Reason 10: At last some new instruments from Propellerhead!

22 Sep 2017 in Studio

Propellerhead announces the arrival of Reason 10. The new instrument drought of 10 years is finally over with 2 new synthesizers, 3 sampled instruments, and a piano. Is it enough to silence the critics?

Ton(e)hammer Rig Pack: Free metal for your Kemper

21 Sep 2017 in Guitar

If your Kemper is not sounding quite rock or metal enough then Ton(e)hammer have 50 free profiles taken from some of the metallist amplifiers around to melt your face off.

ADVERTISEMENT

Krankie: the ultimate hipster music making machine

21 Sep 2017 in Synths

Get down to truly authentic music production by hand punching your own paper piano roll and hand-crank it through the Krankie, while keeping one hand free for your fair-trade-walnut-double-shot-mocha-latte.

Syntronik brings 17 classic synths to the iPad for free

20 Sep 2017 in Synths

IK Multimedia has brought their bundle of legendary synths to the iPad with 17 free instruments. More are available with in-app purchasing but isn't it a slap in the face for desktop users who pay far more?

Kurzweil SP6 adds one more stage piano to their massive range

20 Sep 2017 in Synths

Kurzweil release yet another stage piano in the "powerfully simple" SP6. It's a stage piano with 2GB of sounds, great weighted action, and good bit of dated looking chunkiness.

OB-X Neo teaser video has us swimming in thick pads

19 Sep 2017 in Synths

A OB-X Neo 2 x 8 voice synthesizer module fades in from the gloom. Not quite clear enough to tell if it's a render, a plug-in or hardware. Is it from Tom Oberheim or is Behringer behind it?

Mod your Moog Minitaur into Eurorack with this DIY conversion kit

19 Sep 2017 in Synths

Grab a soldering iron and let's invalidate our warranty. This well put together DIY conversion kit will hack your Moog Minitaur into a 48HP Eurorack synthesizer voice. Not for the faint-hearted.

€20,000 Schmidt Synthesizer selling like very expensive hot cakes

18 Sep 2017 in Synths

The €20,000 Schmidt Eightvoice Polyphonic Synthesizer is about to have its third batch of 25 made. If you want to be part of this exclusive synthesizer club then you can place your order now.

Roland Cloud 4.4 Anthology Orchestra is the JV-80 orchestral expansion

18 Sep 2017 in Synths

Roland Cloud's latest update brings us an orchestral library from the days when it all had to fit on an 8MB expansion card. Anthology Orchestra brings back a classic JV-80 sound set.

Mutable Instruments say goodbye to Braids

17 Sep 2017 in Synths

After five years as Mutable Instruments best-selling sound generator, they have decided to discontinue the Braids macro oscillator. More casualties are to follow - will it be your favourite module next?

Golden Tattoos become an on-skin MIDI controller with Duoskin

15 Sep 2017 in Studio

You can now adorn yourself with gold leaf tattoos that carry MIDI and controller information directly from your touch into your DAW or MIDI instruments and sound sources. It's wearing music on your skin.

ADVERTISEMENT

Bitwig Studio gets Ableton Link with 2.2 update

14 Sep 2017 in Studio

Bitwig Studio reaches version 2.2 and joins the Ableton Link party for instant networked tempo sync to other software and devices. There are also new modulators, time shifting and 3GBs of new content.

Synthbox: Touchscreen, polyphonic, wavetable synthesizer for Eurorack

14 Sep 2017 in Synths

1010music release a complete polyphonic wavetable synthesizer voice for Eurorack. Synthbox shares the same touch-screen hardware as the Fxbox and Bitbox and can also share the firmware.

Audio Damage Axon 2 drum synth driven by Artificial Intelligence

14 Sep 2017 in Synths

In the Apocalypse to come, they'll say it started with a plug-in. Axon 2, gifted with intelligence to birth new patterns, learned exponentially and soon all rhythmic decisions were taken out of human hands.

V-Combo VR-730 and VR-09-B live performance keyboards from Roland

13 Sep 2017 in Synths

The V-Combo VR-730 and VR-09-B are vintage looking keyboards for live performance with the sort of organ, piano and synth sounds the gigging keyboard player needs. Light, portable and very useful.

Yamaha tease a ghostly digital workstation called Genos

13 Sep 2017 in Synths

Yamaha has a go at being mysterious with a handful of tease videos about a forthcoming Digital Workstation called Genos. Is it more of the same or is Yamaha about to break out of its box?

Akai VIP 3.0 gives control over your VST library from any controller

12 Sep 2017 in Synths

The new version of Akai's VIP virtual instrument host and performance software is no longer tied to their Advance keyboard range. Direct access over your entire VST library from any keyboard or DAW.

Shootout: Roland D-05 vs D50

12 Sep 2017 in Synths

Can you tell the difference between the classic presets of the original D-50 and the same sounds on the new Roland Boutique D-05? No, we couldn't either - but give it a go!

VCV Rack: a virtual modular Eurorack system that’s completely free

11 Sep 2017 in Synths

The beta version of VCV Rack offers 27 virtual Eurorack modules from the likes of Mutable Instruments, Befaco and Synthesis Technology. It's free and gives you an entire Eurorack modular system on the desktop.

KVgear Vixen: a mixer for all your Volcas

09 Sep 2017 in Synths

The Vixen mixer from KVgear will mix and power up to 8 Korg Volcas and is also the size of one. A neat idea coming to Kickstarter and synth jams everywhere.

Modal CRAFTrhythm DIY drum and percussion sampler

09 Sep 2017 in Synths

Modal Electronics announce the CRAFTrhythm, an 8-track drum and percussion sampler in the same DIY form as the CRAFTsynth. Good, cheap, fun.

Roland Boutique D-05: a reimagined D-50 Linear Synthesizer

09 Sep 2017 in Synths

Roland take us back to the era of menu diving, painful programming and the pop music of the late 1980's with the Roland Boutique D-05 Linear Synthesizer.

Generate CV from plants with the Scion biometric feedback module

08 Sep 2017 in Synths

Instruo's Scion Biometric Feedback to CV module will produce random voltages influenced by the electrical currents detected on organic surfaces. So plug in your pot plant and let's get generating.

The NDLR: Multi-part polyphonic arpeggiator and chord machine

07 Sep 2017 in Synths

The NDLR "Noodler" is an advanced arpeggiating box that will run up to 8 synthesizers with separate bass and lead patterns, 4 note pads and a drone root all from internal chords.