New Version Of Daphne Oram Book, An Individual Note, Planned

The Daphne Oram Trust has launched a Kickstarter project to fund a new printing of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 1972 book on ‘music sound and electronics’, An Individual Note. The book offers a look at the technology and ideas behind creating electronic music, from the perspective of a mid-century electronica pioneer. “We will be entering a strange… Read More New Version Of Daphne Oram Book, An Individual Note, Planned

Secrets Of Synth Design: The Prototypes

Scottish synth designer Ken MacBeth shared these images that offer a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a new synthesizer, the MacBeth Studio Systems M7-D. Look closely and you can see that this is a cardboard panel, which MacBeth uses to visualize his design and test its usability. 

ThumbJam Updated With Ableton Link, MPE Support & More

Sonosaurus has updated ThumbJam – an expressive software synth for iOS – to version 2.5, adding support for Ableton Link, MPE & more. ThumbJam is designed to be an expressive multi-touch instrument. It offers over 40 multi-sampled instruments and interface that you can customize to translate various gestures into control over your instrument’s sound. ThumbJam… Read More ThumbJam Updated With Ableton Link, MPE Support & More

Auxy Music Studio Updated

Auxy Music Studio – a free beatmaking app for iOS, has been updated to version 2.0. Here’s what’s new in Auxy 2.0: Add up to 16 instruments Add up to 24 loops per instrument Arrange your tracks with scenes Create transitions between scenes New sounds Here’s a video intro:

The Protosynth MIDI Offers ‘Super Epic Functionality’ For Synth Prototyping

Tymkrs (Toymakers) has introduced the Protosynth – a powerful MIDI prototyping platform that converts incoming MIDI events into electrical signals that make it easy to experiment with. Protosynth lets you quickly prototype MIDI-controlled creations, using a built-in breadboards, and then play your creation using any MIDI controller. Protosynth Midi handles the complicated aspects of MIDI… Read More The Protosynth MIDI Offers ‘Super Epic Functionality’ For Synth Prototyping