View this post on Instagram Experimenting with Lifeforms. #eurorack #synth A post shared by Pittsburgh Modular (@pghmodular) on Jan 1, 2016 at 11:53am PST 2016 NAMM Show: Pittsburgh Modular today shared several short videos on Instragram, offering a sneak preview of the Lifeforms Modular synthesizer modules.
Best of 2015: We asked and you voted, choosing Spectrasonics Omnisphere – by a wide margin – as the Best New Desktop Software Synth Of 2015. Omnisphere was already an extremely powerful synth. But with Omnisphere 2, Spectrasonics amps up everything, bringing new synthesis capabilities, an improved interface, a better arpeggiator, 25 new effects and a massive… Read More The Best New Desktop Software Synths Of 2015
Best of 2015: We asked and you voted on the Best New Mobile Music Apps of 2015. Synthtopia readers picked Olympia Noise Co’s Patterning Drum Machine as the best new mobile music app of 2015. Patterning could be the poster child using mobile devices for music, pairing polyrhythmic + polymetric power with a great UI and an surprisingly… Read More The Best New Mobile Music Apps Of 2015
Best of 2015: We asked and Synthtopia readers voted – and you chose Ableton Live as the Best Desktop DAW of 2015. Ableton Live is followed by Logic Pro, in second place. New DAW on the block Bitwig Studio took third place. Check out the top 10 list below!
Developer Matthew Caldwell has released Nebulizer – a creative echo effect for iOS – as a free download. Here’s what he has to say about it:
2016 NAMM Show: And so it begins….
Synthesist Richard Devine shared his latest modular performance video with us, Strum. The performance is based around a ‘really lush beautiful modular patch, that is made to sound like strumming guitars,’ notes Devine.
2015 has been an amazing year for synth introductions – with major new synth lines from Roland, Yamaha and Korg; new modular synths, both big and small, from Moog and others; a new Prophet from Dave Smith Instruments; innovative new synths from smaller companies and hundreds of new synth modules. Here are the 10 most interesting… Read More The 10 Most Interesting Synth Introductions Of 2015
Earlier this month, developer Taylor Holliday released Audulus 3 – a major update to his modular audio app for iOS, Mac & Windows. Now that Audulus 3 is available, Holliday had time to answer some questions about his background, the new Audulus release, his thoughts on the iPad Pro and more. Synthtopia: For readers that may not… Read More Taylor Holliday On Audulus 3, Music Apps On The iPad Pro & More
SynthGraphics has introduced a custom faceplate overlay for the Roland JD-XA Analog / Digital Crossover synthesizer. The SynthGraphics panel is an unofficial mod that’s designed to give the JD-XA more traditional styling and to improve the front panel’s legibility in low light.
