Free Phazor Effect For Mac, Windows
Developer Adam Szabo has released Phazor – a free effect plugin, for Mac & Windows, that’s designed to emulate the phaser effect found in the Virus synthesizers. Here’s what he has to say about it:
Low-Gain Electronics 2-Bit Binary Sequencer Module Overview
Low-Gain Electronics today shared this video overview of the 2-Bit Binary Sequencer Module. Here’s what they have to say about the module:
scriptSonic Combines The Power Of Computer Music With The Immediacy Of A Touchscreen
Developer Jonathan Mackenzie shared this sneak preview of scriptSONIC – a programmable musical instrument for the iPad. According to Mackenzie, scriptSONIC combines the open-ended creative power of a programming language with the expressiveness of a touch-screen.
VAXMIDI Is Like The IKEA Of High End, Open-Source MIDI Keyboards
Infinite Response has announced that it is now taking orders on a the first-run of its new VAXMIDI keyboard controller. The VAXMIDI is the successor to the VAX77, considered by some to be the finest MIDI controller ever. It featured polyphonic aftertouch, hi-res velocity, release velocity and a host of other capabilities. Unfortunately, it was very expensive to manufacture and… Read More VAXMIDI Is Like The IKEA Of High End, Open-Source MIDI Keyboards
Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 vs Dave Smith Instrument Prophet 6 Patch Comparison
This video, via SyntheticThings, is a head-to-head comparison of the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 and the Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 6. “We compare the same patch on both the DSI Prophet-6 and the OB-6 to compare the similarities and differences between these two great synthesizers.”
JPS Harmonic Synthesizer – The Sound Of Jarre’s ‘Oxygene’ – Gets Virtualized
Jiggery Pokery Sound has introduced JPS Harmonic Synthesizer, a software recreation of the extremely rare RMI Harmonic Synthesizer. Produced in very limited quantities for a very short period in the mid-1970s, the RMI Harmonic Synthesizer is best known for its prominent role in Jean Michel Jarre’s Oxygéne. It was it was used extensively on Oxygéne (often through an Electric Mistress flanger) for… Read More JPS Harmonic Synthesizer – The Sound Of Jarre’s ‘Oxygene’ – Gets Virtualized
Moog 960 Sequencer Meets Simmons SDS200 Drum Synthesizer
This short video, via zack dagoba, captures a quick demo of using a Moog Modular 960 Sequential Controller to control a Simmons SDS200 drum synthesizer.
Junkie XL Shares Synth Secrets Of The Deadpool Soundtrack
Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg) has successfully made the transition from producing electronic dance music to scoring films, like the blockbuster Mad Max Fury Road & Johnny Depp film Black Mass. In this video, Holkenborg shares some of the synth secrets of his soundtrack for Deadpool:
Does The Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 Have The Classic Oberheim Sound?
Can the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 do classical Oberheim sounds? That’s the question that synthesist Peter M Mahr explores with a series of audio demos of the new synth:
Korg iDS-10 Now Universal
Korg has updated iDS-10 to version 2.0, adding iPad support, Audio Export and more. Here’s what’s new in Korg iDS-10 2.0:
