Waldorf Pulse 2 – Analog Synth

New Waldorf Pulse 2 and still analog. · Analog monophonic synthesizer · 3 Analog-Oszillatoren + 1 Noise-Generator · Pulsweitenmodulation / PWM · Hard-Sync · Filter-FM vo/ofn Oszillator 3 · Ring-Modulation von/of Oszillator 3 · XOR-Osc-Mode · 8-/4-Voice-Paraphonic-Modi – like Poly800 this is peudo poly with one filter but 4/8 voices. · Kaskaden-Filter / Classic Cascade Filter: · 24 dB/12 dB Lowpass, 12 dB Highpass-/Bandpass-Filter-Modes · Umfangreicher/rich Arpeggiator · 8-Slot Modulation-Matrix · USB / MIDI · Extern/al Analog-Signal-Input · compatible with / Kompatibel mit Pulse Hybrid Synthesizer Classic · 128×64 Pixel LC-Display / white…

Arturia Minibrute Analog Synth

Arturias new Mini Brute Analog Synthesizer more musical video approch from the EM project Node Multimode Filter (Steiner Parker), 1 OSC with SubOSC, 2 LFOs,  0,1 Hz to 100 Hz special „Ultrasaw“ and „metallic“ settings called Metalizer 2 ADSR envelopes 25 dyn keyboard with aftertouch CV/Gate USB MIDI, MIDI in / out (no thru) Arpeggiator possibly sooner or later with Pro-One kind of Mini Sequencer “ Note that the Arpeggiator can also be used as a basic sequencer. In the Hold mode, you press and hold the first key of the sequence, then…

Xils Lab Effect Le Masque – delay special „zones“ in an audio stream

Xils Lab is known for their Synthesizers modeled after classic synthesizers, here’s a new one – a stereo delay – the special thing with is (hence the name): this delay only acts on some sections, others that are „masked“ will NOT have the delay on, most of it is based on rhythm and time signature and a sort of sequencer to get it all done. delays are of course modulated etc. there are envelopes as well, so this is about a very controlled automated delay with some „intelligence“. • True…

Lemur is back – as an iPad app

App Store – Lemur is back, I knew it had to come, it comes fairly late – after touchOSC and MIDItouch it might be hard since it’s 40€ which is really a lot. I tried a Lemur in 2006 and it was reviewed in Synthesizer-Magazin #2, the second issue ever made but had to sell it to pay my bills to move to another „yet cheaper“ house. I sort of hoped they’d make it to the app world and they did — and yes, the JazzEditor had it’s odds, it wasn’t…

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.

Tim Thompson @ Y2K Loopfest – Space Palette Demo + Q&A for Loopers

Tim Thompson @ Y2K +1 Loopfest – Space Palette demo + Q&A before and after the demo/show. He’s exactly what Rick said.. for the nerds: had a little talk and if you’re interested in tech stuff, here’s the most important quote – if you’re more into the music and the fun of it – just watch the video: I use KeyKit (see http://nosuch.com/keykit/ ) as the language for coding the music algorithms, it’s an interpreted programming language for MIDI realtime/algorithmic stuff that I wrote decades ago.  The Kinect code is written in…

GRP Synthesizer A4 – halved (more affordable) A8?

GRPs Synthesizers are really huge. I had the chance to listen to all of them, exept the new upcoming A4, which is in fact the one, that is made for most of us. why? it has no „doubled“ synth engine (like the A8 Analog Synthesizer )  which makes it much more afforable  plus it has everything needed, the smaller „minimoog style“ A3 Analog Synthesizer  was a bit too limited (for me). I did not really get the idea behind the A6 Analog Synthesizer , which has been reduced but has a lot more compared to the A3, so –…