XILS-Lab has introduced XILS V+, a new software synth that offers a ‘vintage’ 10 band vocoder, ‘Supreme Top Octave Divider’ based Strings and Human Voices and layering of these three elements. Here’s what they have to say about XILS V+:
Festival organizers Paxahau have announced the lineup for Movement – the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Movement is scheduled for May 25-27 at Detroit’s Hart Plaza. Here are the details:
Venom VB-303 is a free software synth that simulates the iconic sound of the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer. It’s Windows only – so Mac users are out of luck. It’s available for download here. Here’s a user video demo:
Here’s a live performance video of Broken, by Depeche Mode, captured in the studio. Bonus for gear freaks – watch the backgrounds for some insight into their gear:
Sunsine Audio – best known for their patch libraries – has introduced a new hardware effects pedal, Vanishing Point. Vanishing Point is a Dual Gain Stage Silicon Transistor Fuzz, featuring high-quality components and true bypass switching. Here are a couple of video demos:
Elektron has introduced Caught on Tape: 808+909, a drum machine sample library for the Octatrack. Here’s what they have to say about it: Classics never go out of style. The Roland TR-808 and TR-909 are legendary drum machines, cherished and praised for their sound and percussive abilities. Goldbaby has pulled out all the stops and carefully… Read More New 808 + 909 Sound Library For Octatrack
This video is a teaser for the new Dirty Electronics Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth – an ultra minimal pocket-sized synth, black finished with silver-plated etched Sonar logo. The synth has a 20-step sequencer to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Sonar (one step for each year). Dirty Electronics describes the Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth as “Bit bashing… Read More The Dirty Electronics Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth
The latest episode in the SoundWorks Collection profiles of sound designers and composers for film looks at Oblivion – a new science fiction film directed by Joe Kosinski. Featured are Composer Joseph Trapanese, M83’s Anthony Gonzalez, Re-recording Mixer Gary Rizzo and Re-recording Mixer Juan Peralta.
Ableton has released Live 9.0.3, adding new features, bug fixes and improved support for Push. [Ed. note: post updated, 11 am, 4/19/13. See bottom of story for details.] Here’s what’s new: Improvements and feature changes: Added a new skin: “Disco”. Added a new option to the “Record/Warp/Launch” preferences pane: “Start Transport with Record”. If activated,… Read More Ableton Live 9 Update Adds ‘Disco’ Skin
This is the official trailer for LFO, a new film that explores the dark side of synthesis and sound design.
