Arturia iSpark A Powerful iPad Drum Machine, Compatible With Spark 2

Arturia has released iSpark for iPad – an iPad version of its Spark virtual drum machine. iSpark is designed to let you play drum patterns in-real time and to tweak your sound on-the-fly. It also integrates a powerful and flexible 64-step sequencer. iSpark combines Arturia’s TAE technology with with a modular engine and multi-layered samples – so it can… Read More Arturia iSpark A Powerful iPad Drum Machine, Compatible With Spark 2

February 18, 2016February 18, 201629 Comments

What Is This Bizarre Keyboard That George Duke Played, And Why Does It Have A Whammy Bar?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mk_nAhdNsQ In this video, George Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013), plays a funk solo on Reach Out, using a bizarre transparent keyboard that sports a whammy bar.

February 18, 2016February 18, 201640 Comments

Sinevibes Array 3.0 Spectral Sequencer For OS X Now Available

Sinevibes has released Array 3.0, an updated version of its Audio Unit effect plugin for spectral animation. Array filters the incoming audio into eight separate bands and allows you to individually pass or mute them in a rhythmical fashion, essentially working as a gate sequencer in the frequency domain. With macro controls for multiple parameters, Array is… Read More Sinevibes Array 3.0 Spectral Sequencer For OS X Now Available

February 18, 20166 Comments

Free Phazor Effect For Mac, Windows

Developer Adam Szabo has released Phazor – a free effect plugin, for Mac & Windows, that’s designed to emulate the phaser effect found in the Virus synthesizers. Here’s what he has to say about it:

February 18, 20162 Comments

Low-Gain Electronics 2-Bit Binary Sequencer Module Overview

Low-Gain Electronics today shared this video overview of the 2-Bit Binary Sequencer Module. Here’s what they have to say about the module:

February 17, 2016February 18, 201613 Comments

scriptSonic Combines The Power Of Computer Music With The Immediacy Of A Touchscreen

Developer Jonathan Mackenzie shared this sneak preview of scriptSONIC – a programmable musical instrument for the iPad. According to Mackenzie, scriptSONIC combines the open-ended creative power of a programming language with the expressiveness of a touch-screen.

February 17, 20162 Comments

Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 vs Dave Smith Instrument Prophet 6 Patch Comparison

This video, via SyntheticThings, is a head-to-head comparison of the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 and the Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 6. “We compare the same patch on both the DSI Prophet-6 and the OB-6 to compare the similarities and differences between these two great synthesizers.”

February 17, 201633 Comments

JPS Harmonic Synthesizer – The Sound Of Jarre’s ‘Oxygene’ – Gets Virtualized

Jiggery Pokery Sound has introduced JPS Harmonic Synthesizer, a software recreation of the extremely rare RMI Harmonic Synthesizer. Produced in very limited quantities for a very short period in the mid-1970s, the RMI Harmonic Synthesizer is best known for its prominent role in Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygéne. It was it was used extensively on Oxygéne (often through an Electric Mistress flanger) for… Read More JPS Harmonic Synthesizer – The Sound Of Jarre’s ‘Oxygene’ – Gets Virtualized

February 17, 201621 Comments

Moog 960 Sequencer Meets Simmons SDS200 Drum Synthesizer

This short video, via zack dagoba, captures a quick demo of using a Moog Modular 960 Sequential Controller to control a Simmons SDS200 drum synthesizer.

February 17, 2016February 17, 20162 Comments

Junkie XL Shares Synth Secrets Of The Deadpool Soundtrack

Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg) has successfully made the transition from producing electronic dance music to scoring films, like the blockbuster Mad Max Fury Road & Johnny Depp film Black Mass. In this video, Holkenborg shares some of the synth secrets of his soundtrack for Deadpool:

February 16, 2016May 22, 201623 Comments

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