WaveDNA has introduced Liquid Music for Live, a new plugin for Ableton Live 9 using Max for Live that lets you create beats, chord progressions and melodies, using a set of powerful compositional tools. Here is the official Liquid Music for Live intro video:
AudioThing has introduced Vinyl Strip, a modular multi-effect plugin for Mac & Windows. According to the developers, Vinyl Strip puts ‘classic vinyl record sound in your digital environment’.
It looks like aftertouch is coming to iOS software synths running on iPhones, via Apple’s recently introduced 3D Touch.
This video, via perfectcircuitaudio, previews the Akai Timbre Wolf – a new analog 4-voice polyphonic synthesizer. The Timbre Wolf is unusual in that it can be configured in multiple different modes: You can use the Timbre Wolf as four individual monophonic synthesizers; A 4-voice unison monophonic synthesizer, or As a 4-voice polyphonic synthesizer. Because it has separate controls for… Read More AKAI Timbre Wolf Analog Synthesizer (Video Preview)
The Mutantrumpet is a hybrid electroacoustic instrument, originally created in the 80’s by trumpeter Ben Neil and Bob Moog.
Daft Punk Unchained, directed by Hervé Martin Delpierre, is new documentary that tells the story of the French electronic duo, Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo).
Optigan.com has announced a new sound disc for the vintage Optigan keyboard – Triple Header 2: “By popular demand, we’ve ported three more Orchestron sounds to the Optigan, and have also dug into the Optigan master tape archives for more unreleased material recorded 40+ years ago, and only now seeing the light of day.”
On Saturday night, Sept 26, the CalArts School of Music will host a Farewell Concert for composer and educator Barry Schrader, right, who has been on the staff there for 45 years. Schrader started composing electronic music in 1969 and joined the staff at CalArts in 1971. In the years since, he’s taught two generations of students, composed… Read More Free Concert To Celebrate The Career Of Composer & Educator Barry Schrader
Feelyoursound.com has released version 2.0.0 of XotoPad – an app that turns any Windows multi-touch device into a full-featured MIDI controller, with chords, scales, faders, and more. The app has setup wizards to fill four different banks with fader boards, chord collections, scale keyboards, and other controllers. XotoPad includes over 300 scales and chord pages. Here’s the official video… Read More XotoPad 2 MIDI Controller For Windows Multi-Touch Devices
At Knobcon 4, Black Market Modular introduced the production release of the Colour Palette – a unique Eurorack module that promises to be a mini-platform for synthesists.
