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Bass Station II turns 2.5: filter tracking, paraphonic mode, microtuning
Novation’s Bass Station has reached the 25 year mark – and their Bass Station II synth gets a significant set of updates as “2.5” to celebrate. Think new sound design possibilities and architectural wonders, plus microtuning. Let’s look:
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Enjoy the sweet sound of guitar just intonation on this album
Sorry. I’m terrible at writing headlines, actually. I’m also mostly terrible at writing reviews. So let me just say that if you haven’t heard Horse Lords, the Baltimore-based indie band, since their 2010 founding, you deserve to. And they make a great argument for why alternative tunings really do matter in music.
Peter Kirn - July 26, 2016
Music Music tech
Freehand Playable Circles, in Any Tuning, on iPad: New Orphion Editor
Design is the art of compromise. And so, as the touch tablet asks you to sacrifice some things – velocity sensitivity, physical separation, tactile feedback – it gives back the ability to produce freeform interfaces. The iPad’s downside is that it is a piece of undifferentiated glass; its upside is that that glass can transform […]
Zillion-Keyed Keyboards, New Musical Layouts, and Microtonal Gadgets
Peter Kirn - January 31, 2007
Music tech
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