From La French Tech, Piano LED Plus is a new product that is a LED lighting system designed for pianos. Best part, it’s more than a learning system as it provides an immersive and dynamic experience for all. One standout feature of Piano LED Plus is its advanced LED lighting system, which can be used to learn how to play a song. Simply call up a song, then hit “Learn”. Piano LED Plus will play the song, showing you which notes to use. When ready, MIDI talks to the LED system to know when you’ve played the notes. Play as slow or fast as you want. When you’re not playing, Piano LED Lights can ..read more

Adobe has a new tool out in BETA right now. Adobe Podcast is a platform for organizing, creating, and publishing podcasts. It allows users to create audio content wherever they are, and bring it into the editor to cut out the ums and ahs. It’s still in BETA right now, but already it’s a powerful tool for editors. Even I am thinking about bringing back some of the podcasts I used to do because the edit process is a thousand times easier. All at Podcast.Adobe.com How Adobe Podcast Works Previously called “Project Shasta”, this program is an online editor that allows you to record or bring in ..read more

Loupedeck is a customizable controller that gives you functionality at your fingertips. From creating hotkey buttons, giving you dial controls and jog wheels, and a lot more. While at NAB 2022, we look at the Loupedeck Live, and the Loupedeck Creative Tool (CT). Loupedeck CT Designed in Findland, this is a 20-static button, 12 LCD button device with 6 dials and a main jog wheel. You can use it for editing in whatever program you are using – complete with preset layouts for quick starts. The CT interface can switch between software seamlessly. If you are in an editing program with tabs, the ..read more

Bone conduction headsets are a great way to get your music or phone calls while keeping your ears open for external sounds. I use my Opencomm headset everyday when I run, then when I’m on daily Zoom calls. The newest headset is OpenRun Pro, which we saw at CES 2022. About OpenRun Pro A one-piece bone conduction headset with mic that fits around your ears, the Openrun Pro is 20% smaller than previous models. TurboPitch Sound This headset features the 9th generation bone conduction technology, and introduces TurboPitch – adding two bass enhancers around the tranducers. Along with their Premiu ..read more

A regular question that gets asked – how can me and my bandmates play together when we are separated and shows are being cancelled? Live music online is a topic that Elk.Live is working on, and ready to release in Q4 of this year. What is Elk.Live This is a service with hardware that allows a musician to play with other musicians from miles, or continents away. The audio hardware includes a low-latency algorithm that allows the drummer to hear the bass in close-to-real time. Whereas services like Zoom or Microsoft Teams has a latency of 100-300 ms or more, Elk.Live can get latency to a leve ..read more

CME Pro launched a new device that turns your MIDI into a Bluetooth MIDI for your computer. They have come out with three different devices that will connect your keyboard, drums, horn, guitar, lights, or other items together without a cable. What is WIDI Master Bluetooth MIDI is a new wireless standard the MIDI Association approved. CME-Pro developed a small MIDI connector that will attach to your instrument. WIDI Master is point-to-point Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity with ultra low latency, automatic pairing, and complete with MIDI Clock and SysEx for syncing together. One WIDI Master can co ..read more

Maonocaster Lite S1 is a low-cost solution for recording podcasts, streaming, Clubhouse, and more. The unit can be run by itself, or connected to a computer (becoming the sound card). From there, you can control the microphones (up to 2), music from a 3.5mm jack, music from a Bluetooth connection, or the sound cart on the system. The Specs The AM-200 S1 is a great way to get a full show feel when recording. It also doubles as a mixing console for Karaoke night – Bluetooth in your song, and use the the microphone to sing. Echo effect give you a smoother voice, while preset options will EQ yo ..read more

Wireless microphones can add more to your show. MOVO wants to give creators options with wireless 2.4 Ghz microphones. The Edge DI is built for the smartphone, where you can do your livestreams, Youtube videos, podcasts, and more. MOVO EDGE DI Wireless The unit is a simple receiver dongle that attaches to the phone. Lightning for iOS and USB-C for Android. The EDGE DI comes in single, or dual Lavalier microphone units. The DI receiver is also fairly small, so it can sit on the side of a phone without pulling on the port. If you have your phone on a gimbal stabilizer such as the DJI Osmo, th ..read more

If you are a home producer trying to build up your plugins for your audio rigs, Nugen Audio has been creating more affordable plugins. Today, we talked about the Paragon Reverb, and Elements Stereoizer. Paragon Reverb This is a convolution reverb, using state of the art resynthesis – developed at the University of York. Change the decay time or room size, and it generates a new impulse response based on the original space. This allows for a bigger room, more decay, and more. New presets, new browser with search, tagging, and favorite functions to build a reverb that Paragon is $599 and avai ..read more

Everybody is working in different locations. More important, everyone is working with different software to make music. Beat Connect is a plugin that allows you to use your software to record, then send to the audio editor and the DAW of their choice to mix down. How Beat Connect Works The program is installed on the creator’s DAW, where the project is started. They send out project information to the other musicians, who also have the program installed. They get the main files, in which they will start recording their tracks – MIDI and analog. When they are ready, they send their tracks or ..read more