UJAM Virtual Pianist GRIT
UJAM has announced its GRIT electric piano, adding to its Virtual Pianist series. Modelled from a rare, customised Wurlitzer 120 EP, GRIT delivers a raw, character-driven sound and rhythmic pianist phrases for bringing edge, movement and attitude to arrangements and productions.
Key features:
- Created from a rare, customized Wurlitzer 120 electric piano with one-of-a-kind twang and bite
- Five distinct character modes, from the super-soft Gentle to the twangy Hyped
- 38 rhythm pianist styles designed to add movement and drive to any mix
- 45 Finisher effects, including mechanical noises, plus 45 ambience presets
Nopia MK1 chord generator launch getting closer
A couple of years we wrote about the Nopia semi-modular MIDI chord generator, but it was very much still in development with no official launch date in sight.
Now another video has been posted suggesting it’s very, very close to being launched. The website still invites people to sign up to know when it’s going to be available — and we expect demand will be high.
Love Hultén new book
A new book, Works II, shows off selected works from the designer created between 2022-25, printed on 152 colour pages. Only 600 have been printed for this edition. Available for $59.
Music improv rewires the brain in real time
According to research conducted on 16 skilled jazz pianists’, their brains ‘reorganised’ while playing a familiar tune from memory and improvised around its melody, or freely improvised over its chord changes.
- Structured vs. Free Creativity: Constrained improvisation engaged more executive and evaluative networks, while freer improvisation increased auditory, motor, and salience activity.
- Dynamic Brain Substates: Improvisation levels produced distinct recurring network configurations linked to planning, perception, and spontaneous creativity.
- Real-Time Reconfiguration: The brain continuously reorganized network patterns depending on how much creative freedom the musician had.
KORG iWAVESTATION latest update
Originally released in 1990, the WAVESTATION introduced the groundbreaking Advanced Vector Synthesis System, capable of creating new sounds by combining and evolving multiple waveforms. KORG iWAVESTATION faithfully recreates this iconic instrument as an app for iPad and iPhone — and today, we are proud to announce the long awaited AUv3 support.
Owners of KORG iWAVESTATION can update to the latest OS for free. With AUv3 compatibility, you can now use iWAVESTATION seamlessly within Apple’s Logic Pro, GarageBand, and a wide range of third-party iOS music production apps. Experience the uniquely expressive and ever-evolving sounds of Wave Sequencing on your iPad/iPhone — a sonic character unmatched by any other synthesizer.
- AUv3 is now supported. You can use iWAVESTATION in other iOS music production apps.
- Improved the tempo settings menu so that you can enter values manually by long-pressing.
- Ended support for Inter-App Audio and audiobus.
- Various other tweaks have been made to improve stability.
