Hollow Sun TriOSC For Kontakt Designed For Vintage Radiophonic Sounds

Hollow Sun has released TriOsc, a new sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt: Styled on equipment retrieved from an ancient, disused rocket launch control centre, TriOsc features three oscillators with samples of valve sine and triangle waveforms taken from a rack of vintage test equipment to create dense clusters of retro sci-fi electronica. Unique to… Read More Hollow Sun TriOSC For Kontakt Designed For Vintage Radiophonic Sounds

Vermona VSR-3 & Filter Lancet Now Available

Vermona has announced that, as of now, the new VSR-3 vintage spring reverb and Filter Lancet analog desktop multimode filter are available. The VSR-3 vintage spring reverb is “straightforward and solid” and adds the spring reverb sound to any input signal you feed it with. The Retroverb Lancet is smaller than its predecessor, but it offers improvements,… Read More Vermona VSR-3 & Filter Lancet Now Available

VirSyn iSyn Poly Electronic Music Studio (Sneak Preview)

iPad Music Software: VirSyn has announced iSyn Poly – a new electronic music studio for the Apple iPad. iSyn Poly features three fully programmable virtual analog synthesizers and a drum machine. Each synthesizer is an analog modeling synth with three oscillators, a classic 24 db/oct ladder-style lowpass filter, independent filter and amp envelope generators, and… Read More VirSyn iSyn Poly Electronic Music Studio (Sneak Preview)

Horizon Synth – The First Mature Polyphonic Synth For The iPad?

iPad Music Software: Horizon synth –  a new virtual analog synthesizer for the iPad is now available in the App Store for $4.99. Here are a few of the highlights of Horizon’s features: True SuperSaw sound emulation, first found in the legendary Roland JP-8000 synthesizer. SuperSaw is a layered waveform consisting of multiple saw waves which… Read More Horizon Synth – The First Mature Polyphonic Synth For The iPad?

Everything Is A Remix, Part 3

Part 3 of Kirby Ferguson‘s excellent Everything Is A Remix series, how innovations truly happen. This part doesn’t focus on music specifically, but indirectly addresses one of the fundamental issues of modern electronic music – the role of sampling and copying, in general.

Filther For Mac, New ‘Juicy’ Audio Filter

Sinevibes has introduced Filther, an AudioUnit effect plugin designed to add color and character to any sound. Here’s what they have to say about Filther: At it’s heart is a steep -48 dB/octave low-pass filter with innovative dual-stage waveshaping distortion. Coupled with an input envelope follower, this filter can do anything from deep low-end isolation, juicy… Read More Filther For Mac, New ‘Juicy’ Audio Filter