Taiyo Pacific Partners LP (“Taiyo”) has joined Roland CEO Junichi Miki to conduct a management buyout (“MBO”) of Roland for ¥42.6 billion Yen (about $420 million US dollars). Here’s what Taiyo has to say about the planned buyout:
Novation has announced an update to their Launchpad App for iOS. Launchpad lets you make, record and share music on the iPad by triggering and mixing sounds on a grid. The updated version, v.1.5 lets you output those songs directly into any Audiobus-compatible application. This opens the door to doing things like: Adding to your songs using GarageBand… Read More Launchpad App Now Audiobus Compatible
Sample Logic today announced Arpology, their new virtual instrument for Native Instruments’ Kontakt. According to the company, Arpology is the world’s first virtual instument dedicated entirely to arpeggiated/sequenced instruments. Sample Logic describes Arpology as employing “an entirely new approach” to step sequencing. The core of Arpology has been designed around Sample Logic’s new, powerful “Step… Read More Sample Logic Intros Arpology ‘Sonic Animation Tool’
French soft synth developer XILS-lab today released XILS 4, a software emulation of the legendary EMS VCS4. The XILS 4 emulates a prototype that was never released, the EMS VCS4, based on two integrated, interlinked and interacting VCS 3 ( Synthi) cores. With XILS 4, they are coupled them the classic 256 analog polysequencer.
On Friday, music technology company Audiofile announced an update to Spectre, their real-time audio analysis suite for OS X. Spectre features 20 different multi-channel and multi-trace meters including Level, VU, Spectrograph, Oscilloscope, Spectrogram, LU and LU History. Along with an extensive performance upgrade, Spectre’s updated meters are easier to configure, and are “Retina-ready” and optimized… Read More Audiofile Updates Spectre Audio Analysis Suite
London composer and sound designer Matthew Wilcock has released this preview film for his debut EP, Floating Metal Key. With exploding pianos, levitating ARPs, and voracious plants consuming the built environment, the film, directed by Dan Kokotajlo, is a quick tour through a sonic and visual wonderland.
Producer and sound designer Francis Prève has released a free Ableton Live Instrument based on the Novation Bass Station II. Here’s what he has to say about it: “A few months back, I reviewed the Novation Bass Station II for Keyboard Magazine. As modern analog synths go, the BSII packs a lot of analog power… Read More Free Instruments For Ableton Live Feature Massive, Filthy Sounds Of Bass Station II
Secret Base Design, makers of the MIDIMorphosis and Apollo over Bluetooth apps, has just released a new music-making iOS app, Double Decker, which turns the user’s Bluetooth keyboard (or iPad keyboard) into a MIDI controller. In the Double Decker app, the middle two rows of the keyboard (the “asdf” row and the “qwerty” row) are… Read More All Your MIDI Are Belong To QWERTY
Music software makers Cakewalk have released a free update for ScratchPad on iOS. This update adds increased accessibility among other iPad apps, improves file sharing options, and simplifies the interface and browser. In addition, five new in-app loop packs from Loopmasters, which are designed for easy song startup creation, are also available for download.
Incident, the startup behind the gTar smart guitar, today announced the launch of Sequence, their new music application, which allows the user to sample real world sounds and combine them with instruments to make music “on the go.” Using an intuitive pattern grid, Sequence users can place their recorded samples on top of eighteen pre-loaded… Read More Incident Tech Launches Sequence Music App
