Amidst all the interest in vintage synths, it’s not often you get your hands on a 1974 MiniKorg-700. Francis Preve, who worked on design for the new KORG plug-in, is our guide to making sounds for its unique architecture.
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A fantasy combo of Chicago footwork and Polish folk rhythmic asymmetry
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Bandcamp and Discogs Tempo Adjust has a new UI, Master Tempo
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Sounds from Ukraine after 1000 days
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Worlds as instruments, as artists collaborate in VR using modular metaverse Patch
This summer, across four continents and eight time zones, artists have gone beyond just playing in virtual reality. They’ve been making their own new instruments and worlds there.
Recovering from flooding, Brainworx has their plug-ins on sale through today, $5 – $19.99+
None of us is safe from the climate – leaving popular developer Brainworx in the unexpected path of flooding. Ending today, though, you can grab their excellent plug-ins at steep discount, with proceeds helping this developer rebuild.
Treat yourself to the 90s club aesthetics of the Wipeout games
Virtual clubbing, you say? It’s tough to top Psygnosis’ Wipeout series and its legacy, starting with composer Tim Wright aka CoLD SToRAGE. So let’s queue up a mix.
Tips for using Arturia FX Collection 2, including techno drum processing
Arturia’s FX Collection 2 is insanely addictive; here’s John Selway to show us some of the tricks for using this on your techno drums (and a few more tips, too).
Robert Henke teaches you his PitchLoop89 pitch-shift delay in Synthtopia videos
It’s a master class for creators from the creator himself – Robert Henke has done a two-part, must-watch series for Synthtopia on the new Ableton Live 11 PitchLoop89 Device.
In bleak, brilliant Ex.Hale release, a plea for fire-ravaged Greece
OSM tapes in Thessaloniki, Greece shares new sonic contortions from the “twisted live electronics” of Ex.Hale. It arrives just as help is urgently needed to assist Greece in the aftermath of devastating fires.
Reason’s Mimic sampler is here, and very Reason-y
Reason is back to its roots, slicing up audio samples and letting you chop them up into instruments – but in a way that stacks up to the workflows of rival DAWs, production tools, and drum machines.
NVIDIA’s SIGGRAPH brag: more real-time realism and lighting, more AI, more Omniverse
Good news for artists from NVIDIA this week – think more efficient photorealistic renders in realtime, and more Omniverse support, including for the free and open source Blender.
DinSync.info RE-808 is a 1:1 replica so authentic, it’ll run the original OS
It’s not a clone – DinSync.info have been so complete in their recreation of the TR-808, that the results will help actual 808 owners keep their units running far into the future. It’s the Ship of Theseus 808. Since we are in some kind of golden age of clones and recreations, ranging from software models […]