Nektar Technology, creators of Panorama and Impact LX controller lines today announced a significant update to their Nektar DAW Integration for Reason. This update makes all Panorama and Impact products compatible with Reason 9 and also offers a substantial expansion of Rack Extension mapping. Here are the details on the update:
Developer Ícaro Ferre has updated CV Toolkit – an application that lets you use your Mac or PC to control your modular synthesizer – to version 2.5. “My goal for this new update was to make it as awesome as it could be,” notes Ferre, “in terms of functionality (total recall via Layouts), usability (OSC control, custom titles), design… Read More CV Toolkit 2.5 Updated With Improved Usability, Acessibility & More
Propellerhead Software announced today that the updated Reason 9 software is now available for purchase. First introduced a month ago, the latest version of the music production software builds on the Reason platform by introducing new devices, sounds, and creative tools.
The latest episode of the Art + Music + Technology podcast features an interview with Absynth creator Brian Clevinger. Host Darwin Grosse talks with Clevinger about his background, the creation of Absynth and his current research. Absynth is a semi-modular software synthesizer that combines a variety of approaches to synthesis with extensive modulation options and powerful… Read More Interview With Absynth Creator Brian Clevinger
Developer Ales Tsurko has released Eera – a monophonic software synth for iPad with a built-in X/Y controller that allows for continuous control over pitch and expression.
112dB has introduced Cascade, a software synthesizer for Mac OS X & Windows that explores ‘Cascade Synthesis’ – an approach based on a complex delay network that can ‘densify’ a sound up to 5832 times. This lets you create sounds that can develop over time, with the delay network adding extra dimensions to the sound. You can… Read More Cascade Synthesizer Offers New Approach To Synthesis
AudioThing has introduced SR-88 – a sample-based plugin emulation of the Sound Master Memory Rhythm SR-88, a rare analog drum machine from the 80s. The instrument features 5 classic analog sounds: Kick, Snare, Hi Hat 1, Hi Hat 2, and Cymbal, which can be pitched, panned or mixed independently. Here’s the official video intro:
Softube has announced that Modular – their software Eurorack modular synthesizer – is now available for OS X & Windows. Modular is a expandable software modular system, designed to emulate a hardware Eurorack modular synthesizer. Softube combined their talents with those of Eurorack inventor Doepfer and other Euro manufacturers to develop emulations of the original… Read More Softube Modular Virtual Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Now Available
This morning, Native Instruments announced a free Maschine software update. Maschine v.2.4.5 provides a new set of features for working with samples within the Maschine software, along with new ways to work within the Scene paradigm in Maschine, new options for audio export, default plug-in settings and more.
Native Instruments today released a free Reaktor Blocks 1.2 update, which brings major improvements for integrating hardware into Reaktor-based setups. This Blocks update adds three new utilities, and introduces a Maschine sequencer and set of eight drum modules which are designed to “recreate the sound of a legendary drum machine.”
