Event 

Apple WWDC – OS X El Capitan 10.11 + iOS 9 + Apple Music (new service) – Audio Unit Plugins in iOS9

El Capitan is the name of the new OS X 10.11 (Release: Oct 2015) has some nice updates but more „minor“ stuff like swipe gesture in Mail, and real English questions in finder, spotlight and mail like „find stuff I was working for last june“ – so may fit fine into Siri commands Safari adds audio off if something start noising around it has a mute button and „pins“. and spring open Emails in Mail. So it’s nice to have but no revolution. split window/screen setup and multiple screen stuff.…

Musotalk: Electribe Sampler s2, Bücher, Harmonie und Audiophilie

Electribe Sampler & die Top-News der WocheDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen   Mal wieder Gast bei Musotalk, bisschen aktuelles SynMag #50-Thema eingebracht – Electribe Sampler s2 – aber auch ein paar Bücher (ich halte hier Heiner Kruses Logic Pro X Buch hoch, was aber eher ein Sachbuch ist, der Rest ist mehr Literarisches Quintett™. Es geht auch um Akkorde und Musik – dazu war dieser Artikel in der FAZ ganz interessant. „wie-die-akkorde-verschwanden“. Was auch im Forum in anderer Form noch auftauchte im Sinne von geräuschhafter Musik und die Folgen. Mit neuem…

Synth 

Hybrid/Digital Synthex 2 Synthesizer by Mario Maggi (Crumar…)

THEEE synth guy in Italy, Mr. Mario Maggi, is working on a digital Synth with the name of Synthex 2 (I am not sure if it’s the final name, but there are some quotes on these Forum Posts: Synthex 2 von Mario Maggi that explain a lot by Enrice Cosimi, who I met at the Synthex / Elka – Re-Issue Event in Frankfurt (Hi Enrico!) – who says they simply did not intent to have the same idea of bringing the „Synthex Name“ back in 2 completely different ways, so – here’s…

macOS Windows 

Korg Volca Sampler – Editor: SampleRobot

Sample Robot is originally made for mass-sample synths, but it can also send Samples to the Volca without the need for an iPad from your Mac/PC. what it does:   slice loops, makes them single samples, upload and manage those samples and send it to the volca – all in one software. WaveRobot is an addition: Sample Editor -Loop Creation – multiple Loop positions etc. here’s a demo video – little bit ad’ish but easy to understand how it works – SampleRobot Volca-X Overview EnglishDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen __…

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Cookies @ Sequencer.de

Cookies are little snippets of data stored in your browser that allows the forum and this blog to work (for comments and postings etc.) So – make sure you are ok with using cookies – this site has ever used them, the only new thing is that I have to do some more devastating stuff to fit with the rules. If you are not ok – this is the wrong place to be. But everyone needs it since it doesn’t work without them. See below how it looks like, now.…

Event Synth 

Musikmesse 2015 – Overview – Übersicht

Time to switch to the Musikmesse Overview Mode. UPDATE II – aulaost Messe – a lot of details and now smaller makers and  booths detected.. (updates are below) ok – some impression of our booth – SynMag – Das Synthesizer-Magazin – und zum Schluss noch ein paar Eindrücke vom Stand, danke fürs kommen und noch mehr wenn du jetzt ein Abo hast! Dafür machen wir uns nämlich die Mühe ;) aber es kommen Änderungen: Q1/2, 2016 Frankfurt, Musikmesse in Zukunft kleiner Stammtisch – Der erste Tag der Musikmesse 2015Dieses Video auf…

Synth 

Modal 002 Rack 12voice Synth

 Modal 002r (built 2014) – Hybrid Synthesizer  it’s 2k Pound 8 voices or 2.5k UK Pounds for 12 Voices – which is available as a 2 voice synth 001 as well with 3 octaves and cv/gate per voice.  Modal 001 (built 2014) ___ the full official info is out    BRISTOL, UK: breakthrough British electronic musical instruments manufacturer Modal Electronics is proud to present 002R, responding positively to numerous requests for a ‘non-keyboard’ form factor 002 version of its high-flying, highly-specified super-synth, and representing the second of three new ‘numerical’ products that it is simultaneously showcasing at Musikmesse…

macOS 

Apple New 12″ Macbook – no fan(s), USB C & audio jacks (only), Retina Display, but expensive as hell

(deutscher Text unten / German text see below) Apple just have released quite cost intensive flat macs, without fans. That means they don’t get fans? No, it means – the put in a dual core processor that is almost optimized for mobile use at 5W of power – but it is running at 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 GHz and can boost up to 2.4, 2.6 or 2.9 – depends on what you dare to add to the not so low price of more than 1400€. (the 512 GB SSD is…