SoundWeaver conjures fresh sound FX from any sample library you have laying around. It searches for audio files by keywords, picks them randomly, and layers them. Neat!
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Birdkids are collaborating with Formlabs to introduce Grid. It's the first in a series of products designed as a handheld, wireless, haptic controller for creative audiovisual apps.
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Incoming from Line 6! The new Pod Go takes lots of sounds from the world of Helix and makes them available in a lighter, more compact form with less editing features. Dial in and go.
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The IK Multimedia AmpliTube Joe Satriani suite has now officially been announced and it will give all you Satch fans an opportunity to cop Professor Satchafunkilus' tone. I like it!
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Roland has announced the GO:LIVECAST live streaming studio for smartphones. It's a hardware/app combo for delivering live streams directly from your phone, without the need for other gear.
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From the oddly named Woodman's Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio comes the WoodStepper sequencer, synth, sampling and effects plugin that pretty much does everything.
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These headphones have a Katana amp stuffed in, with bags of amp sounds and effects! Oh, and there's some 3D spatial imaging tech going on in there, too. The perfect home practise set-up?
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RhythmBud is an iOS app that creates rhythms and applies them to MIDI notes. It works with other apps and external gear, supports inter-app audio and Audiobus and syncs via Ableton Link. Groovy!
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Positive Grid has launched its new Spark speaker and app system. Aimed at learners, it lets you play along to the chords of your favourite songs or to generated drum and bass tracks.
The new Fender Songs app has launched for Apple iPhone, letting you learn the chords to over 750,000 new tunes whilst you jam along on your guitar, banjo or keyboard. Lyrics? Yes. Tabs? No.
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Will the new Collider Delay + Reverb pedal take the market by storm? It certainly has enough power and functionality to take on the demands of pro musicians with its dual DSP setup.
Compact, yellow and ever so slightly oddball. Using an integrated camera with advanced image tracking the looperEYE is a looper that goes beyond what you thought was possible from a loop station
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The SHS-300 is a battery-powered Keytar with a built-in speaker, a dozen sounds and Bluetooth for ultra-portability. Paired with the JAM Function app you'll never play a wrong note.
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So V1 was already pretty good... Now Yamaha has added new goodies to the THR series. V2 covers the desktop 10-30W range and adds Bluetooth, lots of amp models, a mobile editor and other neat stuff.
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Apparently there's a Synth Tool settings app for all Behringer's synths that includes a piano roll editor for the sequencer on the MS-1 and Odyssey to set rachet, glide, length and accent per note.
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TC Electronic has released the Finalizer app, a mastering software suite with algorithms from the System 6000. But have they done themselves a favor by making it a stand-alone app, not a plug-in?
