You're going to finally realise your dream and buy your dream polysynth, now you're standing in a showroom surrounded by magical music machines: How do you choose your first polyphonic synthesizer?
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It's a lot of synth for the money - ONE comes with 2 oscillators and a sub oscillator, a pair of filters, wave shaper, two LFOs and 3 modulation envelopes; and a total of 24 polyphonic voices.
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An unsubstantiated email posted on a forum spills the beans on the spec of what could be a huge polyphonic synthesizer from Moog, probably called the Moog One. Is it real? Hopefully Moog can set us straight.
Now you can remix other people's loop packs on any computer in the cool, browser-based Launchpad Arcade from Novation Music. You can even use it with the hardware Launchpad if you have it.
TipTop Audio have been working with Throbbing Gristle's Chris Carter to curate a unique version of their ONE sample player. The TG ONE comes with new modes and 2 exclusive cards packed with TG samples.
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What do you do if you have a warehouse full of USB audio interfaces that your Thunderbolt-equipped Mac users are no longer interested in? Release Windows drivers! Thanks Apogee, you make us feel special.
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Ignoring their "low Finnish profile", Genelec show maximum confidence in 'The Ones' - "the world’s smallest three-way coaxial monitor”. Interesting and significant release alert!
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Tiptop Audio reveal ONE their cool little Eurorack sample player with percussive and melodic possibilities.
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PreSonus have released v3.3 update for Studio One, including new features that enhance mixing workflows, as well as complete integration with Notion 6.
'ONE for Mac' will be the third generation of Apogee's compact USB audio interface with built-in mic, and at a new lower price.
