Mother32 – new Eurorack synth module from Moog
The Mother32 is a Eurorack synth module that is a basic all-in-one synth voice. Architecturally, it is a single-VCO Moog synth voice – but with 32 audio and control voltage patch points, a built-in sequencer and ‘Moog sound’.
Key Features:
- All-in-one Moog synth voice in Eurorack format
- Can be used as a standalone desktop synth module or as part of a Euro system
- MIDI & CV control
- 32 patch points
- Built-in step sequencer, with per-note control over a large number of parameters, including gate length and ratcheting
The Moog Mother32 is expected to be available in early October, priced at US $599.
Preview: system63 update Reaktor 6 Blocks and more
System 63 has been a labor of love for Romans audio for the past 3 years. It was delayed to give NI some time and so that Blocks and 63 could work perfectly together… that time is now. Themaschinewarehouse.com will have it Exclusively along with Many add on packs!
First look at the new Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2
Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 first look.
Omnisphere 2.0 is a major update, delivering new synthesis options, 10,000 patches, an updated interface, 25 new effects units and more.
For details on Omnisphere, see the Spectrasonics site.
Arcane Pillar – hermetic musical instrument
The Arcane Pillar is an hermetic musical instrument.
To make it work, one must answer a number of enigmas, collect sounds of fire, water, air and earth, and finally balance them with different processes designed at each grade.
No user manual is given, but the γνῶσις that unlock the enigmas, is quite well documented on books and in the web if one knows how and what to seek…
Cheating is futile, for only understanding the enigmas presented, their meaning and consequences, it is possible to put in practice the knowledge and set in motion the inner logic of the instrument…
Currently in Alpha state.
Analog Drum Kit M02 new drum instrument plug-in for Windows and Mac
Greynote Music has released Analog Drum Kit M02, a drum instrument plug-in for Windows and Mac.
“Analog Drum Kit Generator” (model 2) is a vintage inspired drum module plugin! It contains 10 kick sounds, 5, snare sounds, 5 clap sounds, 4 hi hats along with additional backing kick, backing hi hat & clap reverb sound generators.
This plugin comes with 24 sounds in total. Each sound is multi sampled and played back in a random round robin mode, which means: each time a sound is triggered, it will sound just slightly different. This increases the overall analog feel a lot. The sound samples are programmed and recorded from an analog hardware drum synthesizer.
Analog Drum Kit M02 (VST/AU) is available for purchase for 3 EUR.
The world’s first performance of the Seaboard RISE
Watch Marco Parisi, Heen-Wah Wai, and Gerald Peter awe the room with the full expressive range of the Seaboard RISE at our preview party on Sept 9th. This genre spanning piece was co-written with our good friends SOS Music.
#SeaboardRISE
Time machine feat the KORG POLYSIX Analog Synthesizer
Vintage synthesizer demo track featuring the classic Polysix
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi
all synthesizer sounds: KORG POLYSIX Analog Synthesizer (1982)
drums: LinnDrum (1982)
recording: multi-tracking without midi
fx: reverb and delay
MXXX – new modular effect plug-in from Meldaproduction
MeldaProduction has released modular effect plug-in MXXX, and updated all its effects and MPowerSynth to version 9.10.
9.10 comes with quite lots of workflow improvements, new features and some fixes. It is recommended to install this update. To do that, get the newest version from our download page and use it. See the list of changes for effects and list of changes for MPowerSynth for further information.
Additionally MXXX, the ultimate modular effect, has been released. It is free for MTotalBundle users and now available for an introductory price.
MXXX is a modular effect plug-in that contains all of Meldaproduction’s effects in a simple interface with automatic routing matrix, versatile modulators and more.
MXXX features
- The most advanced user interface on the market – stylable, resizable, GPU accelerated.
- Unique visualisation engine with classic meters and time graphs.
- 1-6 fully configurable independent bands.
- 16 exceptionally versatile modulators.
- Adjustable oscillator shape technology.
- 16 multiparameters.
- M/S, single channel, up to 8 channels surround processing…
- Smart randomization.
- Automatic gain compensation (AGC).
- Safety limiter.
- Sinc interpolation.
- Adjustable up-sampling 1x-16x.
- Synchronization to host tempo.
- MIDI controllers with MIDI learn.
- Extremely fast, optimized for newest AVX capable processors.
- Global preset management and online preset exchange.
- Supports VST, VST3, AU and AAX interfaces on Windows & Mac, both 32-bit and 64-bit.
- No dongle nor internet access is required for activation.
- Free-for-life updates.
MXXX (VST/AU/AAX) is available for purchase for the introductory price of 399 EUR (regular 999 EUR).
NS1nanosynth – new hacker friendly analog synth
The details on Soundmachines new portable modular analog synthesizer design, the NS1nanaosynth. They describe the NS1nanosynth as ‘A powerful, deep and hacker-friendly blend of a real analog modular synthesizer and an Arduino platform’.
The NS1nanosynth offers the core features of a modular synth:
- a saw core thermally stabilized v/oct VCO,
- a 12db lowpass and bandpass VCF,
- two LFOs,
- one loopable ADSR envelope,
- a standard VCA,
- two twistable attenuators,
- two pot controllers, and
- more than a dozen “micro” modules, like mixers, mul@ples, sample and hold, sum/sub blocks, inverters, logic or, and, nand, analog dividers, clock dividers, fixed voltage generators and several ‘sensor blocks’.
In addition to the analog elements, the NS1nanosynth features an Arduino Leonardo – a standard processor with native USB connectivity, which gives the tiny modular USB MIDI support and more. The NS1nanosynth is expected to be available by the end of October, 2015, for US $219 and 180€+VAT. Additional accessories, including a metal case and experimenter kit, are also planned.
Album and Streaming: The very best of Erasure
The BRIT and Ivor Novello winning pop duo have released a staggering number of albums, including 5 UK Number 1’s, 17 top 10 singles (35 singles charted in the UK Top 40) and toured extensively, most recently with The Violet Flame worldwide tour which included two sold out dates at London’s Forum.
Always – The Very Best Of Erasure – will be released on CD, download and deluxe 3CD / download. The single disc features hit after hit – from ‘Who Needs Love Like That’ (30 years after its original release in September 1985), the perfect pop of ‘A Little Respect’, to ‘Blue Savannah’, ‘Stop!’, ‘Take A Chance On Me’ (taken from the number 1 single ‘Abbaesque’ , ‘Love To Hate You’ and ‘Oh L’Amour’ (taken from their debut album, Wonderland (1986) plus the brand new version of ‘Sometimes’, originally released in October 1986.
In addition to a full CD worth of hits that will be familiar to anyone that’s owned a radio, television set or music player over the past three decades, the deluxe CD issue will come with two further discs of remixes, packaged in a hardback book format with a booklet and archive photographs. CD2 and CD3’s tracklisting is an eclectic mix from past to present featuring remixes from Moby, William Orbit, The Grid (Richard Norris & Dave Ball of Soft Cell) plus brand new remixes from Grumbling Fur, GRN and Vince Clarke, full tracklisting below.
The anniversary celebrations continue into 2016, thirty years after the release of their debut album Wonderland, with the release of a deluxe super box featuring extended versions, B-sides & rarities, live tracks, remixes and much, much more. A series of vinyl reissues begins in Feb 2016 with Wonderland, The Circus and The Innocents available on 180gsm vinyl.
’Sometimes (2015)’ is taken from the brand new Erasure album ‘Always – The Very Best Of Erasure’. Featuring music from all stages of the band’s 30-year career – including ‘A Little Respect’, ‘Blue Savannah’, ‘Drama!’, ‘Always’, ‘Breathe’ ‘Love To Hate You’ and ‘Elevation’ – the compilation will be released on October 30th.
‘Always – The Very Best Of Erasure’ will be available in a 1-CD Digipak edition as well as in an expanded 3-CD deluxe hardback book format featuring remixes from Moby, William Orbit, BT and The Grid (Richard Norris with Dave Ball of Soft Cell) alongside 4 brand new mixes.
‘Sometimes (2015)’ is re-booted for 2015 by David Wrench (Hot Chip, Jamie XX & Caribou) and will be released as a 8-track CD single and digital download on October 23rd.
PRE-ORDER ‘ALWAYS – THE VERY BEST OF ERASURE’
3-CD EDITION:
Lexer Music – po.st/Erasure3CDDirect
Amazon – po.st/Erasure20153CD
iTunes – tbc
1-CD EDITION:
Lexer Music – po.st/ErasureCDDigiDirect
Amazon – po.st/Erasure20151CD
iTunes – tbc
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