It looks like the Ripcord – a new way to power all types of music gear via USB – is close to meeting its funding goals on Kickstarter. Ripcord is a new power adapter system, designed to let you power your music devices via USB. The goal of the system is to free you from having to rely… Read More Ripcord USB Universal Power Adapter For Music Gear Nearing Funding Goal On Kickstarter
Vir2 Instruments has announced Aeris, a hybrid choir designer instrument for Native Instruments Kontakt.
Native Instruments has introduced Molten Veil, a new Maschine Expansion aimed at producers “looking for the bold, dynamic sound of mainroom tech house styles.” The expansion was curated by Slovenian DJ-producer Umek, a veteran of the international tech house scene. Molten Veil runs in the latest Maschine software on Maschine Studio, Maschine, or Maschine Mikro.… Read More Native Instruments Intros ‘Molten Veil’ Maschine Expansion
Erica Synths has introduced the Black Wavetable VCO, a compact (12 HP) wavetable VCO that features 16+ banks of selected waves: classical synths, FM synths, Erica modular, vowels and others. The VCO has separate -1 and -2 octaves suboscillator output, built-in VCA and a wave morphing feature, for more ‘pleasant’ sound. Additional ROM chips (sold… Read More Erica Synths Intros Black Wavetable VCO
Zoom North America today introduced the new H4n Pro portable digital audio recorder. Zoom says that they’ve ‘taken everything creators love about the original H4n and brought it to the next level.’ The H4n Pro’s built-in condenser mics capture have been updated to handle up to a thunderous 140 dB SPL, to help ensure distortion-free X/Y recording. The Pro’s two… Read More Zoom Intros H4n Pro Handy Recorder
It looks like there’s going to be a Tangerine Dream documentary. Organizers of a Kickstarter project to fund production of the documentary have announced that they have met their funding goals, raising €71,727 with 779 backers. Here’s what the producers TAG/TRAUM have to say about the project: We want to explore the world of Tangerine Dream for the first time… Read More Tangerine Dream Documentary Meets Funding Goals
Cakewalk today announced that Sonar – a digital audio workstation with its roots in DOS, nearly three decades ago – is making the jump to Mac OS X. And it’s going to be free.
This morning Focusrite announced the second generation of their popular Scarlett USB audio interfaces. While the input / output count of each of the interfaces remains the same, this new generation of Scarlett USB audio interfaces boasts many improvements. Delivering Focusrite’s fastest USB performance yet, the new interfaces’ roundtrip latency measurements are as low as… Read More Focusrite Launches 2nd-Gen Scarlett USB Audio Interfaces
The MIDI Association, a free global community for MIDI users, has announced that it has made the MIDI 1.0 specifications available as free downloads. The MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification is an important resource for developers and anyone else that needs to know the technical details of MIDI. The document includes sections on: MIDI 1.0 (Electrical Specification and Protocol) General… Read More MIDI Association Makes MIDI 1.0 Specifications Available As Free Downloads
Organizers of Continuucon, the First Continuum Fingerboard Conference, have published a complete schedule of presentations, workshops, and performers for the event, scheduled for June 9th through 11th, 2016. Taking place at the Altamont Theatre in Asheville, North Carolina, ContinuuCon bring together Continuum players from North and South America, Europe, and Asia for the very first time.… Read More Continuucon Schedule Announced
