The 2008 NAMM Show wasn’t a great year for new synth and electronic music gear……but it was a good year. We’ve already mentioned tons of great new gear that we saw at NAMM in the last couple of weeks, but, following in the footsteps of last year’s modular analog synthgasm, here are our picks for… Read More The 2008 Winter NAMM Show Synthgasm
Blechturmstudios has released BTS Destruction Box, a freeware modulation effect for Windows PC, designed to produce weird sounds. It’s free and it’s designed to make weird sounds. What else could you ask for? (OK – a Mac version…) Features Surprise & Destruct parameters Dry/wet controls Volume control Panic button BTS Destruction Box is a free… Read More Free BTS Destruction Box Makes Weird Sounds
The Renoise Team has announced the first ever public Renoise demo for Linux. As a Linux user you may appreciate Renoise’s hands-on and fundamental approach to music production. For those on other platforms, now is the chance to experience Renoise on the operating system that has become famous for its flexibility and stability. It’s great… Read More Is Linux Still The Music Platform For Masochists?
Eiosis has updated the ELS Vocoder to v1.6. This new version brings a smaller interface option which allows using the ELS Vocoder with laptop screen resolutions more comfortably. You can now switch between both sizes with a simple option, and you need to reload the ELS Vocoder to apply the GUI settings. With the small… Read More Virtual Vocoder Updated
reFX‘s NEXUS (I want more bass…….fucker!) is a next generation rom synthesizer that offers complex soundstorms, a freely programable arpeggiator, a versatile trancegate and a factory library optimized for the popular genres. You can preview the sound of Nexus below. Nexus retails for $299.
At the 2008 Winter NAMM Show, M-Audio announced Torq 1.5 DJ software. New features in Torq 1.5 software include: Tempo Anchors Tempo Master zplane élastique time stretching send/receive MIDI clock a new toolbar and a variety of workflow enhancements The software’s new Tempo Anchors allow users to set the phase grid exactly on the beats… Read More M-Audio Announces Torq 1.5 DJ Software for Mac OS X and Windows
NuSofting has introduced Broken Drum Machine, a VST inspired by a combination of several old school beat boxes and the circuit-bending culture around the “toy” Casio and Yamaha keyboards of the 80s. BDM is a plugin instrument designed for the musicians who love chaos and usually find the unpredictable behaviour of an uncontrollable sound machine stimulating… Read More NUSofting BDM Drum Synthesizer Released
Winter NAMM Show Update: MOTU debuted Electric Keys, a $295 cross-platform virtual instrument that delivers the sounds of 50 classic keyboard instruments from the last 40 years. The 40GB sound library includes over 20,000 24-bit 96 kHz multi-samples of electric pianos, electric organs, clavinets, Wurlitzers, tape samplers, string machines, keyboard basses and other rare and… Read More MOTU Announces Electric Keys At NAMM 2008
Namm Show Update: Applied Acoustics Systems introduced Strum Acoustic GS-1, an acoustic guitar software synthesizer that they describe as the keyboardists’ acoustic guitar. Strum provides a collection of steel and nylon acoustic guitars and includes elaborate voicing and strumming modules for the realistic reproduction of a guitarist’s playing techniques. Chords played on the keyboard are… Read More Strum Acoustic GS-1 Is “Keyboardists’ Acoustic Guitar”
NAMM Update: Arturia announced that Analog Factory Experience, a hybrid synthesizer, is now shipping. Based on the much-acclaimed Analog Factory 2.0, a software instrument offering 3500 legendary synthesizer sounds, Analog Factory Experience includes a 32-key MIDI keyboard. Main Features: Hybrid synthesizer based on advanced Software/Hardware combination: New Analog Factory 2.0 inside the box 32-key Universal… Read More Arturia Analog Factory Experience Hybrid Synthesizer
