Developer Gil Carmel and team have released Tin Pan Rhythm, a song prototyping tool, based around chord progressions and acoustic instruments. According to the developers, Tin Pan Rhythm is designed to be a “simple and playful” way to create music. Carmel explains the philosophy behind Tin Pan Rhythm: “As a game developer, I’ve spent much of… Read More Tin Pan Rhythm App Designed For ‘Song Prototyping’
IK Multimedia today released AmpliTube 4 For iOS. an update that offers improved sound quality, a new Looper and a virtual cab miking option.
Ochen K has introduced Driver – a new Rack Extension synthesizer for Propellerhead Reason. Here’s what they have to say about it: Driver is a 12-note polyphonic synth, with up to 9 oscillators per note. It’s perfect for electronic music production, specializing in rich basses and leads, and evolving sounds like swells, rises, and drops.… Read More New Driver Rack Extension Synth Offers Up To 9 Oscillators Per Note
Tubbutec has introduced the Juno-66 – an upgrade for the Roland Juno-6 and Juno-60 synthesizers. The upgrade adds MIDI and many new features, including new play modes, advanced portamento, a powerful sequencer, filter LFOs, detuning, alternative tunings and more. The Juno-66 kit includes: Juno-66 board with MIDI connectors 40 pin IC socket 5 overlay stickers for your synth Parts for filter and pitch… Read More Juno-66 Upgrade Expands Roland Juno-6, Juno-60
This video, zibbybone, captures a meeting of the Roland System 100M – a vintage modular from around 1979 – and the new Roland AIRA System-1M Eurorack semi-modular synthesizer.
This video, via gstormelectro, explores the sounds of the new Korg ARP Odyssey synthesizer. The new Korg Odyssey has a compact body, ‘highly operable’ sliders and a 37 note slim keyboard. In addition, a new ‘DRIVE’ switch is provided and connectors include MIDI and headphone output as well as Patch cables have been added.
This video, Lackan110f, demos a set of mods for the Moog Realistic MG-1 synthesizer, a (relatively) inexpensive Moog keyboard that was sold by Radio Shack in the 80’s.
Image-Line has announced that Gibson has acquired Image-Line’s Deckadance DJ music application and rights. “Growing Deckadance any further required our expanding into hardware development,” says Image-Line CFO Frank Van Biesen, “which would have diverted attention from our core business of developing FL Studio.”
This video, via Unun Septium, demonstrates the Casiotone MT-65, a classic 80’s Casio mini-synth.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a performance of Surface of SR388, from Metroid II (Return of Samus) [1991].
