The Sormina – A New Wireless Instrument From Finland

The Sormina is a new electronic instrument, designed by Juhani Räisänen, that combines traditional materials with wireless support.: The purpose was to create a new instrument that would be as nuanced, and as easy to hold, as the violin. At the same time we wanted to have a modern instrument with electronic sounds and also visual… Read More The Sormina – A New Wireless Instrument From Finland

New Plugin Lets You Maul Your Sound, Crush Your Bits

FXpansion has introduced Maul – a multi-band distortion and tone-shaping plugin for Mac & Windows, with advanced modulation. Maul features 3 separate drive stages, each of which can act on a different frequency range with any of 32 distortion types. The available algorithms include DCAM-modelled germanium diode, tube and transistor-based circuits, clippers, overdrives, waveshapers of various… Read More New Plugin Lets You Maul Your Sound, Crush Your Bits

Free Instrument Features The Sound Of A Rubberband, Played By A Cat

AfroDJMac has gone MacGyver this week, creating a free instrument for Ableton Live that’s based on the sound of a rubberband – as demonstrated by his cat in this video. Here’s what he’s got to say about this bizarre creation: AfroDJMac here, writing about my 65th free Ableton Instrument. It was made by recording a rubber… Read More Free Instrument Features The Sound Of A Rubberband, Played By A Cat