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Aphex Twin Upcoming Cheetah EP Actually a Synth Plugin?

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.

Radial 4-channel Audio Snake, The Catapult, Now Shipping

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.

Check Out This Electric Guitar Made From 40,000 Matchsticks

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.

Here's How To Hack Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operator Synths

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.

Watch Future Retro 512 Touch Keyboard Controlling Mono & Poly Analog Synths

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 512 capacitive touch keyboard from Future Retro, then its worth a watch.

Heavyocity Announces GRID II for Reaktor

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 Announces Bottle Mic Locker

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.

FREE Sound Samples Recorded by Philharmonia Orchestra Players

If you want professionally recrorded sound samples suitable for any musical genre or sound design then you've come to the right place.

Is This The Future For Music Makers From Music Tech Fest 2016?

From a sequencer triggered by M&Ms to controlling music with our minds to another sequencer controlled by and projecting light, Music Tech Fest was packed with forward thinking tools for music makers.

Is Sugar Bytes New Poly Synth '˜Factory' Your Ticket To Wilderness Of Sound?

Factory from Sugar Bytes is an exciting new poly synth plug-in with some interesting features, filter models, an awesome Mod Matrix, 4 sequencers, multi-effects, morph crossfader and so much more.

The Beginning Of The End For Composers? Google Magenta Just Wrote Its First Song

Oh AI, how we love thee and are afraid of thee in equal measure. Google's Brain Team are using machine learning in the form of Magenta to create original music and art. Should musicians be concerned?

Exclusive 15% Discount on PlugIns & Instruments + NI Komplete 10 Offer

The good folks at Time+Space are offering AskAudio readers 15% off products from Spectrasonics, Rob Papen, iZotope, Big Fish Audio, Spitfire, and many, many more.

Isotonik PrEditor 1.3.3 Brings More Features to Ableton Hardware Controllers & Kontakt & Reaktor

Supporting a dizzying array of hardware controllers like Push 2, LaunchControl XL, Behringer BCR to Akai MIDIMix, Isotonik's PrEditor now supports multi mapped NI Kontakt & Reaktor instruments.

Follow The Bob Moog Journey In This Interactive Timeline

Bob Moog is arguably the most influential synth maker and musical instrument pioneers ever. And you can discover more about his life from 1934-2005 via this interactive timeline on the BMF website.

Erica Synths Unveil Black Wavetable VCO Eurorack Module

Erica Synths new Black Wavetable VCO module is one of the most compact wavetable VCOs around in eurorack format. It's also got a nice fat sound and over 16 banks of waves. This video demo shows more.