Applied Acoustics Systems Intros Chromaphone Percussion Synthesizer

Applied Acoustics Systems has introduced Chromaphone, described as a ‘creative percussion synthesizer’ for Mac OS X and Windows. Chromaphone combines ‘acoustic resonators’ to create drums, percussion, mallet, string, and synth-like instruments. Drum skins, bars, marimbas, plates, strings and tubes form pairs that are triggered by a configurable mallet and a flexible noise source. At the… Read More Applied Acoustics Systems Intros Chromaphone Percussion Synthesizer

First Look – Image Line Drumatrix Percussion Synthesizer

Image Line Software has introduced Drumatrix – a percussion modeling instrument that gives you control over 10 physically modeled drums that can be routed to independent outputs for external effects processing. It’s now in beta, so consider this info preliminary. Also, Image Line says that they may have to rename this to Drumaxx for legal… Read More First Look – Image Line Drumatrix Percussion Synthesizer

New Kits Let You Build Your Own Analog Drum Machines

Developer Eric Archer is now shipping his Andromeda MK-1 and MK-2 drum machines, DIY minimal drum machines “designed as an experiment of making the most minimal drum machine possible using analog circuitry”. In the video above, Archer demonstrates the two new drum machines, how they can interact and how you can control them in real… Read More New Kits Let You Build Your Own Analog Drum Machines