BeepStreet Impakton Physical Modeling Percussion Synth For iOS (Sneak Preview)

BeepStreet, maker of the iOS synth Sunrizer, has announced Impakton – a new app designed to turn any surface into a playable percussive instrument. Here’s what they have to say about it: You just slap your desk like a real drum, the transient acoustic signal is fed into the physical modeling engine and turned into… Read More BeepStreet Impakton Physical Modeling Percussion Synth For iOS (Sneak Preview)

Free Max For Live Device Lets You Sequence Modular Synth Percussion From Ableton Live

Reader Jason Job wrote us to let us know about a free Max4Live device, Note2CCGate, designed for sequencing modular drum modules from Ableton Live: Thought your readers who are interested in modular synths, Ableton Live and Max4Live might find this post useful. In it I describe a method for controlling the new TipTop Audio 808 drum modules… Read More Free Max For Live Device Lets You Sequence Modular Synth Percussion From Ableton Live

Vermona Perfourmer Drum Synthesis

‘Vermona Perfourmer Drum Synthesis’ is the sort of headline that only a true synth freak could enjoy. None of this ‘sexy’, ‘free’ or ‘iPad’ stuff to distract you. And the Vermona Perfourmer – though it’s designed to be a four-voice analog synthesizer – makes some pretty wicked drum sounds: