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Native Instruments updates industry standard sampler platform Kontakt 6
06 Sep 2018 · Kontakt 6 brings new sounds, new effects, a wavetable synthesis engine and the ability to design, build and script your own instruments. Does the upgrade tick enough boxes for your Kontakt wish list?
Native Instruments debuts Komplete 12 and new Collectors Edition
06 Sep 2018 · Native Instruments create the biggest bundle of instruments and sound library in the world with Komplete 12 Ultimate Collectors Edition. There's a regular version too all featuring Kontakt 6 and Massive X
Kasetta: modular synthesizer based on the Kastle and built into a VHS cassette
06 Sep 2018 · NonDestructive Design squeezed a Bastl Kastle into a VHS cassette, added some stuff like a keyboard and are moving forward to turn it into Kasetta - a very cool synthesizer.
Leak: Universal Audio to debut Apollo X8 Thunderbolt 3 interface
05 Sep 2018 · Universal Audio is prepping an updated Apollo 8 for release: the X8 uses Thunderbolt 3, has a new DSP engine, new Elite converters but appears to retain most of the Apollo 8s functionality.
New series of modular based sample packs kicks off with Mutant
05 Sep 2018 · Audiotent is kicking off a series of sample packs tackling Eurorack modules with the Mutable Instruments Plaits macro-oscillator. Mutant has 270 loops covering all 16 synthesis modes in handy, sequenced ...
AE Modular MultiFX module brings 15 effects to “Modular for the masses” system
04 Sep 2018 · Tangible waves have taken the DSP chip from the TipTop Z-DSP module and dropped it into their low-cost AE Modular system and it sounds great! MultiFX available now.
Walrus Audio DEFCON 4: A new Ryan Adams pedal about to launch?
04 Sep 2018 · Another 80s throwback guitar effect from Ryan Adams, this time made by Walrus Audio: The DEFCON 4 signature pedal is an EQ and MOSFET boost inspired by WarGames, apparently...
Audiophile Circuits League takes over Sinfonion complex harmonic CV processor
03 Sep 2018 · Instruo has passed the Sinifonion torch onto Audiophile Circuits League who will finish and produce the long awaiting complex harmonic processing and sequencing module designed by Mathias Kettner.
Black Corporation reveal Synthex clone Xerxes at Synthposium in Moscow
03 Sep 2018 · The next synthesizer being revitalised by Black Corporation is the Elka Synthex which will become the rack-mounted Xerxes 8-voice analogue polyphonic synthesizer.
Best free plug-ins this week: aXMeter, dpMeter 3, LuckyWorm, EasyReverb
02 Sep 2018 · It's that time of the week again where we take a look at the more interesting freeware releases. We have four - an Ambisonics metering suite, a proficient metering plug-in, a quirky synthesizer, and a reverb!
Kuassa Caliburn: A bargain Marshall amp plug-in suite
02 Sep 2018 · This new Marshall amp inspired plug-in bundle includes everything you need to get those classic British amp tones into your DAW - and the price is spot on!
UNO’s official editor released by IK Multimedia
01 Sep 2018 · With the release of the software editor you can now get fully under the hood of the IK Multimedia UNO synthesizer. You don't have to wish for bigger envelopes or PWM - it's all here on Mac, PC and iOS.
Sequential is back! Dave Smith Instruments takes back the legendary name
01 Sep 2018 · 40 years since the release of the Prophet-5 Polysynth Dave Smith Instruments returns to the name Sequential and everything is right with the world.
Cover of Jamiroquai’s “Virtual Insanity” produced in a VR studio
01 Sep 2018 · If you're a musician and VR enthusiast you're going to love this video: a song produced completely in virtual reality. But is VR music production the next big thing?
Euclidean Circles V2 dazzles rhythms onto your Eurorack
31 Aug 2018 · Vladimir Pantelic has released a new version of his awesomely bright and groovy Euclidean Circles. Featuring a new manual step edit mode and an F button that can be anything you want.
KHDK Unicorn Blood fuzz & octave pedal: Put the coffee on and get dirty!
31 Aug 2018 · Chicago's Dark Matter Coffee and KHDK Electronics have worked together to release the limited edition Unicorn Blood fuzz pedal and they got Brent Hinds to demo it!
Earthquaker Devices Aqueduct: A vibrato pedal with My Bloody Valentine setting
30 Aug 2018 · With eight distinct modulation modes including a 'My Bloody Valentine' setting, plus a rather useful Flexi Switch system to momentarily engage the effect easily when required.
Samsung’s Thunderbolt 3 X5 external SSD can shovel 20 GB of data in 12s
29 Aug 2018 · Samsung's brand-new portable SSD, the X5, lets you haul around up to 2TB terabytes of audio (the most expensive model) and other data, transferred from your computer over Thunderbolt 3.
Blue Microphones launches Yeti Nano 99-dollar USB mic
29 Aug 2018 · The mic is designed like a tiny replica of the original Yeti and it has switchable pickup patterns - single and omnidirectional - so you are able to pick-up reflections and tone from the room as well.
Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.5 Hardware Synth Integration finally arrives
29 Aug 2018 · It's taken them a while to release the 2.5 update we first saw at NAMM but it's been worth the wait. Omnishere 2.5 Hardware Synth Integration is immense and the most extraordinary thing I've seen in a long ...
GotoEQ plug-in does Pultec tricks, modern-style
29 Aug 2018 · GotoEQ does a Pultec, with dual Boost and Attenuate controls for the low shelving EQ and it also handles the high end. There's continuous frequency selection for zoning in onto a specific frequency, too.
Reason Compact: Europa Synthesizer in the iOS palm of your hand
29 Aug 2018 · It's not Reason, not even a compact version - Reason Compact is the excellent Europa synthesizer in an iPhone form factor with smart keyboard and arpeggiator. It's a synth - don't be confused by the name.