FM8

Wiimote Hacked Instrument

via eyesuck17:

My first stab at making the Wiimote into an instrument.

Made using Glovepie, PureData, and FM8.Roll controls pitch within a C lydian scale, pitch controls a morph, and 2 simple sequences at 120 BPM are controlled Via the buttons.

It’s all Legend starting tom cruise up in here.

Native Instruments has announced Komplete 6, the latest version of its virtual instrument bundle.

Komplete 6 Features:

• Includes Kontakt 4, Absynth 5, Guitar Rig Pro, Reaktor 5, Massive, FM8 and Battery 3.
• Huge selection of presets covering the entire musical spectrum – all ready to play.
• Over 7,500 presets have been categorized as KoreSounds and pre-configured for use with KORE.
• Suited for music production, live performance, instrument and sound design.
• High-quality audio engines.
• Includes sample libraries with over 60 GB of professional samples.
• Intuitive control interfaces for fast and efficient workflows.
• All instruments run stand-alone, ideal for live performances.
• Supports all major plug-in and sample formats.
• Supported Formats: Stand-alone, Audio Units, VST, RTAS(Pro Tools 7/8), ASIO, Core Audio, Core MIDI, DirectSound.

Details below. Read more…

Native Instruments has gone Kompletely Insane!

No – it’s not because they built their new website almost entirely in Flash.

It’s because they are offering Komplete 5 for the month of July for $399 / 399 €!

According to NI, the 11 instruments in Komplete would be $3.069 / 2.689 € if bought individually. Native Instruments’ Kompletely Insane promo is good only through the end of July. Read more…

This is video overview and review of Native Instruments FM8 synthesizer, with a small side of sales pitch for some FM8 presets.

via thepluginguru:

John “Skippy” Lehmkuhl introduces Native Instruments FM8 – an FM based synthesizer.

This is Part 1 which covers an overview and power tips for optimizing the Browser to be more useful.

Part 2 is to come.

Native Instruments has announced that the Audio Kontrol 1 audio interface is now bundled with an extended software package at no further cost. All purchases of the interface now include a download of either ABSYNTH 4, FM8, MASSIVE, or PRO-53 depending on the user’s choice.

Audio Kontrol 1 combines a 2-in/4-out USB 2.0 audio interface with assignable control surface elements in a rugged, compact aluminium enclosure. Emphasis has been placed on high-quality audio conversion and low-latency driver technology.

Other software bundled with AUDIO KONTROL 1 includes the GUITAR RIG 3 LE amp emulation suite, the TRAKTOR LE DJ software, the KORE PLAYER software instrument and the Cubase LE 4 sequencer.