Dutch instrument developers Dato have announced the Dato Duo, a new synthesizer designed to be used by two people at the same time. The Dato DUO combines a synthesizer and sequencer into an electronic instrument that is designed to be used by children and adults alike. While one player plays a melody on the sequencer side, the other creates… Read More New Synthesizer For Two, The Dato Duo
At Superbooth 16, we talked with gear startup Polyend about their upcoming SEQ WYSIWYG drum step sequencer. The SEQ is a beautiful visual step sequencer – a bit like a monome on steroids. In the video above, Polyend founder Piotr Raczynski gives an overview and demo of the SEQ. Raczynski calls the SEQ a ‘what you see is what you get’… Read More The Polyend SEQ Is A WYSIWYG Drum Step Sequencer (Sneak Preview)
KOMA Elektronik shared this behind-the-scenes video that looks at the making of one of their Komplex step sequencers.
Audiowerkstatt has introduced the mini-midi-step-seq, a new sequencer for MIDI, based on classic analog 8-step sequencer designs. The developer says that ‘It is optimized for live use, especially jam-sessions, but can also be used to give you new ideas’.
At the 2016 NAMM Show, Social Entropy showed updates to its Engine hardware sequencer, and also introduced its new control voltage expansion board. Here’s a video overview of the Engine sequencer from the NAMM Show floor, by designer John Kimble.
At the 2016 NAMM Show, Arturia has introduced the KeyStep Controller & Sequencer— a new USB MIDI controller keyboard and polyphonic step sequencer, with CV connectivity. Heres’s an overview from the Show floor on the KeyStep’s capabilities and features.
Misa Digital recently introduced the NSC-32 Note Sequence Controller (NCS), ‘a new type of electronic musical instrument’ designed to let you manipulate and cue electronic music sequences live. Now they’ve shared a series of videos that takes an in-depth look at what the NCS-32 can do and offers a comprehensive guide to using the new Note… Read More A Video Guide To The Misa NSC-32 Note Sequence Controller
Misa Digital has introduced the NSC-32 Note Sequence Controller (NCS), described as ‘a new type of electronic musical instrument’ that allows the user to manipulate and cue electronic music sequences live.
Arturia has released a free update to the BeatStep Pro that adds user-requested features, making it, according to the company, ‘more powerful than ever’: The sequencer has been enhanced with quantized pattern launch and pattern chains; Parameters can now be edited for all steps at once; and An improved song position algorithm keeps BeatStep Pro synchronized at… Read More BeatStep Pro Updated With ‘Wait To Load Pattern’, Pattern Chaining & More
Kilpatrick Audio – creator of the Phenol synthesizer – has launched a crowdfunding campaign to produce the new Carbon Sequencer and Performance System. Here’s the official promo for the campaign:
