Mike McKnight is a music programmer, keyboardist, and musical director best known for his work on live tours with major artists such as Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, TLC, and Earth Wind & Fire.
Announced just last week, Tone2 now announce the immediate availability of Nemesis. This synth takes FM synthesis to its next evolutionary step: NeoFM synthesis. NeoFM is an exclusive new and improved approach to FM synthesis that is extremely powerful and intuitive.
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.
Introducing are a unique live prospect. Playing Daft Punks ‘Discovery’ album from 2001, live from start-to-finish this six piece band, stage whole albums previously thought unperformable. Their first project was DJ Shadow’s sample based classic ‘Endtroducing’, and now they have done their homework to nail every last robotic detail of the French duo’s massive album live on Radio 1. The band comprise of a range of world class sessions musicians, sound engineers and actors in order to make it all happen, spending months to perfect sounds, and tackle this seemingly impossible feat.
Moog Music announced the release of “The Minimoog Model D Expansion Pack” for their award winning iOS synthesizer, Animoog. The expansion pack includes 69 Timbres extracted from a vintage Minimoog Model D analog synthesizer, and 213 presets designed exclusively for Animoog’s Anisotropic Synthesis Engine. Presets were crafted by a preeminent set of designers including Sound Creation Expert Kevin Lamb, Timbre Extraction and Design Pundit Drew Neumann, Synthesist Adam Holzman, DJ/Producer Dom Kane, and Sonic Mayhem’s Sascha Dikiciyan.
Multi-band compression has been around for quite some time and even in the digital realm is accepted as common. But to this regard one could have predicted innovations in that field. Fabfilter implemented these innovations and present to us a new concept of a multiband compressor, Pro-MB.
Tone2 have introduced the new plugin synth called Nemesis, which will be available the 1st of December. Nemesis features no fewer than 22 combinable synthesis types! expanding FM with synthesis methods such as Additive, Formant, Wavetables, Waveshaping, Phase distortion, Sync and Reso synthesis.
Blipsonic and CDM (createdigitalmusic.com) yesterday announced MeeBlip anode. Combining an analog filter with unique digital sound sources, all in an easy-to-understand, compact sound package, it’s synth hardware anyone can enjoy immediately.
Well here it is, the official statement by Elektron on their new machine, the Analog Keys synthesizer. The Analog Keys is a four voice flagship analog synthesizer, conceived with the modern artist in mind. Fully analog signal path, digital controls, and unprecedented playability make it an instrument for the expressive musician.
Producer, engineer and mixer James Loughrey tells sE Electronics about recording Skindred and My Vitriol‘s upcoming albums using an sE Voodoo VR2, Gemini II, an RF PRO, a pair of sE Rupert Neve RN17’s and a Rupert Neve Designs 517.
LinPlug announces the release of the Spectral Synthesizer AU and VST plugin for Mac OS X and Windows PC. Spectral is the result of more than 14 years of synthesizer building experience. Someone being familiar with subtractive synthesis will feel right at home with the Spectral, because one can choose an oscillator waveform, choose a filter shape and go on from there. But Spectral delivers far more options than one would expect from the well sorted user interface. Both Oscillator Waveform and Filter Shape can be edited in depth and created from scratch. This unique audio engine is capable of delivering many sounds never heard before.
Camel Audio is proud to announce the Alchemy Mobile version of Atmospheric, one of their most popular desktop Sound Libraries.
Ah there it is. Last week Elektron mentioned they had something new to show the world. And yesterday they did with the launch of the Elektron Analog Keys synthesizer. The synth was presented at an event in Berlin and the german website De:Bug has made some pictures and a video which you can watch below.
Launchkey is a range of 25, 49 and 61 note controller keyboards with up to 50 physical controls. It includes 16 velocity-sensitive three-colour launch pads that both trigger and stop clips and scenes in Ableton Live and allow expressive playing in the drum rack. Launchkey includes Ableton Live Lite 9 to allow you to make music immediately, as well as Novation Bass Station and V-Station synth plugins for even more creative possibilities. For even more value for those that need it, connect Launchkey to your iPad (Camera Connection Kit required) and enjoy deep integration with the free Launchkey and Launchpad apps.
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.