iConnectMIDI4+ iPads Macs and PCs in Love – Audio from iPads to Mac + PCs

 iConnectMIDI4+ seems finally be ready for shipping. the special thing with this MIDI Interface and Audio Interfaces is to put iPad Audio back into the computer – even in the DAW, also 4 MIDI ports are there to make iOS and OS X (AAAAND Windows!!) work together – that audio features is already available in a smaller device, the iConnect MIDI2 with 2 ports. for us$250 it also has a MIDI over Network functionality. most of it all works via USB – the first time they are all brought together. Forum: iConnect…

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Mos Lab Kobol Expander III – Cloned.

Clones going on – this time the most known RSF synth – the Expander II – will be cloned by the F-based Mos Lab in 5 and 5U Racks incl. a second LFO and pink noise generator – should be available by the end of this year (2014) -> Forum • Mos Lab. Kobol Expander III.   Der Kobol II ist ein schwer zu findender kleiner Synthesizer, weshalb die Franzosen MOS Lab ihn zum Ende des Jahres anbieten wollen. RSF Kobol , Kobol II, Kobol 2 (built 1978) – Analog Synthesizer –…

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Moog Werkstatt – Synth DIY Workshop (at Moogfest)

this little article about a very Volca’istic Moog Werkstatt Analog Synthesizer Coming To Moogfest feels a bit strange but why not making your own gadget at a festival – don’t know if it’s true or not but the name is nice ;) it’s not much more than one AD Envelope (with sustain), one simple OSC with PWM and Pulse/Saw Waveforms, low pass filter and a least an LFO with 2 wave shapes and a simple „keyboard“ at the bottom (buttons) – since the label is Analog Synth / Moogfest 2014 – it…

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Audiowerkstatt – MIDI Restarter

like to jam live? This little tool by audiowerkstatt is one of a series of little MIDI helpers – it allows to restart any MIDI slave machine without stopping the master – this may be helpful in a MIDI-coupled jam situation or just in case your list set goes wild..   Jamst du viel mit diversen Sequenzen oder mit anderen? Dieser kleine MIDI-Helfer hilft einen der MIDI Slaves auch mitten in einem Jam mit MIDI-Verbund ohne stoppen des Masters fließend ohne stoppen des Masters weiter machen zu können.

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Roland Aira in a black suit

Ulrich Bielefeld (the man behind Oscillation-Rhythm) sent these pics my way – just for those who’d like to know – how do they look like when you paint those green framing black – So sieht es aus, wenn man die grünen Rahmen schwarz einfärbt. Danke an Ulrich für die Bilder und den Selbstversuch. Diskutiert wurde dies und mehr  auf über 136 Seiten im Forum: Roland Aira TR-8 und Roland AIRA – TR8 – TB3 – System 1 Original look: (my shots from the Musikmesse 2014) __ Added to SynthDB / UPDATE: Dave Smith…

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Prosoniq sold to Zynaptiq / Zynaptiq kauft Prosoniq

this is the message I read this morning – the sound of Prosoniq was always unique and innovative in everything sonic – I bought the first stuff for my EPS16+ to have a lot of very new effects and later there were SonicWorx and some years ago they introduced Isolate which is amazing for extracting audio parts like trumpets from a song, remove reverb (that was possible in sonicWorx already on OS9) – so I really really hope they maintain all the older stuff and re-release everything as VST/AU.. and…

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Amaranth Audio Cycle Waveform/Re-Synthesizer

Cycle is a new resynthesis and waveform shaping synthesizer. resynthesis uses samples to be analyzed and played in a different way – known from Virysn Cube or Camel Audio Alchemy. that waveform shaping thing let’s you create shapes more or less as a graphical tool for really drawing curved and hard-edged waves from sinusoidal to sawtooth and the spectrum can be edited as well.. there’s also something that is called patch deformer with makes sort of morphing and interpolation between patches to help you being and apply darwinistic changes to your…

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Acidlab Drumatix Transistor Rhythms

Acidlab did Miami Drummachine and now upcoming – the TR606 kind of machine. Simpler  and possibly cheaper – in times of Rhythm Wolves, MFB Bears and other dangerous animals.. and there is Yocto… Ah, ein weiterer Clone im Bereich TR-Drummachines – dieses Mal aber vom bekannten Hersteller der Miami, die gegen Yocto und andere Clones wohl die bekannteste TR808-ähnliche Maschine ist, aber es gibt ja noch Tanzbären, Rhythmuswölfe und anderes, das wird hart – jetzt aber nochmal mit der 606 und ein paar schönen Einstellmöglichkeiten für die Sounds. Forum: acidlab drumatix 606 klon

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