Steinberg has release Retrologue 2, a major update to the virtual analog synthesizer. The update brings more oscillators, new filter types, a Resonator, more modulation options, more effects, a programmable arpeggiator and hundreds of new presets.
20 Electronics shared this sneak preview of the upcoming ’20’ synthesizer, a new high-end monster synth. Production of the synth will be limited to 20 of each model. Here’s what they have to say about the mechanical drawings:
Can’t afford a vintage Neumann U67 microphone? IK Multimedia has introduced Mic Room – a microphone-modeling app that lets you ‘re-mic’ recordings, giving you a virtual mic collection. They’ve modeled the frequency response and characteristics of a variety of microphones, letting you record with an $100 Shure SM-58 mic and, according to IK, turn it into a recording that… Read More IK Multimedia Intros Mic Room, Turns Your SM-58 Into A Neumann U67
While 2015 has been a great year for new hardware synthesizers, its also been a big year for new mobile music software. In fact, it’s starting to look like many developers are taking a ‘mobile first’ approach to developing music apps. Here’s a round-up of some of the most important mobile music software introductions of… Read More What’s The Best New Mobile Music App Of 2015?
Korg has introduced iDS-10 – a portable synthesizer studio for iPhone, an evolution of the original DS-10 app for the Nintendo DS platform. Korg iDS-10 combines a virtual analog synthesizer, voice synthesizer, and drum machine, inspired by the design of the original Korg DS-10. The app gives you a hand-held system for creating electronic music.
The NS1 Nanosynth synthesizer – a tiny (220x85mm) analog modular synthesizer, coupled with an Arduino Micro platform, is now available via the Arduino Store. The NS1 Nanosynth is a ‘Maker synth’, totally hackable and customizable, but also a capable budget modular synthesizer. Here are the official video intros:
2015 has been an amazing year for new synthesizer introductions. At the 2015 NAMM Show, there were dozens of interesting new synth introductions – including the Korg Arp Odyssey, the Moog Modular Synthesizer reissues, the Roland JD-Xi, the Sequential Prophet 6, the Modal Electronics 002 and the Avalon Bassline. At Musikmesse 2015, there were more… Read More What’s the Best New Synthesizer or Keyboard of 2015?
Ableton Live, FL Studio and Logic Pro have long been favorite Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) of Synthtopia readers. But new apps can still shake things up. Last year, when over 14,000 readers took part in our 2014 Best DAW Poll, Bitwig jumped into the top 5. And DAWs continue to evolve. In the last year,… Read More What’s The Best Desktop DAW? (2015 Poll)
Elektron Grammofon – the label of gearmaker Elektron – has announced its second release – an LP by The Bug:
Bollywood Maharaja Drums is a new sample library that features the percussive sounds of ‘Bollywood’. It features 1200 one-shot drum sounds, organized in to 100 Kits (2.5 GB) in the plugin. It also comes with 1200 wav files for use in hardware and software samplers.
