u-he announces d.i.v.a. software analogue impersonating synth

as you might know, there is analog synth impersonating technology upcoming at u-he software, the first one was the Tyrell Project, but as we come closer to Xmas – it will be ready – the „real“ U-HE product under that name and possibly only the first one.. diva is for dinosaur impersonating virtual analog. isn’t that cool? ! next monday will be the day for a beta.. Wie geht es weiter mit dem Tyrell:Diva wird voraussichtlich am kommenden Montag als Public Beta rauskommen, mit Frühbucherrabatt bis Weihnachten. Einen ersten Screenshot…

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CD-format to be abandoned by major labels by the end of 2012

here and there I heard rumours like this: CD-format to be abandoned by major labels by the end of 2012 – Industrial Music Facebook news at SIDE-LINE.COM. so it’s true, the world ends in 2012, thanks Maja people! you can still buy Moogulator CDs, btw ;) Wie man lesen kann möchte die Musikindustrie auf großem Fuß die CD dann doch mal kippen, in vielen Läden gibt es allerdings ohnehin einige Sachen nicht, so man im normalen Megadingsstore guckt, deshalb kauft man vermutlich eh schon länger bei freundlichen kleineren Läden, die…

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Step Sequencer via Launch Pad on / with ReNoise

Step Sequencer – Start page. 8, 16 or 32 steps (due to the Launchpads 8-step principle) unlimited amount of tracks / patterns set up for each track a sample, sample bank, a vst instrument or a Midi instrument of your choice set for each step: velocity, delay, note values including „note OFF“, note length chord mode: insert up to 3 notes in one track variable note resolution: 3 modes switchable (for example edit 1/2, 1/4 or 1/16 notes) quick clear: delete all steps of a track at once complete bidrectional editing: all…

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Thunderbolt Audio Interfaces? And why the hell no 24 analog in interface?

Thunderbolt Audio Interface?. in addition to the Macbook Air Posting and the Mac / Audio situation – Apogee says Thunderbolt audio interfaces / soundcards will soon be available. High end products will come first. I doubt low end audio products will implement this standard – they will stick with USB IMHO. Apogee this is very likely to Apple abandon whole techologies, eg. killing Firewire without notice to the hardware audio makers.. “Technology like this only happens about once a decade. We are thrilled about the performance and simplicity Thunderbolt technology will…

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Rob Papen at Synth.NL’s HQ

both are pretty well known to the synth scene in europe, so just watch that synth gear porn – Rob talks about some advantages of new and vintage synthesizers.. SH101, Jupiter 80, ARP2600, CS50, Minimoog they’re all in -.. synth.nl is one of the bigger studio / collectors in europe Drum Plug-in: Punch – btw: I recently wrote a german review about Rob Papens latest Punch Drum Synth on Amazona.de ..

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Vermona – Quad MIDI-CV Interface

Forum: VERMONA – Quad MIDI-CV Interface. has 4x CV/Gate plus 2 free CVs. it can handle polyphony as well. looks like this is the same ciruitry as in the Perfourmer. it’s a module 3 units high. to quote the info it’s 300€ – it’s 14bit KB CV – mono is able to do rotation or single channel assignment: Neben Dual, 4fach Unisono oder (4x) einkanalig (Mono1), Mono-Rotating (Mono2) und Poly-Rotating (Poly) werden noch 4 separate Clockdivider incl. Reset-Buchse angeboten. Im Grunde handelt es sich hier um das MIDI-Interface vom neuen…

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