Nord has announced the release of a new free sound bank for its Stage 4 stage keyboard from Javad “Mr Klynik” Day. The Signature Sound Bank features 32 exclusive patches designed for pop, gospel, synthwave and R&B genres, including ’80s-inspired synths, lush pads, gritty organs, ambient pianos and creative layers. […]
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Arturia has launched its Pure SUB bass design synthesiser — a second product in its Pure line which also includes LoFi — as a dedicated instrument for those who want more control over their bass sounds. Pure SUB has been designed especially for the kinds of music genres which demand […]
Reason Studios has announced the launch of its totally gratis Reason Free Rack, which can be used in any DAW as a VST3/AU/AAX plugin. It features 15 iconic devices in the free plugin: The company suggests that the full mechanics of Rack are still available, just with a cut down […]
In this feature we take a look at the Suzuki QChord, a digital electronic musical instrument released in 2000 as a successor to the original 1981 Omnichord (and its subsequent models), and designed as a guitar/keyboard hybrid primarily for beginning musicians. It’s main features are the 36 buttons which can […]
Bitwig Studio has announced version 6.1 of its Studio DAW offering a “radically updated” Sampler with many new and advanced features. Two new play modes are the time-stretching Spectral and the granular Fragments, as well as additions to existing modes including authentic hardware emulation. Slicing Samples can be sliced in […]
Byron Chambers, aka Mr. Talkbox, is an American Christian hip hop and R&B musician playing urban contemporary gospel, R&B and funk, and (as the name suggests) is known for his use of the Talk Box vocal instrument. He approached MXR to create a new talk box tailored to his own […]
Without a huge fanfare, the latest model in Yamaha’s line of PSR-SX arranger workstations has launched. The PSR-SX620 sits as a fairly entry-level model, listed just above the PSR-SX600 and beneath the PSR-SX720+ — however Yamaha says it’s the “new entry point to the PSR-SX series”, suggesting the SX600 could […]
The year ticks on and presumably some people have been getting impatient for new Stylophone offerings from manufacturer Dubreq, because they’ve just sent out an update for two of their forthcoming new products — the VOICE and the ON-THE-FLY sequencer. Stylophone VOICE Dubreq suggests that, after thorough testing, production is […]
Playcard System In the early 1980s, Yamaha brought out a handful of home music keyboards featuring an advanced card-based digital system designed to load interactive accompaniment, melody and other musical data into the instrument. The Playcard system was heralded as groundbreaking when the first model, the PortaSound PC-100, was launched […]
UJAM has announced its latest Virtual Drummer plugin: NEON, targeting nu disco drums and dance-pop grooves. The drum kits are original vintage kits from the most legendary makers like Ludwig and Rogers, recorded in a small booth using ’70s-era mics and outboard processing like the Sennheiser MD 421 and Neve […]
Minimal Audio has announced the launch of its Lucid next-generation granular effect, with a big deal made about the fact that this syncs with your DAW project’s music scale/key and tempo. Granular synthesis has proven to be very popular and there are many plugins as well as native DAW functionality […]
Gospel Musicians (app dev is MIDIlicious) has announced the availability of its iOS (iPhone) and iPad versions of the Gospel Drummer app. It’s been designed so producers, musicians, worship teams and keyboard players have an easy way to create authentic gospel drum tracks using realistic kits, grooves, fills, and deep […]
Illegal State of Mind has shown off his RudeBox ESP32-A1S-based drum synthesiser, which he says started as a simple synth-tom experiment and then evolved into a more flexible percussion synth. Played dynamically from an external drum pad (though I presume you could use anything that generates velocity), RudeBox features controls […]
Around five years in the releasing, several online musical instrument stores are now showing the Behringer BCR32 controller/sequencer as being available to pre-order, with shipping expected in the next month or two. Radio Silence? I don’t fully understand Behringer’s methods of getting information out about their products — whether it’s […]
Laboratory Zero has announced its latest synth, the KHÔRA microtonal soundscape drone instrument as VST and AU for macOS only. It uses FM and wavetable synthesis and has eight voice polyphony. The interface uses geometric objects rather than labels, and the ring of stars is a map of just-intonation pitches. […]
Hampshire Electronics’ Vulcan Mk2 8-voice polyphonic analog synth for Eurorack is set to launch on 31st August. It features two complete synths — an analog polysynth and a digital synth — in one instrument. Each synth is complete in its own right but built to play side-by-side. Absolutely no digital […]
So it doesn’t feel as if we’re talking about nothing but Suno (unlike seemingly a lot of people on social media, we’ve no affiliation with them whatsoever) we’ve bundled the latest recent announcements into a single post. Studio 2.0 Perhaps the biggest news for end users is that of the […]
Synterra is a synth built to interact with organic objects, living organisms and different surfaces. It uses changes in the magnetic and electrical fields around it to create and manipulate sound generation. Almost anything goes — liquid or solid organic materials, fruits, plants, fungi, trees, light, and the touch-sensitive surface […]
The cat-and-mousing and ethical shuffling around the use of AI in music continues as leading digital music store/streaming platform Beatport outlines its position on what tracks it will allow on its service. In a nutshell, Beatport will no longer accept fully or majority AI-generated tracks. Such submissions will be withheld, […]
We’ve covered the cute Japanese Otamatone musical toys before — now thanks to an official partnership with Bandai Namco, an ’80s icon is joining the party… Pac-Man! Measuring just 1.6″ x 3.75″ x 3″, this pocket-sized version can be attached to a keychain for ultimate, fun, on-the-go music making. As […]