Livid Instruments, best known for their line of MIDI controllers, has released two free Racks for Ableton Live users. The first Rack features the classic 8-bit sounds of the Commodore 64/Mode Machines SID: Livid’s KC Harvey-Taylor sat down with one recently to break out some sounds for some drums and samplers that are perfect for… Read More Free Live Racks From Livid Instruments
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Developer Sebastian Dittmann let us know that AudioBus 2.0 is coming in early 2014, and shared these sneak previews of the updated interface. Here’s what he has to say about the update: Audiobus 2 will be capable of running as many apps in parallel or in series as your device can handle. That’s right: Multiple,… Read More AudioBus 2.0 Sneak Preview
Developer Tyler Freeman has introduced DrumPants – an inexpensive wearable MIDI controller that you can put in your pants. We featured a lot of creative MIDI controllers on Synthtopia recently, but DrumPants spank the competition in the ‘wear it in your pants’ department. DrumPants have the advantage of being both inexpensive (pricing starts at $89) and… Read More DrumPants Puts Industrial-Strength MIDI Control In Your Pants
Ghostwave Audio has released Memento, a new patch library for AAS Ultra Analog VA-2. This bank, which contains 100 presets, is focused on retro 80’s synth sounds. With arps, basses, pads, leads, soundscapes, FX and more, Memento covers a lot of territory. Here’s a demo track featuring the patches contained in the Memento library: http://soundcloud.com/ghostwaveau… Read More Ghostwave Audio Releases Memento For AAS Ultra Analog
Sunday Synth Jam: The following video captures a raw and uncut live improvisation, via Tyler of Perplex On, with an iPad running Samplr, a toy music box, Ableton Push, NI Maschine and a Leap Motion Sensor.
SoundTower has released Tetra Sound Editor – a dedicated iPad patch editor for Dave Smith Instruments Tetra synthesizer. Tetra Sound Editor displays all Tetra Program parameters in a single, graphical interface. The interface resembles the look and feel of the real synthesizer, while streamlining your workflow and allowing you to view the complete details of any… Read More Tetra Sound Editor Turns iPad Into Dedicated Patch Editor For DSI Tetra
Cluster Sound has released SX-1001, a free multi-sample Live Pack based on the vintage Jen SX1000 synthesizer. Here are the details: THE SOURCE Released in the 1978 by the Italian Jen Elettronica, the SX-1000 is a cheerful mono-synth. Used by artists like used by Future Sound of London, LFO and Prodigy, it has been the first… Read More Free Ableton Live Pack – SX-1001
Sound Magic has introduced Producer Bundle – a collection of 3 common effect units for musicians. Included in the bundle are Neo EQ, Neo DynaMaster and Neo MasterTool. Here are the details:
Developers Bartosz Kowalski & Joseph Chehade have introduced umidi – a new MIDI controller that’s completely customizable. Using a web-based interface, you can change the types of knobs, lights, switches and sliders on the controller, customize the colors and add designs. The components are high-end, and the case is CNC’d from a solid block of aluminum, which… Read More UMIDI – Design Your Own Ultimate Customized MIDI Controller
