In the latest Electro-Harmonix Effectology episode, effects guru Bill Ruppert takes a look at creating ‘spooky’ sound effects for Halloween using pedals. While Ruppert’s series is aimed at guitarists, his approach to pedals is to basically use them like a modular synthesizer.
VXXY has introduced the DCM8 Chip Tune Drum Machine, described as ‘the first dedicated chip tune drum machine”. Features: 64 Patterns in 8 banks of 8. Selectable 8, 16 or 32 steps per pattern with half, normal and double speed timing scales. Adjustable instrument volume, decay and pitch on per step basis. Dual channel architecture… Read More DCM8 Chip Tune Drum Machine Now Available
One Man iPad Band – Street Spirit fade out Cover – RadioHead was uploaded by: thecuno84
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Arturia released details on a new virtual analog, the Oberheim SEM V. The software synthesizer is designed to recreate Oberheim’s classic SEM – Synthesizer Expander Module – but enhanced with features made possible through software. Features: All the original parameters of the Oberheim SEM : two oscillators, each offering sawtooth wave and variable-width pulse wave with PWM,… Read More Arturia Oberheim SEM V Synthesizer Details
It’s been one year since Panasonic announced that the classic DJ turntable was dead – when it killed off Technics: After more than 35 years as a leading manufacturer of analogue turntables, Panasonic has regretfully taken the decision to leave this market. Panasonic hopes that retailers and consumers will understand that its product range has… Read More Technics Turntables, R.I.P.
Open Mic: Last week, I asked Synthtopia readers “What electronic music track changed your life?” – and got hundreds of responses, on the post and via Facebook. They were thoughtful responses – from readers whose lives had been changed by electronic music classics by Wendy Carlos, Delia Derbyshire, Roger Powell, John Foxx, Gary Numan, Kraftwerk,… Read More Open Mic: What’s Your Guilty Pleasure?
TOY #8 CASIO VL-1 Keyboard 1981 | HQ DEMO was uploaded by: AnalogAudio1
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Modeselektor – Shipwreck (Official Video) was uploaded by: TsugiMagazine
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Saturday Synth Porn: Nearly a year ago, we put up a post about Jonas Ericksson’s 76 Synthesizer, which was at that time a design concept for a software synthesizer. Since then, 76 Synthesizer has moved from being a design concept to being a released software synth, available in the App Store for $1.99. 76 Synthesizer is… Read More 76 Synthesizer No Longer Just A Fantasy
