At the 2013 NAMM Show, one of the stranger things being displayed was the Soundwagon – a music toy described as ‘the world’s smallest portable vinyl record player’. The Soundwagon a miniature VW bus that is also a self-contained record player. It’s battery powered and plays by driving around the grooves on LPs. Here’s a demo… Read More The Soundwagon VW Bus Record Player
Sound Magic wants your input on the next version of Orchestral Strings: We are busy with Orchestral Strings One Version 2.0. In order to make it much better than Version 1.0, we need your valuable opinions about which direction it should take. If you shared your opinion with us, you will have the chance to… Read More Sound Magic Wants Your Input On Orchestral Strings
Developer Olivier Zurkirchen has introduced The Microtone – a microtonal polyphonic synthesizer and OSC controller for the iPad. He has also released OSynth – a free microtonal synth for Mac & WIndows. The Microtone can be used as a tablet controller interface for playing OSynth. Here’s a demo of The Microtone in action:
At the 2013 NAMM Show, the award for the coolest place to sit would probably have to go to the booth of the Bob Moog Foundation. Spanish design firm Woouf! donated this awesome Minimoog sofa to the Foundation and it proved popular with attendees. Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa, above, was at the show to raise awareness of the non-profit… Read More The Minimoog Sofa
Sonivox has announced Vocalizer Pro Vocal Production Synthesizer, an updated version of their Vocalizer MIDI-controlled audio effect. Vocalizer Pro brings a harmonic/melodic voice to any audio input, thus ‘vocalizing’ the sound. Simply singing or speaking—or any type of vocalizing—can create deep and complex musical results.
Music Computing has introduced CoreMC (Gen3), a new PC that they call “the world’s most powerful personal computer designed for audio and video production.” According to Music Computing, their concept was to use enterprise-level components, which are designed for maximum performance and stability, to create compact computer systems for personal or studio use. CoreMC can… Read More Music Computing CoreMC – ‘The World’s Most Powerful Personal Computer’
Developer Elliott Garage has released a major update to EGDR808 – an 808 style virtual drum machine. Here’s what’s new: Added Swing/Shuffle control Added Tap Tempo button Updated GUI Interface Added totally new Song Mode – swipe left to open the song view Added Follow and Loop Mode Added Audio Copy MAPI Added Korg Wist sync Added… Read More EGDR808 Drum Machine Updated With Audio Copy, WIST, Wave Export & More
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Alan Parsons, who’s had his share of success as both a artist, engineer and producer (Abbey Road, The Dark Side Of The Moon, Let It Be, I Robot), has announced dates for an Alan Parsons Live Project 2013 world tour. The current lineup of musicians includes Parsons (guitar, vocal, keyboards, percussion), P.J. Olsson (vocals), Manny… Read More Alan Parsons Live Project On Tour
At the 2013 NAMM Show, iConnectivity introduced the iConnectMIDI 2+ – a new MIDI interface that makes recording iPad apps simple. The device has two sets of DIN MIDI IN + Out jacks and support for USB and iOS MIDI devices. In addition, though, it offers Audio Pass-Through, which lets you route the audio output… Read More iConnectMIDI2+ Makes Recording iPad Apps Simple
