PreSonus has announced that the latest update to Notion for iOS introduces an in-app purchase that adds finger/stylus handwriting recognition. Using a finger or stylus, you can write music in your own handwriting and see it automatically converted to digital notation. With an Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro, you can even write with pressure… Read More PreSonus Notion for iOS Adds iPad Pro Support, Handwriting Recognition
Free Music Friday: Future World, by Norah Lorway, is an album of ambient soundscapes creating using music programming and digital synthesis tools.
Thirty-three years ago, in 1982, mass production began of the Polivoks, the classic Russian synthesizer, designed by circuit designer Vladimir Kuzmin, with hardware design by his wife Olimpiada. To celebrate the 33-year history of the Polivoks, organizer Andrew Startsev has created a campaign to produce a CD of music that explores the capabilities of the Polivoks. Polivoks 33 is a collection… Read More New CD Celebrates The Polivoks Synthesizer
Developer Scott Hughes let us know about a new card and dice music game, Tonic, that’s designed to help musicians learn to improvise and compose in a new way. It’s available as two ways: You can purchase a physical version of Tonic, with printed cards and custom dice; or You can download the game as a printable PDF.… Read More New Music Game, Tonic, Designed To Help Musicians Improve Their Improvisation & Composition Skills
In the latest episode of Sonic State’s Sonic Lab series, host Nick Batt takes a look at the new Roland JU-06 synthesizer:
This video, via Martin Ottesen, demos P600fw – a CPU/firmware upgrade for the Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 that gives it new capabilities.
Mordax Modular Synthesis Systems has announced the Data – a ‘multifunction tool for Eurorack modular systems’. The Data is a digital platform for testing, measurement, and signal generation in Eurorack modular synthesis systems. It is a modular tool kit, with functions applicable to any system and style. Here’s a video intro:
Humberto Matias of Stardust Covers let us know that they have introduced a new line of custom covers for vintage electronic music gear, including classic drum machines and synths.
Ableton has announced Live 9.5, a free upgrade for Live users that introduces a number of new features. Most notably, the Simpler device has been overhauled, waveform displays and metering have been improved and new analog-modelled filter modes have been introduced. Designed in collaboration with Cytomic (who also developed the Glue compressor introduced back in Live… Read More Ableton Introduces Live 9.5 – Here’s What’s New
UVI has introduced Falcon – a new software synth, for Mac & Windows, that they describe as the ‘most complete hybrid instrument available’. Falcon lets you mix and modulate samples, synthesis modules, fx and more.
