Here we are, the trusted Gearjunkies but in a completely new look! It’s been time for a while and it has finally happened, we have worked on a total makeover of your trusted and reliable news source for all your gear needs.
BPM is about discovering new technology, learning new techniques and being inspired with new ideas, however it is also about getting involved. There will be loads of ways for you to actively take part in BPM this year. The event is now just seven short weeks away!
Recently we brought you the sad news of a foreclosure of Open Labs. We immediately tried to contact every Open Labs contact we had. After a few days we got assurance that we would soon recieve more information on the details of the foreclosure. Sadly we never did recieve that kind of information. But, … checking the Open Labs website this morning gave us surprisingly the news we wanted. And we are glad to inform you it is good news!
To be honest this should have been done many moons ago. Meaning, … changing the way we look. The Gearjunkies layout! We knew long time ago that Gearjunkies could use a freshen up. But there is a reason why this took so long. When we started the website was simple, small and easy to work with. But as the years went by and the website grew and grew, we added feature by feature. Many of them originally programmed by our in-house programmer. In other words … we created a beast! Changing a layout wasn’t as easy as it sounds. Gearjunkies isn’t like a simple Wordpress site where you click and change your theme. Hell no! It took lots and lots of work to create a new layout for Gearjunkies. We called it Gearjunkies 2.0!
AC Entertainment is excited to release the (still expanding) lineup of MoogFest 2010! As previously announced, this extraordinary three-day festival, celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog, will take place Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC. Costumes are welcome. . . and clearly treats will be in abundance!
Is it already more then a year ago we were writing about the announced OP-1 from Teenage Engineering? Yes it is, but suddenly after a time of silence the OP-1 showed up in the videoclip for the vocal version of One from the Swedish House Maffia. And now there are these two clips on Youtube were the OP-1 is being demoed. Does this mean this little beast is finally coming to town?
Korg USA’s Rich Formidoni explores the monotron Analog Ribbon Synthesizer. In this three-part series, a K01 KAOSSILATOR is processed using the monotron’s LFO and VCF circuits. Note that the filter is the same as the one used in Korg’s classic and coveted MS-10 and MS-20 synthesizers!
On September 1, 2010, all worldwide joint ventures of Roland Corporation will simultaneously announce a new and innovative lineup of musical products via a unique website.
Access Music released two free signature sound sets for the Virus TI by Richard Devine and Chicago Electro Rockers VTG. Richard Devine, known for his GlitchCore/TDM influenced sound wasn’t short of effort to create some of the nastiest, noisiest and darkest patches available today. He made extensive use for the recently added Stomp Box Distortion algorithms and Frequency Shifter.
BPM unites drum machine-style operation with advanced virtual instrument technology to give you the ultimate rhythm programming experience. Combine kits, patterns, and loops with instrument sounds, advanced mixing, and DSP effects to realize your rhythmic vision. BPM 1.5 adds many new features, plus 4 GB of additional sounds for over 19 GB of included kits, patterns, loops, and samples.
Soon after the original MOTIF was released in 2001, it was recognized as the best sounding, top selling and most requested music workstation on the market. Over time, it has continued to evolve and improve its expressiveness and functionality. At the same time, the online community of end users, sound programmers, software developers and product support specialists at www.MOTIFATOR.com has expanded into a vibrant online music production community.
Recently we showed you pictures of the OP-X Controller that Mario Jurisch has built for himself. With this controller he can control the OP-X softsynth from Sonic-Projects. He lets us know he just uploaded a video showing this cool controller in action.
This is one of those posts we rather wouldn’t have to write, but sadly we got some information that another gear company went into bankrupcy. According to the Austin, TX news paper the Statesman, on august 4 2010, all assets of Open Labs, Inc. consisting primarily of the patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other IP associated with the most Open Labs products will be sold at a public foreclosure sale.
Yamaha will be releasing the next generation music workstation Motif with the Motif XF. The XF is based on the XS but with groundbreaking Flash memory expansion capabilities that will set the standard for keyboard workstations for years to come.
MOTU has released DP Control™, a free app now available from the Apple app store that allows Digital Performer users to control DP over a WiFi network using their iPhone, iPad or third-generation iPod Touch.