Electron has announced an update to the Monomachine OS:
Good people around the globe, the hydra just got two extra heads. In other words - Monomachine OS 1.20 is here!
Two new machines have been added in this magnificent update, allowing you to use your own customized waveforms. Read all about it in the updated Monomachine and [...]

Puremagnetik has released three new bundles for Ableton Live, Kontakt, Logic and GarageBand:
Vintage Collection, contains 7 of Puremagnetik’s old-school synthesizer libraries sourced directly from the classics of the 1970s and 80s:

TeeBee - Roland® TB-303 instrument and loops.
Circuit:30 - “Circuits” based on Moog® synthesizers and effects.
Analog Bass Volume 1 - Assortment of deep analog bass instruments.
P-50 [...]

A car accident has taken the life of Daniel Hansson, one of the founders of Elektron, creator of the Machinedrum and Monomachine synthesizer. Hansson died August 19th.
In a statement at the site, the Elektron team says that “Daniel’s strict determination, innovation and unsurpassed eye for detail resulted in instruments that have already reached cult status [...]

Elektron is known for making one-of-a-kind, drool-worthy instruments. Their Machinedrum drum machine takes some of the best drum sounds available and packages them in a big, knob-filled case, giving it an immediacy that makes it perfect for capturing live performance tweaks. The SidStation turns the soundchip that was originally used in the Commodore 64 computer [...]