New free music software for Mac and Windows – PanCake – a VST plugin that lets you create customized tempo-synced pan automations. Key Features: Free, and available for both PC and Mac. Creative Modulation Tool: Create complex pan modulations with ease. Unique Waveform Drawing Capabilities: Construct your own modulation curves in a very intuitive manner.… Read More Free VST Plugin Lets You Draw Custom Pan Automations
This year’s KVR Challenge resulted in a lot of interesting new free music software – including this Windows ambient sound synthesizer, Antorpya. Here’s a demo of Antopya in action: Uranus: [display_podcast]
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E44715721C78B6B8 This is a video introduction to Native Instruments’ Traktor Kontrol X1, a new DJ controller designed by the team behind Traktor DJ.
Native Instruments today announced Traktor Kontrol X1, a performance controller designed by the team behind Traktor DJ.
Synthesis has changed a lot since the days of Switched On Bach – and it’s getting to the point that recordings of virtual instruments, and even virtual orchestras, are nearly indistinguishable from the “real” thing. Of course, this begs the question – what is the real thing? How close are virtual orchestras coming to traditional… Read More Can You Tell The Difference Between A Real Orchestra And A Synthesized One?
Free Music Software: The Venom VB-303 is a pattern-based acid bassline synthesizer for Windows inspired by the Roland TB-303. Venom VB-303 is actively under development, but is still in beta. Download links are available at the KVR forum.
Free Music Software: Hotelsinus Sound Design has released version 0.23 of TonesynthDS, a free software synth for the Nintendo DS. TonesynthDS combines matrix sequencing with a simple synthesizer. Features: 16×16 pattern editor (16 accord, 16 tone (the scale is selectable), first line is always the C3). 16 different pattern stock. Different volume setting possibility for… Read More Free Matrix Synth For The Nintendo DS
The Akai APC40, shown above getting a workout with a Freestylers/Noisia/BustaRhymes/Dillinja remix/mashup, has gotten a lot of people psyched about hardware controllers for Ableton Live. To help showcase what people are doing with the APC40, Akai Professional has announced the European APC40 Video Contest, starting November, 1st and ending December, 31st 2009. Prizes include your… Read More The Akai APC40 European Video Contest
A few weeks ago, I suggested that there are only two colors for serious electronic music gear: black & matte black. A lot of Synthtopia readers weighed in, pointed out all the holes in my logic, suggested all sorts of exceptions to the rule and basically said I had gone insane. It’s probably all true… Read More The Monome Guys Get With The Program, Introduce Monome Grayscale
Free Music Software: In the late 60’s composer Steve Reich stumbled across a technique he called phasing, which was to have two identical tape loops that run at slightly different speeds, the result is that every possible combination of sound is cycled through until they arrive back in sync. The result with a melodic piece… Read More Phase Shifter Plugin Like Instant Steve Reich
