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Arturia go back to black for Keylab 88 and MiniLab MkII
03 Nov 2017 in Studio
Arturia are trying to get you excited by a change of colour to their Keylab 88 and MiniLab MkII MIDI controllers. We asked leading style experts for their view on a move to black.
Ableton Live 10: Full details and screenshots, it’s official!
02 Nov 2017 in Studio
Ableton Live 10 details and screenshots! We now have the official new and approved Ableton Live 10 features, devices, instruments and workflow - check them out.
Midi Quest: the ultimate synthesizer editor librarian arrives on iPad
01 Nov 2017 in Synths
Midi Quest is the editor librarian for decades worth of MIDI synthesizers and devices. MidiQuesti is bringing over 630 instrument editors to the iPad but is the interface touch friendly enough?
Synth Art Vol1: Last chance for this synthesizer coffee table art book
01 Nov 2017 in Synths
Synth Art Vol 1 is a wonderful piece of work that every lover of synthesizers should have on their coffee table. Time is running out on Ste Holme's Kickstarter so get in quick to grab yourself a copy.
Rabid Elephant Natural Gate: dual LPG for evocative acoustic responses
31 Oct 2017 in Synths
Natural Gate takes the Low Pass Gate and creates something uniquely earthy and inspiring. Your plucks and strikes will have never sounded so organic before.
System80 850: LFO, S&H, Noise and Slew limiter in one Eurorack module
31 Oct 2017 in Synths
The System80 850 module is a multi-functional utility module for Eurorack with an LFO, Sample & Hold, Noise generator and Slew Limiter in one rather nice looking module.
000 to present 3 new Eurorack modules at We Are Robots festival
31 Oct 2017 in Synths
Module makers 000 are premiering their Ykinmkato Distortion Lab, EQ69 British EQ and 8ct8 8 channel mixer Eurorack modules at the We Are Robots festival. They'll also show you how to build them.
Music technology performances and workshops at We Are Robots festival
We Are Robots brings together an industry conference, live performances, workshops, seminars and an exhibition of future-facing music technology awesomeness in the East End from 2nd to 5th November
Korg Gadget coming to Nintendo Switch for thumb based music making
30 Oct 2017 in Synths
Game engine developers Detune who brought Korg synthesizers to the Nintendo 3DS have revealed that they are porting Korg Gadget to the Nintendo Switch hybrid console.
Details emerge of XIRID XS2 hardware sequencer to be revealed at Soundmit
29 Oct 2017 in Synths
With just a few days to go until the Italian Soundmit show XIRID have revealed more details of their XS2 hardware sequencer. Key features are things like 64 tracks and 256 steps with more to come.
Andrew Huang nails modular synthesis in a 7 minute video
27 Oct 2017 in Synths
Prolific music and video maker Andrew Huang completely nails what modular synthesis is all about in a snappy, cool and inspirational 7 minute YouTube video to 1 million subscribers. The secret is out.
Happy by Pharrell studiopack for the ROLI Noise app by new CCO
26 Oct 2017 in Studio
Pharrell Williams steps onto the board at ROLI as the Chief Creative Officer and we all get a free version of Happy to play with on our iPhones Noise app.
Believotron Wanderlust synthesizer and Witch Stick Keytar
26 Oct 2017 in Synths
Strange open source Axoloti based Wanderlust synthesizer with cool joystick control strapped to a plank of wood with a MIDI keyboard? Has to be seen to be Believotroned.
Ivy is a 240 step hardware sequencer for 240 notes of noise
25 Oct 2017 in Synths
Dmitry Morozov aka ::vtol:: destroys the limitations of step sequencing by creating a 240 step sequencing monster that seems to suck all the fun out of hardware sequencing.
Ableton Live 10: leaked upgrade marketing suggests this time it’s real?
25 Oct 2017 in Studio
Another Ableton Live 10 leak, this time it's printed point-of-sale marketing that strongly suggests that a Live 10 announcement has got to be imminent.
Motas-6: New British 3 oscillator monophonic analogue synthesizer
23 Oct 2017 in Synths
A 3 oscillator analogue monosynth with 3 filters, a digitally controlled modulation section, arpeggiator, pattern generator and sequencer. Motas-6 is a powerful analogue synthesizer hand-built in the UK.
Korg to roll out new synth at NAMM 2018 with name that “starts with P”
23 Oct 2017 in Synths
The name of the brand new synth, Korg reveals, starts with a P, has eight letters and contains numbers. Is it Poly8000, Proph88, PEEOWWW5, P8976367? What? What the heck is it?
Oria MIDI Ring Controller – putting the bling in your MIDI control
23 Oct 2017 in Studio
With this ring, I thee control the filter and vibrato of all my MIDI gear, wedding me to be forever controlling MIDI with gesture infused performances. Does this Oria MIDI Ring rule them all?
Native Instruments get a shed load of money and plan to take over the world
21 Oct 2017 in Other
Native Instruments receive a €50 Million investment and plan to empower, diversify and develop intuitive and powerful products. Or they could buy a small island somewhere and start an evil empire.
Replikator: virtual Blade Runner sounds hand-crafted by humans, probably?
Replikator goes back to the original Blade Runner soundtrack and crafts sounds that reflect the best of Vangelis' soundscapes. Rich tones, deep textures and playable noises in a dramatic GUI.
Treasure: TR-808 emulation for VCV Rack virtual modular software
The forthcoming VCV Rack virtual Eurorack gets an emulation of the Roland classic TR-808 Rhythm Composer called Treasure with loads of CV controllable features.
USB-MIDI2CV: Simple MIDI interface for your Eurorack
DSP Synthesizers have released two USB interfaces that take MIDI from any DAW, tablet, phone and output CV and gate for controlling your modular. USB-MIDI2CV and USB-MIDI2CVplus are available now.
Cakewalk Momentum: Your cloud syncable, DAW dragable, 4-track recorder
18 Oct 2017 in Studio
Cakewalk have announced Momentum. A four-track recorder app for iPhone and Android that lets you drag and drop the audio from the Cloud directly into your DAW via a plug-in.