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[Video] Native Instruments: Hello Tokyo! Launch Party

Native Instruments has finally opened its offices in Tokyo, Japan in order to maintain an active presence in the booming music industry of the country. In celebration of the new location, Native Instruments held a Hello Tokyo! Launch Party at Womb (Tokyo's premier nightclub) right in Japan. Amongst the guests were the CEO of Native Instruments, Daniel Haver, along with top DJ's Jamie Jones, Darren Price, DJ Craze, Baku, Kaito and other leading Japanese artists. Check out the video for a behind-the-scenes look at the event after the jump.

Six New Traktor Remix Decks Released

As Traktor continues to move forward, the Remix Decks are the new ways DJ's can perform in real-time while beatmashing and remixing with different sounds, loops, and samples. The Remix Decks originally came with Remix sets to get users started with certain standard sounds and loops, but Native Instruments has made sure to keep releasing Fresh and New Remix Sets for users to play with all for a small fee. The six new Remix Sets in this latest release are available on Beatport, Whatpeopleplay, and Juno and contains sets from Steve Bug, Tube & Berger, Bambounou, and more...

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[Video] Traktor DJ iPad Tutorials

The Traktor DJ iPad App has been out for a few months now and veteran DJ Shiftee even produced a cool video showing all of the digital goodness that lies within Traktor DJ once you get the hang of the features. Native Instruments has just released a new youtube playlist consisting of five Tutorial Videos that show users how to get started with the Traktor DJ App. These Tutorials include: Collection Sync, Browsing, Preparation, Mixing, and Performing. Check out these tutorial videos after the jump.

[Production Gear] NI Komplete 9 With Maschine

Native Instruments have just released the new Komplete 9 and Komplete 9 Ultimate production software suites that work together in perfect harmony with the Maschine hardware for making beats. Komplete 9 comes with 33 instruments and 120GB of sounds while Komplete 9 Ultimate comes with 65 instruments and over 320GB of sounds to play with. Check out the quick how-to video showing users just how easy it is to make a beat with Maschine and Komplete 9.

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[Production Gear] NI Releases Helios Ray Maschine Expansion

Native Instruments continues to provide new soundpacks to users of its popular Maschine Music Production Station to keep things fresh when making new tracks and beats. The newest MASCHINE Expansion is called HELIOS RAY and it comes packed with sounds and beats drawing from London's broken beat scene and LA's abstract beat producers. HELIOS RAY also contains three separate styles of drum kits as well as unique Melodic Kits and new MASSIVE presets. There's also a version available for the iMaschine iphone version. Check out the details after the jump.

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New Traktor Remix Sets From Riva Starr & More

The Traktor remix sets keep coming! Now available on Beatport, DJ's can purchase and download the newest Traktor Remix Sets by Riva Starr, Le Carousel, Audiowhores, and Turtelz. These are full tracks broken down into beats and loops and transformed into Traktor's Remix decks for DJ's to have fun with. Check out the press release and links inside for more information.

[Production Gear] NI Announces Komplete 9 Ultimate

Native Instruments is always coming out with excellent products for DJ's and Producers to make life easier for performers and offer a wide range of possibilities when creating and manipulating music. NI has announced the newest generation of its KOMPLETE software bundles for Music Producers called the Komplete 9 and Komplete 9 Ultimate bundles that will be available for all to purchase on March 27th, 2013. The Komplete 9 suite comes with 33 instruments & effects while the Komplete 9 Ultimate will include 65 instruments & effects for producers to play with. Check out the Press release, video, and other links inside.

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Traktor Scratch Public Beta

A new TRAKTOR SCRATCH public beta test is now open to all current Traktor Pro 2.6 users. This new beta version tests improvements to tracking alerts, resistance against record damage, high input warning and scroll-zone unresponsiveness. Native Instruments wants YOU to test the new TRAKTOR SCRATCH beta on your own DJ setup and help shape the future of the industry-leading vinyl and CD DJ timecode system. Enter to get the installer and sign up today.