Hal Leonard Books has published a new book, The Hammond Organ by Scott Faragher, that covers ‘virtually everything one could want to know about the Hammond Organ, from it’s technical components to it’s history and the players who gave it it’s place in the development of American music’. Here’s the official summary for The Hammond Organ:… Read More The Hammond Organ
HackMe Electronics has announced that the Rockit synth – their DIY 8-bit synthesizer project – has shipped. Rockit is an open source analog-digital hybrid synth, created by Matt Heins. Heins says that he’s shipped about 175 Rockits in some for (assembled, kits or PCBs). The Rockit is now available assembled for $229, or as a kit for… Read More Rockit Synthesizer Now Available
Ableton has a new freebie for Max For Live users – the Kasio-4ML synthesizer. Like its namesake CZ-series synths, Kasio-M4L uses Phase Distortion synthesis – in which the phase of a sine wave is modified in various ways to produce new waveforms. Kasio-M4L builds on its digital legacy, producing plastic basses, sharp bell-like timbres and… Read More Free CZ-Synth For Ableton Live – Kasio-4ML
Kenton Electronics has introduced a new MIDI to CV converter in Eurorack format, the Kenton Modular Solo. The Modular Solo is supplied complete with ribbon cable ready to fit into any Eurorack (A100) format modular system. Here are the specs: Power is supplied by the power supply in the modular case via the backplane Power… Read More Kenton Intros Modular Solo Eurorack MIDI to CV Converter
Reader Xavier Hosxe sends word about a new DIY synth project, preenFM. preenFM is an open source and open hardware project that lets you build a hardware FM synth module. Features: 9 different FM algorithms with up to 6 operators Each operator includes a pair of oscillator and ADSR envelope Oscillator : 7 waveforms (4 sin variation… Read More New DIY FM Synthesizer – preenFM
Here’s a blast from the early days of synth pop – Yellow Magic Orchestra doing Firecracker on Soul Train in 1980.… Read More Yellow Magic Orchestra Does Firecracker On Soul Train
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SSSSYNTH is free software synthesizer for the iPhone and iPad. Features: OSC x 2 MODURATION RING MODURATION OSC SYNC GLIDE FILTER x 1 EG x 2(AMP,FILTER) LFO x 2 FX DELAY OVER DRIVE KEYBOARD(SCALE) x 35 The features are limited & MIDI is missing in action, but the price is right. It’s available now as… Read More Free Software Synthesizer For iPhone, iPad, SSSSYNTH
Zayik.com is a new website that lets you design custom MIDI controllers in your Web browser that you can then have them build for you. Zayik MIDI controllers aren’t cheap, starting at $700. But Zayik says that they are catering to a specific market and they both encourage customers to check out alternatives and to… Read More New Site, Zayik, Lets You Design Your Own MIDI Controller
In this video, developer Christian Bannister offers a walkthrough of his Subcycle project., a multi-touch controller that explores alternative ways of visualizing and controlling electronic music. In the video, Bannister covers: creating percussive patterns with monome shaping the individual sounds that make up the patterns with multitouch gestures recording touchscreen gestures as automation storing, duplicating… Read More A Vision Of The Future Of Music – A Walkthrough Of Subcycle
