Serge Shop – new panel and synth?

there’s a „new“ Serge coming up for $4600 (3740€) – it has some interesting modules to offer. Wilson Delay, there’s a dual slope generator (env), Crossfader, 3ple Waveshaper and the „new“ timbral oscillator along with a variable bandwidth VCF it’s called animate – maybe because the last and current one is „animal“ – needs a mate ;) Forum • neues Serge Shop-Panel.

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Synthesizer-Magazin: Ausgabe 29 (kommt 19.11.)

Synthesizer-Magazin: Aktuelle Ausgabe 29 kommt in Kürze.. VÖ 19.11.2011 Neue Maschinen Korg Kronos Teil II – Synthese und Karma RPE SEQ12 – Ein Hardwaresequencer mit Live-Qualitäten und Lauflicht / Echtzeiteingabe sowie Akkordfunktion Moog Slim Phatty – Klein und kompakt analog unterwegs Marienberg Modular – Erste Blicke „Seltsame“ Controller: Akai EWI4000s und Roland FR2 – aus Synthnutzersicht gesehen… Vocoder: Waldorf Lector und Orange Vocoder – was klingt besser? Effekte ohne teuer: Dynacord CLS22 und Behringer Virtualizer Alte Maschinen Sackbut Doepfer MAQ 16/3 Sequencer Checkup Menschwerk Tarwater FTANNG Musik in Japan Teil 2…

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u-he announces d.i.v.a. software analogue impersonating synth

as you might know, there is analog synth impersonating technology upcoming at u-he software, the first one was the Tyrell Project, but as we come closer to Xmas – it will be ready – the „real“ U-HE product under that name and possibly only the first one.. diva is for dinosaur impersonating virtual analog. isn’t that cool? ! next monday will be the day for a beta.. Wie geht es weiter mit dem Tyrell:Diva wird voraussichtlich am kommenden Montag als Public Beta rauskommen, mit Frühbucherrabatt bis Weihnachten. Einen ersten Screenshot…

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Thunderbolt Audio Interfaces? And why the hell no 24 analog in interface?

Thunderbolt Audio Interface?. in addition to the Macbook Air Posting and the Mac / Audio situation – Apogee says Thunderbolt audio interfaces / soundcards will soon be available. High end products will come first. I doubt low end audio products will implement this standard – they will stick with USB IMHO. Apogee this is very likely to Apple abandon whole techologies, eg. killing Firewire without notice to the hardware audio makers.. “Technology like this only happens about once a decade. We are thrilled about the performance and simplicity Thunderbolt technology will…

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Rob Papen at Synth.NL’s HQ

both are pretty well known to the synth scene in europe, so just watch that synth gear porn – Rob talks about some advantages of new and vintage synthesizers.. SH101, Jupiter 80, ARP2600, CS50, Minimoog they’re all in -.. synth.nl is one of the bigger studio / collectors in europe Drum Plug-in: Punch – btw: I recently wrote a german review about Rob Papens latest Punch Drum Synth on Amazona.de ..

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Vermona – Quad MIDI-CV Interface

Forum: VERMONA – Quad MIDI-CV Interface. has 4x CV/Gate plus 2 free CVs. it can handle polyphony as well. looks like this is the same ciruitry as in the Perfourmer. it’s a module 3 units high. to quote the info it’s 300€ – it’s 14bit KB CV – mono is able to do rotation or single channel assignment: Neben Dual, 4fach Unisono oder (4x) einkanalig (Mono1), Mono-Rotating (Mono2) und Poly-Rotating (Poly) werden noch 4 separate Clockdivider incl. Reset-Buchse angeboten. Im Grunde handelt es sich hier um das MIDI-Interface vom neuen…

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