Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

NAMM 2019: Dexibell introduces VIVO S7 PRO and S3 PRO stage pianos

26 Jan 2019 in Synths

New Vivo S7 Pro and S3 Pro high-end professional stage pianos hand made in Italy with unlimited polyphony sampled and model sounds and seamless preset switching.

NAMM 2019: Casio redesigns their Privia Digital Pianos with the PX-S1000 and PX-S3000

26 Jan 2019 in Synths

Casio revitalises its line of Privia portable pianos with the PX-S1000 and PX-S3000 giving glorious piano tones, speakers in a compact and very sleek new look.

NAMM 2019: MOTU Digital Performer 10 gets into clips and lots of instruments

25 Jan 2019 in Studio

Somehow MOTU have managed to give us a Clip launching performance mode that offers something different and interesting - plus a ton of new content and other workflow and UI enhancements.

NAMM 2019: Arturia cross a MicroBrute with Mutable Plaits and get MicroFreak

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Arturia has borrowed some Mutable Instruments algorithms and given birth to a wonderful hybrid synthesizer they are calling the MicroFreak (adorable). Now with no-talking sound demo video!

NAMM 2019: Tracktion Waveform 10 brings Actions, Macros, Groups and a lot of plugins

25 Jan 2019 in Studio

Tracktion implements a lot of workflow enhancements to Waveform 10 to make it super speedy to navigate and edit. They've improved the multisampler, have got into floating windows and have 62 new plugins.

NAMM 2019: Buchla introduce Red Panel affordable Eurorack product line

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Buchla swallows up Catalyst Audio to come up with Red Panel range of Eurorack series 100 modules to bring that Buchla sound to a wider audience. Now with a sound demo!

NAMM 2019: FLAME MÄANDER 4-voice desktop synthesizer and filter bank

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Flame Maander looks like an impressive desktop synthesizer featuring 4-voice wavetable synthesis, a sequencer and a fabulous 12 band analog filter bank. UPDATED WITH VIDEO!

NAMM 2019: Behringer demonstrate their Pro-1 analogue monosynth

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Behringer gives their first demonstration of the Pro-1, their tribute to the Sequential Circuits Pro-One monophonic analogue synthesizer.

NAMM 2019: Behringer demonstrate the ODYSSEY

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Behringer's ODYSSEY hasn't made it onto their website yet but they've released a video introducing the synth and talking about the new features.

NAMM 2019: Waldorf shows off KYRA the revamped Valkyrie virtual analog synthesizer

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

The look, styling, workflow and display has changed but the internal engine is very much the Valkyrie but as "KYRA" Waldorf is going to make this astonishing synthesizer a reality

NAMM 2019: Verbos Electronics debut Mini Horse and Control Voltage Processor

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

What the heck is a Mini Horse? Well apparently it's a rather nifty touch activated voltage controller and combined with the Control Voltage Processor Verbos are bringing a lot of CV to your Eurorack.

NAMM 2019: Roland Cloud introduces SRX World and Drum Studio Acoustic One

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

New World Music expansion packs and a bunch of acoustic drum kits have been added to your Roland Cloud account for instant download.

NAMM 2019: Noise Engineering – a sequel, clock, distortion and a synthesis powerhouse

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

Four new modules from Noise Engineering: an updated VCA/VCF, a Clock machine, a triple distortion and Cursus Iteritas Percido - a complex digital synthesis box of huge proportions.

Intellijel releases Scales Dual Quantizer/Sequencer and Steppy Gate Sequencer

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

Intellijel introduce us to dual channel quantizing and SH-101 style sequencing in Scales and a 4 channel gate sequencer in Steppy that you can program in steps or on-the-fly

NAMM 2019: 2HP introduce modules DC, Bell, Grain and Sine

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

Four skinny modules from the masters of space saving in the 2HP DC offset, physically modelled Bell, Grain granular processing and Sine VCO with wavefolding an unusual sub output.

NAMM 2019: Qu-Bit reveal stereo effects, a fractal sequencer and update Chord

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

Qu-Bit has three new modules for us this year: Prism the stereo signal processor and filter, Bloom a weird fractal sequencer and a very welcome update to the Chord polyphonic oscillator.

NAMM 2019: Moog Sirin limited edition joyful synthesizer based on Moog Taurus

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

An unexpected little desktop synthesizer from Moog. The Moog Sirin is based upon the Moog Taurus sound engine and modelled on the compact form of the Moog Minitaur but the joyfulness is all its own.

NAMM 2019: Stylophone GEN R-8 fat and chunky analogue synth for grown-ups

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

Will the Stylophone GEN R-8 be the synthesizer that finally shakes them free from the ghost of Rolf Harris and the toy synth for kids? Could be! Updated with walkthrough video.

NAMM 2019: Komplete Kontrol M32 micro keyed mini controller

24 Jan 2019 in Studio

Native Instruments smallest and cheapest way into the Komplete eco-system with the Komplete Kontrol M32 MIDI controller keyboard and NKS control station.

NAMM 2019: Komplete Audio 1 and 2 affordable USB audio interfaces

24 Jan 2019 in Studio

Native Instruments first audio interface release since the Audio 6 the Komplete Audio 1 and Audio 2 are neat and tidy 2-input USB audio interfaces with LED meters and a nice big volume knob.

NAMM 2019: Native Instruments give away Komplete Start for free

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

A brand new bumper bonus bundle of synths, effects, instruments and loops are yours for free with the Komplete Start collection with Kontakt 6 and Reaktor 6 players.

Behringer RD-808 Rhythm Designer sound demonstration

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

Although it's yet to get its official release check out our no-talking demonstration of the Behringer RD-808 Rhythm Composer.

Behringer MS-101 is officially released and check out our sound demo

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

The red version of the MS-101 gets officially launched on the Behringer website and we now have all the details including a no-talking sound only video of the synth in action.