and Holds
• Two volt octave VCO voices with different waveform variations, including morphing
• Two LFOs as in SOLAR 50.
• 5 step analogue sequencer
• Preamp for contact mic.
• Envelope follower
• Stereo mixer with panoramic left and right channels
• Dual polyvox stereo filter
• Dual cartridge effector combiner with CV control. Now you can load a different
• effect on each channel.
• Stereo audio output
• Dry audio outputs volt octave voices
• External audio input.
• Joystick
• Separate push-button keypad for six drone voices
• Touch sensitive keypad controller for volt octave voices.
• Power supply unit no longer needs to be reset.
• Reduced output noise compared to SOLAR 50.

SOLAR 42 is available to pre-order, priced at €1500 + shipping. They expect shipments to start around October 2024. Audio and video demos are to come at the ELTA Music website. For info, contact sales@eltamusic.com.

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