Cakewalk is offering free downloadable demos of their entire new Sonar product lineup (Artist, Professional, and Platinum versions). These demo versions do not expire, and are updatable as new releases become available. Cakewalk explains that “musicians can freely explore Sonar’s benefits prior to making a purchase, allowing them to select the SONAR version that best… Read More Cakewalk Offers Free SONAR Demo Downloads
At the 2015 Summer NAMM Show, Shunsuke Nakamura of Shikumi Design introduced Kagura – a new application that lets you perform music with gestures in a three-dimensional space.
Sugar Bytes has introduced Obscurium, described as ‘a generative synthesizer and timbral organism’. Here’s what they have to say about it:
apeSoft has released iPulsaret 2.0, a major update to its real-time granular synthesizer for iOS. Here’s a preview of what’s new in version 2.0:
Developer Mayank Sanganeria has released bent.fm – a full FM model of a circuit-bent synthesizer. bent.fm allows the user to tweak classic circuit bending modifications like fine and octave-decimated clock bends, and experiment with more esoteric bends. Sanganeria says that bent.fm is ‘for anyone interested in circuit bending, glitch sounds, industrial music, and post-procedural art.’
apeSoft has updated Stria, its interactive FM software synthesizer for iOS. Here’s what’s new:
Developer Matt Tytel has introduced Helm – a free, cross-platform, polyphonic synthesizer that runs on GNU/Linux, Mac, and Windows as a standalone program and as a LV2/VST/AU/AAX plugin. It’s available now as beta release.
Propellerhead Figure – a free groove-making app for iOS – has been updated to version 2. The update adds an arpeggiator, new drum kits, synth patches and more.
2015 Summer NAMM Show: Roland today introduced the SH-101 PLUG-OUT Software Synthesizer. It was previously introduced as a ‘Plug-Out’ synth for the Roland System-1 hardware synth and is now available for purchase as a software synth. Like its hardware counterpart, the new SH-101 PLUG-OUT Software Synthesizer is a reproduction of Roland’s iconic SH-101 monophonic synth from the 1980s,… Read More Roland Releases SH-101 Plug-Out Software Synth at 2015 Summer NAMM Show
2015 Summer NAMM Show: Roland has announced the System-1 Software Synthesizer, a software version of the AIRA System-1 synth. The System-1 Software Synthesizer with Librarian features many of the same functions as the hardware System-1/1m version. It offers the same sound quality as its hardware counterpart, making it ideal for musicians who either work solely in… Read More Roland Intros System-1 Software Synth At 2015 Summer NAMM Show
