KordBot Kickstarter Project Raises More Than $175,000

The Kickstarter project for the KordBot Music Production Assistant raised $178,655, with 736 backers. KordBot is described as a ‘music production assistant that combines a chord generator, arpeggiator and step sequencer In one unit.’ It has 32 built-in chord types including inversions for each, with another eight user-banks for storing custom chord types. The project met and… Read More KordBot Kickstarter Project Raises More Than $175,000

March 27, 20169 Comments

An Introduction To The LinnStrument

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEIswiZxttE Instrument designer Roger Linn shared this new overview of his LinnStrument expressive MIDI controller.

March 27, 20163 Comments

Live Modular Song Performance

Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live modular synth song performance, by Jolea, of Lioness.

March 27, 20167 Comments

WMD Aperture Filter Sneak Preview

Superbooth 16: WMD shared this sneak preview of their latest Eurorack module, the Aperture filter.

March 26, 2016March 26, 20165 Comments

Moog Music Issues Objection To North Carolina Law That Sanctions Discrimination Against LGBT Community

Moog Music today posted a statement on their site, objecting to North Carolina HB2 (pdf), a new law that overrides local laws banning discrimination against members of the LGBT community; and limiting anti-discrimination law to ‘biological sex’, eliminating protection for transgender people:

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Propellerhead Intros A-List Studio Drummer Rack Extension

Propellerhead has introduced A-List Studio Drummer, a new virtual drummer Rack Extension for Reason.

March 25, 20165 Comments

CV Toolkit Updated With User-Requested Features

Spektro Audio’s Ícaro Ferre let us know a major update to CV Toolkit – a set of software modules that you can use to control, modulate and sequence your synthesizers via control voltage (CV). “The new 2.2 update is quite significant,” says Ferre, “because it adds many user-requested features, such as the ability to save… Read More CV Toolkit Updated With User-Requested Features

March 25, 2016Leave a comment

Free Update Lets MOTU Audio Interfaces Stream Up To 64 Audio Channels Over Ethernet

MOTU has announced a free firmware update for the 1248, 16A, 8M and other current-generation audio interfaces that lets you stream up to 64 channels of audio, at sample rates up to 192 kHz with low latency, over Ethernet to your Mac. Firmware update 1.2.5 supports AVB/TSN Ethernet, letting you connect your MOTU interface to the Mac using a standard… Read More Free Update Lets MOTU Audio Interfaces Stream Up To 64 Audio Channels Over Ethernet

March 24, 2016March 25, 201616 Comments

Audiowerkstatt Intros mini-midi-step-seq 8-Step MIDI Sequencer

Audiowerkstatt has introduced the mini-midi-step-seq, a new sequencer for MIDI, based on classic analog 8-step sequencer designs. The developer says that ‘It is optimized for live use, especially jam-sessions, but can also be used to give you new ideas’.

March 24, 2016March 24, 201621 Comments

Alternative Controllers For Electronic Music

The MIDI Association has published a series of articles by author Mark Vail on alternative MIDI controllers. The series offers an overview of a wide variety of electronic music controllers, including MIDI controllers and analog controllers for modular synthesis, and offers a look at many unusual and rare instruments.

March 24, 2016March 24, 20165 Comments

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