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IK Multimedia announces UNO Synth Pro and UNO Synth Pro IK Multimedia have released the UNO Synth Pro and UNO Synth Pro Desktop. Developed in collaboration with Italian boutique synth-maker Soundmachines, both these new analog synthesizers take the ground breaking UNO Synth monophonic and expand it in nearly every section: more oscillators, more filters, more […]
Creating percussion sounds from scratch with FM synthesis Let’s explore using FM synthesis to create a huge variety of drum and percussion sounds from scratch. We’ve looked at the more traditional electronic percussion synthesis methods, using white noise and applying subtractive methods to shape the tone and envelope of the sound. Using FM to create […]
Exploring the weird and wonderful Arturia Buchla Easel V Arturia Buchla Easel V – The Weirdest & Most Unique Synth Plugin Ever? For those who don’t know much about the history of synthesizers, there were two major driving forces behind what we know as synthesizers today. Bob Moog was creating synths aimed at more musical […]
Creating melodies and random leads using Arturia Pigments 2 Arturia Pigments 2 is currently free on a temporary license, so let’s create melodies and random leads using the plugin. Arturia Pigments 2 has several really awesome features for creating both melodies and random leads. We’ve looked at several examples of these random Sine leads, some […]
Polyend, creators of the Medusa synth, are teasing something new Polyend has released a series of teaser videos, displaying an upcoming product. What are the speculations so far? In the past few days, synth manufacturer Polyend, has been releasing some teaser clips of what looks to be their upcoming offering. There is not much solid […]
Create your own synth with Electro-smith Daisy Introducing the Electro-smith Daisy, an embedded platform for audio – similar to Teensy and Arduino but specifically designed for audio processing. The Electro-smith Daisy is a new embedded platform to help you create your ideal musical instruments, it’s similar to platforms like Teensy and Arduino – however, it’s […]
New Polyend clips give us some more insight into new product Polyend have released some more teaser clips displaying their upcoming new product, and these ones are exciting! We recently covered the story of Polyend who had released some pretty vague teaser clips of their upcoming product. There was a load of speculation all around […]
Uli Behringer launches a personal attack on tech gear journalist Uli Behringer has just launched a rather bizarre and unfounded crusade against veteran journalist and synth enthusiast, Peter Kirn. Uli Behringer has come under a lot of fire recently for various reasons, regardless of your stance on the whole cloning debacle – the most recent […]
Elektron Model:Cycles is a new six-part FM Groovebox Elektron Model:Cycles is the latest synthesizer offering from the Swedish manufacturers, it’s a six-part FM Groovebox. We recently saw the release of the Model:Samples, a compact and powerful Groovebox style sample player with a huge focus on sequencing and playability. The new Elektron Model:Cycles takes a similar […]
Polyend, creators of the Medusa synth, are teasing something new Polyend has released a series of teaser videos, displaying an upcoming product. What are the speculations so far? In the past few days, synth manufacturer Polyend, has been releasing some teaser clips of what looks to be their upcoming offering. There is not much solid […]
