Reaktion Sound has released Mudron for Reaktor 6, an audio source and audio effect, based on a bank of modulated comb filters. According to the developer, it’s well suited to creating ‘drones, dark textures, ripples, glitches, noise and other disturbances’, from its internal sound engine or any audio source.
Keith McMillen Instruments has announced iOS support for its K-Mix audio interface and programmable mixer. “Enabling the K-MIX to work with iOS frees us to bring everything needed for a studio-quality recording and editing system in a small carry-on bag, with room left for a toothbrush and a change of clothes,” says KMI Founder & CEO Keith McMillen. Here’s… Read More KMI Brings K-Mix To iOS, Windows Support Coming Next
Sugar Bytes has introduced Factory – a new software polysynth for Mac & Windows.
At Moogfest 2016, there were several rare synths and synth prototypes on display at the Moog ‘pop-up store’. This rare Moog Synthesizer 1c modular, aka the ‘Mystery Moog’, was on loan from Duke University, where it was recently restored by student Jeffrey Wubbenhorst. Here’s Duke University’s take on the story of their rare modular:
It looks like something new from Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) is incoming. Several record stores have reported receiving the above flyer for the Cheetah EP. Here’s the text:
In celebration of 6/06 Day, Roland today announced that they are bringing the sounds of the classic TR-606 Computer Controlled Drumatix drum machine to the Roland Aira TR-8.
In the 1960’s, electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram, above, the first Director of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, created a unique synthesizer, the Oramics Machine. The Oramics Machine was a huge device, which moved film strips past a series of photo-electric cells. The Machine translated the graphics drawn on the film into control voltages that modulated the amplitude, timbre, frequency and duration… Read More After 40 Years, You Can Hear Daphne Oram’s Lost Mini-Oramics Synthesizer
Reader Claude Woodward shared this video, demonstrating his Marvelous MIDI Music Machine – a suite of custom light-up acrylic MIDI controllers – all designed to play different roles. Woodward’s instruments aren’t just fantastical – but are designed to be expressive in ways that go beyond most mass-produced MIDI controllers. Here’s what Woodward has to say… Read More Claude’s Marvelous MIDI Music Machine
Sound Guru has introduced Tangle – a new modular synth plugin for Mac and Windows that is currently available as a beta version. The developer says that it’s ‘simpler to use than many other modular synths you’ve seen before’. Here’s a video intro:
At Moogfest 2016, held May 19-22, 2016 in Durham, NC, Moog Music reintroduced the Minimoog Model D. The company is using ‘new old stock’ parts to build it, with the goal of making it sound like a new vintage Minimoog. Official specs and audio demos are still to come, because Moog was assembling the initial units onsite at Moogfest. This… Read More Moog Minimoog Model D Audio (Sneak Preview)
