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In Japan, the promise of unique, more organic audiovisual aesthetics
At last week’s MUTEK.JP festival in Tokyo, amidst familiar touring works, you could spot a subplot – returning to color and fluid expression in live AV sets.
Creative work by ANTIVJ gets ripped off in new Microsoft Xbox launch
The launch video for Microsoft’s Xbox Series X console “borrows” from work by ANTIVJ (and a ground-breaking indie game, too).
Free reverb: Arturia has a holiday giveaway of their take on the classic EMT-140 plate
I’m dreaming of a reverberant Christmas / with EMT plates I used to know / where my yule log’s combustible / and pre-delays now adjustable / to tweak plug-ins in the snow…
KORG starts a new instrument division in Berlin, focusing on sustainable “things that matter”
Former KORG Chief Engineer Tatsuya Takahashi is leading a new division in Berlin, alongside COO Maximilian Rest. And it sounds like a different kind of synth business.
RAUM is a tasty free reverb plug-in giveaway from Native Instruments
NI continue their holiday tradition of giving away some software each year – and these little gems often prove something to use the whole year round.
ARP 2600 will return with KORG, says Jean-Michel Jarre
KORG will remake the iconic semi-modular subtractive instrument in 2020, or so says Jean-Michel Jarre.
Now that MOTU’s DP does clips, here’s a video explaining how to use them
If you normally leave a DAW like DP in order to do non-linear clip triggering with other software or hardware, MOTU have something they’d like to show you.
Behringer unveil Eurorack Go case; what does it mean for the rest of modular?
Behringer’s anticipated moves into Eurorack are arriving – with a Eurorack case to get you started. There’s no price, but the product does look a lot like an existing competitor.
Hello, piano: Roland just added Alexa to their digital keyboard
Roland’s latest play for making digital pianos commonplace: add the popular Alexa service, and sell on Amazon.