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…

Elektron Analog Rytm – 8 voice analog drum machine with sample support

Elektron Analog Rytm is the name of the new Elektron Drum Box. 8 analog filters and distortion. analog components are connected internally via digital tech – so it is also a full analog drum synth! 8 voices Synth DB -> Elektron Analog Rytm groove box with TR sequencer 128 projects – Samples via USB – but it’s not just a sampler but has sample support. DIN Sync & MIDI. also analog: compressor @ master section 12 pads are dynamic drum sounds are made from analog components that can be reconfigured by…

23.11.2013 – Elektron Analog Keys – released (key’ed version of Analog Four)

UPDATE: Keyboard Version of Analog Four is out – Analog Keys (via CDM/Peter Kirn’s wonderful blog!) not so different from the Analog Four Groovebox but it has Keys, a small Joystick – so it is basically comparable to other analog synths but with 4 voices, it might fill some space since polyphonic analog synths are quire rare.. and it is 3 Octaves (which I love and prefer over 2 octaves) until now the Analog Four has not been polyphonic but 4x monophonic – one synth per track. this seems to…

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Haken Audio – Eagan Matrix + Continuum Fingerboard making the controller even more expressive

Es gibt einen Test zum Continuum Fingerboard im aktuellen SynMag #41 dazu gibt es jetzt ein neues Zusatzpaket… there’s a new hardware and software addition to make the Continuum Fingerboard more expressive and dynamic – the EaganMatrix – named after Ed(mund) Egan, who had several very musical demos up at Haken (sometimes using Kyma). but this one is sort of everything – sound generator – expansion and more .. here’s the musical explanation – listen!: the details and screenshots : Haken Audio | Nov2013. and the hardware box: even more important –…

PPG WaveGenerator coming to the Mac & Windows

the Wavegenerator App by PPG will be available as a plugin. this images says it all. Wavegenerator is the 2013-version of the PPG Wave 2.X Serie and all of it’s predecessors when speaking of the way to handle the waves and wavetables. it has lots of more of it all.. finally the only one offering real wave table building and editing right in the same software – on the hardware especially the Waldorf ones the edits where only available to extra editors – most of them do no longer work since that was the…

Apple Special Event October 2013 – OS X 10.9 free, new MacPro, MacbookPro Retina, iPad Air & Mini Retina

Ok, it’s 2 hrs left till the beginning of the Apple Event. UPDATE:   OS X 10.9 Mavericks for free from now & available now. All OS X’es will be free from now! Musicians – check under APPLE -> more (deutsch: weitere Informationen) -> Software/Apps (deutsch: Programme) what is listed under Power PC, if you are running Snow Leopard you will loose these, but there’s replacement for quite a lot of those. you can sort your App List (the software you are using) by just klicking on „type“ (deutsch: „art“) –…

Arturias new tiny Microbrute synth / Neuer Arturia Synth Microbrute

more than rumours- a new Arturia Synth is coming… it’s tiny. it’s micro. but they say – it’s big what’s coming up next 5/6 days.. 1x Multi Timbral, 1 Voice, (2013)  Arturia Microbrute Analog Synthesizer + step sequencer 1 OSC, 1 Sub, 1 Filter, 1 LFO, 1 EG subtractive analog synthesis, 25 Keys, velocity usb MIDI CV Gate Ctrl,Sequencer, ~299€ (in 2012) continue / weiter..? MicroBrute 100% Analog Synthesizer IntroductionDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen and Nick of Sonicstate had one – so here’s a walk-through video – almost any important Minibrute Feature in except the 2nd Envelope. MicroBrute Exclusive ReviewDieses…

Synthesizer-Magazin (SynMag): Ausgabe 40

Synthesizer Magazin – SynMag 40 ist ab etwa .20.9. da.. Maschinen MFB NEU: Tanzbär – Analoge Drummachine MFB ALT: MFB512 – Digitale Drumbox der Achtziger Moog Theremin / Etherwave – Thereministinnen gesucht! Vermona Lancet Modular Dock – ab in die modulare Welt ERM MIDI-Clock – Präziser grooven? Kurzweil PC3K8 Teil 3 Roland SPD SX – Sampling Drumpads Roland Jupiter 80/Integra 7 – Fokus Synthese Tascam iUR2 – Interface für alles und unterwegs.. Software Logic Pro X – Apfel 64 Bit. Lecker? Ableton Live – Fakten 9.04 Menschen Chopstick Noblesse Oblige Cosmin TRG Frontline…