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Year: 2016

New Endorphines Grand Terminal & Cockpit Eurorack Modules At Superbooth 16

Here’s a look at the latest modules from Endorphines from Superbooth 16.

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iPad Synth Jam At Superbooth 16 With The Musik App Manufaktur

At Superbooth 16, we talked with the Musik App Manufaktur – a coalition of iPad music software makers. They were demonstrating their applications, and their support of the new Ableton Link standard, by jamming together, synced wirelessly. 

April 16, 2016April 16, 20168 Comments

WMD Aperture Variable-Width Bandpass Filter Hands-On Demo

At Superbooth 16, we talked with William Mathewson of WMD about his latest Eurorack module, the Aperture variable-width bandpass filter. 

April 15, 2016April 17, 20165 Comments

Steve Reich On Tape Loops, Rhythm & Sampling In Minimalism

In this new interview, via Q on CBC, classical composer Steve Reich reflects with host Shadrach Kabango on his career in classical music. 

April 15, 2016April 15, 20168 Comments

Free Novation Circuit Updates Make It Way More Powerful

Novation has announced the release of Circuit Components, a suite of free tools that expand the functionality of their Circuit groovebox. Circuit Components makes Circuit way more powerful, adding sample import, a patch editor, cloud-based backup and more.

April 15, 2016April 15, 201644 Comments

Maker.ie Intros Patchblocks For Eurorack, DIY Modules At Superbooth 16

At Superbooth 16, Maker.ie introduced their Patchblocks programmable Eurorack module and several DIY Euro modules. 

April 15, 2016April 15, 20162 Comments

Jean Michel Jarre Announces Collaboration With Edward Snowden

Jean Michel Jarre has announced a collaboration with Edward Snowden, Exit. The track will appear on Jarre’s forthcoming album, Electronica Volume II: The Heart of Noise, due out May 6th. 

April 15, 2016April 15, 201630 Comments

Befaco Intros New Eurorack Modules At Superbooth 16

At Superbooth 16, Barcelona-based Befaco was introducing several new modules, including the Rampage, the A*B+C and the Crush Delay, aka ‘the audio shit generator’. In the video above, Diego explains the synth DIY roots of Befaco, and then demonstrates the new modules. 

April 14, 20166 Comments

Jürgen Michaelis & The Spirit Of The Machine

At Superbooth 16, JoMox was showing one of the most unusual electronic instruments we’ve seen this year, the Akasha Synth. Akasha is a dodecahedron-shaped instrument, with 12 interacting grids with 5 sides, allowing for 60 interconnections. Here’s a video demo by JoMox founder Jürgen Michaelis:

April 14, 2016April 15, 20168 Comments

Secrets Of The E-Mu SP-1200, With Creator Dave Rossum

At Superbooth 16, E-Mu founder Dave Rossum was representing his new company, Rossum Electro-Music. But Muso Talk’s Hans Jörg Bordin took the opportunity to talk to Rossum about the classic E-Mu SP-1200 sampler:

April 14, 2016April 14, 20169 Comments

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