Signs Of Synthesis: Peruvian Electroacoustic Music (1991-2000) is a new compilation that brings together the music of a generation of Peruvian composers. The album features music of Federico Tarazona, José Sosaya, Rajmil Fishman, Julio Benavides, Rafael Junchaya, Edgardo Plasencia, Gilles Mercier, Nilo Velarde and César Villavicencio. Here’s a preview:
Native Instruments today introduced Woodwind Ensemble and Woodwind Solo, two new titles in their Symphony Series line. Both virtual instruments were created in collaboration with the Soundiron – the team that created NI’s Symphony Series – Brass set of virtual instruments. Each offers an Arpeggio Module, which generates cycling arpeggiated phrases and sustained note runs, trills, and chord evolutions. Users… Read More Native Instruments Intros New Woodwind Virtual Instruments
EarMaster has announced that its ear training and sight-singing application – already available for Mac & Windows – is now available for iPad. It offers exercises for all levels, designed to train users to: sight-read and sight-sing music; recognize intervals, chords, scales and melodies by ear; increase rhythm and pitch precision; learn to transcribe music… Read More New Ear Training & Sight-Singing App For iPad, EarMaster
FeelYourSound has released MelodicFlow for Windows and Mac OS X – a MIDI performance and songwriting VSTi. The concept: Put MelodicFlow on a track of your DAW. Connect it to a synth or some other instrument. Play a chord on the lower half of the keyboard. You won’t hear this chord, because MelodicFlow stores the notes and as… Read More FeelYourSound Releases MelodicFlow, MIDI Performance & Songwriting VSTi
The Daphne Oram Trust has launched a Kickstarter project to fund a new printing of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram’s 1972 book on ‘music sound and electronics’, An Individual Note. The book offers a look at the technology and ideas behind creating electronic music, from the perspective of a mid-century electronica pioneer. “We will be entering a strange… Read More New Version Of Daphne Oram Book, An Individual Note, Planned
Sonosaurus has updated ThumbJam – an expressive software synth for iOS – to version 2.5, adding support for Ableton Link, MPE & more. ThumbJam is designed to be an expressive multi-touch instrument. It offers over 40 multi-sampled instruments and interface that you can customize to translate various gestures into control over your instrument’s sound. ThumbJam… Read More ThumbJam Updated With Ableton Link, MPE Support & More
It looks like something new from Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) is incoming. Several record stores have reported receiving the above flyer for the Cheetah EP. Here’s the text:
Sound Guru has introduced Tangle – a new modular synth plugin for Mac and Windows that is currently available as a beta version. The developer says that it’s ‘simpler to use than many other modular synths you’ve seen before’. Here’s a video intro:
In this pair of videos, composer Mick Gordon gives a behind-the-scenes look at his process in creating the soundtrack for Doom 2016.
It looks like the Ripcord – a new way to power all types of music gear via USB – is close to meeting its funding goals on Kickstarter. Ripcord is a new power adapter system, designed to let you power your music devices via USB. The goal of the system is to free you from having to rely… Read More Ripcord USB Universal Power Adapter For Music Gear Nearing Funding Goal On Kickstarter
