DSI says that the OB-6 module is exactly the same internally as the keyboard version — the same VCOs, VCFs, and VCAs and the same Oberheim poly sound.… Read More Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 Desktop Poly Synth Review
The CRAFTsynth can be assembled in 10 minutes, with no tools, and ‘it brings real synthesizer performance to a new price point’.… Read More Modal Electronics Intros Inexpensive CRAFTsynth
Motor City Drum Ensemble’s Danilo Plessow and Innervisions’ Marcus Worgull reunite for more synth daydreaming on the new Vermont album, II. The new album continues where the first left off, influenced in equal measures by kosmische, krautrock, minimal wave and synth soundtracks. Vermont’s synth work remain the album’s main attraction, with the extensive array of gear,… Read More New Vermont Album Influenced By Kosmische, Krautrock, Synth Soundtracks
Polish startup Polyend has announced that the PERC – a MIDI-controlled system for playing acoustic percussion instruments – is now available. All pre-orders have been shipped. The PERC system can be combined with any set of drums to create a robotic virtual drummer, to augment a traditional drum kit or to create live acoustic drumming… Read More Polyend PERC Robotic MIDI Drum System Now Available
Olympia Noise Co. has released a major update to dot Melody, its ‘geometric music sequencer’ for iOS. The update adds iPad support, as well as clock synchronization options. You can now use Ableton Link, MIDI Clock, or Inter-App Audio Sync as a clock source for dot Melody. This allows for new ways to connect the app… Read More Dot Melody Geometric Sequencer Updated With Now with Ableton Link, Inter-App Audio Sync And More
The latest episode of Sonic Lab takes a look at the Erica Synths Pico System, a line of Eurorack modules that are designed to be extremely compact.… Read More Erica Synths Pico Modular System Review
Sounds Divine has released Director’s Cut, a new collection of 128 sounds for U-he Diva, inspired by the Blade Runner soundtrack.… Read More Director’s Cut Features 128 Blade Runner Inspired Sounds For U-He Diva
MoMinstruments has released updates to fluXpad and Elastic Drums for iPad.… Read More MoMinstruments Updates FluXpad & Elastic Drums
Mark Boyd of Audulus shared this video that demonstrates how to integrate the Audulus software modular synthesizer with a hardware modular synthesizer. … Read More How To Use Audulus On An iPad With Your Modular Synthesizer
The microphone records in a 3D array, and then you can use ‘virtual microphones’ to extract individual tracks. … Read More New Microphone System, ZYLIA ZM-1, Lets You Multitrack From A Single Mic
