Microsoft is planning to rescue live music by mixing it up on their Mixer live-streaming platform as "RE:Surface" and bringing in audience participation, monetisation and really wild times.
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Phasenetic Labs are calling it Ampethron Portable and it's a hardware synthesizer built into touch screen interface with expandable algorithms and an Xbox controller. This looks like fun!
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Waves Organic ReSynthesis technology takes an incoming vocal and breaks it into amplitude, pitch and formant and then resynthesizes them to create a whole new sound via an 8-voice synthesizer engine.
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Kemper debuts its new Profiler Stage floor pedal unit, aimed at gigging musicians and melding the Remote controller with Profiler Rack. Will Profiler Stage shake up the floorboard FX market?
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Radiator is a laser synthesizer that could zap your live performances into a sci-fi future. It's a visual performance instrument with modulators and generators for producing "music to your eyes".
There's a brand new synth event about to go down. The very first Southwest Synth Fest (SWSF) will be held on June 15 in Austin, Texas. SWSF will feature a gear expo, workshop, talks, and performances.
Dadamachines Composer Pro is a standalone MIDI performance sequencer with a massive 192 button matrix and support for open source audio engines. Here's what it can do.
Expect to see Shepard: a 6-channel performance step-sequencer, Ellis: an 8-output CV controller and Leap: an ADSR and LFO at the forthcoming Superbooth.
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Stunning revolving "QB" cuboid Eurorack case curated by Romanian electronic and film music composer Silent Strike is the best thing you'll see in Eurorack today.
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Now here’s a genius idea for all of you cash-strapped buskers out there. Stompai is an app that plays drum sounds, controlled by the movements of your foot.
Gig Performer is a live performance VST host for instruments and effects. The new version brings in a setlist concept for faster loading, better MIDI, Ableton Link and Chord Pro support.
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Become one with the Touché SE wobbly block controller and you'll be gesturing your control over all your software instruments. This USB only version is a great price for a fabulous amount of nuance and ...
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Equal parts nuts and awesome the AX-Edge is the coolest thing ever. Any normal person would feel ridiculous but in the hands of the right sort of extrovert this thing is gonna rock!
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The small but mighty ATOM is a compact performance pad controller with lots of special Studio One integration. Perfect for banging out beats on the Impact XT drum machine.
Yamaha replace the ageing MOXF with the new MODX with a shed load of more space, a tonne of new waveforms, operator FM-X and a USB audio interface. All run via a touch-screen and Super Knob.
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The little entry level Maschine gets a welcome upgrade. Mikro MK3 is smaller, lighter and sleeker than the previous version and is ideal for music production on the move with the full Maschine software.
