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Tracktion Presents is an initiative by Tracktion Corporation that’s designed to help independent developers get their products out to a wider market. The DAW maker has now added the SpaceCraft Granular Synth to this initiative, offering the iOS app as a plug-in on both Mac and Windows. Designed by Delta-V Audio, the original app is […]
Inphonik has released a plug-in version of the RYM2612 Iconic FM Synthesizer, which was previously only available as a rack extension for Reason. As its name suggests, the synth is a recreation of Yamaha’s YM2612 FM synthesizer chip, the sound engine used on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console. The brand describes the RYM2612 plug-in as […]
Native Instruments Kontakt 6 NI has steadily built Kontakt into an awesome powerhouse of a sampler and its latest iteration is one of the most powerful sample-based instruments that’s ever existed. Its flexible sampling stage is linked to an equally flexible synthesis stage and incorporates powerful DSP abilities and great-sounding effects. Price £359 Steinberg HALion […]
Yonac has introduced Roxsyn, an iOS synth for guitars and basses. Unlike some other similar systems, this synth plug-in does not require MIDI – just plug your instrument into a lightning/USB audio interface to get started. What’s unique about Roxsyn is its original sound generation technology known as ‘Metamorphic’. Instead of relying on pitch tracking […]
At one time, the humble synth ‘pad’ sound was simply used as filler, to literally pad out mixes, but now a great pad sound can make (or, indeed, break) a tune and every synth has preset folders full to the brim with them. Here are 10 tips to creating great pad sounds or, at the […]
After innovative plug-ins like the multi-fx BYOME and spectral-effects behemoth SpecOps, Unfiltered Audio has debuted its first synth: Lion. This tool aims to dominate in aspects of “quick patching, endless experimentation and intuitive sound design”. At Lion’s heart are two oscillators, each with 26 algorithms (or modes). These span familiar options such as FM synthesis, […]
Price From $169 Contact Kilohearts The quest for the ultimate soft synth has been hotting up of late, with many companies really pulling out all the stops to reside in your hard-drive space. There have been great-looking options with incredible UIs, including the likes of Arturia’s Pigments and Audaire’s Zone, which both […]
How brave are we to try and pick just 10 synths that defined dance music from all the synths ever created, in both hardware or software? The fact is, though, that there have been some truly iconic synths released over the last 40 years of dance music that really have defined its history. Some might […]
Yamaha DX7 / DX7-II / TX802 A good example of an original DX7 will set you back around £350, but you should aim for the Mk II model as it has a larger screen, better buttons, better build strength and updated 16-bit circuitry giving cleaner sound quality. The rackmount TX802 also has these MkII updates. […]
A year ago, Korg brought its popular mobile music studio, Gadget, to the Nintendo Switch. The software’s latest v3.0 update is its biggest refresh yet, with Japanese gaming titans SEGA and Taito coming on board to recreate the sounds of vintage arcade games. As you may recall, Korg’s Gadget previously existed on iOS and Android […]