Orphion’s Little Brother, Orphinio, Comes To iPhone

Developer Bastus Trump let us know that the iPad musical instrument Orphion now has a little brother, Orphinio for iPhone. Features: Different articulations from soft to plucked to hardly slapped Natural interaction Shaker mode Individual voices for each finger Extend your ways of expression as a percussionist, guitarist, pianist or other musician 9 transposable pad layouts with… Read More Orphion’s Little Brother, Orphinio, Comes To iPhone

December 18, 20134 Comments

Magellan Jr. Bring Artificial Intelligence To Synth Patch Generation

Magellan Jr – an analog modeling synthesizer for the iPhone and iPod Touch – has been updated to version 2.0. The update adds ‘smartly random’ patch generation, Inter-App Audio, new presets and more. Here’s what’s new in Magellan Jr 2.0:

December 17, 2013December 17, 20131 Comment

Silver Apples Made Electronic Dance Music Before EDM Was Even A Thing

Silver Apples Made EDM in the 1960s was uploaded by: THUMP
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December 17, 2013December 17, 20135 Comments

A Synthesizer for Christmas

Ambar Navarro made this awesomely quirky animated video for Hypberbubble’s A Synthesizer for Christmas. Is a vintage analog synth under the tree really too much to ask for, Santa?

December 17, 2013December 17, 20135 Comments

Free 8-Bit Style Software Synth For Window

De La Mancha has released basic 65 – a monophonic synth, inspired by the sound of the Commodore 64 – as freeware. Building on the waveforms and signal path of this famous chip, basic 65 adds further features and options to take things a step further.

December 17, 20135 Comments

How To Use A Teenage Engineering OP-1 Synthesizer

This series of videos, via Teenage Engineering, take a look at how to use their OP-1 synthesizer.

December 17, 2013December 17, 201315 Comments

‘Synthesisers Are Killing Film And TV Music’

UK’s The Guardian reports that British composers are concerned that “Synthesizers are killing film and TV music.” That sounds pretty dire to us. Here’s what they have to say about the situation: Two of Britain’s leading film composers warn that the quality of music for film and TV is suffering because synthesised sounds are increasingly… Read More ‘Synthesisers Are Killing Film And TV Music’

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013116 Comments

MIDI Guitar For GarageBand

Jam Origin has released MIDI Guitar for GarageBand – an OS X app that lets you play any GarageBand instrument using a guitar: MIDI Guitar for GarageBand is based upon Jam Origin’s MIDI Guitar software and allows you to use your guitar to play software instruments in GarageBand, essentially converting your guitar into a MIDI controller/MIDI… Read More MIDI Guitar For GarageBand

December 17, 2013December 17, 20138 Comments

Soulsby Atmegatron Synthesizer Sneak Preview

Soulsby Synthesizers has finalized the design of the Atmegatron synthesizer – “a revolutionary new synth module that combines classic 8-bit sounds with exciting new features.” It is expected to be available in February, with PCB and Complete options. Here’s a sneak preview of the Atmegatron in action:

December 16, 2013December 16, 201323 Comments

New Modular Control Keyboard From Synthesizers.com Even Lets You Add A Whammy Bar

Synthesizers.com has been teasing out information on a new line of modular control keyboards for modular synthesizers. In a post on Facebook, Synthesizers.com’s Roger Arrick asks: What if controllers were modular too? Then we could treat controllers just like the modular system itself. Move things around as needed, build up a completely custom rig that… Read More New Modular Control Keyboard From Synthesizers.com Even Lets You Add A Whammy Bar

December 16, 2013December 16, 201313 Comments