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Category: Software Synthesizers & Samplers

Roland Adds Jupiter-8 To Zenology, Zen-Core With Pristine & ‘Ultra-Vintage’ Options

With the Jupiter-8 Model Expansion, the sound of the iconic synth is now available for your DAW and compatible ZEN-Core hardware.… Read More Roland Adds Jupiter-8 To Zenology, Zen-Core With Pristine & ‘Ultra-Vintage’ Options

September 3, 202012 Comments

NI Komplete 13 New Synths, Effects & More

Native Instruments has announced KOMPLETE 13, a major update to the flagship software synth collection.… Read More NI Komplete 13 New Synths, Effects & More

September 2, 202040 Comments

Free Synth From Eventide, ‘Pendulate’, Unleashes Chaos

Pendulate is based on the physics of a double pendulum. What initially looks like randomness, contains underlying patterns, interconnectedness, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals, and self-organization.… Read More Free Synth From Eventide, ‘Pendulate’, Unleashes Chaos

September 1, 2020September 1, 20206 Comments

Reason Studios Intros Friktion Physical Modeling String Synthesizer

Friktion can be used to create the sounds of real-world instruments, or be used to create sounds that go beyond what’s possible with real-world instruments.… Read More Reason Studios Intros Friktion Physical Modeling String Synthesizer

August 25, 20208 Comments

Expressive E Updates Lié Software With New Interface, Updated Touché Support & More

Lié now comes with a new free sound expansion called “Carbon,” a revamped interface, a reworked firmware for Touché, and minor bug fixes.… Read More Expressive E Updates Lié Software With New Interface, Updated Touché Support & More

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020Leave a comment

New Synth, DSP Motion, Lets You ‘Draw’ The Movement Of Sounds

While drawing, the position of the mouse or stylus, the speed of the movement and other properties are evaluated to generate a sound effect that perfectly matches the user’s motion.… Read More New Synth, DSP Motion, Lets You ‘Draw’ The Movement Of Sounds

August 24, 202023 Comments

New Synth, Quadrivium, Based On The Orbits Of 12 Moons Around 4 Gas Planets

Developer Giorgio Sancristoforo (Berna, GleetchLab) shared this sneak preview of Quadrivium, a new software synth that’s based on the orbits of 12 moons.… Read More New Synth, Quadrivium, Based On The Orbits Of 12 Moons Around 4 Gas Planets

August 18, 202010 Comments

Virtual Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer, OB-Xd v2.0, Available As A Free/Donationware Download

discoDSP has introduced OB-Xd 2, a free/donationware software synthesizer based on the classic Oberheim OB-X.… Read More Virtual Oberheim OB-X Synthesizer, OB-Xd v2.0, Available As A Free/Donationware Download

August 4, 202015 Comments

Is Surge The Ultimate Microtonal Synthesizer?

Get beyond the terrible green screen key and crap lighting, and the video quickly transitions from being an upbeat retro intro to Surge to digging into Scala files, alternate tunings and non-monotonic controller mapping.… Read More Is Surge The Ultimate Microtonal Synthesizer?

July 29, 20209 Comments

Factorsynth 2 Features AI-Powered Tools For Resynthesizing Audio

Factorsynth is a Max For Live device that uses a data analysis algorithm called matrix factorization to decompose any audio clip into a set of temporal and spectral elements.… Read More Factorsynth 2 Features AI-Powered Tools For Resynthesizing Audio

July 23, 20202 Comments

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The way that I work in the studio and the way Plateaux was done for the most part is that I’m listening to the atmosphere at the same time that I’m playing so that the treatment influences what I play. If you just play the ‘dry’ piano and then you try and go back and make it into something else, it doesn’t have the immediacy or the impact that it could have if played directly against the atmospheric treatments.

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