DJ Dolores is back with a new CD of Brazilian house music – 1 Real. 1 Real combines traditional Brazilian pop arrangements with DJ-style mixing. The tracks are full of afro-Brazilian percussion, brass and chants. More Sergio than Suba. While Dolores’ sound is fairly traditional, it’s clear from the start of the CD that Dolores… Read More DJ Dolores – 1 Real
NAMM Show Update: CME introduced the ASX, a DSP board which goes into the expansion slot of UF and VX series keyboards and provides a flexible synthesis engine, turning the CME MIDI controller keyboard into a stand-alone synthesizer. Yep – it’s a $369 synth on a card. The ASX offers sufficient DSP power to run… Read More CME ASX Advanced Synthesis Expansion Card
[display_podcast] Winter NAMM Show: EASTWEST previewed Quantum Leap Forbidden Planet, a virtual sample-based synth collection of more than 1,000 cutting-edge presets which allows users to combine, morph, process and modulate sample-based sounds. I’m not sure if it’s the sounds or the graphics, but their preview video reminded me of BT’s This Binary Universe. Forbidden Planet… Read More Quantum Leap Forbidden Planet
NAMM Update: Roland announced what they call the most powerful and luxurious live workstation in Roland history. Luxuriate in the details: The Fantom-G offers an advanced sound engine, the ARX SuperNATURAL expansion bay, a large color LCD, a new audio/MIDI recorder, 88-note Ivory Feel weighted keys (Fantom-G8), 76-note keys (Fantom-G7), and 61-note keys (Fantom-G6). The… Read More Roland Fantom-G Workstations
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=11250783B00089E8 The Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer is the latest guitar synth in a long line of guitar synths from Roland. The videos above offer Roland’s official introductions to the GR-20. To use the GR-20, you: Attach the included GK-3 Divided Pickup to your steel-stringed electric (no drilling necessary). Second, select the type of sound you… Read More The Roland GR-20 Guitar Synthesizer
Access has announced the Virus TI Snow, a desktop Virus with computer connectivity. The Virus TI Snow features 3 oscillators and one sub-oscillator per voice. The main oscillators can be classic analog-style oscillators (saw, square, sine waves, etc) hypersaw, wavetable, graintable, or formant oscillators. Two independent filters (lowpass, highpass, bandpass and bandstop) with an optional… Read More Access Virus TI Snow
Audio Simulation have announced the new DreamStation II sequencer and software synth host application for the Windows platform. In addition, they’ve made DreamStation I available as a free download. The sequencer interface has been completely reworked, the internal sound engine detached to allow industry standard plugins to be hosted, and the mixer has been improved… Read More DreamStation II Software Synthesizer
German electronic music artist Robert Schroeder has been producing music since 1979. He was discovered by Klaus Schulze, and to this day, his music bears a Schulze/Berlin School influence. Schroeder’s music on SphereWare is in the classic synth music vein of 70’s synth artists, but with enough modern touches to make it appeal not only… Read More Robert Schroeder – SphereWare
Chimera has introduced the bC16, a tiny modular synthesizer. The bC16 miniature patch synthesizer packs a fully featured analog VCO, LFO, ADSR envelope generator, VCA, VCF, noise source & ring modulator all in a CD sized case CNC machined from 10mm high-grade acrylic plastic. Sixteen color coded potentiometers control key functions, connections between synthesizer sections… Read More Chimera bC16 Modular Synthesizer
VeryBestDjSets is a new site that offers a library of free dj sets in MP3 format that you can download. You can preview a few sample sets below. The site features more than 40 GB of dj sets of artists from the international electronic scene. The site lets you download files directly, without registration or… Read More Free DJ Sets
