Buchla Artist Charles Cohen Charged With Unlawful Contact With A Minor

The Montgomery County PA District Attorney’s Office has announced the September 28, 2015 arrest of jazz musician and synthesist Charles L. Cohen, 69, of Philadelphia for Criminal Attempt of Involuntary Deviant Sexual Intercourse with a child under the age of 16, Unlawful Contact with a Minor and Criminal Use of a Communication Facility. Cohen was arrested as… Read More Buchla Artist Charles Cohen Charged With Unlawful Contact With A Minor

October 10, 2015102 Comments

In The Studio With Jean-Michel Jarre

This video, via Future Music Magazine, takes a look inside the studio of electronic music icon Jean-Michel Jarre.

October 10, 20159 Comments

Will The New Roland Car Synth Be A Platform For Synthesists?

In August, Roland Corporation and electric car manufacturer GLM Co., Ltd. announced plans for a ‘car synth’ – described as a ‘neo-futuristic driving sound generation system’ for GLM’s electric cars. Because electric cars are so quiet, manufacturers are adding electronically generated sound effects, for safety and aesthetic reasons. The driving sound system for GLM’s ZZ model, above, will be… Read More Will The New Roland Car Synth Be A Platform For Synthesists?

October 9, 2015October 9, 201525 Comments

Axel Hartmann Teases A New Monster Synth

Synth designer Axel Hartmann – who’s behind the industrial design of a huge number of synths, from the Alesis Andromeda to the Hartmann Neuron to the Waldorf Wave – is teasing something new, above. Here’s another view:

October 9, 2015October 10, 201537 Comments

Soniccouture Intros Imogen Heap: Box Of Tricks

Soniccouture has introduced a new sound library for Kontakt, featuring the sounds of Imogen Heap, Box Of Tricks. Box Of Tricks is a selection of virtual instruments, sampled in detail and with custom scripts, effects, and tools; all designed the way she wanted to use them. Soniccouture says that Box Of Tricks has already been beta-tested in… Read More Soniccouture Intros Imogen Heap: Box Of Tricks

October 9, 20157 Comments

How 8-Bit Music Worked

In this video, The 8-Bit Guy takes a look at how old-school 8-bit music worked, with an emphasis on video games systems.

October 9, 201510 Comments

Future Retro Teases FR-512 Touchplate Keyboard

Future Retro shared this sneak preview of a new touchplate keyboard that they are working on – the FR-512. It’s a combination MIDI & CV controller, so it should be capable of controlling just about any synth. Details on the FR-512 are still to be announced, but there’s a lot revealed in the image above.

October 8, 201518 Comments

Fugue Machine For iPad Like ‘Bach In A Box’

Alexandernaut, creator of Arpeggionome, has introduced a new iPad app, Fugue Machine that they describe as ‘Bach in a box’ Fugue Machine is a tool inspired by composition techniques used in classical music, from Baroque to Serialism and Minimalism. The developer’s goal was to create a tool that lets you manipulate a melody’s speed, direction,… Read More Fugue Machine For iPad Like ‘Bach In A Box’

October 8, 20159 Comments

STG Soundlabs Mankato Filter Review

The Mankato Filter is a four-pole lowpass filter, designed by Thomas Henry. It offers positive and negative outputs at every pole, giving you slopes of 6 dB/oct, 12 dB/oct, 18 dB/oct, and 24 dB/oct simultaneously. And the negative slope outputs let you use the Mankato as a quadrature sine oscillator, with 8 available phases.

October 8, 20153 Comments

Microsoft Surface Book First Look

This video, via mobile technology vloggers Pocketnow, is a first look at the new Surface Book. While the video is for general audiences, it does show that Microsoft is interested in winning over electronic musicians. At their introduction, the company was showing their new laptop as part of an electronic music setup.

October 8, 2015October 8, 201525 Comments

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