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After a short teaser last week, Expressive E and Haken Audio have teamed up to announce Osmose, an instrument that provides three dimensions of control for every single key. It brings further expression to performances, offering a “new landscape of physical gestures for musicians to interact with sounds and produce music like they never have […]
Regardless of whether you’re a beginner or seasoned pro, knowing the ins and outs of a new instrument interface isn’t always a straightforward process. That’s why Arturia, in their latest update to their V Collection virtual instrument suite, has added in-app tutorials to guide you through the key features of the instruments. Undo Another new […]
Ableton has released a brand new synth for Live 10 and Max for Live, Grain Scanner by Amazing Noises. It’s a 10-voice polyphonic granular synth and re-synthesiser with the versatility to create experimental noises, complex textures and massive clouds of ambience. Ableton says “its advanced sound engine turns any sample into a blank slate for […]
Native Instruments built up a lot of excitement leading up to its release of Massive X, 12 years after the inception of the original wavetable soft synth. While the new synth mostly received praise, it was evident that this was merely the very first version of Massive X, with improvement updates in the pipeline. Whether […]
Many in-the-box producers ponder over which software synthesizer is really the best one money can buy. There’s certainly been a lot to choose from this year, each with their own edge – so we’ve put it to a vote. Kilohearts Phase Plant Phase Plant from Kilohearts offers wavetable, sampling, noise and virtual-analogue synthesis in one […]
Expressive E, known for its well-received Touché MPE controller, have released the MPE Collection, a library of sounds designed for almost all other MPE devices. The new sound library will comprise of three components: Helium, Mercury and Patchwork MPE, with the total number of available sounds reaching 240. Each bank of sounds has an array […]
The UNO Drum certainly is a flexible piece of kit, with a decent-sized bank of sounds and easy sequencing options. IK Multimedia have attempted to make the drum machine even more flexible, by integrating it as a DAW plugin and app for iPad. Offering real-time parameter control, the ability to load and edit presets, build […]
KV331’s Synthmaster One gets an update to v1.3, and introduces a host of new features. The wavetable synth gets a new white skin, new factory presets, scales and envelope types and also includes cross-platform cloud data sync. Synthmaster One v1.3’s 200 new presets have been designed by Brian Transeau, Kurt Ader and Luke Neptune. This […]
Novation SuperNova/SuperNova II The SuperNova and SuperNova II are virtual-analogue synths that deliver a lovely, rich sound. Most commonly found as a rack module (a keyboard version does exist), the synth’s extensive control panel provides oodles of MIDI-recordable hands-on control over the instrument. The version 2 model has an external audio input, too. Circa £550 […]
IK Multimedia has debuted Hammond B-3X, made to meticulously recreate the sound, controls and even the entire effects signal path of the Hammond B-3 organ. IK Multimedia has partnered up with Hammond USA and Suzuki Music Corp, owners of the Hammond Brand, to capture the authentic sound of the original hardware organ. The Hammond B-3X […]