Reaktion Sound has released Mudron for Reaktor 6, an audio source and audio effect, based on a bank of modulated comb filters. According to the developer, it’s well suited to creating ‘drones, dark textures, ripples, glitches, noise and other disturbances’, from its internal sound engine or any audio source.
Developer Arthur Gibert has released Technocity – a free Max For Live device that he says is ‘heavily inspired’ by the Intelijel Metropolis and RYK M-185 sequencers.
Monade Sounds has introduced Pure606, a sample-based emulation of the Roland TR-606 drum machine. Pure606 is based on a 24-bit sample set, recorded straight from a TR-606. The sounds have also been sampled using various samplers (Akai MPC60, E-mu SP-1200), and recorded through vintage tube amps and tape recorders. The result is, in addition to the clean 606… Read More New Drum Plugin Based On Roland TR-606
Varia Instruments has introduced the RDM20 – a fully analog two-channel rotary DJ mixer, with one phono and two line inputs on each channel. The mixer features two different three-band isolator-banks. One is set on the master and there’s another one on each channel. While the master isolator is quite steep and raw, the character of the channel… Read More Varia Instruments Intros RDM20 Analog Rotary DJ Mixer
SampleScience has introduced Nostromos, a new ‘cinematic’ virtual instrument, featuring 1.1 gig of sampled sounds. The plugin has 80 playable instruments. Each sound can be modified using a series of simple parameters. The sounds range from ambient pads to organic “mutant” textures, ethereal tones to mystic bells.
Erica Synths has introduced the Black Wavetable VCO, a compact (12 HP) wavetable VCO that features 16+ banks of selected waves: classical synths, FM synths, Erica modular, vowels and others. The VCO has separate -1 and -2 octaves suboscillator output, built-in VCA and a wave morphing feature, for more ‘pleasant’ sound. Additional ROM chips (sold… Read More Erica Synths Intros Black Wavetable VCO
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Midera (Michael Raleigh) captures a live performance that showcases the possibilities of using music gear in ways that the designers didn’t anticipate. Raleigh pairs the Korg EMX-1 with the Eventide Space reverb, taking Korg’s groovebox sequencer into complete different territory.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Wein Glas, captures an unusual binaural recording of a quadrophonic synth performance at the German Modular Synth Meet in Fischbach 2016. The Buchla 200e quadrophonic performance was recorded with ‘Harry’, right, a vintage dummy head binaural mic system, created by AKG. Headphones are required to reproduce the binaural effect.
Developer Jan Ostman has introduced the dsp-Host – a 4HP Eurorack ATtiny85 module, designed to let you create custom software synths and run them in your modular synthesizer. The dsp-Host is a 4HP eurorack module built to host the ATtiny45/85 chip. This makes it possible to write DSP applications in the Arduino environment, program a chip… Read More The DSP-Host Is A Eurorack ATtiny45/85 Synth Module
Developer Tyler del Giudice has introduced the ADJ-S1, a new DJ controller system, designed specifically for Ableton Live. The ADJ-S1 system comes as a set of two ADJ-S1 controllers.
