Secret Base Design’s Sidecar is designed to work with the slide-over and split-view features of iOS 9 on the iPad and to bring new control options to iOS music making. Sidecar is an iOS app designed for slide-over and side-by-side view on the iPad (with iOS 9). It features IAA hosting, a mixer, built-in audio… Read More Sidecar Brings New Control Options To iOS 9
Developer Frédéric Meslin has announced a Kickstarter project to develop the OP-A, a multi-timbral FM synthesizer Arduino Shield. The Arduino is popular open-hardware microprocessor platform. A Shield is essentially a PCB that plugs into an Arduino and gives it new features. The OP·A is an FM synthesizer shield for Arduino, that Meslin says is “great… Read More OP·A – A Multitimbral FM Synthesizer Shield for Arduino
Tracktion Corporation has released Tracktion T7, a major update to its namesake digital audio workstation. “With T7, we’ve taken the Tracktion paradigm a lot further,” says Lead Developer, Dave Rowland. “In addition to a great looking, more dynamic user interface, there are a lot of practical improvements designed to boost productivity. I’m most excited about the new… Read More Tracktion Updated To T7
[vimeo https://vimeo.com/148525461] Jan Poope’s Audiopill – part of the art exhibition Prolapse of Love – is a conceptual art piece that is designed for “enjoying music from the inside”. According to Poope (aka Jan Strmiska):
Synthrotek shared this sound demo of their new West Coast Noise System – an all-in-one Eurorack modular system, inspired by classic ‘West Coast Synthesis’. “The amount of insanity you can create from so few modules is incredible,” according to Synthrotek. “It’s analog drums, 8 bit crunch and noise married to a sequencer.”
apeSoft has updated iVCS3, its software take on the EMS VCS3, to version 1.6. The update adds Ableton Link and more. Here’s what’s new in version 1.6.4:
Sunday Synth Jam: This set of videos, via nnoiz Papp, capture a series of modular synth jams that explore breath-controlled synthesis.
Developer Agoston Nagy has introduced SoundBow – a drawing-based music instrument with a simple visual interface. SoundBow is designed to let you create music by drawing curves over the screen.Each time your ever-looping gesture hits a string, a sound is produced.Your gestures will be remembered and played back continuously. Apart from drawing, you can experiment by moving the… Read More SoundBow – A Drawing-Based Sequencer For iOS
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Cuckoo, captures an improvisation, using the Haken Continuum Fingerboard. Here’s what Cuckoo (Andreas Paleologos) has to say about the synth jam:
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a vocal synth improvisation by Peter Pringle, using the Haken Continuum Fingerboard. Here’s what Pringle has to say about the technical side of this performance:
