Affinity Photo – Photoshop CS Killer without subscription BS

Ok, you did your covers with Photoshop, right? You were searching for something to avoid that totally unacceptable 50€ model per month model of their cloud bullshit and ran into Pixelmator or Acorn, right? But the Pro-side of life wasn’t there – something that could do the Adobe CS Photoshop jobs? well you can do for 40€ with Serif Affinity. Looks like I’ve found it – I really was hoping for things like this to happen! Link to them: Affinity Photo – Professional image editing software for Mac. via Apples Shop…

NAMM 2015 – OVERVIEW / ÜBERSICHT + Talk

UPDATED – last: 25.1. 19:30 (also updated most of these posts:) most important things from NAMM in one – OVERVIEW  – die wichtigsten Sachen von der NAMM Waldorf Wavetable Module (Eurorack), Attack App, Nave Plugin Moog Modular limited edition System 15-55 – Minimoog? coming? Roland JD Xi + JD Xa – analog + digital crossover synths + TR sequencer inside! Korg MS20M with FM, Sync, PWM and flat desktop design + SQ1 sequencer (-> SynthDB   Korg MS20M Analog Synthesizer) Sequential Prophet 6 (yes it is labelled Sequential, not Dave Smith who is still the distributor) +…

Synth 

Kraftwerk – 2015 Controller Check

Ok, let’s check again what Kraftwerk are using on stage – since the last tour (the controller leak was posted in the forum as well) – Better Images where you can see the Creamware Synth etc are @ the Forum Kraftwerk III… controlling the visuals – searching for something? everyone has a touch screen and this guy was the only one who had a Mac on stage (Kraftwerk are „Anti-Apple“ ever since)  on that museum tour showing all their albums as one event (I was at TEE) – here’s touchpads also there…

App Modular Synth 

NAMM 2015: Waldorf Wavetable Eurorack Module, Attack App, Nave Plugin, Jomox Rackonizer

Waldorf present some interesting stuff: • A Wavetable Eurorack Module – the 1st time to enter the modular market – about 300€ street price (this is an official price) note it has parameters that come from the Nave (App., Plugin), so that switch labelled „record“ might be the audio analysis tool, also the routing for CVs is easy to understand – that speech tool might be the classic one „1-2-3-4-5“ which was part of the software that created the first Microwave’s speech wavetables. User Wavetables and USB may look like…

DAW 

Logic Pro X. Buch von Heiner Kruse

Kollege Grünman, also „GreenMan“ aus Köln und DnB Kaiser seines Zeichens schreibt nicht nur mal für uns im SynMag, sondern hat jetzt auch ein Buch zu Logic Pro X geschrieben. Gedacht ist das für die, die einfach alles wissen wollen und benötigt keine große Kenntnis von Mac, Computer oder DAW Software aber geht auf alles ein was in Logic 9 und X so möglich ist und wie man das macht. Aber es ist nicht nur für die Einsteiger gemacht, enthält aber genug Information um eben auch diese auf der passende Level zu…

DAW macOS Special DAW Alternatives 

Numerology 4 Modular Step Sequencer (Soft)

Five12’s Numerology was updated to 4.0! It’s a Modular Step Sequencer that can be controlled by a Launchpad – means you can use controllers to set and arrange 128 steps that are modular. 4 is for 64bit support, realtime automation (yeah!), ableton push integration, Livid Probability added to Note Sequencers more OSC support (think of iPads and other stuff here!) updated sampler Clip Export for MIDI Chord „best fit“ function unlimited undo lots of details.. and yes it is a Mac Software. Numerology SE is $129. Numerology Pro is $199…

Synth 

TR707 / TR727 for Roland TR8

7X7-TR8 :: Products :: Roland.- I mentioned this already – the TR8 gets an update to allow TR707 and TR727 sounds – and it’s not free – $75 – they call it „extension“ so it’s not part of the update process. Note that 707 extensions adds roll (flam), so you can double trigger a sound – while Korg kicked the roll event out of their newest concept. so this is musically interesting! Nice Toms! wie schon gepostet im SynMag Channel in FB – die TR707/727 kommt als extra Expansion für…

Synth 

Musotalk: Electribe 2, Matrix 12V & die Top-News der Woche

Mal wieder über einige Themen gesprochen, von mir diesmal nur Hardware – Geplant waren Korg Electribe 2 multi synthesis / groovebox, Kronos X, Phenol, div. weitere.. Trance Labels Lunatec. Im MusoTalk Stammtisch diskutiere ich jeden 2. Donnerstag die Neuheiten rund um das Thema Audio Recording. Diese Woche unsere Themen: > X-Mas Sales überall auch bei VirSyn > Expert Sleeper konvertiert Audio in sample genaue MIDI Clock > HOFA Media Weihnachtsexpress > Oberheim Matrix 12 jetzt als Plug-in (info) Mein Tipp: > Mixerman : Zen and the Art of Recording! “Moogulator” > Synmag.de ist Gründer und Chefredakteur…