Cakewalk Sonar and LANDR master sweet music together
24 Feb 2016 in Studio
Get a robot to master your tracks right from within your DAW...
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Posts by Robin Vincent
TrainYourEars EQ Edition 2.0: ear training for sound engineers
23 Feb 2016 in Studio
You don't have to randomly turn knobs searching for the right sound, you can actually learn how to do it properly.
Could you help Kickstart the KordBot chord generator?
Need some chords in a hurry that you have no idea how to play? Maybe the KordBot can help - if it can raise the necessary funds on Kickstarter, that is...
Create your own Kontakt Library with The Sampling Handbook
22 Feb 2016 in Studio
Painstakingly creating your own sample instruments doesn't sound like fun to me but maybe a half-decent book might make it a bit less painful.
Nervana headphones for aural sex?
22 Feb 2016 in
Nervana will pleasure you in sync to your favourite tunes - erm... where do I sign up?
Arturia brings beat making to the iPad with iSpark
Get some beats moving on the iPad version of Arturia Spark. But how much is lost in the move?
Jiggery-Pokery Sound resurrect the RMI Harmonic Synthesizer for Reason
Can a bit of Jiggery-Pokery breathe new life into the world's first digital synth?
MySpace sold (again) and SoundCloud in dire financial straits
15 Feb 2016 in
Do we need musical social media anymore?
Zero-G get Vocal about Extreme Environments with EVE
Add some human feel to your ambiance with the beautifully eery rather than "Extreme" EVE.
Launch into a larger world with MIDI Sync option for Novation’s iOS Launchpad
MIDI Sync your Launchpad app to other apps or external hardware with this in-app purchase.
Engage with MiXD 2016, the first national symposium on Music Interaction Design
The Birmingham Conservatoire is hosting an event exploring the relationship between music and technology
Puremagnetik bring back the 80’s with Jax – sounds from the Roland JX-8P
11 Feb 2016 in Synths
Missing some synth brass or lush pads in your 80's pop revival band? Jax might be worth a stab.
GForce walk us down memory lane with Volume 3 of the Streetly Tapes for M-Tron
10 Feb 2016 in Synths
Volume 3 of The Streetly Tapes puts rarely heard Mellotron sounds into the hands of the computer musician.
Arturia MatrixBrute gets a UK street price of £1539 inc VAT
10 Feb 2016 in Synths
At almost half the price of the Moog Voyager, does the MatrixBrute have enough balls to become a classic?
Gothic Instruments’ DRONAR finds its place in Time and Space
Drown in the warm embrace of cinematic textures, sci-fi rumblings and atmospheric intensity
Delay yourself for free with iZotope DDLY Dynamic Delay
09 Feb 2016 in Studio
You want an interesting, versatile and weirdly dynamic delay and you want it for free? Here you go.
Focusrite complete the Clarett lineup with the 4Pre
08 Feb 2016 in Studio
Trailing behind the other Clarett interfaces, does the 4Pre hit the spot in terms of price and I/O?
Harness your inner Bach with Wavesfactory Demonic Virtuoso
It's a Harpsichord instrument for Kontakt apparently named in a competition, but does it sound any good?
Output pads out their REV expansions with Beautiful Pads
Reverse into some ambient soundscapes with Output's Beautiful Pads
Propellerheads rack up another synth: 4MER WaveShaper
Shape your waves in any way you choose with this massive 4 oscillator wave mangling rack extension.
Native Thunderbolt support comes to Windows 10
01 Feb 2016 in Studio
Will we see Thunderbolt audio interfaces becoming compatible with Windows?
Asparion introduce their D400 extendable DAW controller
29 Jan 2016 in Studio
A new DAW controller expandable to 64 motorised faders with pretty lights and a refreshingly small footprint.
SampleScience gives away a 3GB Orion Sound Module
The new Orion sound module features 3GB of public domain samples wrapped up in instruments, as a gift to you.
Teenage Engineering demo their forthcoming OP-Z
26 Jan 2016 in Synths
Synths, drums, sequencing, playfulness and now animated visuals all tied up in a small grey box.