Wolfgang Palm has released PPG MiniMapper for iPhone and iPod touch. PPG MiniMapper is a performance synthesizer with a wide range of sounds for iPhone and iPod Touch. Key Features: New Sound map concept – create new sounds playful and experimental Map Recorder generates new programs on the fly Features the same audio engine that… Read More Wolfgang Palm’s MiniMapper Now Available For iPhone
Yamaha premiered its revamped DTX-502 electronic drums at Musikmesse, in Frankfurt, Germany. Based on the DTX-PAD, the kits feature including newly designed tom pads, a lighter-weight steel rack and a new drum trigger module. With almost twice the wave ROM and more than 250 additional sounds than the previous model, the new DTX502 drum trigger module… Read More Yamaha DTX-502 Drums Premiered At Musikmesse
Some up-to-the-minute news from the folks at Peter Vogel Instruments: Funky Junk, in conjunction with Peter Vogel Instruments and SNAP! Studios will be showing the CMI-30A for the first time ever in the UK at Snap! Studios this week. Industry professionals will have an opportunity to book an extended one-on-one demonstration session with “the spiritual… Read More Fairlight CMI-30A Demonstration Days This Wed-Fri in London
Here’s a set of videos, via The Horrorist Oliver Chesler, that look at the Medic Modules Defribillator, a new module for Eurorack modular synthesizers. Here’s what Chesler has to say about the videos: The Medic Modules are from Tom Carpenter who also does the Analogue Solutions hardware. I’ve become friends with Tom and also own his Telemark.… Read More The Medic Modules Defribillator
Musikmesse 2013: Softube has introduced Console 1, a new integrated hardware/software music mixing solution. Softube Console 1 is an integrated hardware/software music mixing solution which includes a rugged hardware controller and a modeled analog console channel with some unique additions. According to Softube, you can use the system with any major DAW and ‘enjoy the… Read More Softube Intros Console 1 Hardware + Software Music Mixing Solution
You might not have known it, but Leon Theremin, creator of the theremin musical instrument and developer of KGB espionage technology, was actually a time-traveling super-spy. At least, that’s the premise of a new digital comic, Theremin: Time travel is real and scientist/inventor Leon Theremin just discovered it. The journey from scientist to super spy… Read More Leon Theremin, Time-Traveling Super Spy
Moog Music has announced a new partnership with Paxahau, producer of Detroit’s Movement Electronic Music Festival, to co-produce Moogfest 2014, scheduled for April 25 – 27, 2014 in Asheville, North Carolina. “We set out to find a new partner with a real understanding of the dynamic history of electronic music, and that has a deep appreciation for… Read More Detroit Electronic Music Festival Producer Taking On Moogfest 2014
At Musikmesse 2013, Korg today announced the Volca Keys – one of a trio of new Volca analog synthesizers with built-in sequencers. The Volca Keys is a 27-key analog lead synth that they say ‘generates sound that’s more powerful than its compact, low-profile body would suggest’. Its three oscillators can be tuned against each other… Read More Korg Volca Keys – A Three-Oscillator Analog Synth For $150
Paul Vo, the inventor of the technology behind the Moog Guitar and Moog Lap Steel instruments has for some years been experimenting with a new method of sound design: acoustic synthesis. Unlike traditional methods of analog and digital sound generation, acoustic synthesis creates new sounds and methods of musical expression by controlling the vibrations of… Read More Kickstarting Acoustic Synthesis
Musikmesse 2013 – the ‘international fair for musical instruments, sheet music, music production and music business connections’ – is happening this week, April 10-13, in Frankfurt. There have already been a lot of announcements for electronic music gear being introduced at Musikmesse, including: A new version of Doepfer’s MAQ sequencer; The Nord Lead 4; A desktop… Read More Musikmesse 2013 Is Coming April 10th – What Gear Do You Want To See Introduced?
