Festival organizers Paxahau have announced the lineup for Movement – the Detroit Electronic Music Festival.
Movement is scheduled for May 25-27 at Detroit’s Hart Plaza. Here are the details: Continue reading
Venom VB-303 is a free software synth that simulates the iconic sound of the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer.
It’s Windows only – so Mac users are out of luck.
It’s available for download here.
Here’s a user video demo: Continue reading
Here’s a live performance video of Broken, by Depeche Mode, captured in the studio.
Bonus for gear freaks – watch the backgrounds for some insight into their gear: Continue reading
Sunsine Audio – best known for their patch libraries – has introduced a new hardware effects pedal, Vanishing Point. Vanishing Point is a Dual Gain Stage Silicon Transistor Fuzz, featuring high-quality components and true bypass switching.
Here are a couple of video demos: Continue reading
Elektron has introduced Caught on Tape: 808+909, a drum machine sample library for the Octatrack.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
Classics never go out of style. The Roland TR-808 and TR-909 are legendary drum machines, cherished and praised for their sound and percussive abilities. Goldbaby has pulled out all the stops and carefully recorded these revered machines using an Ampex 351 1/2″ valve 2 track tape machine. The result is warm, round and beautifully saturated analog sounds – perfect sample material for the Octatrack.
The sound pack is specifically made for the Octatrack. Included is an Octatrack set featuring 1 project, 16 patterns and 4 parts. Also included are 16 scenes per part, providing a great starting point for experimenting with the demo patterns.
Here are the official audio demos: Continue reading
This video is a teaser for the new Dirty Electronics Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth – an ultra minimal pocket-sized synth, black finished with silver-plated etched Sonar logo. The synth has a 20-step sequencer to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Sonar (one step for each year).
Dirty Electronics describes the Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth as “Bit bashing meets analogue noise and crumpled grooves.” Continue reading