Posts Tagged 'Synthesizers'
Moog coming to your iPad soon…
Moog Music posted this video on their website showing Marc Doty playing with an iPad. Clearly we are hearing Moog sounds as he plays the tablet. So what can we expect? Well, maybe it’s an Moog Synth app or a controller app for your hardware Moog via the iPad. Just check the video. Moog, … tease away!
MOTU Introduces MachFive 3 Sampler
Here’s another product we’ve been expecting for a while now. MOTU have introduced their next version of the Machfive Sampler software. Version 3 has been released and is now available from their website.
Dave Smith Instruments Tempest – Soon… Really!
It’s been coming for a while now but it seems that the Tempest drummachine is around the corner. We could expect it at the end of the summer and that time has almost arrived. Below is the statement of Dave Smith and Roger Linn about the arrival of Tempest, …. soon!
Mason Live! – Hardware, Software and a Stage – Video
Mason is a DJ and Producers duo from The Netherlands. With a recently released their debut album ‘They are Among Us‘. On this album there are quite the collaborations with some big names in the industry, like Roison Murphy, Kurtis Blow, DMC, Sam Sparro, Aqualung and Sway. The guys felt the need to bring their music to the stage just like a rockband would do. The video actually shows how they did that with the help of Ableton Live and explain how they synced verything on their live system.
Roland Jupiter-80 Now Shipping
Roland is pleased to announce that the new JUPITER-80 Synthesizer is now shipping. The JUPITER-80 represents an unprecedented leap forward in the pursuit of the most authentically expressive electronic musical instrument, just as the legendary JUPITER-8 did when it was launched 30 years ago.
Karma-Lab Releases Catalyst – Sounds for Korg Kronos
Karma-Lab introduces Catalyst Volume 1 – Creativity Xplosion!, a new set of 32 exciting and inspiring KARMA-fied combis for the Korg Kronos. Priced at only US$32, the sound set includes grooves, backing tracks and sonic textures in a wide variety of styles, ranging from a mixture of Hip-Hop, Dance, Electronica, Trance & Techno categories to Ambient, Jazz, New-Age, Film Score, and World/Ethnic categories.
FXpansion Geist Expander: Analogue Mayhem
FXpansion is proud to present Analogue Mayhem, a Geist Expander featuring edgy, organic electronic sounds generated almost exclusively with a large analogue modular synthesizer. Its unique character and texture is ready to deploy in Geist’s fast and intuitive sample-sequencing environment – insane sequences, deranged SFX bursts, deep basses, lush chord stabs and multi-sampled synthetic drums which use Geist’s round-robin, velocity layering and FX treatments for expressive depth and sonic variation.
ARTURIA announces Spark D.I.Y. Kits
Arturia are proud to release two free D.I.Y. kits for the joy of Spark users and experimenters! These two kits offer 24 instruments.
OneSheet – The simplest web presence for a band … ever!
Musicians constantly have to direct fans from service to service and from used-to-be-awesome social network to is-now-awesome social network. It’s confusing to them and their fans. Enter Onesheet.
Something for the Weekend: How the iPad is changing Music Production
Traditionally consumers believe the iPad is best used for listening to music, watching movies and browsing the internet, but it’s use for music production has taken the device to an entirely new level giving aspiring musicians a chance to produce professional recordings. Check out three examples below of how the iPad is used in professional and nonprofessional settings.
Something for the Weekend: Local Vocal 90s Acapella Medley
Maybe you saw this video already this week, as it was a hit on the internet on Twitter and many blogs. But we thought to share it with you because it is just one of those really nice, really cool videos for the 30+ (of age), as the video takes us back to some hits of the 90s! Just enjoy (it again)!
Alesis Unveils The Cadenza Digital Piano
The Cadenza is an 88-key, hammer-action digital piano. Musicians will appreciate its sound, feel and performance features that they can use to bring their musical ideas to life. The Cadenza’s 88 hammer-action keys equip players with a full range of musical expression, enabling them to play any piano piece. Musicians will enjoy the Cadenza’s eight, stereo instrument voices, including Grand, Upright, Electric, Strings, Organ and more. Musicians can enjoy the Cadenza’s Split function, which divides the digital keyboard into two different sounds of the player’s choosing, such as left-hand piano and right-hand strings. The included sustain pedal enables further expression. Creative players can add chorus and reverb effects, and fine-tune treble and bass controls. Experienced pianists can even customize the Cadenza’s touch sensitivity for the response that suits their playing style.
New Fairlight CMI-30A – Sneak Peek Video
Here is a first peek at the Fairlight CMI-30A sampler. Peter Vogel presents a first look at the 30th Anniversary edition of this classic sampler. The new CMI is unique in that it produces the classic “Fairlight sound” that defined music of the eighties as well as the modern Fairlight sound, that of uncompromising signal purity.
Something for the Weekend: Peter Neubaecker – The man behind Melodyne
The man primarily behind such Celemony innovations like Melodyne, DNA Direct Note Access and Capstan is Peter Neubäcker – a passionate musician, researcher and inventor, who sets unusual goals for himself and manages even on occasion to realize in practice things that in theory can’t be achieved.