23-26.1.14 USA, NAMM 2014 – Overview – Übersicht

start hoping, wondering, wishing for news.. wie immer können wir jetzt schon wünschen und spekulieren und bangen.und auf einen G3 Modularsynth mit Sampling hoffen und das alles: Forum • 23-26.1.14 USA, NAMM 2014. important highlights @ NAMM 2014 so far: Clavia – the reduced Nord Lead A1 as always – we want our G3 sampling modular synth.. as every year. No – it’s the A1 – analog modeling – not virtual analog – the term that clavia introduced themselves and also shut down when the Nord Wave came out.. Duophonic  Moog sub…

M-Audio Trigger Finger – Controller with built in sequencer

M-Audio unexpectedly brings out something that looks like NI Maschine but with 16-Step Sequencer Line – this is basically Drum Pads and a jam-type of sequencer like the Akai MAX49 has, so – this is still a controller not a groovebox or host or even a drummachine. that sequencer can not be reprogrammed but could be a cool tool if one could access it – it has built in midi as well to send the sequences somewhere. since M-Audio belongs to the Akai/Numark/Alesis Group (inMusic) this might be the same…

Synthesizer-Magazin: Ausgabe 41 kommt 21.11.2013

Synthesizer-Magazin, Ausgabe 41 ->  21.11.2013 – wir sind endlich fertig damit und es ist grün.   Maschinen Clavia Nord Lead 4 – total oder nur ein bisschen anders? Novation Bass Station 2 – Bist du mein Onkel Roland? Akai MPX8 Minisampler / Pads – Sampler unter 150€ Roland – Jupiter Juno SH -> Die Filter der analogen Generation von Rolands Klassikern unter der Lupe. Vom SH1 bis zum System 700 Haken Audio Continuum Fingerboard – feinfühliger spielen können als auf einer Tastatur? Controll Special – CME Xkey und Arturia Minilab – Sensoren, Tasten, Ideen…

Apple – Logic Pro X – new DAW – no update option for previous Users – catches up to the others..

Apple just released Logic Pro X at the Mac Appstore (the one for Software). we all have heard rumours – first the details: bzw: does NOT support 32bit plugins – so all non 32bit plugins will disappear. (and no retina support for those lucky users of Retina Macs) 1) no upgrades – we all need to buy it at the app store, there’s no other option. so update or buying it the first time is 180€ 2) the price is a bit higher than the old version but Apple only…

MusikMesse 2013 Impression + SynMag Walkthrough

Musikmesse Impressions (iPhone -lo quality) – it’s all quite like announced. But there have been 2-3 things that are nice, small things.. Nord Lead 4 (digital, successor of the NL3), Korg Volca Beat series (all analog / MS filters), Novation Bass Station II Analog Synth, Jomox Drum Modules, EOWave – complete new modular system (!), MFB Dominion 1 & MFB Tanzbär (Tr808 style) Drummachine with Roll-Function and 16 Patterns in Chain (!), Buchla Distribution (Vertrieb in EU): Schneidersbüro / – heißt ja jetzt Alex4 inkl Reparatur und Music Easel im Programm. …take some time to load all images ;) _…

Launchkey free app & new Controller

Launchkey is a new little iPad Preset Synth with morphable parameters and a new controller keyboards with 16 pads is released under the same name as well. the launchkey-app is already available at the appstore, since there is already another app named launchpad we’ll see if it will be released under that name – it’s planned to add something to the pads – maybe sooner or later to control ableton live in a launchpad manner?..

Synthesizer-Magazin: Ausgabe 36

Synthesizer-Magazin: SynMag Ausgabe 36 am 22.1.2013 neu. Maschinen Novation Mininova – Microkorg in blau oder Ultranova in klein? Korg Krome – Slimdown Kronos? Synthesizer Factory Synth-Machine – Komplette Stimme in einem Modul – Design by Anyware Studiologic Sledge – Ein Blofeld mit Knöpfen und gelb? Korg Poly 800 Serie – Analog unter 200€ Roland Integra 7 – Jupiter im Rack und Surround mit App – mehr oder weniger? Yamaha MX49 – Rampler Rompler oder Samplebasierter Synthesizer? Ableton Live 9 und Push – ein Auge drauf vom Kauf Audio Realism – Bassline 2 und Drummachine Sample Robot 4…

2 Projects introduced – Raspberry Pi running Pure Data / Parallella for audio multi threaded/core operation – platform

This is the small raspberry PI Computer, which is nerdy as hell, but a very nice chance to get even a synth to work with this project – didn’t know it was fast enough so – here’s a demo of it strange, that guy wrote on his Remote XL instead of using the display, but he’s more clever than I am, since he knows how to handle this: first session with the Raspberry Pi running Pure Data. I’m running Pd 0.44 (test version) with „-nogui -noadc -alsa“ flags + a…