Synthesizer-Magazin: SynMag Sonderausgabe Modular-Synthesizer 2014

Das S O N D E R H E F T zum Thema Modular-Synthesizer kommt. Zur Messe dabei und ab März gehts los… Die besonderen Modularsysteme im Fokus: Buchla Serge Wiard Die Westküste fokussiert. Außerdem genauer untersucht – Eurorack: Doepfer Make Noise Analogue Systems Externes von Macbeth Keith McMillen QuNexus steuert Analoges… Portrait 5HE System: Moon Modular Basisinfo CV/Gate und Modulsysteme – Spannungen, Rahmen und Co. Mag kommt nach dem Ende der Woche… www.synmag.de 12.3.-15.3.2014 Musikmesse – SynMag ist in Halle 5.0 -> (unten neben Roland) Stand B36 mit diversen Synthesizern……

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B-Step – VST Step Sequencer – OS X & Windows & Linux

B-Step is a VST Step Sequencer für Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. it has 4 tracks that can be assigned to 4 pitches with 4 lines of step triggers each position can be set to another chord note repeat per step octave range and dynamics  – which can be adjusted at once via one knob this is more like a performance sequencer than just a sequence helper. can only be ordered as VST, not as AU.  for 19,99€   Kleiner einfach wirkender 16-Sequencer mit speziellen Funktionen, die ihn komplexere…

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Patch Morpher Version 2 for Hardware Synths

Remember the Patch Morpher iPad App there is a new Version up. Free those who already bought it.  more Synths – the Blofeld, Pulse 2, DSI Morpho  is „in“ as well as the Virus TI .. the Morph Sequences can be played on the Keyboard and CHAINED to be player as one 32 Step Sequence (how cool is this?). Adds Sequencer to the Prophet 12 (!) Also Morph just one aspect like Tuning or Filter alone of multiple Patches! Version 2 also introduces significant enhancements to the patch generation tool, allowing…

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Spectro Audio – CV Toolkit – Volta, Silent Way and … CV-Control Helper

This is the 3rd „commercial“ software to control your analog CV and gates with – after Stretta showed off his solution to control his modulars by using the DC offset of his audio interface instead of a dedicated MIDI-CV interface to get higher resolutions. later Motu (the only interfaces that have DC offset without hardware modification) released Volta. And after that, Silent Way by Expert Sleepers put out not only plug ins but also hardware helpers for non-DC-offset-interfaces like RME etc. So there you get the ES Module Series – that…

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WDR 5 Radio – 18.2. Analoge Synthesizer in „Leonardo“

Am 18.2. um 16.05 Uhr wird in der WDR5 Radio-Sendung Leonardo ein Beitrag laufen, für den auch ich interviewt wurde. Wird abends wiederholt und als Podcast zum Download bereitgestellt. -Thema > Analoge Synthesizer. http://www1.wdr.de/radio/podcasts/wdr5/leonardo302.html ..und  als Podcast Link in itunes!   Mehr RADIO: Eine weitere Sendung mit Moogulator gab es auch

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Moog registered Matador

Sound frequency filters for controlling audio parameters by raising or lowering the gain of specific audio frequencies using a resonant filterMusic synthesizers is what Moog registered just now. Another Moogerfooger? Hmm, sounds like a bit more.. (one more thing) via MATADOR – Reviews & Brand Information – Moog Music, Inc. Asheville, NC – Serial Number: 86184008.   Moog plant offensichtlich eine neue Marke, die eine Art Effektgerät beschrieibt. Moog Matador? Diese speziellen Filter sollen „Audio Parameter“ steuern, ob dies frequenzselektive Hüllkurvenfolger sind? Wir werden sehen, ist ja bald Musikmesse (mit SynMag Stand…

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Classic Synth Specials 

Korg makes the ARP Odyssey

Korg seems to have officially licensed / teamed with ARP. Ok, that company was sold – so don’t know what the situation is and was – but now – they have an Odyssey for us. This year. Since the MS20 Mini is selling well, they look like making the classic synths for us, now? Hopefully shrunken as the Mini and with dynamics? ;) (no irony – I love it). Ok, this sounds a lot like fools day – but this is from the Korg Website! Those keys look a lot…

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