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Review: Tim Exile's Flesh: His Latest Reaktor Masterpiece
NI's Reaktor is a playground for making simple synths and effects, but also caters for the incredibly creative sound designer looking for new ideas. That's where Tim Exile's Flesh joins the party!
Build Your Own Star Wars Lightsaber Style Sound in Propellerhead Reason
If Star Wars fever has gripped you after watching The Force Awakens or you just want to make something cool in Reason, then this Lightsaber sound design tutorial is for you. May the force be with you.
Korg Intros Minilogue Analog Poly Synthesizer for $500, Watch Video Demo
We recently spotted that details of Korg's upcoming Minilogue synth had been leaked on the web. Now, before Korg have officially announced it, Sweetwater have released full details, pics and a video!
Positive Grid Pro Series Studio Plug-Ins, With Revolutionary Compression Profiling
Positive Grid tell us the Pro Series offers 3 revolutionary profiling and component based compressors: FET, Tube, and Optical. It combines their DSP engineering and component level modeling expertise.
Celemony Releases Melodyne 4
Ceremony tells us that Melodyne 4 introduces new technologies and a new degree of freedom for the entire Melodyne family. Includes 4 versions and a polyphonic spectrum shaper sound editor.
Review: Sam Spacey's Epica Bass, Legendary Vintage Analog Bass Synths for Kontakt
We've been told, "it's all about the bass"... and Sam Spacey's Epica Bass puts a vintage, analog slant on this thought by capturing some authentic legendary bass instruments for Kontakt users.
4 Characteristics that Distinguish Sound Designer Legends from The Rest Of Us
As the saying goes, "If you want to learn to be the best, learn from the best." We've discovered 4 traits from 4 legends of the sound design world that we're sharing with you here.
Meris Mercury 7, 500 Series Algorithmic DSP Reverb Unit That Sounds Inspiring
So you have some space in a 500 rack? The new Mercury 7 from Meris could fit in there. It is a reverb unit with analog mix and dry sign path... and more than any specs, simply sounds beautiful.
Review: Blue Lola Headphones
Blue Microphone's Mo-Fi headphones got a lot of positive feedback after passing through the Ask.Audio lab tests! So, how do the new (and more economical) Lola headphones fare? Matt Vanacoro finds out.
Keith McMillen Instruments K-Mix Is A Programmable MIDI Controlled Mixer & Audio Interface In One
Keith McMillen Instruments are no strangers to making innovative MIDI controllers. The K-Mix takes that tradition one step further with a very capable audio interface included and onboard DSP!
Building a Lead Synth Patch in Cubase Retrologue 2
Retrologue 2 is the latest version of Steinberg's virtual analogue synthesizer. Hollin Jones shows you how to build your own lead synth patch from scratch.
New Expressive E Touché MIDI Controller Promises Hardware & Software Synth Revolution
If Expressive E's claims that the upcoming reimagined Touché MIDI controller will revolutionize how musicians interact with synths and computer software is true, we're in for a treat.
Pioneer DJ Unveil CDJ-2000NXS2 &Â DJM-900NXS2
Before NAMM has even kicked off, PioneerDJ have announced their new flagship CDJ and digital DJ mixer: CDJ-2000NXS2 & DJM-900MXS2 respectively. Watch the videos below for more info.
REXPlayer 1.6 Adds Triggering Slices Via MIDI Controller for Laptop Users
MthodRed's REXPlayer has always been a handy tool for REX file playback. Version 1.6 sees a useful feature addition make its way to this affordable music app.
Review: Fugue Machine, A Unique Take on Sequencing for iPad
Imagine having multiple playheads that can play back different MIDI patterns in different directions, tempos and pitch settings... on an iPad. Fugue Machine does that and more in a really novel way.
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