Posts with tag hardware-effects

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Bring Your Stomp Boxes Into Eurorack World With The AI006 Stomp Box Adapter From Just $10

Incorporate your stomp boxes into your modular setup with ease using this fire and forget module, with prices starting at a crazy $10.

Akai Professional Announces 3.0.1 Firmware Update For Force

Update introduces new Launch/Note Mode, side-chain compression (the Mother Ducker), updated recording preferences and improved auditioning of samples/loops.

Your Elektron Instruments Can Talk To Each Other - Here's How To Set It Up

When you connect up two Elektron devices over MIDI, you unlock special features and functionality. Thavius Beck shows you how the MIDI side works in this short video.

Black Lion Audio Announces B173 And B12A Quad Preamps, Inspired By Classic Neve And API Hardware.

These hardware units from processing experts Black Lion audio will be available soon and represent the company's take on a couple of classic preamps.

Waldorf Kyra Synthesizer Has Over 3000 Wavetables, 1280 Oscillators. Here's What It Sounds Like.

This monster synth from Waldorf could be one of the biggest we've ever heard in terms of its power and feature set. We got a chance to demo it at NAMM 2019.

Elektron Overbridge 2.0 Hands-On Demo From NAMM 2019

Overbridge 2.0 massively enhances the power and functionality of Elektron's software and hardware integration. In this short video, Steve H finds out just what it can do.

Arturia Debuts MicroFreak, PCB Synthesizer With CV, Pressure Sensitivity And Sequencer

This cool little synth, just announced by Arturia, has a pressure sensitive playing surface, multiple synth engines and it's more affordable than you might expect. Here's the lowdown.

Sirin Is A Limited Edition Bass Synth Modeled On The Moog Taurus Sound Engine

Get your hands on one of these gorgeous bass synths from the House of Electronicus - but be quick, they're only making a few of them.

Volante Magnetic Echo Machine From Strymon Is A Multi-Head Stereo Delay And Looper Pedal

This new hardware unit from FX developer Strymon has many more tricks up its sleeve than you might expect. Delay, looping and MIDI control are just a few.

Expanding Your Audio Interface (Without Buying A New One!)

If you have ever wondered what those extra ports on your audio interface are for, look no further for an explanation. Joe Albano reveals how you could get more I/O without lifting a finger.

Stylophone GEN R-8 Is A New Analog Synth With Touch Keyboard From Dubreq

The Stylophone GEN R-8 is a dual VCO British-made boutique synthesizer with a fully analog signal path and a touch keyboard that you can play with your finger.

Review: Korg Volca Modular

It looks and sounds gorgeous, and Korg's new Volca Modular brings west coast synthesis to a battery-powered format. Rishabh Rajan was suitably impressed, as he explains in this video.

Glou Glou Announces Moutarde, 4-Voice PLL Hardware Synthesizer

This unique desktop synth uses Phase Locked Loop Synthesis to generate some weird and wonderful sounds, and it has a whole bunch of tricks up its sleeve. See and hear it in action here.

A Beginner's Guide To Audio & Music Studio Connections

If you've ever been confused by the terminology around studio connections - TRS, S/PDIF, MegaOhms and more - then worry not. Joe Albano is here to make everything clear.

Propellerhead Partners with MIND Music Labs For Rack Extension Hardware Integration

Intergating hardware to control software plugins and audio software is probably the next big step forward for the music industry. Propellerhead have an interesting approach to make this a reality.