The new Drum kits from Nord are here. With Musikmesse 2016 just a few days away Nord have announced the new Nord Drum 3 and Nord Drum 3P with integrated Multipad. Check out the video below.
The new Toraiz SP-16 touch-screen, sampler with 16 sampler engines from Pioneer DJ includes filters made by Dave Smith (yes, Dave Smith Instruments!). Is this the perfect device for DJ producers?
Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, the Ploytec PL2 is a synthesizer that needs to be heard to be believed. At Superbooth we met Marcus from Ploytec who gave us a sound demo of the PL2.
BASTL Instruments kindly spent some time showing and explaining how their new Eurorack synth modules & modular synth systems work while at Superbooth 16, Berlin. Worth watching!
We were really impressed with the concept of Ribbon by Eowave earlier in 2016, and now we were able to get hands-on with this unique synth & controller.
I was really happy to run into Frap Tools at Superbooth in Berlin this year. They gave us an overview of the CGM (Channel Group Master) creative mixer for Auroral modular synths.
Find out more about the new 4MS eurorack synth modules given a proper overview at Superbooth16, Berlin. Plus, there's news on the new Modular Addiction Awareness Campaign...
Davide Manchini has shared info about his new all-in-one modular synthesizer which is being unveiled at Superbooth16 today. It's called MODULÖR114 and he tells us it has a distinctive analog sound.
Erica Synths have been one of the busier eurorack synth makers so far in 2016, and are back with their new Black Quad VCA which is compact and a good sound shaper to boot. DivKid shows it in action.
Imagine being able to compose MIDI patterns on your Android device and then feed them through a eurorack module to any analog synthesizer of your choice. Stop imagining and check out MIDI-SEQ-8!
emc tells us they are producing another (and final) run of Stefan Schmidt's Eightvoice Polyphonic Synthesizer, the synth of the creator's dreams. Want one of an exclusive 25 of this super synthesizer?
Super booth16 is set to become THE modular synth show of the year. Most synth companies are releasing something there, and WMD are no exception. But why wait? Check out this video of their new filter.
There's already fully functional synths that live in your web browser, and now Novation have released an awesome version of Launchpad that gives you impressive remixing capabilities with MIDI support.
Such is its quality, I pinched myself while playing the Viktor NV-1 to remind myself this synth is a web-audio browser-based instrument. Creator, Nikolay Tsenkov, explains its concept and process.
Want to be adventurous with you sound creations? Like to craft dynamic, intriguing sounds that literally... wiggle? That's exactly what 2nd Sense Audio's Wiggle synth plug-in looks to help you do.