Voice Of Rapture: The Alto Puts An Opera Singer In Your DAW

Soundiron has released Voice of Rapture: The Alto, a new sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt, based on the voice of Kindra Scharich, right. Voice of Rapture: The Alto is a solo operatic mezzo-soprano vocal library that captures the voice of Scharich, with a wide variety of playable chromatic articulations and melodic elements. The Alto includes… Read More Voice Of Rapture: The Alto Puts An Opera Singer In Your DAW

New App, Sopranotron, Turns Your iPad Into A Virtual Soprano

Omenie has introduced Sopranotron – a new app that they call the first ‘virtual soprano’ for iPad. Sopranotron is Omenie’s M3000 HD ‘English Soprano’ library, provided as a standalone instrument. Soprano Caitlin Downie, right, has been recorded and assembled into a huge vocal collection. The instrument features 525 different samples, 15 different voices, with chromatic sampling over the… Read More New App, Sopranotron, Turns Your iPad Into A Virtual Soprano

Building An Artificial Soundscape With Robotic Insects

Cicadas is a sound art project, created by Berlin-based musician/sound artist Bob Meanza, that explores the idea of creating artificial ambient soundscapes with robotic insects. The project is based on small, battery-powered ‘insects’, which are built using programmed AVR microcontrollers and sound emitting components (relays, piezos, buzzers…). 

The Computer Orchestra

The Computer Orchestra is a crowdsourcing platform, created by Simon de Diesbach, Jonas Lacôte, Laura Perrenoud, that allows users to create and conduct their own orchestra. Users can choose to upload their own music or download samples to integrate into their formation Once the ‘orchestra’ is configured, users can direct it with the movements of their… Read More The Computer Orchestra