Musikmesse 2017: Hartmann 20 €20,000 synthesizer on demo at show
05 Apr 2017 in Synths
Get your hands on a €20,000 synthesizer from Alex Hartmann - go now, it's on the Waldorf booth!
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Musikmesse 2017: Zynaptiq Wormhole sucks us into a new effect dimension
05 Apr 2017 in Studio
After a year travelling through space and time Zynaptiq's Wormhole effects processor re-emerges with some other-worldly sounds from the depths of the universe.
Musikmesse 2017: Nord Stage 3 flagship piano synthesizer
05 Apr 2017 in Synths
Nord build on their stage piano heritage with the Stage 3, an expanded and updated evolution of a modern classic.
Musikmesse 2017: New Quantum synthesizer from Waldorf?
04 Apr 2017 in Synths
A new synthesizer has been spotted on the Waldorf stand, apparently it's called Quantum and it's an 8-voice hybrid polysynth! Updated: Now with video and full details.
Softube goes Vactrol with the Doepfer A-101-2 LPG for Modular
04 Apr 2017 in Synths
Softube absorb the Doepfer A-101-2 Vactrol Low Pass Gate (LPG) into their virtual Modular instrument for some seriously natural and organic response.
Goliath: small knob, big MIDI control
04 Apr 2017 in Synths
The Goliath MIDI controller from Gibbon Digital can map 16 parameters to a single encoder, in a tiny box, on a battery, on Kickstarter, now.
Tracktion becomes Waveform and the DAW evolves
03 Apr 2017 in Studio
Waveform is the latest evolution of Tracktion Corporation's DAW. With a new mixing console, multiple platform support and uncommonly creative tools it's worth a look.
BT Phobos: Polyconvolution Synthesizer with Spitfire Audio
02 Apr 2017 in Synths
Spitfire teams up with producer BT to give birth to the first Polyconvolution Synthesizer. It's epic, it's huge, it's cinematic, it is BT Phobos.
Tiptop Audio Fold Processor: wave multiplier and sub-octave generator
30 Mar 2017 in Synths
Based on a classic Serge design the Fold Processor folds waveforms and then generates multi-octave low-frequency square waves for some sonic oompf.
Dadamachines: MIDI to motor machine for making music with everything
29 Mar 2017 in Synths
Dadamachines takes your MIDI performance and crashes, bangs, pokes and twangs it into the real world with the automat toolbox of motors and solenoids. On Kickstarter now.
Radikal Swarm Oscillator consumes your Eurorack
29 Mar 2017 in Synths
Clone 2 oscillators into 16 and swing them around your Eurorack like a swarm of analogue modular bees.
MFB NANOZWERG PRO synthesizer for Eurorack revealed
29 Mar 2017 in Synths
MFB reimagine their fruity desktop monosynth as the Nanozwerg Pro monophonic synth voice for Eurorack with an even better filter, and morphing LFO.
The Moog DFAM Drum Machine that you’ll never own
29 Mar 2017 in Synths
This year's Moogfest VIP Engineer Workshop will be building the Moog DFAM drum machine, but you'll never have one, it's not coming soon, there's nothing to see here.
Korg Kronos LS – the lighter way to enjoy a workstation
29 Mar 2017 in Synths
Korg announce a lighter, faster, groovier Kronos LS workstation that won't break your back taking it to gigs. And check out the new red SV-1.
Mutable Instruments Clouds gets a beat mangling firmware update from Kammerl
28 Mar 2017 in Synths
Kammerl is a new alternative firmware that brings beat repeating and slicing to Mutable Instruments Clouds Eurorack module.
Blinksonic Processorz: free performance remix effects for Reaktor Blocks
28 Mar 2017 in Synths
If you own Reaktor Blocks then prepare to lose a couple of hours playing with Processorz, a free remix effects processor that's too much fun.
Moog has come to the end of the Voyager XL
27 Mar 2017 in Synths
Moog have announced the discontinuation of the last of the Voyager range of synthesizers - the Voyager XL. What next for Moog?
VK-2 Viking synthesizer for Reason misses the point of modular
27 Mar 2017 in Synths
Blamsoft's VK-2 Viking is a fabulous virtual model of Moog modular for Reason 9.2 that's totally wound up and boggled our synthesizer correspondent.
Troll8: micro-sized synthesizer, sequencer, controller and drum machine
27 Mar 2017 in Synths
Troll8 is a teeny weeny micro synthesizer, drum computer and sequencer from Kiel University. Loads of functionality but is it too small to be useful?
VirtualMIDISynth: a Windows MIDI synth that doesn’t suck
26 Mar 2017 in Synths
The Microsoft GS Wavetable synth is 21 years old and still the only MIDI file player in Windows. VirtualMIDISynth aims to do something about that.
Mescaline experimental synthesis sculpture from Folktek
24 Mar 2017 in Synths
Mescaline is a combination of art, design, electronics and sonic exploration for a truly intoxicating synthesis experience.
Hyve Touch Synth gets funded in hours on Kickstarter
23 Mar 2017 in Synths
Skot Weidmann's Hyve DIY workshop synth is being made available for everyone - this is a great day! It's on Kickstarter now.
Magix Music Maker now available for free
23 Mar 2017 in Studio
The entry level version of Magix Music Maker is now available for free giving you 8 tracks of loop-laden music making with effects and virtual instruments
Audiobus 3: New version ready for release
23 Mar 2017 in Synths
Audiobus 3 is just waiting for Korg Gadget to get it's act together and then it could well have cracked the idea of an iPad as a music workstation