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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 ...
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Arcade is subscription based, looks fabulous, sounds awesome and has a wonderfully intuitive synthesizer engine to manipulate loops. You'll get new content every day, forever provided you keep paying your $10.
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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.
Just on Kickstarter is the MK2 of the Ginko Synthese real-time sampling module Sampleslicer. With better quality, all through-hole components, clock CV, auto-calibrating, higher gain and an inaudible noise ...
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The DuoSpaze packs 2 synthesizers and 2 samplers into a multi-timbral, touchscreen groovebox with filters, effects and a matrix of modulation. There's a lot going on.
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Norns is a minimalist metal box harbouring the power of processes to evolve and morph into anything you can write a script for. Monome's slow reveal is an enticing look into the mind of a synthesis developer.
Genetix features 100 multi-sampled FM sounds inspired by various Genesis games' soundtracks. Can this plug-in make the intricacies of the Genesis sound chip available to modern productions?
We thought the Nord Piano 3 was the pinnacle of all red pianos, but just two years later the virtually hammered machine returns as the Nord Piano 4. It's red, it's seamless, it has crossfades and filters.
We're pretty sure Output's new baby is capable of some bad-ass sounds in the right hands. Remember Nine Inch Nails' Capital G? Yeah, that's what distorted brass can sound like!
Need a collection of moody sounds for your production? Eplex7 has come up with Quantakor, a soundscapes and FX instrument based on artificial intelligence algorithms. It packs scifi, kybernetic, experimental ...
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Andrew Huang uses audio sampled from a piano being dropped from 20 ft to create a cool beat, and makes the whole process look so impressively easy, spontaneous and intuitively musical.
Ever thought about how wickedly easy it would be if you could just hum some melody lines into the mic and have the computer play them with the sound of a particular instrument? Yeah, they made it happen!
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Roland announced a new sampler today, the SP-404A. With a maximum 12-voice polyphony, the SP-404A is able to store up to 120 samples and up to 120 patterns. It looks like a great tool for DJs wanting to ...
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Through real time audio sampling the PLUS Pedal can capture the end of notes and chords from any instrument or microphone and sustain them at the press of a beautiful brass pedal. Is it too hipster?
Elektron went ahead and updated its analog drum machine, the Analog Rytm. The biggest news is the addition of sampling capability, a feature that was notably missing in the original hardware...
Ever felt the need to mangle your voice in a live situation? Then TC Helicon has something for you. Despite its toy-ish looks, the Perform VE houses effects and algorithms, a built-in mic pre-amp and MIDI ...
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Last night's leak foretold this morning's announcement of a new and updated Octatrack MKII. Seems like it might be more cosmetic than anything else and Elektron say it won't come with Overbridge.
