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In light of recent reliability concerns, SurfaceProAudio.com set out to investigate the Surface Pro 2017's ability to do music production. It's resulted in an hour long video of depth and detail.
Good news! No matter which starter recording pack ends up in your hands, the doorway to nice-sounding recordings is open for you. But we still need to figure out which bundle provides the most value, right?
Now at version 10.3.2, the $200 Mac-only DAW grows with the addition of three new Drummers, new ready-made Drummer loops, several improvements to Alchemy, the Touch Bar, and tons of fixes and improvements!
The Polyend Poly is a Eurorack MIDI-to-CV converter with 8 voices, 4 outputs and 3 modes of operation and MPE support making it quite a remarkably creative utility module.
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The 12.5 update to Image Line's FL Studio DAW is upon us which includes a keyboard and pad matrix virtual MIDI controllers for touch-screen playing and performance - and lots more.
Pyramix 11 embraces the AES67 audio network standard and brings device management together under ANEMAN. Other highlights include Bcom immersive plug-in integration and Windows 10/Creator support
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Another classic synth from the vaults. This time it's the rarely seen Akai AX80 1984 8 voice polysynth reborn as the UVI UVX80. Relive all those sounds you thought were coming from a Juno.
We hear that Fender is issuing a limited edition of its 15-Watt Bassreaker guitar combo with some pseudo-50s styling - if you love 'vintage' looks, you might want to give this compact tube amp a closer look.
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Steinberg's Cubasis for iOS get's an update to version 2.2 which introduceds in-app purchasing and a bundle of 10 Classic Machines 80's drum machine legends. It's also half price for a couple of weeks.
Everyone looking to add some gruffness to their tracks can benefit from having a multi-band distortion plug-in in their arsenal. Something like Kombinat Tri, with no less than 13 distortion algorithms...
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Sensomusic's Usine Hollyhock 3 is an explosion of colour, control, manipulation and sound generation. Patch together MIDI, audio, DMX lighting and video in a modular environment of extraordinary creativity.
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Completely overshadowed by the announcement of the SE-02 analog synthesizer the FA-07 is a new 76 key workstation keyboard for the already existing FA series.
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A brand new completely free emulation of a popular high-end overdrive pedal, the Greed Smasher plug by Mercuriall Audio is allegedly 'precisely modelled' - and won't cost you a penny!
Roland get snooty about their intellectual property 21 years after the release of the Propellerhead classic 303, 808 and 909 emulation. And so Rebirth RB-338 is no more.
Magix's venerable Sequoia DAW gets an update to v14 (!), with some useful new additions that should bolster its professional image and alternative to Pro Tools.
Cakewalk turns 30 years and Sonar gets a couple of little updates. It's just not as exciting as it used to be when they had major updates and new-release parties.
