Synth 

Bolsa Bass Synth & Sequencer – Critter & Guitari

this thing has 1) a nice introduction video 2) a sequencer 3) delay for basses (huh?).. 4) envelope for filter 5) FM 7) …is fed by a sawtooth oscillator. 8) MIDI is in, too – and it is sooo cute when the MIDI jack start singing. (yes, you are right, they do) 6 modes for sound generation – some standards and simple FM as well as physical modeling style delay with feedback for string sound simulation 4 knobs as simple as that for these 6 modes – sort of like…

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Aleph – Open Source Synthesizer / Looper & FX / Sampler by/von E.Buchla (Son of Don) + B.Crabtree (Monome)

Ezra Buchla (son of Donald) and Brian Crabtree of Monome have made a Linux based open source device for „everything“ called Aleph. with connectors for monome, soundplane and shnth 100 will be made – it will be $1.4k – and it has 4 CV outputs as well. runs BF533 DSP, programmed in C under Linux – first in will be: a looper, a digital synth, a sampler and a drummachine -> Forum • Aleph Crabtree/Buchla. -> http://monome.org/aleph

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Logic Pro X -> 32bit by/mit Soundradix 32Lives

Soundradix 32 Lives.did a wrapper that allows the (as always) restrictive Logic Pro X  that allows 64bit plugins only to work with 32bit Plugins – don’t know how good it works in the real world.. Dieses Tool hilft den Nachteil des neuen Logic Pro X nut 64bittige Plugins zu akzeptieren auszugleichen, wie gut es in der Praxis funktioniert muss man aber noch sehen…

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New Apple iMacs – Haswell (Processor) Speed Update

Apple silently updated the iMacs – they are available as 21 and 27″ as before in 2 standard configurations – all i5 processors, so you need to click for 200€ i7 processor updates – here’s the i7 prices you might be interested in the most with Haswell processors: 21.5″ i7 Quad Core – 3.1GHz -> 3,9 turbo boosted 1.7k€  27   “ i7 Quad Core – 3.5GHz -> 3,9 turbo boosted 2.2k€ so the upgrade is 0.1 GHz (0.2 GHz more on the 21″ iMac) faster in frequency but about…

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Waldorf Pulse 2 analog synth finally coming / kommt jetzt..

–> Forum • Waldorf Pulse 2 endlich erhältlich !!. Pulse 2 kommt – is coming – and ios Editor will come for free as well for iPads. -> The Editor is not made by Waldorf but by Till Kopper note the Pulse2 is paraphonic, so one 1 filter is for 8 voices (3×8 OSCs) 1x Multi Timbral, 8 Voice, (2013) paraphonicWaldorf Pulse 2 Hybrid Synthesizer 3 OSC, 1 Filter, 2 LFO, 2 EGHybrid subtractive analog synthesis, 0 Keys, external velocity pressure MIDI controller Ctrl, Arpeggiator, ~600€ (in 2013)continue / weiter..? Pulse 2 Manual:http://www.waldorf-music.info/de/pulse2 … dbuch.html

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Koma RH301 Rhythm Workstation – MIDI to any analog – SyncBox

The RH301 Rhythm Workstation / Utility Tool b< KOMA Elektronik is basically a sync box with clock division individually for each signal. Sync LFOs, Clock Signals (Sequencers, Drum Machines) to MIDI. KOMA Elektronik RH301 – Rhythm Workstation / Utility ToolDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen start at 0:34 !   400€ – has an LFO and Envelope on board to be triggered by external sources and to divide the clock (musically) and send it to DIN Sync and MIDI  as well

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App 

Modular for iOS

a free modular synth to use- but creating a synth needs modules from the shop – beside Jasuto (ios) and Audulus (also for os x) this is the 3rd real modular system – atm it’s quite new – and free to use but not free to built patches. ok, it’s not free, you need to buy some modules – so in makes a higher price – but it seems the easiest till now..  4,49€ for all modules. it reminds a lot of a standard modular analog rack system and therefore…

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Apple ios7 + neue iPhones 5s & 5c – Bewertung für Musiker

well – iphones may not be that interesting for us musicians since apple seems still not to allow USB MIDI Controllers via CamKit & Lightning (iPhone only, iPads work), so they / we need to stick with iPads – but the A7 and 64bit power could get interesting in the future, when the A7 will be part of the next iPad / iPad Mini. iPads and ios7 will take a while, so.. just sit back and have a nice day.. that’s all for now on the todays apple event.   Die musikalische Bedeutung…

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