Synth 

NI Reaktor 6 coming with new „analog style“ modules (blocks)

soon to be there – new redesigned Reaktor 6 offers a new level of modules with graphical interface called „blocks“. it will still be panel and cables being connected on another panel – but they look a lot more like „analog“ modules and eurorack kind of shapes. there will be more than this – under the hood – and it will be 200€ new – 99€ update (which is a lot less than before) note – these modules are already higher end kind of sound – since they are not…

Controller Synth 

Nonlinear Labs – Stephan Schmitt (NI Founder) tours through the new concept

as you might have read and seen – Stephan Schmitt, who founded Native Instruments and is still a holder has been busy building a new interface with hardware – it is (and has) a Fatar keyboard and wooden parts coming from italy put together in a case and consists of buttons that can be relabelled just by simple paper strips (not displays) – so you just hit a button of the desired parameter and edit it – it will be displayed and shown – and can be changed by a large…

Synthesizer-Magazin: Ausgabe #42 kommt..

Synthesizer-Magazin: #42 kommt am 22.1.2014. sieht so aus: und das ist drin: Maschinen Arturia Microbrute – Der Überall-Analoge Waldorf Pulse 2 – Was lange währt: 8stimmig durchs Filter Korg Volca Serie – Nix RTL, Kleinmaschine Korg Kross Roland – Analyse der Filter aller analogen Roland Synthesizer (Teil2) Native Instruments Maschine Studio und 2.0 Focusrite Audiointerface – Scarlett 18i U-He Satin – Tapesimulation und Spezialeffekt Ableton Live 9.1 – Neues… IKmultimedia iRig Pro Audiointerface + MIDI Maschinensprache Buchtipps Gema und Alternativen (C3S) und die aktuelle Lage für Musiker Menschen   Booka Shade – Studiobesuch! Metamono – Komplett Radikal Analog! Die Krupps…

Akai MPC Renaissance + MPC Studio

The new MPC loads any MPC format, looks like the MPC5000 but with 16 pots and 16 pads, has access to the computer – it’s not as clear as it should be – is it hybrid or is it hardware with special access? – well it can do everything the MPCs (any of them) can do, there is (so they say) analog filtering and it’s realtime based, so it may not have TR-style sequencing (still) – the software looks a bit like a DAW and „they“ say it also integrates…

Smaller Maschine Mikro from NI + Update 1.7

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS :they have shrunken the Maschine: Mikro, they changed the display and size, may fit in nice in front of the macbook pro?.. the software upates to 1.7, my experience with standalone 1.6 was: freezing. so hope for better stability. 350€. So it’s about 200€ less compared to the bigger one. – In German this little Maschine should be called Maschinchen

NI – Komplete 8, Kontakt 5, Mix (EQ,Compressor) & Real Drum Instrument like virtual drummer kind of stuff

Native Instruments releases Komplete 8 and Kontakt 5 soon (September). they also add a real drummer kind of instrument – so this includes recorded full loops but still hosted within Kontakt Player – so this may not be as „intelligent“ as the virtual drummer (Addictive / Easy Drummer) kind of plugins around called studio drummer – uhm, I’d really like some algorithmic kind of tool to be honest… – along this there’s EQ & Compressor pack called solid mix and transient master. so this is -like UAD – a mix…