Roland Boutique Synths Now Available
Roland has announced that its new line of Boutique synthesizers is now available.
Jean-Michel Jarre’s ‘Electronica 1’ Traces 60 Years Of Electronic Music
Jean-Michel Jarre today released his first album in eight years, Electronica 1: The Time Machine. The album is the first half of a double-album of collaborations with other electronic music artists, with the second half set for release the spring of 2016. The project was conceived with Jarre’s desire to explore the history of electronic music in his lifetime,… Read More Jean-Michel Jarre’s ‘Electronica 1’ Traces 60 Years Of Electronic Music
The Oberheim OB-X vs. OB-Xa Synthesizers, Mano A Mano
This video, via Marko Ettlich of RetroSound, compares the classic Oberheim OB-X (1979) 8-voice synthesizer against the Oberheim OB-Xa (1981) 8-voice analog synthesizer:
The Fractal Harp Is Part Harp, Part MIDI Controller, Part Bass, All Frankeninstrument & Awesomely Mind-Blowing
This video captures a performance by Jay Wasco on his amazing Frankeninstrument, the Fractal Harp. The Fractal Harp combines a 28-string slide harp, a 5-string bass, a USB keyboard MIDI controller with oak keys & the ‘Herb-Alpertron’ pitch-to-MIDI convertor. In the video, Wasco performs Elegant City. Here’s what he has to say about the performance:
Keith McMillen Teases New K-Board Pro 4 Expressive MIDI Controller
Keith McMillen Instruments today released this teaser video for the K-Board Pro 4 – a new $495 expressive keyboard MIDI controller. The company has not announced details on the new K-Board Pro 4 yet, but it’s clear from the video that this builds on their experience with expressive MIDI controllers, but is much closer in form… Read More Keith McMillen Teases New K-Board Pro 4 Expressive MIDI Controller
Erica Synths MIDI To Trigger Euro Module Now Available
Erica Synths let us know that they’ve released a new MIDI To Trigger Euro Module, which lets you use any MIDI sequencer as a Eurorack trigger sequence. The MIDI To Trigger module translates MIDI notes to 10ms trigger signals, which are useful for triggering drum modules, envelope generators and any other event in your Eurorack modular system.… Read More Erica Synths MIDI To Trigger Euro Module Now Available
Tritik Moodal Lets You Transform Sounds With Virtual Resonant Spaces
Tritik Software has introduced Moodal, a new plugin (VST/AU/AAX) for Mac and Windows that they say ‘modelizes objects and spaces to be excited by the sounds you will run through it’.
Kinetik Laboratories Intros ILL-LOGIC Sound Texture Generator
Kinetik Laboratories today released this video introducing the ILL-LOGIC – a stand-alone ‘Sound Texture Generator’ with semi-modular structure.
How To Use The Free Nord Sample Editor
Nord shared this brief tutorial that loooks at creating samples using the free Nord Sample Editor.
SoundForce SFC-Mini Minimoog-Style MIDI Controller Now Available To Order
Developer Nicolas Toussaint let us know that he’s planning to produce the SoundForce SFC-Mini – a hardware controller for Minimoog-style software synths – via a Kickstarter project. Here is the official intro video:
