Laurent Bernadac – a violinist and engineer – has introduced the 3Dvarius – a new electric violin design, based on a model of a real Stradivarius violin and created by 3D printing technology. The body of the 3Dvarius is printed as a single piece, departing from traditional musical instrument production and giving it a very unique property: according to… Read More 3Dvarius – The World’s First 3D Printed Violin
Sound design superfreak Diego Stocco – who’s previously shown how to use a squirrel as a reverb, make music from breakfast cereal and how to sample a burning piano – has introduced Color Bots – a set of playable sound design tools for Ableton Live 9.5 or greater. Color Bots generates new tonal elements by “coloring” the… Read More Diego Stocco Intros Color Bots Playable Effects For Ableton Live
In this pair of videos, composer Mick Gordon gives a behind-the-scenes look at his process in creating the soundtrack for Doom 2016.
Varia Instruments has introduced the RDM20 – a fully analog two-channel rotary DJ mixer, with one phono and two line inputs on each channel. The mixer features two different three-band isolator-banks. One is set on the master and there’s another one on each channel. While the master isolator is quite steep and raw, the character of the channel… Read More Varia Instruments Intros RDM20 Analog Rotary DJ Mixer
SampleScience has introduced Nostromos, a new ‘cinematic’ virtual instrument, featuring 1.1 gig of sampled sounds. The plugin has 80 playable instruments. Each sound can be modified using a series of simple parameters. The sounds range from ambient pads to organic “mutant” textures, ethereal tones to mystic bells.
Mutools has introduced version 7.0 of MuLab Creative Music Studio and MUX Modular synthesizer for Windows and Mac. You can preview MuLab 7.0 above and Mux Modular 7.0 below:
Future Retro has announced that their 512 Touch Keyboard is now available. There are five main functions of the 512. It can act as a keyboard, arpeggiator, sequencer, MIDI to CV converter, and MIDI to MIDI converter. The 512 can control both MIDI and CV/Gate synthesizers simultaneously. Pitch, Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel, Gate, Velocity, Aftertouch, and… Read More Future Retro 512 Touch Keyboard Now Available
Olympia Noise Co. has released an update to its Patterning iPad drum machine app, adding support for Audio Export, MIDI Mapping, Inter-App Audio Track Output, improved MIDI output and more. Here’s what’s new in Patterning v1.1:
https://youtu.be/74oYliL0ZRU TC Electronic has introduced WireTap Riff Recorder, a new recording pedal and companion iOS app. It’s designed to be plugged into your instrument output path all the time. You just press the pedal button anytime you want to capture a new recording, in CD quality. Wire Tap Riff Recorder lets you record up to 8 hours… Read More TC Electronic Releases WireTap Riff Recorder Pedal & App
Rob Papen has released Prisma, a free plugin for owners of his plugins. Prisma lets you create layerd patches out of multiple plugins to create massive hybrid sounds. Here are the official Prisma video demos:
