Driftnote Rec has released MiniRude 1.1 for Max For Live. Inspired by the Arturia Minibrute, this monophonic synth has the characteristics of classic and modern analogue synths, including timbres outside traditional synthesis.
The Smithsonian has announced the donation of significant artifacts from the family of award-winning hip-hop artist and producer, James “J Dilla” Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006). The J Dilla collection, donated by J Dilla’s mother, Maureen Yancey, includes his custom-made Minimoog Voyager synthesizer and his Akai MPC 3000 Limited Edition, one of only 2,000 units released… Read More J Dilla’s Minimoog Going To The Smithsonian Museum
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Jim Coker, developer of Five12 Numerology step sequencer, is featured on the latest episode of the Art + Music + Technology podcast. Host Darwin Grosse says, “We kind of jumped all over the chessboard on this one, but I hope you’ll find it interesting!”
Sample Anatomy recently released a new Deep House sample pack, Deepwave Sessions. Created by Deep House Artist Rishi K, Deepwave Sessions covers a wide variety of styles of Deep House “from laid back and chilled to spacey to dark and pumping.” Deepwave Sessions consists of over 450 MB of samples, loops and MIDI files of… Read More Sample Anatomy Releases ‘Deepwave’ Deep House Pack
Online tech training provider, Producertech, have launched their newest project, web-based training courses for Native Instruments’ groove production studio, Maschine. The new NI Maschine courses range from overview classes that cover all areas of the software and hardware, to courses focusing on certain styles of music, like House and Glitch Hop. There is even a… Read More New Maschine Online Training Classes: From DnB to Music Theory
Alessandro Alcinesio has released Rumore Cinematic Impacts, a free collection of “cinematic impact” sound effects for use in film scoring and electronic music production. In Italian, rumore means “noise,” and Cinematic Impacts is the first in what will most likely become a Rumore series of sample libraries by Alcinesio, aka HAL9K. The library contains 50… Read More Rumore Scares Up ‘Cinematic Impacts’
AudioThing has introduced Valve Exciter – a Harmonic Enhancer plug-in with vintage valve emulation. The exciter section features hand-tuned filters with the ability to sweep the center frequencies via the Harmonics knob. The valve section is modelled after a softer custom version of the vintage Telefunken ECC83 tubes with drive, triode/pentode mode and bias settings.
Akai iMPC Pro and the MPC Element Controller are featured on the latest episode of Mitch Gallager’s iOS Update.
