Confusion Studios has introduced MIDI Designer Pro 2 (MDP2), a major update to their professional MIDI controller platform for iOS. Features: Control all MIDI-enabled hardware and software: synths, effects, DAWs, plug-ins, DJ, VJ & lighting rigs, other iOS apps, robots, cruise ships, rail guns, particle accelerators Near-zero latency connections via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Lightning Cable (with… Read More MIDI Designer Pro 2 For iOS Now Available
DDMF has introduced Envelope, an iOS reverb audio unit for use as a standalone app or in AUv3 hosts like Cubasis Its true stereo reverberation algorithm is designed to create realistic acoustic spaces.
Bram Bos has introduced Ruismaker, an Audio Unit drum synth for iOS. Ruismaker works inside sequencer and Audio Unit Instrument hosts, including Steinberg Cubasis, Apple Garageband, Modstep, AUM and MultitrackStudio. It uses analog modeling and FM synthesis to create all its sounds, not samples.
Developer Ales Tsurko has released Eera – a monophonic software synth for iPad with a built-in X/Y controller that allows for continuous control over pitch and expression.
112dB has introduced Cascade, a software synthesizer for Mac OS X & Windows that explores ‘Cascade Synthesis’ – an approach based on a complex delay network that can ‘densify’ a sound up to 5832 times. This lets you create sounds that can develop over time, with the delay network adding extra dimensions to the sound. You can… Read More Cascade Synthesizer Offers New Approach To Synthesis
This video, via Voltage Control Lab, looks at an alternate use for an envelope generator – using it as an oscillator.
Roland announced today that their 7×7-TR8 Drum Machine Expansion has been updated to include the TR-606 kit:
TEControl shared this video, featuring film and TV composer Dan Radlauer demonstrating how he uses their USB MIDI Breath and Bite Controller 2 (BBC 2) to play virtual instruments more expressively.
In the video above, James Ciglar takes the new Make Noise 0-Coast synthesizer through its paces, pairing it up with the Elektron OctaTrack. The Make Noise 0-Coast is a new all-in-one monophonic synth that combines elements of so-called ‘East Coast’ and ‘West Coast’ synthesis approaches. The 0-Coast is a standalone synth module that you can just hook… Read More MakeNoise 0-Coast Synthesizer Meets Elektron OctaTrack
This video, via RetroSound‘s Marko Ettlich, captures a head-to-head comparison of the E-MU Emulator II (1984) vs. E-mu Emax SE (1986). Here’s what he has to say about the video:
