Rob Papen has released Vecto – a four-oscillator vector synthesizer Rack Extension that allows you draw in vector paths to shape the sound in many different ways. Included are a large range of oscillator waves, plus sampled waveforms and lots of different modulation options. Here’s a video patch preview:
Moog Music owner & CEO Mike Adams has announced an employee ownership plan…… Read More Moog Music Announces Employee Ownership Plans
Erica Synths let us know that their Sequential Switch CV Generator – an expansion module for their Sequential Switch that turns it into into powerful, feature-rich 8-step sequencer – is now available. Both modules combined generate CV and gate signals with all functionality that Sequential Switch has – merging, pausing, skipping and manual select of steps, random play,… Read More Erica Synths Releases Sequential Switch CV Generator
Exploratory music label Audiobulb has released Lissajous – a complex audio/video signal generator for OS X, built in Max/MSP and inspired by the work of Jules Antoine Lissajous. Audiobulb says that the software is created with the purpose of ‘investigating the relationship between sound and vision, chaos and order.” Here’s a video demo:
The Sylphyo – a new electronic musical instrument with advanced blowing control and wireless MIDI support – is being made available via an IndieGoGo campaign. The Sylphyo is designed to provide access to the expressive world of wind instrument to any musician. It can also be played silently for training, or used for writing scores. Here’s a… Read More Sylphyo Wind Controller Offers Advanced Blowing Control
Novation is launching a summer-long celebration of its 35+ year heritage with a giveaway of one of the most rare and beloved classic synthesizers, the OSCar. The celebration also honors Novation’s longtime synthesizer designer, Chris Huggett, who, along with the OSCar programmable monosynth (1983), is also the designer responsible for the WASP monosynth (1978), the… Read More Novation Is Giving Away A Classic OSCar Synthesizer
Propellerhead has announced that Reason 8.3 is now available as a public beta. Note that this is a public beta release, so you should only download it now if you are interested in testing pre-release software and giving Propellerhead feedback on any bugs that you encounter. The final version of Reason 8.3 is expected to… Read More Propellerhead Reason 8.3 Beta Now Available
Buried in the deluge of developer announcements that Apple made at their World Wide Developer Conference yesterday was an interesting development for iOS mobile music making: Audio Unit Extensions. Here’s what Apple has to say about Audio Unit Extensions:
OWOW has launched a Kickstarter campaign for the OWOW musical instruments – five minimal MIDI controllers. Each of the five instruments is available in two versions: The DVC series have a high-end aluminum case The CRD series is a bare circuit board version of the DVCs series Here is the official OWOW intro video:
Software plugin maker Softube has announced that it has dropped the requirement for a USB iLok key for all its products. All Softube plug-ins can now be used with iLok’s machine-based licenses. This license type authorizes the computer itself, making the USB iLok key optional.
