2016 NAMM Show: Seattle synth manufacturer The Harvestman shared this sneak preview of a new step sequencer, the Stillson Hammer mkII. The new sequencer will make its official debut at the Winter NAMM Show, coming up in January. Here’s what they have to say about it:
Electro-Harmonix has introduced the 720 Stereo Looper, a looping pedal that offers: 720 seconds (12 minutes) of stereo recording time; 10 independent loops; and unlimited overdubbing. The 720 records high-quality, uncompressed audio, with 24-bit A/D/A converters & 44.1kHz sample rate. Here’s the official intro video:
The Coventry Music Museum opened a new exhibit honoring Delia Derbyshire on the December 6th, 2015.
Cycling ’74 has released Max 7.1. The update brings two major new features: Snapshots and the Package Manager. An updated Snapshot system now allows you to save the state of the entire patcher, not just hosted plugins. You can now instantly create, recall, rename and edit your snapshots using the new Snapshot pane on the right toolbar.
French electronic music center IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) has intrroduced IRCAMAX 2, their second collection of Max For Live devices. Audio effects, instruments and a MIDI effect make up this collection of tools for advanced audio processing, sound design and creative experimentation. Here’s a rundown of the Pack’s instruments and effects.
We’re running a variety of readers polls this month to pick the Best of 2015. The modular synth category poses a unique challenge, though; there are so many different modules introduced in 2015! Because of this, we’re letting readers nominate the choices this year for Best Synth Module of 2015. The module should be an individual… Read More Open Mic: Nominate Your Choice For The Best Synth Module Of 2015!
Envolution is a new frequency-dependent envelope shaper, with separate transient and sustain sections. It’s designed to let you radically re-shape the envelope of your instruments or audio. You can use it on a track, bus or even master output to add presence/distance to drums, piano, guitar and any other percussive content. You can also use it… Read More Envolution Lets You Reshape The Envelope Of Your Sounds
The Mutable Instruments Rings module brings physical modeling synthesis to Eurorack systems. Rings focuses on the key ingredient, the resonator, ready to be excited by envelope clicks, trigger pulses, granular noise or any other audio source produced by the rest of your system. Three families of vibrating structures are simulated by the module, with CV… Read More Mutable Instruments Rings Brings Physical Modeling Synthesis To Euro Systems
The Synthetic Sound Labs Scat-Talker is a dotcom-style MU module that puts old-school style speech synthesis under voltage control. They note: The Scat-Talker can be made to ‘speak’ by sequencing its phonemes in specific orders, but be warned that the process is quite time consuming. If that is your goal we have some helpful publications… Read More SSL Scat-Talker Puts Old-School Speech Synthesis Into An MU Module
This video, via Midera, captures a live performance with a Korg Radias. Here’s what he has to say about it:
