The MIDI Association is making it easier for manufacturers to come out with MIDI 2.0 instruments This release gets a little into the weeds, but most...
It’s billed as “create the perfect chord progression” We’ll let the company press release attempt to explain this tool. In the meantime, know that it’s $27...
Every synth is unique, but here are Mark Jenkins’ (and our) favorite general tips to make creating sounds easy and fun Early synthesists were often asked...
The company’s description: “emotive exploration that unearths the beauty, intimacy, and profound power of the human voice” Heavyocity’s first library, Evolve, came out over 15 years...
Yes, the world does have room for another reverb when it brings something new to the table. Treating reverb as an effect rather than just space...
We prefer that the species continue, but this developer seems confident that they have the drum library to render all others extinct Snark aside, sample library...
Mark Jenkins with a blast-from-the-past keyboard that looks very much to the future A few months back, just before the new Oberheim synth appeared, we featured a retrospective...
These classic modules were released as standard plug-ins earlier this year, the new versions work in their software modular system We’ve been working with Cherry Audio’s...
It’s spearheaded by Bitwig and U-He, but so far 22 other developers are “evaluating” it – thinly-coded language from software coders? Any new plug-in format that’s...
Follow the melody – dynamic intonation is very different from a pitch corrector like Auto-Tune or Melodyne Art Vista has been releasing unique, wonderfully recorded sample...
Groove Synthesis, an electronic musical instrument startup founded by music industry veterans from Avid/Digidesign and Sequential, has introduced its first synthesizer — the 3rd Wave. The...
The + means improved converters and mic preamps, along with the original Focusrite Studio Console sound And we quote: Focusrite (booth 201A) has expanded the Clarett+...
“The beautiful imperfections of classic analog polysynths” Check out the teaser video for this synth from Silen Audio, a new company, due to be released later...
Ed Sheeran, Grimes, and an increasing number of others are using technology to replace the conventional band and present great performances entirely solo. Moonya is a...
A further blow to the electronic music community has come with the death aged 79 of Vangelis from COVID-related complications [Editor’s note: I posted some brief...