Well, look at that! After the post on the Korg littleBits Synth Kit we got a heads-up from one of our followers on a similar project/product, Patchblocks. Another little DIY modular synth en processing system kit. With this you could create your own modular synthesiser by programming Patchblocks with their software editor. Could, because at the moment this is still a project on Kickstarter!
Steinberg announced the availability of Cubase BackPack, a portable recording and production solution featuring Cubase Artist 7 and the UR22 interface that ensures a charitable contribution to sustainable development in Africa.
Part of the classic line of renowned beat-making machines, supporting a whole generation of influential producers, the MPC Studio makes music production simple and intuitive; and at Akai Professional we are giving you the chance to win your very own MPC Studio.
Below are some of the new releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
Linplug‘s first Synth was released March 2000 and once again they now approach a release. The Spectral contains all of their experience from almost 14 years of synthesizer programming. Its not perfect, because the perfect synthesizer will never exist, but they emphasized once again a clear user interface, well sorted and a powerful engine under the hood.
Today a bit of a personal Something For The Weekend post. Last year the ‘I Am Legion‘ project emmerged onto our ‘music’ radar. It is a collaboration between a band we really like, Noisia from The Netherlands, and Foreign Beggars from the UK. This collaboration resulted in a full album and tour. The tour can still be caught in Europe and later this year in Australia.
Multi-GRAMMY Award-winning producer/mixer, Chris Lord-Alge, whose resume includes recordings for Muse, Pink, Foo Fighters, Avril Lavigne, Green Day, Daughtry, Paramore and Black Eyed Peas, to name a few, has stayed with the trusted Sony 48-track tape format for over two decades, interfacing it with his equally vintage workhorse SSL 4000 E/G+ analogue console as well as an incredible amount of mostly vintage outboard gear. It’s been Lord-Alge’s signature sound all that time, and it continues to stand up for hit after hit.
UVI, producers of one of the best selling urban sample libraries ever, are back with the most complete suite of instruments and sounds for beat-driven street music production on the planet. Urban Suite delivers 5 new instruments and a massive sample library tailored for contemporary music producers, perfect for hip hop, R&B, trap, glitch, beat, experimental and more. Both a comprehensive retrospective of the classics and a collection of new and innovative tools, Urban Suite embodies the creative spirit and boundary-pushing heritage of beat music production.
Eventide H9‘s newest multi-effect algorithm opens up a new world of sonic possibilities by combining delays, reverb and resonance. So, if you have an H9, download it (and its 20 ethereal presets). Or, if you don’t have an H9, demo Resonator using our H9 Control app (for iOS, PC and Mac).
Propellerhead proudly presents Parsec Spectral Synthesizer, the futuristic sound of additive synthesis for the Reason Rack. With two independent sound engines, up to 1024 oscillators per voice, a wide range of sound sculpting tools, built-in effects and free modulation routing, Parsec won’t leave you wishing when it comes to sonic horse-powers. Parsec is available as a Rack Extension in the Propellerhead shop.
London based producer James Reynolds has recently installed the Trinity master clock from Antelope Audio. The Trinity is Antelopes flag ship high definition master clock with a total of nine independent clocks employing Antelope’s 4th Generation of Acoustically Focused Clocking with 64-bit Digital Signal Processing (DSP) 3 of which are audio generators with up to 384kHz sample rate and +/- 200 cents varispeed.
Below are some of the new releases we have encountered this week on the Loops and Samples front. Just like the quality of the audio software we use these days the quality of the content we use (loops and samples) equally matches the high standards of this software. Below is this weeks selection.
After a week of teasing and the video we showed you recently, today Arturia is proud to announce availability of the MicroBrute Analog Synthesizer — an amazingly compact and bijou, semi-modular analogue monosynth with inbuilt step sequencer, boasting MIDI, USB, and CV connectivity, together with a whole host of unique features.
BKE Technology announces new features and a major content update to accompany a reduced price on the award winning BEAT THANG music production workstation.
It will be their new top of the line synthesizer, the LinPlug Spectral. 14 years of synthesizer building experience. If you are familiar with subtractive synthesis, you will feel right at home with the Spectral, because you can choose an oscillator waveform, choose a filter shape and go on from there.