Berna 2.0 Puts A 1950s Electronic Music Studio In Your Mac

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Giorgio Sancristoforo has announced Berna 2.0 – a new version of his virtual vintage electronic music studio for Mac OS X.

Berna is a software simulation of a late 1950s electroacoustic music studio. Oscillators, filters, modulators, tape recorders, mixers, are all packed in a easy-to-use interface with historical accuracy.

Berna 2.0 adds:

  • an updated UI
  • a new Comparator
  • an 18 bands 1/3 Octave FilterBank
  • an 18 Bands Vocoder
  • a new Tone Burst Generator
  • two Dynamic Modulators,
  • a new Reverb
  • new Frequency Shifter (with modulator input)
  • new FM Oscillator (with modulator input) and
  • 8 new Complex Oscillators

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Retronyms Tabletop 2.0 Preview + Richard Devine Remix

Retronyms today released this preview video for Tabletop 2.0 – the new version of their virtual studio for IOS.

Sound designer Richard Devine created the video’s soundtrack, Glitch Breaker Demo, usingTabletop’s virtual studio environment. Retronyms is making the set available, so you can check out Devine’s work and use it as a starting point for your own remixes:

You can find the song Glitch Breaker Demo inside the Tabletop in-app community, or here on soundcloud. To celebrate the new update for Tabletop we?re making a call for remixes!

Download the Glitchbreaker Session right in Tabletop. You get access to all of the custom samples, sequencing, and arrangement. Remix to your heart?s content. We can?t wait to see what you come up with!

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Retronyms Tabletop 2.0 For iPad Adds MIDI Support, Timeline Editing & More

retronyms-tabletop-2Today, Retronyms released a major update to Tabletop for iPad – its virtual music studio.

The free update to Tabletop adds some major new features, including a Timeline Editor, MIDI support, and Session Sharing. Retronyms also announced that Akai’s iMPC will work inside Tabletop as the first Tabletop-Ready App.

Here are the details:

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Tabletop Update Adds T-Pain Effect

Retronyms has released an update to its Tabletop virtual studio for the iPad.

Here’s what’s new in Tabletop 1.6:

T-Pain Effect
Fix and play with your pitch.

Magic Mic
A fantastic microphone recording machine.

Stability and performance improvements

The T-Pain Effect is a $6 in-app purchase.

Tabletop is available for free in the App Store. The free download offers basic functionality and additional features can be enabled vai in-app purchases.