1010Music nanobox | lemondrop and nanobox | fireball coming in February
1010Music has announced the imminent arrival of two new modules/mini synths, the nanobox | fireball and the nanobox | lemondrop.
nanobox | lemondrop
Polyphonic granular mini synth
Explore a freshly squeezed approach to granular synthesis with nanobox | lemondrop, a tabletop polyphonic mini synthesizer with intuitive touchscreen control.
Four voice polyphony, two granulators and an oscillator provide a wide sonic palette—from lush environmental pads to rugged and glitched-out textures. Instantly morph and shape sounds with the swipe of a finger using touchscreen X/Y control. Choose from hundreds of professionally designed presets and wav files, or quickly create your own patches with deep parameter control via the 2” touchscreen. Integrate lemondrop seamlessly with your existing tabletop gear—or create on-the-go thanks to a compact design that fits in the palm of your hand.
Top features:
- Adjust and tweak parameters quickly with an intuitive touchscreen interface
- Perform with 4 voice polyphony, 2 granulators, and an oscillator
- Sculpt your sound with 2 filters, 2 envelopes, 2 LFOs, and 1 modulation sequencer
- Use your favorite MIDI controller for real time, hands-on sound manipulation
- Mix and match 6 onboard effects in two slots for up to 12 possible combinations—choose from flanger, distortion, chorus, phaser (FX1), and delay and reverb (FX2)
- Morph and shape sounds using touchscreen X/Y control
- Choose from hundreds of professionally developed presets and wav files
- Load your own wav files via micro-SD
- Integrates seamlessly with other synths, drum machines, and audio devices
- Get into the groove with a fast, fluid, and intuitive workflow
- Make music anywhere thanks to a compact design and USB power
- Flexible power options from USB C connection
- Mini TRS connections for MIDI in and out, clock in, line in and line out
- 2? touch screen, 2 knobs and 4 buttons in a 3.75? x 3? x 1.5? package
Tech Specs
- Includes 153 presets and 311 wave files
- 16 grains per oscillator for a total of 128
- Sample memory per oscillator 30 seconds
- Power: USB-C connection 5V, 500mA
- 3.5mm audio input and output
- Maximum input and output level: 2Vrms
- DAC and ADC resolution: 24-bit
- Internal resolution: 32-bit
- Sample rate: 48kHz
- MIDI Input: 3.5mm Type A/B auto sensing
- MIDI Output: 3.5mm Type A/B selectable
- Clock Input: 4 PPQ
- MIDI support: Note On/Off, Mod Wheel, Sustain, Pitch Bend, Mono & poly Aftertouch, assignable CCs, and clock
- H x W x D: 1.5? x 3.75? x 3?
- Weight: 0.25 lbs.
nanobox | fireball
Polyphonic wavetable mini synth
Bring some heat to your music creation workflow with nanobox | fireball, a polyphonic wavetable mini synthesizer with intuitive touchscreen control. Featuring eight voice polyphony, two wavetables and an oscillator, Fireball unlocks a huge array of sounds—from punchy and aggressive leads to atmospheric pads. Touchscreen X/Y control allows you to instantly morph and shape sounds with the swipe of a finger. Choose from hundreds of professionally designed presets and wav files, or quickly create your own patches with deep parameter control via the 2” touchscreen. Integrate fireball seamlessly with your existing tabletop gear—or create on-the-go thanks to a compact design that fits in the palm of your hand.
Top features
- Adjust and tweak parameters quickly with an intuitive touchscreen interface
- Perform with 8 voice polyphony, 2 wavetables, and an oscillator
- Sculpt your sound with 2 filters, 2 envelopes, 2 LFOs, and 1 modulation sequencer
- Use your favorite MIDI controller for real time, hands-on sound manipulation
- Mix and match 6 onboard effects in two slots for up to 12 possible combinations—choose from flanger, distortion, chorus, phaser (FX1), and delay and reverb (FX2)
- Morph and shape sounds using touchscreen X/Y control
- Choose from hundreds of professionally developed presets and wav files
- Load your own wavetables via micro-SD
- Integrates seamlessly with other synths, drum machines, and audio devices
- Get into the groove with a fast, fluid, and intuitive workflow
- Make music anywhere thanks to a compact and nearly indestructible design
- Flexible power options from USB C connector
- Mini TRS connections for MIDI in and out, clock in, line in and line out
- 2? touch screen, 2 knobs and 4 buttons in a 3.75? x 3? x 1.5? package
Tech Specs
- Includes 123 presets and 103 wavetables
- Wavetables use 2048 samples per cycle and 256 cycles
- Power: USB-C connection 5V, 500mA
- 3.5mm audio input and output
- Maximum input and output level: 2Vrms
- DAC and ADC resolution: 24-bit
- Internal resolution: 32-bit
- Sample rate: Oscillators: 96kHz Rest of Engine: 48kHz
- MIDI Input: 3.5mm Type A/B auto sensing
- MIDI Output: 3.5mm Type A/B selectable
- Clock Input: 4 PPQ
- MIDI support: Note On/Off, Mod Wheel, Sustain, Pitch Bend, Mono & poly Aftertouch, assignable CCs, and clock
- H x W x D: 1.5? x 3.75? x 3?
- Weight: 0.25 lbs.
1010Music Fireball and Lemondrop Nanobox Reviews
Sonic LAB looks at the 1010music Nanobox Fireball and Lemondrop.
Tiny USB-C powered OLED touchscreen enabled instruments with high quality D/A and A/D (stereo in and out on mini-jacks), microSD card , MIDI i/o- on mini-jack adapters plus a clock input.
Devices also feature a two FX engine with Chorus, Flanger/Distortion, Phaser, and Reverb/Delay. Both also share very similar structure with 3 oscillators per voice, two DSP multi-mode filters, two envelopes, 2 LFOs and a parameter sequencer. In addition, the screen can be put in X/Y pad mode for additional control.
Available now priced at $399
Another review, this time from BoBeats:
Building from scratch a piano-like electronic instrument
The main goal of this project was to build this instrument by myself. I defined some requirements:
- 5 octaves (61 keys) on the physical keyboard, with possibility to easily transpose up or down
- keys working on-off only, no detection of velocity, pressure
- polyphony, be able to play more notes than there are fingers
- definable waveform and envelope
- reuse the user interface board from the washing machine
- originally I didn’t plan for all the potentiometers but I changed my mind as it would not be comfortable to change those things from the menu
- MIDI support was considered as an option
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“Italian composer and pianist, Ludovico Einaudi, has had a record-breaking week.
The 66-year-old musician released his first solo piano album in 20 years, Underwater, on Friday 21 January, and it has sailed straight to the top of the UK Classical Chart, making it his 11th Classical No.1 record, and landed him at No.19 on the mainstream chart. Underwater is now the fastest-streamed classical album of all time.”
Applications Open for Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition
“Applications are open for the Third Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition and Festival taking place June 8-17, 2023 in Dallas.
Pianists aged 13 to 17 can apply till January 10, 2023; 24 will be accepted as competitors in the internationally renowned event, and another 14 will be selected as non-competing festival participants.”
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Cool synth that works well for RnB, Trapsoul, and Pluggnb type beats.
How To Improve The Liveliness Of Your Tracks | Thomann
In today’s video Jonas is breaking down 4 simple ways to improve the liveliness of your tracks and in your workflow. Besides enhancing the size of your stems through different approaches, Jonas is talking about the gain of depth you can reach by using Midi CC, Layering your sounds or adding a bit character by different VSTs. The techniques are not depending on particular gear, so that so everyone can use it in their music production.
