News Round Up: 13/6/14

A lecture with Dave Smith, Genelec’s green innovation, Bitwig discounts and a free channel strip plugin from Eventide.

A lecture from Dave Smith. The highly regarded designer responsible for the first polyphonic and microprocessor-controlled synth, later the multitimbral synth, and more recently the Tempest drum machine, gave a wide-ranging talk on the history of synths, moving from analogue to digital hardware and on to software. Watch in full above.

Genelec’s green innovation and research. For more than 35 years, Genelec has been guided by the idea of making active monitors that deliver neutral and accurate sound in every acoustic environment. Genelec’s Christophe Anet explains how this led to the development of innovative speaker drivers, electronics and enclosure designs while also respecting the environment. Read the full article in PDF format here.

Dressing to get into Berghain. Another week, another mainstream media outlet discovers Berghain. Bloomberg international correspondent Hans Nichols tries his luck getting into the infamous club, enlisting the help of a Berlin outfitter startup to help him look the part. Check it out below.

Eventide UltraChannel Native Channel Strip – free download. Eventide has announced the immediate availability of a new channel strip plugin. The UltraChannel 64-bit native plugin features micro pitch shift, stereo delays with variable feedback paths, plus two stages of compression, gating, and five bands of parametric EQ. UltraChannel will cost $249 from midnight on July 8th, but until then it’s available as a free download using the coupon code ‘0F736710’ – check it out here.

Bitwig Studio EDU License – big savings for students. The Bitwig Studio EDU License is now available to students, faculty, staff and administrators attending or working at an accredited educational facility or institution. The education discount brings the price of the recently released DAW down from $399/€299 to $269.99/€209. Available from select distributors worldwide and online from Bitwig’s webshop.

M-Audio & Toolroom Records take your music to the global stage. M-Audio announces an international competition for users of the new Trigger Finger Pro MIDI controller, with the impressive prize of an artist contract with Toolroom Records. Users must create a track using the instrument and upload it to Toolroom’s demo submission app on Facebook. The contest is now open and accepting submissions. For more information, click here.