KORG’s Modwave synth isn’t even out yet, but CDM sonic wizard-at-large Francis Preve was one of the people making sounds for it. Time to go 20,000 leagues under the sea with this monster wavetable hardware.
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Berlin’s CTM Festival “Transformation” is online now to tune in anywhere in the world, featuring unique online features, audiovisual shows, talks, and more, with events through the end of the month.
Here’s a free pack to get MIDI Polyphonic Expression under your fingertips
MIDI Polyphonic Expression, once considered exotic, is now in favorite tools like Ableton Live 11, Xfer Serum, and Arturia Pigments. So where to get started? Our friends at Sensel just made a handy free preset pack.
Chocolate and peanut butter for visuals: Houdini and TouchDesigner, in a free talk today
It’s a procedural visuals dream team. It’s what would have happened if Darth Vader and Leia actually teamed up and overthrew the Emperor. (Come on, you know you wondered.) And if you’re curious why, there’s a free talk.
All the KORG synth news: mini ARP modular, a reissued classic, more wavetables…
Let’s get KORGanized, because the Japanese maker dropped a whole lot of synth news at once. Wave-which now? Reissue? Here it is all in one place.
KORG Gadget music studio is coming to VR
It’s on iOS. It’s on Mac. It’s on Nintendo Switch. And now KORG’s all-in-one studio of synth, drum machine, and production toys is coming to VR.
KORG drumlogue: it’s analog, it’s digital, it runs ‘logue plugins so you can customize it, too
KORG announced today that they’re working on a drum machine that’s part analog, part hybrid – but crucially, that also supports the ‘logue architecture so you can load your own oscillators. It’ll be a mod-able drum machine.
Moog’s Model 15 modular now runs on macOS Big Sur, iPad, iPhone, and M1 Macs
One Moog modular runs everywhere (nearly) on the current Apple ecosystem, so your patches go gracefully from Big Sur Mac (M1 or Intel) to iPad to iPhone.
Everything new in Arturia MicroFreak 3 update, as a wild little synth gets deeper
It’s cute and small, it’s affordable, and now it’s getting more packed into it, in collaboration with boutique maker Noise Engineering. Here’s a look at what’s new in Arturia’s free 3.0.x firmware update to their MicroFreak synth.
MIDI has a slick new brand identity, courtesy Pentagram, in time for 2.0
“MIDI” the word has become almost part of culture at large. But with MIDI 2.0 arriving, the MIDI Association decided it needs a new look – and sound.