Isao Tomita To Premier Work With Virtual Singer Miku

Electronic music pioneer Isao Tomita, 80, has announced he will feature a virtual singer Hatsune Miku as the main singer in his upcoming orchestra concert on November 23rd at Tokyo Opera City Hall in Tokyo. His new piece Ihatov Symphony, which expresses the world of Kenji Miyazawa’s novel, will be performed by Japan Philharmonic Orchestra… Read More Isao Tomita To Premier Work With Virtual Singer Miku

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Silent Way v2 Adds 5 New Plugins, 64-Bit Support, MIDI Learn & More

Expert Sleepers has released version 2.0.0 of Silent Way, its suite of plugins designed to let you use your computer as part of a modular synthesizer system.. The plugins make no sound, but are designed to generate control voltages. Silent Way v2.0.0 updates include: 5 new plug-ins: Silent Way ES-5 Controller, Silent Way ESX-4CV Combiner,… Read More Silent Way v2 Adds 5 New Plugins, 64-Bit Support, MIDI Learn & More

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The Korg Maxitribe Analog Mini Synth – Too Good To Be True?

We’ve had an explosion of synths news today, with the introduction of the Novation MIniNova, the Roland Intagra-7 rumors and NI’s Maschine MKII. The Korg Maxitribe, though, looks a little too good to be true. The image, via Sequencer.de, shows an analog mini synth in the style of the recent MonoTribe. Unfortunately, this looks like… Read More The Korg Maxitribe Analog Mini Synth – Too Good To Be True?

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Novation MiniNova Synthesizer Sneak Preview

Novation has officially announced a new minisynth & vocoder, the Novation MiniNova. The Novation MiniNova is a compact synth with the same sound engine as its big brother; the UltraNova. Key Features: Powerful micro synthesizer with UltraNova’s sound engine VocalTune and classic vocoder effects Live synth: tweak and warp your sounds in realtime 256 awesome… Read More Novation MiniNova Synthesizer Sneak Preview

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Native Instruments Intros Maschine MKII

Native Instruments has introduced Maschine MKII, the next generation of its hardware/software beatmaking workstation. Here’s what’s new with Maschine MKII: Each one of the 16 touch-pads can be assigned a different color to easily separate and identify sounds, patterns, groups, and scenes. With the new Maschine, you can timestretch and pitch shift your samples directly… Read More Native Instruments Intros Maschine MKII

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Remix Moroder

Reader Marc Mitchell let us know that Beatport is running a Giorgio Moroder remix contest. Mitchell notes that, whether or not you enter the contest, ” the parts to ‘from here to eternity’ are worth having.” You can get the details on the contest, or just download the original parts, at Beatport.  

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