KORG Volca FM First Sounds
This video, via Masaki Takada, features sounds of the new Korg Volca FM synthesizer.
Category: Electronic Music & Recording Gear
An Introduction To The LinnStrument
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEIswiZxttE Instrument designer Roger Linn shared this new overview of his LinnStrument expressive MIDI controller.
Live Modular Song Performance
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live modular synth song performance, by Jolea, of Lioness.
WMD Aperture Filter Sneak Preview
Superbooth 16: WMD shared this sneak preview of their latest Eurorack module, the Aperture filter.
CV Toolkit Updated With User-Requested Features
Spektro Audio’s Ícaro Ferre let us know a major update to CV Toolkit – a set of software modules that you can use to control, modulate and sequence your synthesizers via control voltage (CV). “The new 2.2 update is quite significant,” says Ferre, “because it adds many user-requested features, such as the ability to save… Read More CV Toolkit Updated With User-Requested Features
Audiowerkstatt Intros mini-midi-step-seq 8-Step MIDI Sequencer
Audiowerkstatt has introduced the mini-midi-step-seq, a new sequencer for MIDI, based on classic analog 8-step sequencer designs. The developer says that ‘It is optimized for live use, especially jam-sessions, but can also be used to give you new ideas’.
Alternative Controllers For Electronic Music
The MIDI Association has published a series of articles by author Mark Vail on alternative MIDI controllers. The series offers an overview of a wide variety of electronic music controllers, including MIDI controllers and analog controllers for modular synthesis, and offers a look at many unusual and rare instruments.
Free Max For Live Kit Connects Ableton Live to Arduino, Mindstorms, littleBits and More
Today, Ableton announced their new Connection Kit, a free toolkit for music makers who want to use Live with technologies such as Arduino, LeapMotion, littleBits, Lego Mindstorms EV3 and OSC. Connection Kit developers pose the question: “Ever thought about using your webcam to control a synthesizer? Imagine creating a soundscape using weather data from the… Read More Free Max For Live Kit Connects Ableton Live to Arduino, Mindstorms, littleBits and More
Erica Synths Intros Black Hole DSP Eurorack Effects Module
Erica Synths has introduced the Black Hole DSP – a Euro-format module that offers 16 audio effects. Each effect has 4 adjustable and CV controllable parameters, along with CV-controlled effect select. In addition, external effect boards (sold separately), containing new sets of effects, can be added to customize the Erica Black Hole DSP to your way of… Read More Erica Synths Intros Black Hole DSP Eurorack Effects Module
Tempest Drum Machine Users Petition For An OS Update
A group of owners of the Dave Smith Instruments Tempest have launched an online petition, asking the company to make updating the operating system of the drum machine a priority. Signees feel that “there is still a sizable list of problems and glitches to address” with the Tempest.
