Fancy dreaming up a MIDI controller? The Highly Liquid MIDI CPU could be the heart of your ideal controller. All you have to is solder on the knobs and faders and tell it what you want it to do.
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Third party developer bsp804 has come up with a version of VCV Rack virtual Eurorack software that can run as VST plug-in within your favourite DAW. It's a work in progress but you can try it out yourself.
A beautiful video has emerged demonstrating the elegant strumming of virtual guitar sounds with Gridlab Strum. It employs the Monome Arc and Grid instrument controller devices through Maxforlive.
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AudioKit have started the ball rolling with their DX7 instrument but they've made it open source and are inviting you to build your own sample-based instrument for iPad and sell it in the App Store.
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Designed as an attack on the sensibilities of synthesis the MSG noise generating DIY desktop demon can swap out different synthesis chips for unexpected experimentation and crackles.
