Event 

Apple WWDC – OS X El Capitan 10.11 + iOS 9 + Apple Music (new service) – Audio Unit Plugins in iOS9

El Capitan is the name of the new OS X 10.11 (Release: Oct 2015) has some nice updates but more „minor“ stuff like swipe gesture in Mail, and real English questions in finder, spotlight and mail like „find stuff I was working for last june“ – so may fit fine into Siri commands Safari adds audio off if something start noising around it has a mute button and „pins“. and spring open Emails in Mail. So it’s nice to have but no revolution. split window/screen setup and multiple screen stuff.…

Controller 

AcPad – turns the guitar into a real instrument!

Acpad is a special add on to your or any guitar – I’ve seen that thing at a performance of Robin Sukroso (FB Image Set of a concert) earlier last year. In fact he can loop, synthesize sounds and do a lot of magic plus playing the pads and it’s just as playing the guitar – so it is not some technology added see it in action – if you can – just catch Robin playing somewhere since it’s the best „advertisement“ for this – so – it’s not a product…

22-24.5.2015 Modular Synthesizer Meeting, Germany – // reminder: Happy Knobbing – Anyware Instruments Moodulator – showcase

bringe deinen Modularsynthesizer mit – Bring your Modular !! read this / lies das hier vorher! Forum – Info und Fragen FB event (FYI) Happy Knobbing Modular Synthesizer Meeting 2014Dieses Video auf YouTube ansehen wird spannend, tolle Leute werden kommen! put your modular in your overloaded car. …and a new analog synth from Anyware-Instruments called the Moodulator (not Moogulator!) first cell phone images from first day evening – more coming soon 2 VCOs 2 SUBOSCs Audio Speed LFO 3 EG’s find controls of the smaller AD at bottom right Filter-FM /…

Synth 

Modal 008 Analogue Synth (8 voice) with Xpander-Style Filters (with Phase/Allpass)

the original info from Modal (so it has still some super-words in it) ;) Modal 008 (built 2015) – Analog Synthesizer  provides eight discrete voices of polyphony with an uncompromising analogue architecture utilising the highest grade components throughout Two 100% analogue VCO’s per voice with two sub oscillators, providing sawtooth, triangle, square with PWM and noise. note those filters are a bit like the   Oberheim Matrix 12 (built 1985) – Analog Synthesizer that allows combinations of filters including phase shifting / all pass filters that really sound great for pads and stuff. OSCS:…

Synth 

Blue Lantern – Dwarf Star – analog synth

don’t know much about this – especially how it really sounds like it appears to me like they did modules and now try the Cwejman approach – here’s a cool looking synth (that isn’t meant negatively – it may be a good start to the (semi) modular world ..? I just post it because I kind of liked it when I saw it – it’s a classic • 2 OSC synth with classic wave shapes for each OSC • has 2 sub OSCs •2 ENVs – AR plus !? which…

SynMag – Das Synthesizermagazin #49 kommt 19.3.

SynMag #49 – kommt am 19.März 2015 Maschinen Korg MS20M + SQ1 – Synthesizer und Sequencer – jetzt mit 30% mehr Synthese und flach! ARP 2600, Selbstbauen?, TTSH? Wie hoch ist der Aufwand… ARP Odyssey geht auch zu 100% kleiner: Oddity 2 Arturia V-Collection: Oberheim Matrix 12V und Solina Strings – gelingen immer locker und bekömmlich? Dreadbox Erebus – Duophoner Analoger Synthesizer, Made in GR (Macher des Murmux Semimodular) Roland GR55GK – Synthese im zarten Saitling – Gitarrensynthesizer Five12 Numerlology 4 – Modularer Sequencer mit Steuerung per Lauflicht/Controller – was ist…

B-Step Sequencer – Major Update 2.1

Remember B-Step? it’s an all platform sequencer that can be controlled from controllers running on tablets and computers of all OS types incl. Linux. Audio Bus is added for iPads there id a management of loading chords and optical mods to it & im/exporting everything sort of cloud upload to a dedicated server keep settings and assignments of audio samples (!) design stuff added (colours) fixed bugs, updated to work with most recent OS versions (Yosemite etc), better performance – improvements there is some more changes in details as well..…

NAMM 2015 – OVERVIEW / ÜBERSICHT + Talk

UPDATED – last: 25.1. 19:30 (also updated most of these posts:) most important things from NAMM in one – OVERVIEW  – die wichtigsten Sachen von der NAMM Waldorf Wavetable Module (Eurorack), Attack App, Nave Plugin Moog Modular limited edition System 15-55 – Minimoog? coming? Roland JD Xi + JD Xa – analog + digital crossover synths + TR sequencer inside! Korg MS20M with FM, Sync, PWM and flat desktop design + SQ1 sequencer (-> SynthDB   Korg MS20M Analog Synthesizer) Sequential Prophet 6 (yes it is labelled Sequential, not Dave Smith who is still the distributor) +…