Korg have come out with something that iOS musicians and producers are simply going to love. PlugKEY is a portable audio and MIDI interface that every iPad and iPhone wielding producer will want.
If only small form factor synths make you happy and you're not a fan of sliders, then turn away now!! ;-) Ken MacBeth has revealed a new prototype of a synth he's working on and it looks cool!
Logic users, stand tall and simultaneously feel like a kid in a candy store. Apple have released the free 10.2.3 update for LPX users, and there's some really cool new features and fixes inside.
Reaction Sound, Italian-based audio tool developers, tell us their new Mudron for Reaktor 6 is a Blocks framework that is ideal for creating dark drones and eerie textures.
As scarce as details on the Hyve Touch Synthesizer are, we've managed to find a new video of it in action, and conversations its creator, Skot Wiedmann, has had where some features are revealed.
If you ever needed a reason to buy a Moog analog synthesizer, then this 16 minute video performance might be it. Surely, the best musical demo of both synths to date.
Reaktor Blocks 1.2 introduces CV and MIDI connectivity for music hardware. Maschine, iPads, modular synths are all supported here.
What G-Sonique refer to as their "analog monster" of a synth, RENEGADE is now available as a native X64bit plug-in! Good news for Mac and Windows users using 64-bit DAWs.
News about a new software synth is rarely greeted with such amazement and anticipation outside dedicated music making circles... like this one about the "potential" new Aphex Twin synthesizer.
If you need to send analog and digital audio signals between rooms in a studio or across a stage for live performance then Radial Engineering's new Catapult could be what you're looking for.
Imagine creating a fully functioning, full-size electric guitar out of match sticks. Probably around 40,000. That's what Dean Fraser has created and it's pretty incredible.
So, you'd love to customise the screen or some functions of the Pocket Operators? Fancy your hand at hacking, but don't know where to start? Problem solved by hackingthepo.
I won't lie to you. This is a LONG video clocking in at over 45 minutes. But if you're interested in the excellent new 512Â capacitive touch keyboard from Future Retro, then its worth a watch.
Heavyocity has partnered with Icebreaker Audio to release GRID II, an eight-voice synth sequencer, for Native Instruments' Reaktor. Excited? Read on for sound examples of this lovely instrument.
Blue Microphones tell us that the world's most versatile tube mic system, Blue's flagship Bottle microphone features in the Bottle Mic Locker , along with four of Blue's interchangeable capsules.