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Wave Your Hands In The Air And Make Music With Kagura

Even if you don't play an instrument, Kagura is designed to allow you use your body movement and gestures to create music. It's almost funded on Kickstarter. All you need is a computer with a webcam!

Isotonik Studios Tetriq, Max for Live Generative Sequencer Inspired by Tetris

If you remember the days of Tetris and love unique Max for Love sequencers and arpeggiators, then this one will tickle your fancy and help you make engaging musical parts in Ableton Live.

From the Spitfire Laboratories: Floppy Disk Drive Sample Library and Guess The Song

Spitfire Audio are well known for their high-end orchestral Kontakt libraries. They have an experimental side too. And that comes through in this creative Kontakt library, Floppy Disk Drive.

Another Excellent Video of Hyve Polyphonic Synthesizer

We want one of these now. While we wait for the Hyve Touch synth to be available here's a great video of Hyve being used by Joey Gage in the studio along side an Arturia Beatstep Pro amongst others.

Novation Launchpad Pro Scale Mode, Play Melodies and More In-Key

Here's how Novation explain the new Launchpad Pro update Scale mode. The video demo below of Scale mode in action is well worth a watch.

Here's a Better Real-World Video of the Behringer DeepMind 12

Sound On Sound Got their hands on an early prototype version of the DeepMind 12 analog polyphonic synthesizer and here's a well-shot 12 minute video with good sound quality.

Erica Synths Fusion Drone Eurorack Synth System Released & It Sounds Stunningly Esoteric

We liked the first video from Erica Synths showcasing their Fusion Drone modular synth system... but this second one is much better and will probably blow your sound design brain cells. Drones are in.

There's Beautiful Wood Side Panels For Korg MS-20 Mini Too

A few days back we reported on mixingtable's wood panels for the Korg MS-20. Some of you wondered whether there are any for the MS-20 Mini. We have some good news for you.

All Ableton, NI, Packs & Samples Now Free at Flintpope

In a rather honest appraisal of the situation of free vs paid for, Nick from Flintpope got in touch to tell us he's making all his awesome Reaktor, Ableton and other products free / donation ware.

Ether Promises Low Latency Wireless Headphone Experience

Ether got in touch to let us know about the "first low-latency audio transmitter." Basically, a bluetooth wireless transmitter that'll mean you can use wireless headphones with DJ and pro music gear.

Watch This Real World Behringer DeepMind 12 Video To Hear What It Really Sounds Like

All synth heads among us have been crying out to hear a more real-world example of how the DeepMind 12 really sounds. This 25 minute video shows a prototype of DeepMind 12 in action.

Sound Design with Native Instruments Massive FREE Masterclass

It's Summer. It's also MasterClass time at AskAudio Academy. Join our FREE live webinar with Rishabh Rajan exploring designing sounds in NI Massive.

Icon Pro Audio QCon Pro X DAW Control Surface Now Shipping

We're working on a review of the Icon Pro Audio QCon Pro X DAW controller, but in the meantime, you'll be happy to know that this flexible, powerful $899 control surface is now shipping.

Arturia Demo Modulation Capabilities on MatrixBrute Synthesizer

In the latest video from Arturia we are given a tour and tutorial of the modulation matrix and its sonic potential in the soon to be released MatrixBrute analog synthesizer.

Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-1 Blackbox: Desktop Portability with Modular Power & Flexibility

We're always happy to hear about new modular synths, especially from Pittsburgh Modular. This release is a standalone desktop modular synth. Lifeforms SV-1 Blackbox includes everything in one box.