Modular Routing Platform – Windows Rack Performer

Rack Performer – is a modular audio routing system that incorporates any audio signal and plugin routing with sample accuracy. It reminds a bit of the OS X tool Audulus , a bit of Audiobus  in iOs and VSTForx (all platforms). you may built memory and routing for FX, inputs, outputs, mixers and plugins in your machine – so rack performer is a host application that can also incorporate sequencers and other control tools. so it is a bit more like the pulsar/scope environment than a classic modular synth – audio environment may…

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Midi Quest 11 – Edit your Hardware Synth – Win/64bit/OS X 10.9 – no more Sounddiver on OS9/OS X

TIME TO ABANDON SOUNDDIVER? YES . it’s long long dead within Apples Emagic (Logic) buyout. so there was no more chance for very very new OS’es – but one guy is keeping it up … so time to sell your old iBook if you keep it for Sounddiving.. right? Midi Quest. is the only left universal editor for MIDI Synths that support SysEx. So MIDI Quest is going next generation. Till now it was a Java tool to get all platforms working since it’s not performance you need – just…

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Polytron or moving away from CS/Photoshop without subscription? Abomodell macht Bildbearbeitung teuer?

it just looks nice (MonoPoly/Polysix inspired) – maybe by these apps: Photoshop, Pixelmator, Acorn 4… . why do I tell you? well Adobe went another bad way, 50€/month for just using the Creative Suite, so – maybe it’s time to look around you, huh? Acorn 4 and Pixelmator are more on the PS Elements Level, but some of us may be ok with those for making covers, flyers etc.. I am using Elements 10 right now, but if they force us to be „in the cloud“ for „only XY dollars/month“…

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Nick Crow Lab: TubeDriver Saturation PlugIn + Moog Filtertron – all free

Free Tube Amp Windows and OS X – there are more plugins but for Windows only. Nick Crow Lab: TubeDriver v1.22 for Windows (VST) and Mac OS X (VST&AU). • Moogs Filtertron for iPad is free as well for very limited time. it’s a filter, not a whole synth. note the internal input is limited to 100Hz and above. Anyway a good sounding tool when connected via audio interface

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NAMM 2013 IV – still some things to know – clever MIDI, Audio and ..

there have been quite a lot of interesting things at NAMM, see all the 2-3 pages of news – here’s a new Apple-Keyboard-kind of MINI USB Keyboard from CME with polyphonic Aftertouch and Dynamics for $99 .. also Behringer got a range of Mixers that also work as an audio interface in 4 sizes – as a small 19″ rack, a bigger one like the Yamaha 01V96 and the 2 X32 mixers with OLED displays for track names and full knob control – they are all iPad controllable as well…

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macOS Windows 

Waves go synthesizers – Element – standard VA synth

Element By Waves. is nothing special – a 2 OSCed 4 LFO synth with all you might expect but nothing too special except it is from waves – well known for their production tools and quite hard dongled (iLok’ed) and expensive bundles. But well – they’re good at what they’re doing.. has a sequencer/arpeggiator as well and they went for Jordan Rudess to put his name under it.. Forum: Waves stellt ersten Synth vor…. ein Standard VA, aber von Waves ist nun unterwegs. 2 OSCs, 4 LFOs, Standard Filter und Arp/Sequencer.

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Maschine 1.8 is ready for download

I also received another Massive License with the info – nice. The 1.8 Update was announced already and the new colour Maschine Controllers as well for today: This service is temporarily not available. Please try again later.  and yes, the Service Center Software is quite slow right now, lots of downloads this time, so expect to have some time & patience today..   Per Mail kam der Massive Code, die Server sind ziemlich überlastet, aber mit etwas Geduld müsste es klappen, ich habe mind 2 Service Centers installiert. Also mal…

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