Steinberg has announced Dorico – a new app that’s described as a ‘next-generation professional scoring software for composers, arrangers, engravers, copyists and educators’. It’s named after Valerio Dorico, one of the most important music printers in 16th-century Rome. Here’s what they have to say about it:
The Roland Demora module was originally introduced as the delay effect in Roland’s line of Eurorack effects modules. But the introduction of Roland Aira Modular Customizer changed that. The Modular Customizer is a free app for Android, iOS, Mac & Windows that lets you customize the way Roland’s four Aira Eurorack effects modules work. Here’s a demo that shows the… Read More Using The Roland Demora Euro Module As A Complete Synth Voice
iZotope has announced VocalSynth – a new plugin for OS X & WIndows that specializes in voice synthesis and vocal effects. VocalSynth offers four vocal engines – Vocoder, Polyvoice, Compuvox, and Talkbox – alongside specialized vocal effects and pitch correction. Here’s the official video intro:
At Superbooth 16, we talked with Christian Günther of CG Products and got an introduction to his unique Eurorack synth modules. Günther is a percussionist, and many of his modules are designed with percussion synthesis in mind.
At Superbooth 16, we talked with Alex of CFM and got a sneak preview of his new Eurorack module designs, including the Variable Quartile Multiplier and the Bipolar Half-Wave Rectifier.
Xen-Arts has introduced IVOR2, a major update to their free Ivor microtonal virtual analog synthesizer for Linux & WIndows. IVOR2 is designed to be microtonal sound-designer’s virtual analog synthesizer, with a workflow tailored to microtonal synthesis. It’s also designed to be an educational tool for learning about subtractive sound synthesis and musical instrument intonation (microtuning and xenharmonics).
Zoom Corporation has released an update for their Zoom H2n Handy Recorder that makes it a streamlined solution for recording and outputting spatial audio files for virtual reality applications. The update is a collaboration with Google and their JUMP Virtual Reality platform. It adds a new mode that records in a format that is compatible with YouTube 360 video playback. The Zoom… Read More Zoom H2n Update Lets You Record Immersive Audio For Virtual Reality
This video, via Cuckoo, captures a sneak preview of the upcoming Teenage Engineering OP-Z synthesizer.
Apple today announced an update to GarageBand, targeting the huge Chinese market with new instruments, sounds and loop content inspired by the music history of China. The update adds traditional Chinese instruments — the pipa, erhu and Chinese percussion — along with 300 Chinese musical loops. GarageBand for iOS users also get two new Chinese templates for… Read More Apple Updates GarageBand With Chinese Sounds & Instruments
Mogees for iOS, the companion app to the Mogees contact microphone, has been updated with SCOPE – a sound engine that uses real-world vibrations to shape your sound.
