WaveMachine Labs has released Auria Pro v2 – a major update to the app that they describe as ‘the first Digital Audio Workstation designed from the ground up for iPad’. It offers comprehensive MIDI support, built-in sampler player and analog synths, real-time audio warping, AAF import/export, powerful busing, and optional third-party plug-in support from names… Read More Auria Pro 2 Brings It To The iPad
Ableton Live, FL Studio and Logic Pro have long been favorite Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) of Synthtopia readers. But new apps can still shake things up. Last year, when over 14,000 readers took part in our 2014 Best DAW Poll, Bitwig jumped into the top 5. And DAWs continue to evolve. In the last year,… Read More What’s The Best Desktop DAW? (2015 Poll)
Intermorphic has introduced Noatikl 3, the latest version of their iOS generative music system. Noatikl a 16 track MIDI generating system, with 120+ parameters & many included generative music templates. Sound generation is via the integral Partikl Sound Engine, a stereo sound source comprising a modular synth with Soundfont (SF2)/DLS support + live FX. Noatikl also supports… Read More Noatikl 3 Generative Music Composer Now Available
Today, Ableton has announced that its new technology, Link, is now available to test as part of the latest free Ableton Live release, Live 9.5.1 beta. Link enables users to play electronic instruments together “with the freedom of a live band and without the hassle” of MIDI setup. The technology keeps devices in time over… Read More Ableton Link: Available Now in Free Ableton Live Beta Update
PreSonus has announced that the latest update to Notion for iOS introduces an in-app purchase that adds finger/stylus handwriting recognition. Using a finger or stylus, you can write music in your own handwriting and see it automatically converted to digital notation. With an Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro, you can even write with pressure… Read More PreSonus Notion for iOS Adds iPad Pro Support, Handwriting Recognition
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a studio improvisation by Rheyne.
Jean Marais (MoShang) let us know about a new project, Lyra VR, that combines music sequencing with virtual reality. Lyra is described as ‘a playground for musicians to experiment in, without real world limitations’. Here’s the official video preview:
Acoustica has announced a licensing agreement that includes over one thousand loops with their Mixcraft 7 DAW software. Beginning with Mixcraft 7, and in future versions of the music production and multi-track recording workstation for the PC, MVP Loops has granted Acoustica worldwide rights to bundle over 1100 MVP Loops. The loop library includes 646… Read More Acoustica Adds MVP Loops to Mixcraft
One of the most intriguing elements of Ableton’s Live 9.5 release, earlier this week, was the announcement of Ableton Link – a technology that keeps devices in time over a wireless network. The idea behind Ableton Link is to streamline syncing of multiple devices – both computers running Live and iOS devices running music apps – you just… Read More Ableton Link Makes Live Unnecessary
To mark the integration of their Archetype virtual instruments with Native Instruments’ Komplete Kontrol, Sonic Faction is giving away a copy of their full Archetype Kontakt Bundle. Archetype is a collection of eight virtual instruments (Beatdown, Sickness, Evilfish, Hatchet, Clone, Pulsator, Whoosh Machine and Rogue-One) which run the gamut of vintage and modern instruments, which are manipulated and… Read More Win A Copy Of Sonic Faction’s Archetype Kontakt Bundle
