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Korg ARP ODYSSEi duophonic synthesizer released for iPad
01 Nov 2016 in Synths
Korg bring the ARP to the iPad with the annoyingly spelled ARP ODYSSEi for another classic synth that we wish we could run on our desktops.
It’s a Monologue! Korg’s new baby synthesizer
01 Nov 2016 in Synths
Korgs new Monologue builds on Minilogue and redefines the cool little mono-synth
Eight-channel Eurorack sequencer, the Varigate 8+ from Malekko
31 Oct 2016 in Synths
Take control over your entire Eurorack modular system with 8 channels of 16 step sequencing in the Varigate 8+ from Malekko.
LinnStrument 128: a smaller performance controller from Roger Linn
31 Oct 2016 in Synths
A smaller and slightly more affordable LinnStrument controller from Roger Linn puts MPE expression at your finger tips.
New Korg Volca Wave and VC-1 leaked! Or are they?
30 Oct 2016 in Synths
Images have emerged of a new Korg Volca or two just before their new product release - but are these for real?
The New 2016 MacBook Pro: Smash hit or off-key?
28 Oct 2016 in Other
Apple can't quite bring themselves to put touch on their Macbook Pro screens and so invent a less helpful way of using what is obviously working well on the iPad, Surface and hybrid computers.
Microsoft Surface Studio for music production?
27 Oct 2016 in Studio
Is Microsoft's new iMac killing Surface Studio up to the task of being a recording studio?
Deluge portable sequencer pricing and walk-through videos
The Deluge has launched and you can buy it now and have it delivered sometime around the end of March 2017. Somebody sort out their production line!
Novation celebrate the Circuit’s anniversary and tease an update
Happy Birthday Circuit! Novation are hinting at an exciting new update for their 1 year old groovebox on the 1st November.
Korg tease something new for November 1st
26 Oct 2016 in
An image appears with the date stamped as the 1st November and then disappears - what could this new Korg tease mean?
FL Studio Mobile 3: Music making for every platform
FL Studio Mobile 3 is released on Android. The iOS, Windows App, Windows Phone and desktop plug-in version will be along shortly. That's mobile music making on pretty much everything.
Sibelius First 8: “Lite” composing software from Avid
25 Oct 2016 in Studio
New version of Avid's Sibelius First gives most composers everything they need to write scores of up to 16 staves.
Dreadbox snorts new White Line affordable Eurorack modules
23 Oct 2016 in Synths
Get affordably high with Dreadbox new White Line modules to feed your Euro(c)rack addiction - no snorting required
Joué modular pressure sensitive MIDI controller
21 Oct 2016 in Studio
Joué is a customisable MIDI controller with modules for pads, knobs, XY controls, fretboards and weird knobbly nipples for the ultimate in modular tactile control
Ninja Stars: Audio/CV stereo hub from Plankton Electronics
21 Oct 2016 in Synths
Terribly useful little Ninja Stars shaped splitters for audio or control voltage to send signals all over your modular synth.
Tines from Klevgränd – the simplest electric piano yet
20 Oct 2016 in Synths
Not another electric piano? Oh yes but Tines is simpler, groovier and much cheaper that any of those massive Rhodes emulations.
Apogee gets JAM all over Windows
Apogee actually release an interface for Windows but the JAM 96k's use of ASIO4ALL is going to seriously hamper its performance
Avid comment on Pro Tools 12.6 licensing screw-up
19 Oct 2016 in Studio
Many users have found themselves unable to run Pro Tools 12.6 because licenses haven't appeared in iLok accounts. Avid finally tell us what's going on.
MODO BASS: Physically modelled electric bass from IK Multimedia
8 years in the making, IK Multimedia have modelled every aspect of 12 iconic electric basses including how they are played. Will it make your bass-lines sounds any better?
Deluge: portable sequencer, sampler, synthesizer gets bigger
Synthstrom Audible double the number of pads and invite everyone to the launch party of their Deluge portable sampler, synthesizer, sequencer box
Sandman Pro – a dreamy delay from Unfiltered Audio
18 Oct 2016 in Studio
Unfiltered Audio have upgraded their delay plug-in with an arsenal of modulation, delay modes and that pink/black interface - enter the Sandman Pro
Google leak! IK Multimedia MODOBASS?
A google search has revealed the name of IK's secret new product - MODOBASS
Add some vowel sounds with The Orb formant filter plug-in
17 Oct 2016 in Studio
The Orb gets mouthy with its easy to use three band formant filter, but is it all mouth and no trousers?