The Moogseum grand opening will be in August and features Patrick Moraz, Herb Deutsch, Larry Fast and Lisa Bella Donna with talks, conversations, VIP tours, workshops and live performance.
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Ableton's bridge between the hardware modular world and the Live software environment is now available in the shape of 10 CV Tools which run as devices and can send CV out of a DC Coupled audio interface.
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Music Tribe's creative leader for industrial design, Jason, takes on a tour of the synthesizer design department and we think we caught a glimpse of some very interesting products.
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This weeks selection of free plug-ins is all about synths: A semi-modular vintage synth and pattern sequencer, a drum synth and an awesome Roland Jupiter emulation for NI Reaktor.
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LION is Unfiltered Audio's first virtual instrument borrowing much from their brutal distortion plug-ins, transmogrifying time machines and other modulation and processing secret weapons.
Quanalog Instruments' first Eurorack module is a stunning 5-voice analogue drum synth and audio processor called Boubou. Looks great, easy workflow, could this take over drum duties in your rack?
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UVI has brought together two classic 1980s Akai polyphonic analogue synthesisers into the UVX670 hybrid virtual instrument that celebrates them both individually as well as in combination.
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Bitwig Studio 3 is officially out! The newest version of the DAW is now here, featuring "The Grid", a fully modular sound design environment. The update also comes with several workflow improvements.
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As if Granular Synthesis was not complex enough Accsone has introduced Grain Controlled Oscillators to dance within the life cycle of modulated grain modulations. Embrace the madness of Crusher-X 8.
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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".
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Inspired by the synthesizers of the 70s and 80s Synthelium brings together a solid collection of sounds in an easy to use and deeply blue interface.
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Wow, what a piece of work. At first glance, it looks like some kind of odd 3D rendering of some bit of weird equipment but once you get a bit closer you realise this SynTesla II is completely epic!
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PEEPS is a handbuilt polysynth with a fabulous vibe reflecting the EMS VCS3 & Korg MS-20 while having its own character. It's not a commercial product but S8JFOU will build you one if you ask nicely.
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Handbuilt in the USA the Jupiter J3DX is the 10th-anniversary edition of the mad little space born mini Jupiter synth from Chamber of Sounds coming in July
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They've just released a version 2.0 update to both the original Minilogue and the Monologue. It's good to see that Korg doesn't forget the loyal users of the older model.
Learning Synths from Ableton is a browser based interactive sound generating tool that takes you through all of the synth basics - and it's brilliant.
