3 years after Arturia introduced Spark 2, their uber-versatile software/hardware drum machine, it crawls up to version 2.4 with some bug fixes and a reminder that it's still good.
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Grab your Oculus Rift and immerse yourself in a garden of shapes and falling marbles. Drops is a gravity-based musical instrument set in a serene environment for immersive mindfulness and virtual music making.
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There's talk of loops and beat production, pattern editors, chords, seamlessness, sampling and advanced virtual instruments. That's a lot to pack into the new version 4 of Studio One.
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Upping the ante on the Tanzbar 2 by adding 8 channels of sampling next to the analogue drum tracks, a bass synth, analogue filters, LFOs for every channel, multiple outputs and up to 64 steps of sequencing.
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While we're all focused on hardware Noise Engineering sneak in a reveal of Rack Extensions of Basimilus Iteritas, Loquelic Iteritas Percido and Manis Iteritas they've made for Reason. VST versions to follow.
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Endorphin reveals BLCK_NOIR an awesomely dark 7 channel analogue drum synth that uses digital noise with spectrum animation injected into analog circuits to generate the sounds. Updated with more info and ...
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Behringer gives us a sneak peak at their TR-808 Rhythm Composer clone called the RD-808. It's still being developed but is only a few months from production but is looking pretty fabulous.
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QD gives 4 channels of sample or modelled drum sounds with shaping controls, metering, internal mixing, muting and panning. Ideal companion to the Euclidean Circles or any other trigger sequencer.
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FingerSonic are having a stab at the easy-to-use FM based groove box with internal and external sequencing, 3 drum tracks and two arpeggiators to run this cool 6 operator, 8 voice synthesizer.
spiff is a transient designer made for boosting or attenuating transients in "extreme detail". The processor analyses incoming signal and applies processing only on parts which contain transient information.
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A desktop beat making machine with 8 tracks of CV and trigger, two ports of 8 tracks of MIDI and a ton of probability in a neat and desperately cool looking box. You can even stick it in your Eurorack.
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The spiritual successor of Braids has arrived. Meet Plaits, the newly designed macro-oscillator with 8 melodic and 8 percussive models, no screen, simple controls and CV for everything. Every rack should have ...
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randomRHYTHM is an 8 channel 2 x 4 rhythm section with on and off-beat randomisation, CV controlled muting, swing, clock division and endless percussion pattern generation.
At NAMM 2018, Steven Slate brought out version 5 of its leading drum replacement and sampling software - Steven Slate Drums. The update has a redesigned user interface, 1000 new grooves and more.
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Fracture is an extraordinary module of bursting noise, percussive shakes, claps and rhythmic applause from the generation of particle clouds from micro samples.
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The KR-55 Pro is quite possibly the pinnacle of rhythm machines for instrument players jamming with themselves. It has 24 drum styles, recording and playback functionality, runs on battery power, and has ...
