Audionomy has introduced DM2 – a new synthesis-based drum machine, from the creator of DM1. DM2 is powered by Pure Data, an open source language for audio and visual synthesis. Along with a polymetric sequencer and an extensive song mode, DM2 includes a fully graphical editor for creating drum sounds. Here’s the official video intro:
Apple today announced an update to GarageBand, targeting the huge Chinese market with new instruments, sounds and loop content inspired by the music history of China. The update adds traditional Chinese instruments — the pipa, erhu and Chinese percussion — along with 300 Chinese musical loops. GarageBand for iOS users also get two new Chinese templates for… Read More Apple Updates GarageBand With Chinese Sounds & Instruments
Novation has released another update to their rapidly version incrementing Blocs Wave app. Earlier this month, they updated Blocs Wave to version 4, adding Slice Mode. Now, Novation has released Blocs Wave v5, which adds a user library, which lets you manage imported and recorded sounds. You can now use your imported and recorded loops… Read More Blocs Wave Update Adds User Sound Library
Developer Neil Cosgrove let us know about LNX Studio – a free & open source (GPL) DAW for OS X. “It has a few special features we think people would be interested in,” he notes. “It comes with a lot of built in instruments & effects, like virtual synths & drum machine, but it can do several… Read More LNX Studio Is A Free, Open Source (GPL) DAW For OS X
In this post, chiptune guru Joe E. Allen makes his long-awaited return, with a look at making music on a Game Boy with LSDj. LSDj (Little Sound Dj) is a sequencing app that lets you make 4-track music, using the Game Boy sound chip. The app is available (used) on cartridges or as a ROM file. The ROM can… Read More Making Music On A Game Boy With LSDj
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2uk6JlpaIc Novation has released an update to Blocs Wave, adding ‘Slice Mode’, a new option that lets you chop up sounds, play slices in real-time and record your slice performance. Here’s what’s new in Blocs Wave 4:
At Superbooth 16, we talked with Max of E-RM about their Multiclock – a professional sync device. The Multiclock lets you sync all types of clocks – analog, DIN, MIDI, audio, DAW – across four channels, and gives you per-channel control over clock timing and swing. Here’s a video demo:
ITVL (Interval) is a new sequencer, for OS X & Windows, that combines elements of classic step sequencing and generative music.
Secret Base Design has introduced Infinite Looper – a new app that adapts audio style looping to performing with MIDI. Infinite Looper let you quickly select different synthesizers and loop the MIDI to each, with perfect synchronization. Each of the instruments can have up to eight simultaneous loops. The loops can be of different lengths, up to… Read More New MIDI Looping App For iOS, Infinite Looper
Novation has shared a series of videos that look at getting started with Launchpad for iOS.
