Year: 2016

Arturia iSpark A Powerful iPad Drum Machine, Compatible With Spark 2

Arturia has released iSpark for iPad – an iPad version of its Spark virtual drum machine. iSpark is designed to let you play drum patterns in-real time and to tweak your sound on-the-fly. It also integrates a powerful and flexible 64-step sequencer. iSpark combines Arturia’s TAE technology with with a modular engine and multi-layered samples – so it can… Read More Arturia iSpark A Powerful iPad Drum Machine, Compatible With Spark 2

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Sinevibes Array 3.0 Spectral Sequencer For OS X Now Available

Sinevibes has released Array 3.0, an updated version of its Audio Unit effect plugin for spectral animation. Array filters the incoming audio into eight separate bands and allows you to individually pass or mute them in a rhythmical fashion, essentially working as a gate sequencer in the frequency domain. With macro controls for multiple parameters, Array is… Read More Sinevibes Array 3.0 Spectral Sequencer For OS X Now Available

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VAXMIDI Is Like The IKEA Of High End, Open-Source MIDI Keyboards

Infinite Response has announced that it is now taking orders on a the first-run of its new VAXMIDI keyboard controller. The VAXMIDI is the successor to the VAX77, considered by some to be the finest MIDI controller ever. It featured polyphonic aftertouch, hi-res velocity, release velocity and a host of other capabilities. Unfortunately, it was very expensive to manufacture and… Read More VAXMIDI Is Like The IKEA Of High End, Open-Source MIDI Keyboards

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JPS Harmonic Synthesizer – The Sound Of Jarre’s ‘Oxygene’ – Gets Virtualized

Jiggery Pokery Sound has introduced JPS Harmonic Synthesizer, a software recreation of the extremely rare RMI Harmonic Synthesizer.  Produced in very limited quantities for a very short period in the mid-1970s, the RMI Harmonic Synthesizer is best known for its prominent role in Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygéne. It was it was used extensively on Oxygéne (often through an Electric Mistress flanger) for… Read More JPS Harmonic Synthesizer – The Sound Of Jarre’s ‘Oxygene’ – Gets Virtualized

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