What’s the best DAW in the world? In 2010, Synthtopia readers voted Ableton Live the world’s best DAW. But in the last two years, many competing digital audio workstations have received major updates, while Ableton has focused their development on bug fixes. And several new DAW’s have been announced since the last poll. Here’s your chance… Read More What’s The Best DAW In The World? (2012 Poll)
Tweakers is a on-going documentary project that focuses on artists, musicians, engineers, filmmakers, or anyone dedicated to ‘tweaking the future of Thailand’. This episode features Thai actor Montonn Jira: Jay Montonn who has deep knowledges in music production and electronic music gears. Aside from being a famous actor, he’s also a remarkable artist in Thailand’s electronic… Read More Electronic Music In Thailand – Montonn Jira Interview
It’s Friday, so we thought you might want to start of the weekend right with some music-making freebies: SyncerSoft has released their Flanger and Reverberation VST plugins for Windows as freeware. (via bpb) OhDrat has released Seasoning lite – a dynamic top loop creator for Reason. Nine Volt Audio is giving away Solo Guitaret –… Read More Friday Freebies – Free Music Software
CASIO XW-P1 Performance Synthesizer was uploaded by: RobertKarasekGermany
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Synthesist Bakis Sirros, aka Parallel Worlds, sent word of a new DiN label compliation album, iNDEX04, that features the work of Ian Boddy, Parallel Worlds, Markus Reuter, Erik Wøllo, Bernhard Wöstheinrich, ARC & Mazmoneth. Label boss Ian Boddy has mixed and cross-faded the 18 tracks into a continuous ambient mix, designed to not only showcase the artists’ albums, but to… Read More New Compilation Album Features DiN Synth Artists
Smithson Martin has updated its Emulator Modular application – a platform for building multi-touch MIDI control interfaces for touchscreen computers. Emulator Modular is also available for $99, through June 4th.
Andrew Apanov and Alex Mars from XSSR Academy wanted to do something special for Synthtopia readers, so they came up with this sound design tutorial on creating a ‘neuro bass’ in Ableton Live. This aggressive bass sound would be right at home in a drum and bass or dubstep track. More importantly, though, the tutorial… Read More How To Make Neuro Bass In Ableton Live (Exclusive)
Sugar Bytes CYCLOP trailer was uploaded by: SugarBytes
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Using A Power Drill As A Synthesizer Control Device was uploaded by: sonodrome
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Reader aymat (Joel Carlo) wrote in to let us know that Mackie has released updated drivers for the Onyx Blackjack that finally deliver on the device’s promise: For the thousands of Onyx Blackjack users on the Windows platform who have had nothing but frustration for the last 2 years since Mackie released it back in… Read More Mackie Onyx Blackjack v3.0 Driver Update ‘A Freaking Happy Occasion’
