Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Tumbi-Tronik single string virtual Tumbi instrument from Bollywood Sounds

16 Jan 2017 in Synths

You know that twangy sound from that Panjabi MC Indian dance track from 1999? It was a Tumbi and Tumbi-Tronik is a virtual instrument dedicated to that traditional single stringed Indian instrument.

Music tech predictions for NAMM 2017

14 Jan 2017 in Synths, Studio

Robin dredges the depths of his imagination to gather some plausibly unlikely predictions for new technology we may find at NAMM 2017.

Hypermorph: a shapeshifting synth and sequencer for Ableton Live

13 Jan 2017 in Synths

Hypermorph gets kinetic with this 4 oscillator, morphing sound shifting device for Ableton Live and Max For Live

Bitwig announce Bitwig Studio 2

12 Jan 2017 in Studio

Bitwig Studio 2 focuses on modulation, device manipulation and CV/Gate integration as well as fixing most of the stuff that's been lacking.

Get angry for free with BeatBox Beast Kontakt library

12 Jan 2017 in Synths

Beatbox Beast is an angry bunch of samples taken from the mouths of the young and talented. It's free or for a €5 no-brainer you can get the full version.

NAMM 2017: Korg updates ARP, Kronos and MS-20

12 Jan 2017 in Synths

NAMM 2017 is all about the limited-editions for Korg this year. A full sized ARP, a gold Kronos, a platinum Krome and a white MS-20.

NAMM 2017: Korg Gadget leaps to desktop MacOS

12 Jan 2017 in Synths

Korg's virtual synth box music studio Korg Gadget transitions from iOS to the Mac - things are getting serious

Feel virtual knobs on a touch screen with TanvasTouch

11 Jan 2017 in Other

Haptic feedback from touch-screens has been long promised but never materialised - until now. Has TanvasTouch cracked a new level of touch-screen interaction?

Moog Music: New documentary takes us behind the scenes

10 Jan 2017 in Synths

Furiously colourful documentary of Moog Music that is worth half an hour of your time

NAMM 2017: Stylophone Gen X-1 sneak preview

08 Jan 2017 in Synths

An image has appeared of the Stylophone Gen-X1 to be launched at NAMM 2017 - can you tell what it is yet?

Morpheus Morphing Z-Plane Filter about to drop

06 Jan 2017 in Synths

Pre-orders have started on the stunning Morpheus morphing Z-plane filter module for Eurorack pulled from the E-mu Morpheus synthesizer

Revolution: 14 iconic drum machines in one virtual instrument

05 Jan 2017 in Synths

All the classic drum machines packed into a single Kontakt based virtual instrument. Revolution certainly covers all your bases... and snares, hit-hats etc.

CES: Roland reveals Rubix audio interfaces

05 Jan 2017 in Studio

Roland introduces three sizes of Rubix USB audio interfaces and puts a useful compressor/limiter on two and a ground lift on all three.

Get 8-bit wavetables into your Eurorack with the Oscitron

03 Jan 2017 in Synths

Soulsby are poised to release their first Eurorack module. The Oscitron is an 8-bit oscillator based on the Atmegatron with 32 wavetables and input sampling.

PolyKB III: Morphing French analog oscillators by XILS

03 Jan 2017 in Synths

The 1983 French made RCF Polykobol II is resurrected once again by XILS-lab. The PolyKB III is packed with morphing and modulating features. Let's hope they've got it right this time.

Behringer CEO offers sneak peak at their drum machine development

02 Jan 2017 in Synths

Uli Behringer wishes everyone a merry time and sneaks us a look at the 808 and 909 clones they've made for "evaluation purposes".

Robin’s Picks 2016: Behringer, Screenforge, Make Noise

26 Dec 2016 in Synths

Here's the top 3 products from this years releases that really got under my skin in a deliciously musical way.

Daily Beats VST: 14 instruments for free

23 Dec 2016 in Synths

Daily Beats VST gives you 14 sampled instruments covering pianos, guitars, strings and orchestral in a fresh clean interface - for free!

Christmas gift from Arturia – it’s a MiniFilter V!

22 Dec 2016 in Synths

Arturia would like to thank all their users, supporters, current and future customers with a little gift this Christmas of a cool MiniFitler V Moog ladder filter

Reaktor 6.1 on Surface Book with Ableton Link on Surface Pro 4

Reaktor gets synced to Ableton Link in the 6.1 update

21 Dec 2016 in Synths

New update from Native Instruments upgrades Reaktor to version 6.1 and brings in Ableton Link support

Sir David Attenborough’s adventures in World Music

20 Dec 2016 in Other

Join Sir David Attenborough on Christmas day to hear his adventures in World Music that he collected over his many travels

The Yowler: Kickstarter community noise synth

20 Dec 2016 in Synths

The Yowler is a 3 oscillator noise synth that's already funded on Kickstarter but will add extra features voted on by the backers for every AU$1000 over goal.