Equipment news, leaks and tips
Tinami MD-1 is a custom MIDI controller built to your design
11 Sep · Go to the website, design your dream MIDI controller using knobs, buttons and faders on a 4 x 4 grid and hit the order button. That's the plan and they are taking preorders on Kickstarter to make it happen.
Korg celebrates 10 years of the nanoSERIES MIDI controllers with a splash of colour
10 Sep · Korg releases their inner fabulousness with Orange/Green and Blue/Yellow anniversary nanoSERIES controllers. Or this is what happens when you let your kids loose in your design software.
MODX: Yamaha’s AWM2 Synthesis and FM-X Technology synthesizer gets leaked
10 Sep · Yamaha replace the ageing MOXF with the new MODX with a shed load of more space, a tonne of new waveforms, operator FM-X and a USB audio interface. All run via a touch-screen and Super Knob.
DU-INO: Arduino in a Eurorack module running any function you like
10 Sep · DU-INO is a hackable Eurorack Arduino shield that can be anything you want it to be. Download programs or write your own it's fully open source and fully programmable. On Kickstarter from Detroit Underground.
iZotope RX7 coming this month with a free upgrade if you purchase RX6
10 Sep · iZotope Inc. is offering an immediate upgrade to the equivalent variant of v7 if you purchase any variant of v6 now. The same deal goes for purchasers of Post Production Suite 2, which will upgrade to PPS 3.
909 Day – Roland reveals forthcoming launch of 3 new drum and synth products
09 Sep · Roland has decided to keep 909 Day for celebrating the TR-909 and instead are going to release 3 new "drum and synthesizer" products on the 13th September instead. What could they be?
909 Day – Behringer reveal the RD-909 Rhythm Designer
09 Sep · The combination of Knobcon and 909 Day was too much of a temptation for Behringer and so they had to reveal the prototype of their RD-909 Rhythm Designer.
Best free plug-ins this week: KVR Developer Challenge 2018 has over 20 of ’em!
09 Sep · The KVR Developer Challenge 2018 entries are up now - over 20 free plug-ins and apps available completely free of charge! Plus there's a great Wurlitzer piano sample library for Kontakt owners, too.
Victory Amps V4 turns up the gain with Countess, Sheriff and Kraken preamps
09 Sep · Victory amps has released a set of three all-valve preamp pedals that put the preamp stages of its amps into pedal format. And then there's the rather neat Amp Through feature...
System80 opens preorders on their TR-808 inspired 880 Eurorack drum machine
08 Sep · System80 has recreated the legendary TR-808 Rhythm Composer in Eurorack modular format. The 880 Drum Machine couples 16 classic analog drum sounds with TR-style step sequencing in 60HP.
Fender expands pedal range: Engager Boost, Pelt Fuzz and Full Moon Distortion
08 Sep · Fender's Stan Cotey is the brains behind all three circuits and with his proven track record for making great amps and effects, these three new pedals could be great
Knobcon 2018: First look at the finished Behringer RD-808 Rhythm Designer
08 Sep · Knobcon this weekend will hopefully reveal a lot of wonderfully electronic sound making machines. First up are the first images of the production version of Behringer's RD-808 Rhythm Designer drum machine.
Electro-Harmonix reissues the Triangle Big Muff Pi, 50 years after its debut
07 Sep · It's back! EH has issued a "faithful" recreation of its first Big Muff, dubbed the Triangle Big Muff Pi, the pedal that launched the world's most famous line of fuzz effects for guitar.
Noise Engineering gets into 5U modular with Basimilus and Manis Iteritas Magnus
07 Sep · The 5U Moog Modular community is about to get into the awesomeness of Noise Engineerings digital drum voices. The large format modular modules appear as Basimilus Iteritas Magnus and Manis Iteritas Magnus