new Apple MacBook Pro series overhaul

Apple – MacBook Pro – series is now 5 models starting from SandyBridge i5 as the smallest one with 13″ Screen to i7 in 15″ (same configuration in the 17″-model but one more USB port), all still got optical drives and adds Thunderbolt Link and 4GB RAM. and glossy screens. IMPORTANT :all still got Firewire 800 only the 17″ model has Express Card 3/4 connector. Resolution didn’t change for all screens and options. 1150€ to 2500€ the 15″ start at 1.7k€ and more GFX power (dual GFX cards). looks like…

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Palm Spectral Experiments in the Dark

Hier eine Vorschau, was grade im Hause Palm angedacht ist. Das Ding funktioniert in Echtzeit und wie man erkennen kann handelt es sich um spektrale Echtzeitmanipulationen mit sehr guter Übersicht. Sicher gibt es auch andere Werkzeuge, aber der Vater der Wavetables wird vielleicht daraus einmal ein Produkt machen, sicher dann nicht mit Standardfenstern, wobei mir das doch sehr sympathisch wäre wenn keine animierten Lüfter und ähnlicher nutzloser Schnickschnack eingebaut werden müssen, damit das interessant ist. Here’s a new spectral project by Wolgang „PPG“ Palm who experiments with displaying and manipulating…

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SunVox Synthesizer + Sequencer

WarmPlace.Ru. SunVox synthesizer. is a kind of tracker which allows to route modules like a modular system as a whole – there’s also a method of finding notes via probability which is a still unterrated feature. this all works on almost all OS, platforms and mobile devices… Dummer Witz: Ja, das liegt auf einem Russenserver, aber das ist der Hersteller, alles ok … what’s in there is: FM synthesizer; Generator (saw,triangle,square,noise waveforms); Kicker – looks like this is a Bassdrum or something.. Sampler (supported formats: WAV, XI, AIFF); SpectraVoice (FFT-based…

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accSone Crusher-X – Mac + PC

Demos of the Granular Synthesis tool – also on the Mac… allows also to play it tonally – not just to sound on „any“ frequency. and it’s white now. crusherX-Live! 5: http://www.accsone.com/content/blogcategory/32/276/lang,english/ crusherX-Studio! 3: http://www.accsone.com/content/blogcategory/80/278/lang,english/ crusherX-Mac! 3: http://www.accsone.com/content/blogcategory/169/368/lang,english/ –> crusher-X Updates @ Forum.

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din is noise – combining scales, sounds and playing – (Linux)

din is noise tries another way – imagine this on an iPad – here you play like hitting the „lines“ that represent a tuned note, you can slide up and down and get a pitch bend – so if you make your own scalings with this thats one thing, but there’s a waveform you can add and stack all those notes onto those „string lines“ – could imagine this a nice performance „keyboard“ replacement – beside haken continuum … filed that under controllers and softsynths – since it might be…

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Use iPad as Controllerbox for Microkorg

use the App S1MIDItrigger and the Line6 MIDI Interface to control your synths, since everything has CCs the iPad makes a nice Programmer – the app is also available for the iPhone, but may only be enough for just a hand full of controllers. Line6 MIDI: 66€ – the app: 2,39€ – but you need an iPad of course.. iPad and S1MIDITrigger: 36 more knobs/faders for my microKORG.

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