Nektar Impact and Panorama Keyboards: Now With Bitwig 8-Track

Nektar has announced a cooperative effort with Bitwig, offering a new “slimline” version of Bitwig Studio, Bitwig 8-Track, to all Nektar customers, free of charge. Nektar Impact and Panorama series keyboard controllers previously have had fairly deep integration with Bitwig Studio, providing the user an experience similar to that of using a dedicated workstation. Bitwig… Read More Nektar Impact and Panorama Keyboards: Now With Bitwig 8-Track

June 18, 2015June 18, 20158 Comments

Moog Releases Another Animoog Update

After a long period of slow development on Animoog, Moog Music is following a major performance release in May with another update. Here’s what’s new in Animoog version 2.2.5:

June 17, 2015June 17, 20152 Comments

Audiomodern Releases Sync 2, Polyrhythmic Sampler Instrument

Audiomodern has released Sync 2, a loop-based sampler instrument for Native Instruments’ Kontakt.* SYNC 2 focuses on “futuristic sounding” electronic and glitch drum groove construction kits that blend IDM, Breaks, Organic, Ambient, Glitch, Trip-hop, Minimal, and “Futuristic” Electronica, among others.

June 16, 2015June 15, 201510 Comments

Animoog For iPhone Gets Major Performance Upgrade

Moog Music today released an update to Animoog for iPhone, its Anisotropic software synthesizer. The update improves support for iOS 8, 64-bit devices, improves Audiobus support, delivers a long list of bug fixes and more. Here’s what’s new in Animoog for iPhone:

June 15, 20155 Comments

Novalia Making Printed Paper MIDI Controllers A Reality

UK interactive print specialists Novalia have released previews for new MIDI controllers that are made of printed paper. Printed MIDI is a combination of printed capacitive touch, MIDI processing and Bluetooth Smart. Printed MIDI can potentially turn any surface into a MIDI controller, whether the surface is flat or curved. In the video above, Printed… Read More Novalia Making Printed Paper MIDI Controllers A Reality

June 15, 2015June 25, 20153 Comments

Camel Audio Alchemy Lives On In GarageBand

It looks like Camel Audio’s Alchemy synth may live on within Apple’s GarageBand and eventually Logic Pro. Apple Insider reports that Apple has updated its site with previews of an upcoming GarageBand release that features new synth sounds with the ‘Transform Pad Smart Control’. The Tranform Pad will look familiar to users of Alchemy Mobile:

June 15, 201522 Comments

Novation LaunchPad Feature Overview Demo

Novation has published a short demo/feature overview of the revamped LaunchPad, with hardware performer / electronic music maker CALC.

June 15, 2015June 15, 201512 Comments

Soundplane Synth Jam

Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Mark Harris, captures a synth jam on the Madrona SoundPlane, controlling the Aalto software synthesizer.

June 14, 2015June 14, 20152 Comments

Waldorf Attack Drums Now Available For iPad

Waldorf Music has introduced Attack Drums – a software synth for iPad that they say is designed mainly for drum sounds, but that also can be used for everything else – including vocals.

June 13, 201531 Comments

Jamming With iPad-Controlled Household Objects

Conductr & CaboSanRoque have collaborated to create a new project, HiLo, for Sonar 2015, that features iPad-controlled household objects.

June 12, 2015June 12, 201513 Comments

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