wozLOL has announced the launch of the Foxwizard pocket-sized MIDI multitool which can be used to route and remap MIDI data without the need for a computer. It works over USB-C, TRS types A and B, TS, and classic 5-pin DIN. It’s possibly the smallest complete USB MIDI adapter available […]
Trilling Synths has announced its DARP Dual Arpeggiator Eurorack module is now available. This powerful arpeggiator is built for precise pitch, flexible timing and hands-on modulation — twice. Both arpeggiators share the same scale or chord, while keeping independent control over mode, speed, floor note, octave range, gate length, glide […]
AudioThing has released its Materia additive re-synthesiser, allowing you to load in a sample, reshape its harmonic partials, and play it polyphonically. Check out pricing on Plugin Boutique After a lot of recent FM synth love, here we have some additive synthesis goodness. Most people probably have their favourite or […]
The latest version of AudioPrism has landed, a Windows app which not only offers stem separation of any audio file you give it, but can mix and add effects to those stems, and even offers KeyPrism, a piano mode built for learning. AudioPrism Give AudioPrism any complete music audio track […]
Yann Seznec (Impractical Devices) has shown off his new gestural granular synthesiser that uses nylon cable salvaged from a Gametrak controller to play and manipulate whatever audio is recorded into it. Simply push the record button and speak, sing, play anything into the device, then press the play button while […]
After six years of hardware and particularly Eurorack instruments, Modbap launches its oneTHING series of single-purpose plugins for DAW use, beginning with Fidelity Theory. Instead of merely treating sample rate and bit depth as good or bad, high or low quality, it turns them into a creative opportunity. A single […]
Våld Labs has launched a free public beta for its new Ravik generative drum synth app/plugin, featuring eight voices, 47 synth engines, nine generative algorithms, sound shaping, modulation and more. On board sounds include not only more traditional drums and percussion, but strings, metallic sounds, particles and fractured noise. Everything […]
No-one could suggest any of the current Stylophone lineup was anything but portable, but Dubreq has decided to miniaturise the iconic instrument even further with the launch of the Mini. Available in three colours — black (original), white and pink — it has the unmistakable Stylophone look, just in a […]
Update: It’s the Stylophone Mini. Stylophone has sent out a teaser email asking “What’s in the Tin?” with what looks rather like an Altoids tin but branded with the Stylophone logo and “Est. 1968”. A couple of months ago, manufacturer Dubreq had to send out a bit of an apology […]
Browsing around various MIDI innovation sites recently, I stumbled upon the Shaper MIDI/synth controller. Though it has familiar elements you may have seen elsewhere (not least the guitar) it is — probably — unique in how notes are played and manipulated. Most controllers are still keyboard based, even if they […]
Gabriel Prokofiev (yes, he is the grandson of Sergei) will have his Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer and Orchestra performed as part of the Masterworks 3: Double Take event in Asheville, NC. This US premiere will take place on 14th November, 2pm and 8pm at First Baptist Church of Asheville, and […]
Just past the year since UDO launched the DMNO synth comes the DMNO ON, a compact sans-keyboard synth ideal for desktop use if you already have plenty of keyboards to control it. Like its bigger sibling, it’s an 8-voice, 2-part multitimbral synth built around two independent analog-hybrid synth engines. It […]
Arturia has launched firmware version 2 for the AstroLab range of keyboards, with two main enhancements leading the way — the Sound Edit feature and a range of new acoustic sounds. Sound Edit This is Arturia’s headline feature, allowing more control over voice and multi sound changes and development. Instead […]
Cherry Audio has announced the launch of its Pentaphonic synth plugin, a new virtual instrument reviving one of the rarest synths ever made — the 1981 Pentaphonic by Gleeman Instruments. Fewer than 70 hardware units were produced, so it’s likely a lot of people may never even have heard of […]
One of the latest projects on Kickstarter is Engram, a generative audio sampler and groovebox, developed by Thoughtful Designs. The campaign claims this is a new kind of music device, combining a traditional sampler workflow with hands-on sample manipulation using tweakable tiny audio models. The philosophy is to use AI […]
Two years ago, Dr Sarah Nicolls — a world-class concert pianist specialising in new music — launched First Light Pianos (FLP), a venture designed to bring the acoustic piano into the 21st century, making a product which was lightweight and space-saving without compromising on performance. Some 600,000 acoustic pianos are […]
Baby Audio has announced the release of its granular engine powered HyperWarp time-twisting multi-effect plugin, sporting a graph interface for building rhythmic sequences and adding colourful textures. The interface lets you see whatever audio is being operated on as a standard waveform, over which you draw in modifiers, such as […]
Behringer is drip-feeding information about two new controller keyboards, one of which has built-in sounds — the JAM and JAM PLAY. JAM PLAY A recent video shows off the JAM PLAY 32-key MIDI/USB controller keyboard with built in sounds, and more recently it has appeared as a linked product on […]
At first thought, mapping a suitably-equipped digital piano’s output to the MIDI standard seems like child’s play, certainly compared to other keyboard instruments, synths and the like which can generate and transmit far more musical data. The Issue A standard piano really only needs to transmit the note number being […]
The M-VAVE FM-1 has become incredibly popular since its launch in the summer, thanks to its relatively low price, decent simulation of the Yamaha DX-7‘s iconic sounds, and because it’s incredibly hackable. Here we round up all the custom firmware releases we currently know about. It may not be an […]