Two analog T-bridge oscillators become electronic membranes. Why? Because they can be coupled. And because their dampening can be controlled. Then add a little noise, add a little envelope, and the brand new electronic percussion synthesizer of Jomox is ready.
At NAMM we’ll start a new product line: a low cost DIY kit to build a full-fledged analog synthesizer. The kit is made of a pc board that includes all that is necessary to build a standard analog synthesizer.
Not completely official but we came across this rendering of a hardware sequencer by Doepfer called Dark Time. We assume that Doepfer will introduce this machine at this weeks NAMM in Anaheim.
This is a audio preview of a future Virus TI operating system. All patches were specifically designed to illustrate new features to be announced on the NAMM show 2010. Access Music only used single sounds and no additional effects.
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Like every year, this is becoming the time that many manufacturers try to give some back to existing and new customers. This is the season the Holiday Deals are launched. So we collect the deals we come across and share them with you, so you can get the best deal out of this season for the gear you really want!
Waldorf announces the release of Waldorf Largo V1.5.0. This free update for all Largo customers comes with a completely new Browse page for easy sound administration, a new 6-stage Chorus effect, new parameters in the Oscillator section and in the Arpeggiator. Furthermore it fixes several bugs reported by our beta testers and customers and Largo now runs in ProTools with the FXpansion VST2RTAS Wrapper. Included are more than 450 new sounds from highly acclaimed sound programmers.
It already has been a few years since old hack Dave Smith started putting out new analog synthesizers on the market. This renaissance of analog synths means having more instruments to pick from for us musicians. Funny enough it just was short after the FM synthesizer patents of Yamaha ended which were responsible for the major part of the decline of the analog synthesizer market during that time.
Elektron have just released new Operating Systems software for their Machinedrum and Monomachine. These new OS are a free download at the Elektron website.
The Nord Piano is a dedicated stage piano with 88 keys and a weighted hammer action. It is designed with the performing musician in mind and very lightweight at approx. 18 kg (39.6 lbs), without compromising build quality, sound quality or means of expression. As all the other Nord units, it is designed with a firm focus on extremely fast response and accessibility of every important function from the panel.
Following the introduction of the new Nord Piano, the Nord Piano Library will be expanded with several new pianos during the first quarter of 2010. The Nord Piano Library contains some of the finest acoustic and electric pianos on the market. These sounds can be used in the performance-oriented keyboards; Nord Stage, Nord Stage EX, Nord Electro 3 and the all-new Nord Piano.
Elektron have asked ‘Hector’ to show us why the Machinedrum and the Monomachine are so special. For each instrument there are three videos in which ‘Hector’ will give you a thorough introduction to these Elektron instruments.
Since Apple has released Logic 9 some time ago, we have been playing and working with Logic to get to grips with all the new features and functions within this DAW. Below is what we came up with during our time working with Logic 9!