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Twisted Electrons is bringing us Deton8, a little drum machine that uses a mix of 8-bit samples and wavetable synthesis - and it packs quite a punch as well as some clever ideas.
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Tracklib has invited rapper/producer Drumma Boy to judge a beat contest titled “Impeach The President”, one of the most sampled tracks of all time originally penned by The Honey Drippers.
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Quite a while after the release of the Techno System Erica Synths cool looking Sample Drum two channel sample player is almost ready for release. Will it be worth the wait?
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Elektron's mysterious beatbox is revealed to be the oddly named and uninspired looking Model: Samples 6 track sampling workstation that doesn't actually sample. Updated with video!
Akai Pro takes on the standalone groove box market with a sampling, clip launching, sequencing, effecting, pitch shifting, time stretching, audio recording Force to be reckoned with.
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Kilohearts has expanded their Snapin system of effect chain modules into a completely modular hybrid virtual synthesizer. Use sound sources as Generators, add Modulators and load on the Snapin modules
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Slightly dodgy looking images have appeared on the internet of what appears to be a mash-up between the Akai MPC Live sampler and APC controller. It's filed for FCC testing as the APC Live so it must be real ...
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The performance pad controller is back with a sampling audio engine, on-screen editing, triggers, 9 velocity sensitive pads and audio looping in a device that you beat with sticks.
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Percussa has made a much smaller and cheaper version of their Super Signal Processor module. The mSSP has the same engine and the same awesome versatility as a multi-function sound source and processor.
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Sequential officially announce the Prophet XL which is slightly larger than the Prophet X and contains all the same features but brings with it a 32 voice mode.
Kontakt 6 brings the world's favorite sampler up to scratch and has enough new content to warrant an upgrade from the almost 7-year old Kontakt 5 engine.
Hooked is a novel vocal sample player and mangler where you play various vocal recordings on a virtual keyboard. Some have been recorded dry, while others have been processed with God knows what...
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SampleRobot 6 sucks in sounds and spits out sample library. Connect up any hardware synth, or loopback any virtual one to automatically generate multisampled instruments. Now available on MacOS and Windows.
Kontakt 6 brings new sounds, new effects, a wavetable synthesis engine and the ability to design, build and script your own instruments. Does the upgrade tick enough boxes for your Kontakt wish list?
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Developed with ROLI, makers of the Seaboard MPE controllers, Crusher-X is embracing all 5 dimensions of this expressive technology so you can push your grains in many directions at once.
Atlas is an AI-powered tool which maps out your drum samples, analyzes them, categorizes them, and constructs makeshift drum kits that are ready to go inside your DAW. It looks like an useful tool for ...
