Audiobus 2 – recall multiple presets from multiple apps at once

when I read Audiobus 2 is coming I just thought of my own typical use of the iPad – Synths! no sequencing, no DAW, no fx for audio-in filtering-reasons or – well – for power reasons since I am on the iPad2 which is not made für multiple heavy DSP load on multiple fx and synth but miss a nice reverb on all synths – but be honest – that’s for iPad Air and Mini 2 users atm. but here’s some reasons why audio bus 2 is interesting to me and possibly…

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Video & Audio Player – VLC media player neu (2.05) und WinAmp als Alternative Player zu iTunes und Mediaplayer

Mal wieder muss man nachdenken, ob nicht die klassischen Video-Abspieler ein wenig zu dick geworden sind. Bei dem einen sind sie ein aufgeblähter Shop mit Abspielfunktion (Mac/OS X), beim anderen dient das eigenbaute Abspieltool nicht einmal die Möglichkeit 24 Bit Audio abszuspielen (PC/Win). Deshalb ist grade frisch zum heutigen Update/Release der Version 2.05 die Arbeit mit dem VLC Player sicher eine Alternative. Diesen für beide Plattformen passenden Video und Audioplayer würde ich wegen seiner Open Source Natur den Vorzug zu geben. Er spielt auch OGG und andere Formate ab und kommt mit allen…

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New NI Maschine Design – more LED colours

more colours.   why and what? note – new colours should be like telling you things better via the same button, so it may help more than just „being coloured“.http://www.native-instruments.com/#/de/ … /maschine/ for all of you who might think it is just a hoax. 599€ is the new price quote from forum – aus dem Forum: the 1.8 version will work on both- the old and the coloured one. all maschine users get Massive for free. note that it’s not about colours, you need them for being a cool launchpad or…

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Arturia Origin Modular 1.4 adds SEM filters and FX bus/routes

Arturia Origin Modular Synthesizer  gets another update which now has a Oberheim SEM Filter option now (known from Arturias SEM V PlugIn) – of course you can seamlessly „morph“ from lpf to hpf (via notch) and use the BPF alternatively. also it has 2 new insert FX on board. (so it’s 6 fx busses: per channel, 2 aux and 2 master ones). also there’s an addition to the tonewheel organ mode. after the big run on the minimoog V with no other functions than the original has as a free download…

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NI Maschine – Upcoming 1.8

The update will include the following improvements: – looks like the slicer will still be a bit dull, they should look at Geist from FXpansion how to use and process slices, anyway not bad to have time stretching – My personal comment 2 refering to my own performances: The LFO is still 18 Hz, which is far below standard, should be 100Hz minimum, and please add multicore support, after that there’s a lot improved, aaand – say you have a slice programmed to play and remove it in the chase…

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Der Oto – turns OTO Biscuit FX machine into a 2 osc’ed synth via update

Oto Machines – News. I really didnt get the idea, that Der Oto is an update for the Biscuit – it transforms it into a little 2 OSC – 1 LFO – 1 ENV (ADS) and 16 Step-Sequencer-Synth, simple but useful. go and Ot(t)o yo’self – if you got one, it’s free! that simple – a synth. and sounds not bad, in’nt? and do I hear some ringmod or FM in here at 1:31? nice.. why? because it has a sequencer to play with and to use it „live“.. that’s…

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