Developer Igor Vasiliev has updated SoundScaper experimental sound mini lab to version 1.7.
The update significantly expands functionality of oscillators. … Read More SoundScaper Update Significantly Expands Oscillator Capabilities
Wolfgang Palm has announced that he’s bringing his PPG Phonem vocal synthesizer to the iPad.… Read More Wolfgang Palm Announces PPG Phonem For iPad
Tone2 Audio has released Icarus, a 3D wavetable synthesizer for Windows and Mac that they describe as their synth ‘masterpiece’. … Read More Tone2 Audio Intros Icarus 3D Wavetable Synthesizer For Mac & Windows
Waverails for iPad is a modular path-based loop processor, inspired by ‘avant-garde tape music and early electromechanical musical contraptions’.… Read More New iPad App, Waverails, Combines Modular Synthesis & Musique Concrete
The developer says that it’s much more than a drum machine, because it can improvise musically….… Read More New App, Soft Drummer, Turns Your iOS Device Into A Virtual Drummer
Native Instruments has announced their new generation of Komplete collections, adding new products to Komplete and Komplete Ultimate, and introducing a new “member of the portfolio,” Komplete 11 Select.… Read More Native Instruments announces Komplete 11, Komplete 11 Ultimate, and Komplete 11 Select
This video captures a ‘switched on’ style performance of Telemann’s La Grâce.… Read More Switched On Telemann iPad Performance
Ableton and the electronic duo Skinnerbox recently released a major update for Time & Timbre, the rhythm engine and drum synthesis instrument for Live. The revamped Max for Live toolkit allows the user to use the engine’s “unique rhythm and swing capabilities” throughout their music-making process. Time & Timbre has been a popular tool for… Read More Ableton and Skinnerbox Update Time & Timbre Polymetric Groove Engine
New Sonic Arts has introduced Freestyle, a VST host for stage and studio. Freestyle is described as ‘a modular sound design and performance environment’. It lets you combine, split, layer and chain VST instruments and FX. ‘Rack View’ is intended for quickly building patches, while ‘Structure View’ provides complete access to the modular architecture, allowing manual ‘wiring’ between… Read More Freestyle Turns Your Computer Into A Live Rig Keyboard Workstation
Korg and BANDAI NAMCO Studios have announced an update to Korg Gadget, that introduces a new synth engine, Kamata, inspired by the classic video game sounds of the 80s The new version 2.5 adds the synthesizer Kamata, which features a reconstructed “Waveform Memory Sound Generator”, the sound engine that produced so many legendary game sounds in the… Read More Korg Gadget Update Adds Classic Video Game Sound Synthesizer
