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After all the frantic build-up over the weekend, here it is: The Kemper Profliler Stage has now officially been announced. It’s a multi-effect guitar amp that packs the whole Profiler system into a floorboard unit, including the company’s profiling technology, adding a foot controller package for live use. Kemper Profiler Stage After the teaser video […]
I hadn’t expected to want to become a laserist but now I do. Radiator is a laser synthesizer that could zap your live performances into a sci-fi future. Laser show? I know what you’re thinking: lasers are all a bit passé, sort of fun in a 1980s dry-ice kind of way, but they are like […]
There’s a brand new synth event about to go down. The newly established Southwest Synth Fest (SWSF) will be held for the first time on June 15 in Austin, Texas. SWSF will feature a gear expo, synth building workshop, synth talks, and artist performances. A proper synthesizer event like this was missing in Austin until […]
Dadamachines has revealed the Composer Pro, a standalone hardware sequencer with no less than 192 matrix buttons and support for open source audio engines. Just by looking at it, it’s obvious that this is a rather massive performance machine. What can it do? Let’s dig in. The Dadamachines Composer Pro is designed to be the […]
More and more electronic producers are closing their laptops and opening charge accounts to pay for modular synthesizers, samplers, and the like. With hardware production and performance on the rise, Pioneer DJ has stepped forward with the new TORAIZ SQUID multitrack sequencer for composing with and syncing to all manner of analog and MIDI hardware, […]
More and more electronic producers are closing their laptops and opening charge accounts to pay for modular synthesizers, samplers, and the like. With hardware production and performance on the rise, Pioneer DJ has stepped forward with the new TORAIZ SQUID multitrack sequencer for composing with and syncing to all manner of analog and MIDI hardware, […]
Livestock Electronics has been building quirky, green and interesting Eurorack modules since their Superbooth debut in 2017. For this year’s Superbooth they have three new modules to show: Shepherd, Ellis and Leap. Shepherd Shepherd is a 6-channel performance step sequencer that’s designed to adapt to your changing needs. Each channel has 4 outputs that can […]
Romanian electronic and film music composer Silent Strike has posted a little clip of his stunning new revolving “QB” cuboid Eurorack case. QB There’s not a whole lot to say other than WOW! QB is built by Ioan Bârlădeanu expressly for Silent Strike and is not currently for sale (I wonder what we have to do […]
Now here’s a genius idea for all of you cash-strapped buskers out there. Stompai is a smartphone app that plays two different drum sounds, controlled by your foot. You actually tie the phone to your foot – well, there’s even a custom mount for that – and tap away. Why hasn’t anyone thought of this […]
Deskew Technologies is showing the latest version of Gig Performer at NAMM this year. Version 3 adds a bunch of new things that their user base has been crying out for including setlists, ChordPro support and better MIDI control. Gig Performer 3 Gig Performer is a solid piece of software. I’d say it’s the most […]