Brand new from Teenage Engineering is TX-6, an ultra-portable, battery-powered mixer, and multi-channel audio interface. Teenage Engineering describes it as the smallest of its kind and promises that it is packed with more than what meets the eye.
Ableton is kicking off a new series of online experiences for music makers titled Loop Sessions. According to them the focus of each of these sessions is on learning about one artist’s practice and ideas.
Reason Studios recently announced the availability of a new multimode vocoder called BV-X Multimode. According to them, BV-X Multimode Vocoder is a modern take on the classic vocoder effect.
Volca FM, the digital FM synthesizer by Korg, is already a pretty powerful bit of hardware for its size, but an updated version is now available that is even better.
April 2022 has been a good month for musicians on a tight budget, thanks to several companies' release of some free software. Some of these are entirely free, while others are only free for a limited amount of time.
Novation has unveiled their brand new FLkey MIDI keyboard for use with their FL Studio DAW. It was designed with controls for FL Studio's Step Sequencer, Channel Rack, and Mixer, as well as creative Scale and Chord modes.
Manecolabs, creators of the Grone Drone machine Eurorack, Tabletop, and Pedal drone generators, recently opened pre-orders for Sixteen Seconds Delay, which is inspired by the original looping delay from 1983.
Ableton recently released a new MIDI device for Live called Microtuner that allows users to import, edit and generate microtonal scales. Microtuner makes it easy to load scale files, create custom scales, and even morph between tunings in real-time.
Out now by BLINKSONIC° is COLLIDZ°, an instrument for REAKTOR 6 that they describe as a generative, autonomous, and multipurpose virtual synthesizer.
Cherry Audio recently unveiled their brand new Dreamsynth, which is a tribute to the hybrid analog/digital synths that cropped up during the mid to late 1980s.
Roland recently announced their brand new FANTOM-0 series, which is designed to give users the sonic power and fluid workflow of the FANTOM series, but in a more streamlined and affordable format.
Squarp Instruments has released its brand new hardware sequencer, called Hapax. According to the company, it is designed to be the centerpiece of your rig and offers every tool you could need to compose songs in the studio or perform them on stage.
Tangible Waves, known for their low-cost modular synth, the AE Modular, has turned its attention to mixers with the release of the VMIX-10. It is a portable mixer made especially with the Korg Volca series in mind.
During Superbooth 2021, Buchla USA and Tiptop Audio announced that they were teaming up to make affordable Eurorack modules of the classic Buchla 200 series modules. This was great news for people on a tight budget, but recently Buchla also made an announcement aimed squarely at purists.
Waldorf Music recently unveiled a keyboard version of their latest synth, called the Iridium Keyboard. It features a 47-note FATAR TP/8SK keyboard, complete with polyphonic aftertouch.
