Arturia Spark 2 Drum Machine Now Available

Arturia has announced the availability of Spark 2, introducing an update UI and new features to its software drum machine for Mac and Windows. While Spark has always been built on a fully-modular VA (Virtual Analogue) sound engine, originally only developers had access. With the all-new Modular screen, Spark 2 users can now add and subtract modules (including Oscillator, multimode Filter and… Read More Arturia Spark 2 Drum Machine Now Available

Arturia Debuts KeyLab 88 Controller Keyboard at Musikmesse

Musikmesse 2014: French gear-maker Arturia today announced the latest (and largest) in its KeyLab series, KeyLab 88, its 88-note MIDI keyboard controller and hybrid synthesizer solution. KeyLab 88 is a MIDI keyboard controller with a hammer-action Fatar keybed, which comes with Arturia’s Analog Lab software synth (for Mac and PC), which has over 5,000 TAE… Read More Arturia Debuts KeyLab 88 Controller Keyboard at Musikmesse

Arturia Intros MiniBrute SE Analog Synthesizer

At Musikmesse 2014, Arturia today introduced a ‘special edition’ of their MiniBrute synthesizer, the MiniBrute SE. The MiniBrute SE shares the same physical footprint as the original MiniBrute, but adds: The SE edition features brushed aluminium casing with wooden sides An all-new step Sequencer expands playing options with the MiniBrute SE, with six Pattern sequences… Read More Arturia Intros MiniBrute SE Analog Synthesizer

The Story Behind Arturia BeatStep

At the 2014 NAMM Show, Arturia BeatStep co-creator Glen Darcey talked with SourceDistributionTV about the inspiration behind the design, his first experiences with synthesizers and also how he’ll be using BeatStep in his own analogue-heavy synth studio.