Electro-Harmonix has released the Crash Pad drum synth – an updated version of the 80’s analog original. Like the original from 1980, the Crash Pad can create an array of drum sounds, as well as process external sounds thru its resonant filter. The new version has been updated to respond to expression pedal/CV input for external control… Read More Electro-Harmonix Intros Crash Pad Drum Synth
Arcano Systems has introduced the Obscura – an inexpensive minimal chiptunes MIDI synth.
Synthesist Bruno Ender Lee shared this video clip, Spacecraft, pt 4, that captures a Berlin School style modular synth jam.
Memory Splice has introduced a Roland AIRA TB-3 Software Controller for Windows/OSX/standalone. According to the developers, the Roland AIRA TB-3 Software Controller gives you ‘god-mode control for your TB-3 from your DAW’.
Synthmania has introduced an Oberheim Matrix 6 Editor, for Mac & Windows. It’s compatible with the Oberheim Matrix 6 and 6R and lets you directly edit more than 90 patch parameters.
The Kickstarter project to fund production of the Arpeggio portable arpeggiator, sequencer & synth has reached its $85,000 funding target, with several days to go.
DIN Sync today announced the RE-303 synthesizer – a new project to create a DIY Roland TB-303 replica. There have been dozens of takes on a modernized 303 and 303 clones. These are typically adapted for efficient modern production and widely available modern parts. The RE-303, on the other hand, is designed to replicate the original… Read More Din Sync Announces Hardcore Roland TB-303 Replica – The RE-303 Bassline Synthesizer
Electronic instrument designer Skot Wiedmann recently shared a video, below, that demonstrates a new synth design, the Hyve Touch Synthesizer:
The Electronic Production and Design Department of Berklee is hosting the 2015 Everything ARP Symposium Saturday, November 7, 2015, starting at 10:00 a.m. Panelists for the event will be founder Alan R. Pearlman and former ARP employees, industry representatives, scholars, musicians, and producers.
This video, via KORGINC, captures an improvisational performance by Seth, featuring 16 Volca Keys synced together.
