Social Entropy Engine Step Sequencer Now Available
Social Entropy has announced that the Engine, a new hardware sequencer for pattern-based music composition and performance – is now available.
Category: Electronic Music & Recording Gear
Axel Hartmann Teases A New Monster Synth
Synth designer Axel Hartmann – who’s behind the industrial design of a huge number of synths, from the Alesis Andromeda to the Hartmann Neuron to the Waldorf Wave – is teasing something new, above. Here’s another view:
How 8-Bit Music Worked
In this video, The 8-Bit Guy takes a look at how old-school 8-bit music worked, with an emphasis on video games systems.
Future Retro Teases FR-512 Touchplate Keyboard
Future Retro shared this sneak preview of a new touchplate keyboard that they are working on – the FR-512. It’s a combination MIDI & CV controller, so it should be capable of controlling just about any synth. Details on the FR-512 are still to be announced, but there’s a lot revealed in the image above.
STG Soundlabs Mankato Filter Review
The Mankato Filter is a four-pole lowpass filter, designed by Thomas Henry. It offers positive and negative outputs at every pole, giving you slopes of 6 dB/oct, 12 dB/oct, 18 dB/oct, and 24 dB/oct simultaneously. And the negative slope outputs let you use the Mankato as a quadrature sine oscillator, with 8 available phases.
Boomstar Sensei System Now Shipping
Studio Electronics is now shipping the Boomstar Modstar Sensei modular synthesizer system. The Sensei is a complete Eurorack modular system, featuring modules evolved from SE’s Boomstar synthesizer line.
AKAI Intros MPC Touch Touchscreen Music Production Controller
Akai Professional today officially introduced the MPC Touch, a new MPC design that incorporates a touch screen interface, in addition to the traditional drum pads. Like the MPC Renaissance, the MPC Touch is designed to be used in tandem with your computer. The touch screen is designed to streamline tasks like sample editing, shown above,… Read More AKAI Intros MPC Touch Touchscreen Music Production Controller
16 Classic Hits On The Stylophone
This video, via Steve Cain, features ’16 classic hits’, played on the Stylophone.
Corsynth Intros C101 OTA Lowpass Filter MKII
Corsynth’s Pablo Penas contacted us to let us know that they have released a new module in MU format, the C101 OTA Lowpass filter MKII. The C101 OTA Lowpass filter MKII is a redesign of their first module, with several improvements and new features. The main changes / improvements are:
A Granular Synthesis Soundscape
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Peter Speer, captures his performance of Constanze M 757 – a modular synth soundscape featuring granular synthesis.
