Phone-Home: Lo-fi xylophone madness, anyone?
23 Nov 2016 in Other
Is that a xylophone? No, it's an awesome sampling, looping, pitch shifting, delay reflecting Phone-Home Xylophone for the musician who has everything.
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Posts by Robin Vincent
PushPull: Make yourself a radical electro-accordion
23 Nov 2016 in Synths
Release your inner electro pirate with the PushPull sound shaping squeezebox you can make yourself now the project has become open source.
Melodyne 4.1 brings better ARA integration and new features
22 Nov 2016 in Studio
A point update to Melodyne makes ARA integration everything it should have been and all the more reason to switch to a supporting DAW
Blind Dog’s Shepherd: Generic look but unique sounds
22 Nov 2016 in Synths
Serious synthesis and proper sound design lie behind Blind Dog Design's dull looking Shepherd. But with sounds designed by the likes of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith you know it's going to be interesting.
The Putney iVCS3 version 2 sneak preview
21 Nov 2016 in Synths
Alessandro Petrolati's iOS emulation of the EMS VCS3 is about to get to a new version. Here's a sneak preview of iVCS3 2.
Modal CRAFTsynth: a cute, cheap mono-synth you build yourself
21 Nov 2016 in Synths
CRAFTsynth is a cool looking digital monophonic synthesizer that comes in an easy to assemble DIY kit. It's cute and should probably be on your Christmas list.
Eowave Domino bass synthesizer now available for Eurorack
21 Nov 2016 in Synths
Eowave have crammed their TB-303 clone Domino into a 10HP Eurorack space and we now have all the details.
MiniLab MkII: Same but different MIDI controller from Arturia
18 Nov 2016 in Studio
The MiniLab MkII is a small upgrade to the MkI bringing better keys, more advanced pads and some clickable encoders. Shame the wooden cheeks have gone.
Shaping sound with OTO, the polyhedric musical controller
17 Nov 2016 in Synths
OTO: musical geometric controllers you manipulate in order to make and control music. Creatively profound or boring after five minutes?
AE Modular: cheap and cheerful modular synthesis from Tangible Waves
17 Nov 2016 in Synths
The price of entry into modular synthesis can be huge. AE Modular could have the answer in this compact, cheap and completely modular system.
Akai LPK25 and LPD8 Bluetooth MIDI controllers revealed on Amazon
16 Nov 2016 in Studio
No official news from Akai on these new wireless LPK25 and LPD8 controllers yet, but Amazon already has them for sale in the US. We take a first look at these ultra-portable new Bluetooth controllers.
Keith McMillen K-Board Pro 4 lands on Kickstarter
16 Nov 2016 in Synths
The K-Board Pro 4 is an expressive MPE controller from Keith McMillen Instruments that wants your pre-order on Kickstarter.
Polygene MIDI to CV converter from Analogue Solutions
16 Nov 2016 in Synths
The Polygene can give you 4 note polyphony over your Eurorack from a MIDI input and also arpeggiate and sequence back out again
Free s(M)exoscope oscilloscope plug-in
16 Nov 2016 in Studio
s(M)exoscope has been updated and optimised for 64 bit operation, and it's completely free.
Impact intros Sonic Ocean sound design instrument
15 Nov 2016 in Synths
Sail away on a Sonic Ocean of granular flow and evolutionary currents with this boutique sound design instrument that also donates to the Clean Water Fund.
Bitbox Sampler touchscreen module for Eurorack from 1010Music
15 Nov 2016 in Synths
The Bitbox will load up to 16 samples for triggering via MIDI, CV or tapping the touchscreen.
Leak: New Akai MPC Live images and guide get leaked by the FCC
14 Nov 2016 in Synths
A new standalone Akai MPC Live is on the way according to these leaked images and Quick Start Guide found on a government website.
Aftertouch brings expressive MIDI and MPE to the iPhone
14 Nov 2016 in Synths
Aftertouch uses 3D Touch technology in the iPhone 6 and 7 to generate velocity and pressure data for controlling parameters in synthesizers and software. That's very cool.
RISE module for Softube Modular gives CV control on ROLI keyboards
14 Nov 2016 in Synths
If you own a ROLI Seaboard RISE keyboard you can now route the 5 dimensions of touch into Softube's Modular virtual Eurorack via the RISE module.
Stealth Delay plug-in sneaks in from PolygonSheep
13 Nov 2016 in Studio
Stealth Delay is a clearly laid out and workable plug-in with bonus effects, filtering and modulation that does exactly what it says on the tin. It shouldn't be stealthy, it should be lit with neon lights!
Behringer DeepMind 12 Desktop? Yes or no.
12 Nov 2016 in
Uli Behringer has asked the world whether they want a desktop DeepMind 12 - what say you?
Electrorganic aFrame: natural percussion of the future
11 Nov 2016 in Synths
The aFrame is a beautifully hand-crafted instrument with a DSP heart for futuristic percussion performance. Or just slap it about for some interesting sound generation.
Build yourself a miniAtmegatron with Soulby’s 8-bit synth kit
10 Nov 2016 in Synths
The miniAtmegatron is an Arduino Uno based 8-bit synth that you get to build yourself - the perfect Christmas present for the synth head in your life.
Anatron MIDI-controlled analogue filter and overdrive on Kickstarter
09 Nov 2016 in Studio
A proper analog stereo filter and tube overdrive with full MIDI control in a 19" rack or 500 series unit. Interested? Get in quick for an awesome early bird deal of the Anatron.