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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?
DSM03 Feedback Eurorack Module from Dave Smith Instruments
17 Oct 2016 in Synths
The DSM03 Feedback Module is a new release from Dave Smith Instruments, offering sound shaping components as seen in the Pro 2 and Prophet 12 synthesizers.
Frank Zappa’s Utility Muffin Research Kitchen is up for auction
14 Oct 2016 in Other
Lady Gaga, who has acquired Zappa's estate, is selling the contents of the house including his legendary home studio. Go grab a piece of history.
Steinberg Dorico notation software ships next week
13 Oct 2016 in Studio
Steinberg's new flagship notation software is almost ready to go. With attractive crossgrade pricing Dorico is looking to take the score writing market.
Dialog Audio MP3244: Modulation made easy?
The Modulation Processor 3244 gives you modulation control over your hardware synths, your analogue gear and your software instruments all from within your DAW
Roland System-8 now shipping very slowly
12 Oct 2016 in Synths
Roland say they are available now but where can you buy them? No one has the System-8 in stock outside America - that's rubbish!
Ableton Live 9.7 available now!
12 Oct 2016 in Studio
Ableton Live 9.7 is now available featuring lots of updates for Push which is exciting if you have the hardware and rubbish if you don't
Famidrums – the Nintendo NES drum sounds brought back to 8 bit life
12 Oct 2016 in Synths
Is it a new percussive feminine hygiene product or a bunch of 8 bit drum kits from the Nintendo NES? It's the Famidrums.
Verbos Electronics announce Bark Filter Processor for Eurorack
12 Oct 2016 in Synths
12 bands of Bark scale filtering in a wide and comprehensive Eurorack module - the Bark Filter Processor is coming soon - can we have some video?
eowave jam their Domino bass synthesizer into a Eurorack
12 Oct 2016 in Synths
eowave shrink the Domino down to Eurorack size, take out the LFO, throw in some patch points and a whacking great cutoff knob.
IK Multimedia MODO is brewing up some physical modelling
11 Oct 2016 in Studio
Physical modelling the likes of which we've never experienced, or so they say. IK Multimedia is getting real with MODO and I'm hoping it's not just a bass guitar.
Reactable ROTOR gets touchy-feely on the iPad
Reactable brings its object orientated music making to the iPad in the ROTOR app with some tangible knobs to play with directly on the glass.
Dark Matter: Unsettling sounds from String Audio
10 Oct 2016 in Synths
Dark Matter is chillier than the icicle hanging from an alien monster's beard who is about to jump out at you from behind a disturbingly shaped landscape dripping with the terrors of a thousand haunted worlds.
Kastle, the mini modular synthesizer from Bastl
10 Oct 2016 in Synths
It's a battery powered, pocket Kastle synth with 3 modes of messing with oscillators, loads of patch points and wants to modulate anything you plug it into.
Arturia DrumBrute analogue drum synthesizer – officially released
07 Oct 2016 in Synths
Here's the real official information on the DrumBrute, Arturia's kicking new analogue drum machine that makes ladies dance.
Leaked! Arturia DrumBrute analogue drum machine
07 Oct 2016 in Synths
Arturia are about to launch DrumBrute, an analogue drum machine. We have the full leaked scoop before the official launch - NOW WITH VIDEO
Qu-Bit Rhythm – 4 channel pattern generator for Eurorack
06 Oct 2016 in Synths
Pull some genre drum patterns into your modular with the infinitely variable Rhythm. Does it take the fun or the work out of crafting percussion?
Learn to make beats at the first UK MPC Training Centre
06 Oct 2016 in Studio
A Level 1 qualification in MPC beat making? Now there's something to put on your CV.
SLOW from Tim Exile is a reverb for sloths
05 Oct 2016 in Studio
I Picked up my guitar and now I'm drifting off into some kind of other worldly place of mesmeric paradise - SLOW is a really very long reverb by Tim Exile.
PreSonus are getting weird with their new teaser campaign
05 Oct 2016 in Studio
What is the guy in the tash trying to steal? What do the three lines mean? And why does it have a George Foreman Grill built it? Wtf PreSonus?
Behringer augment reality with Deep Mind 12 and HoloLens
05 Oct 2016 in Synths
The Behringer Midas engineers have been playing with Microsoft's HoloLens. Is this the future or just so much arm ache?