With so much new gear coming out each year it is sometimes hard to see the wood for all the trees, but every now and then some things come along that may tickle your inspiration or even a potential game changer. The new AKAI MPC Live may be just that and a potential opportunity to […]
As machines and robots become ever more present in our every day life, paired with increasing the digitization we are well on our way towards Kurzweil’s Singularity, but how is this materializing in music in general and in electronic music in particular? We have previously covered how virtual reality and 3D may play an important […]
We have heard the rumors for quite some time now, both about the return of the ARP, but also that more Volcas were on their way. In yesterdays´s announcements from KORG we got all this plus a spiced up microKORG, a synth that kind of have become somewhat legendary now in its own right, after its […]
Avoid spending thousands of dollars on expensive hardware or software gear or simply feel like killing time at work? The world, or rather the web, is full of browser based instruments that can be used for free and in this feature we will guide you to the best ones. Needless to say we are somewhat […]
Chiptunes and 8 bit music have grown in popularity over some years now, partly spurred by the retro game trend that has been going on for quite some time now. Commodore 64 was the crowned leader at the time having three audio channels to use in the compositions, compared with its less fortunate competitors like […]
Few places has had such an impact on the exploration of electronic music and sound manipulation as Elektronmusikstudion in Sweden. One may think that this is more a place of the past but as you soon will find out this is a most relevant institution also in today´s music scene. One recent visitor to Elektronmusikstudion […]
We all know the importance of mixing and mastering and most have heard of the success of Landr, the online cloud mastering platform, but will computer algorithms ever be able to compensate for the human ear? We here at Stereoklang have tried the Landr platform quite a lot since its debut and it is clear […]
Virtual Reality (VR) is on everyone’s lips these days and not only in the world of feature films but equally so in the world of music. Most recently we’ve had announcements and talks from the likes of Björk and Taylor Swift, but are they really grasping for more then extremely expensive videos with bouncing sounds? We […]
It sure is busy times in the Moog factory these days – as we reported a couple of days ago not only are we running full speed towards Moogfest and seeing a new Bob Moog documentary being created, now we have also seen a new iOS app find its way to the app store – […]
No one really questions the importance of reverb and how it will affect either song or vocals. A touch of reverb will lift the vocals and add a smooth feeling to the final mix, but equally true adding too much reverb will kill a good song. Natural reverb is around us all the time. Every […]
Although you can find more or less anything for free these days on the web it often comes with a price; donation ware, one month free trial, limited functionality etc. But there are really good stuff out there and this time around we will link you to five different places where you can find five […]
As stated on their website Canadian based Dasz Instrument has been working on their new expandable platform for more than 3 years. Now at MusikMesse they are finally ready to go live with what they have been cooking up in their Vancouver basement and a sweet surprise it is. The interesting thing about this concept […]
So far it seems we are in for a meager output from this year’s MusikMesse in Frankfurt – Day 1 is running and very few press releases has appeared that will lift your eyebrow. Perhaps Superbooth16 killed all announcements we could’ve expected, paired with the releases presented at NAMM two months back in time. However, […]
Modular synthesizers always have a certain alure to them and guessing freely very few utilize the full potential of these machines in their music making, the number of modular geeks where building their rack tends to be a more important goal than music production is probably quite high. A nice exception to this self-made up […]
As smartphones and tablets continues to revolutionize the music industry when it comes to ‘create, share and consume’ we are now standing on the brink of the second wave of innovation in music creation. IoT or Internet of Things may well be the next big thing that will push the enevelope in music creation and […]
Developer Yotaro Shuto apparently set out 6 years ago to realize a dream in modular beat creation – the result is now live on Kickstarter under the somewhat anonymous name 2020. What actually triggered Yotaro to develop perhaps the most complex next gen beat-machine ever, or at least the most crammed UI, is not fully […]
Frequency modulation is not a new thing and it has certainly been a major force in many classic synth tracks over the years. Most notably of course was Yamaha´s introduction of the DX7. Now in 2016 we are seeing a revived interest in FM synthesis and one of the most recent contributions in this area […]
This article was originally just intended to let you know that there is a nice interview with Vladimir Kuzmin, the engineer behind the Polivoks Synthesizer, but as we read through the interview we also came to think of the much greater Russian synth legacy and some of the models that perhaps never saw the light […]
With an all-analog audio path, and rock-solid digital harmonic oscillators, the RMI Harmonic Synthesizer was the world’s first digital synthesizer. Produced in very limited quantities for a very short period in the mid-1970s. The synth is best known for its prominent role in Jean-Michel Jarre’s classic Oxygène, where it was used extensively (and usually through an […]
Juice3 is an emulation of an old synthesizer built in Reaktor, available for all registered product owners in the NI Reaktor User Library. The Juice 3 is not in any way a copy of MONARK. The builder did not have access to or ever used MONARK during the making of Juice 3. Instead, the old […]
Reason is a virtual studio rack with all the tools and instruments you need to turn your ideas into music. With its generous sound bank and intuitive flow, Reason helps you along in creative process, and is the music software that never gets in your way. As a Reason user, you’re probably familiar with the […]