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Akai MPD32 - Coming Soon!

First off, greetings all! This is Matt (i.e. new employee) and my first blog post for Spank! Mark says I'm not allowed to try and be funny, so let's get straight to the facts.

Akai have released their follow-up to the highly successful (and functional) MPD24 USB PAD BANK/MIDI CONTROLLER - the MPD32.

Not messing with a good thing, this controller still features 16 MPC Velocity Pads (with four easy bank functions, allowing a possible 64 assignable pads for live performance), 8 faders and 8 control knobs (which now spin the full 360 degrees).

New to this model is a note repeater function, an extra 20 presets and improved MMC/MIDI Start/Stop transport buttons. The MPD32 actually offers three control banks (taking up three USB midi channels) that allows the interface to quickly switch between three preset banks/midi assignments (effectively allowing you to 'set up' three MPD32 interfaces with the one).

I'm a big fan of the MPD24 controller, the MPC velocity pads feel great for programming MIDI drums and the simples’ layout just makes sense for triggering Ableton Live set. The MPD32 looks like it will provide all this function, plus a few simple refinements to make the whole experience a little easier to plug in and go.

Thanks Matt.

Last Two Days Of Stocktake Sale!

There are only one and half days left of our annual Stocktake Sale.

And there are still heaps of bargains. Click here to see all the good stuff and the ridiculous savings.

You gotta get in quick because as I mentioned, it's nearly over.

Video from The Juan MacLean DJ Set

Hi all, here's a short video of Juan from The Juan MacLean (DFA Records) playing a DJ set for us last Saturday.

Enjoy!

Juan MacLean Instore DJ Set from Spank Records on Vimeo.

Video From Our Instore Demo Night

We've just finished putting together a video from our instore demo night with DJ Kuya. For those of you who couldn't make it, he demonstrated how he uses Traktor Scratch, Ableton Live and the Korg Zero 4 mixer in his sets.

Enjoy!

Spank Records - DJ Kuya Instore Demo Night from Spank Records on Vimeo.

Free iPod Touch 8GB With Purchase Of A MacBook Pro 15"

We have a super special on at the moment for the MacBook Pro 15" laptop from Apple.

If you buy either the 2.4GHz ($2699) or the 2.5GHz ($3399) laptop as well as AppleCare ($579) which gives you a total of 3 years warranty and technical support, we'll give you a FREE iPod Touch 8GB worth $399!

This special is for a limited time only and while stocks last of the iPod Touch.

M-Audio MicroTrack II - Onwards & Upwards.

In the past most hand-held recording devices have been riddled with short-comings... an external hard-drive anyone? Until now that is.

Noting an obvious gap in the market, M-Audio have revamped the MircoTrack and delivered a well-priced ($459.00), re-gigged portable recording device with all the features you've been begging for such as USB 2.0; recording straight to flash or mirco-drives; balanced inputs with greater gain (no clipping my friends); seamless recording of files greater than 2GB; 48V for phantom power mics; a backlit screen (that can be dimmed for "greater discretion") and it's about the same size and weight as deck of cards, minus the gamble.

It looks a little something this...

You can read about it to your heart's content here. Do it.

Package Deals Online

We've gone and put together some great package deals which means you can score some incredible savings on products like mixers, turntables, headphones, monitors, MIDI controllers and keyboards, production software and heaps more.

All up, there are 11 packages which range from entry level package deals to full-on professional-style production and DJ packages. We have sorted them into three different lots - Digital DJ, Music Production & Turntable.

As I mentioned, there are great savings to be had over a heap of products (packages start from $438) and all can be purchased online and instore.