Star Trek Meets Coltrane, After The Rain

Sunday Synth Jam: New York Thereminist Rob Schwimmer plays a Star Trek – Coltrane After The Rain medley on a 1929 RCA “theremin of reknown.” Schwimmer had this to say about playing the H. Whipple Abbott theremin: “84 years old electronics! And so thick sounding it’s as if you’re touching somebody.”

TF7 A Polyphonic FM Synth That Is ‘Made For Touch’

Tenacious Frog has introduced TF7 – a polyphonic frequency modulation synthesizer that is ‘made for touch’. Here’s what they have to say about TF7: Create wonderful music by playing simple shapes using the touch interface and playing these same shapes across the pad. Embellish the shapes to play advanced compositions. Switch to chromatic mode to… Read More TF7 A Polyphonic FM Synth That Is ‘Made For Touch’

Twisted Tools Metamorph ‘Fuses Electroacoustic & Designed Sound Effects’

 Twisted Tools has introduced Metamorph – a new sample library that ‘fuses electroacoustic and designed sound effects.’ Metamorph was developed by Italian sound artists BJM Mario Bajardi and Komplex (Iter-Research). The sample library takes heavily processed violins, pianos and acoustic instruments and morphs them into impacts, sci-fi atmospheres, user interface elements and beyond. Here’s the official… Read More Twisted Tools Metamorph ‘Fuses Electroacoustic & Designed Sound Effects’