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AudioKit Pro’s Matthew Fecher let us know that they have released an update for Synth One that makes it Universal – so you can now run the powerful, open-source software synth on your iPhone. Synth One was originally released for iPad, and it’s a mind-blowing example of open source software done right. The synth offers features that are competitive with anything available: Hybrid Analog/FM Poly Sy

Google today shared this video demo of NSynth Super, an open hardware controller for its NSynth Neural Synthesizer. NSynth Super comes out of Magenta, a research project within Google that explores how machine learning tools can help artists create art and music in new ways. Magenta created NSynth, a machine learning algorithm that uses a deep neural network to learn the characteristics of sounds,

Ableton has introduced BeatSeeker – a new Max For Live device that’s designed to let you sync Live to your band’s drummer. Bands who use Live in their setup often use a click track to make sure they’re in time. The drummer follows the computer and their groove locks to the grid. BeatSeeker is designed to reverse these roles. Now Live doesn’t have to set the tempo; it can follow it. Here is the off

2014 NAMM Show: Korg is introducing a Korg MS-20 Synth Kit – a limited edition MS-20 Kit is a kit that lets you create a real, full-size MS-20 by assembling the parts yourself. The MS-20 Kit is a true-analog, 1:1 scale reissue of the MS-20, with both filters built in (the more aggressive early production filter and more mellow late production one). Every details has been replicated, right down to

Image Line has announced FL Studio Mobile – a new FL Studio, designed for creating multi-track projects on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch: FL Studio mobile will allow you to create complete multi-track projects on your i.Pod, i.Phone or i.Pad and, if you want, load mobile projects into FL Studio and take them to the next level. If it’s a beat on the Stepsequencer, a melody on the Piano roll or a

This iPad DX7 patch editor for TouchOSC, via armatronix, is designed to simplify and speed up programming the ‘notoriously difficult’ Yamaha DX7, TX7, and TX816 FM synths, via MIDI SYSEX. It’s a free download (.touchosc file). I have not tried this, but it looks like it could dramatically streamline working with the Yamaha DX synths. If you give this a try, leave a comment and let me know what you

Tinkerteam has introduced Sprak (app store link)- a new noise a noise/drone synth for iOS, designed to make ‘phat and gritty ehhrm, noise and drones’. Here’s what they have to say about it: While we love the existing noise and drone apps available on the app store, none of them combined the two in that special way we had a craving for. So what did we crave? Phase realign Stereo Gritty sound Someth

Musikmesse 2010: iCon has introduced a trio of new music controllers, the iStage, iCreative & iDJ. iCon iStage Features: 3 set of “4×4” velocity sensitive drum pads 4×12 buttons are equipped with dual color LED 17-buttons with red LED Buttons assignable for “Pan” control Buttons assessable for “Volume” control 4 difference modes including DJ / Effector / DAW and Drummer for difference applications

Are you ready for Propellerhead Reason on the Apple iPad? According to Propellerhead CEO Ernst Nathorst-Böös, it’s a distinct possibility: “The iPad is at least as powerful a computer as the ones we started making software for back in the 90s. And that’s pretty exciting!” Of course, the version of Propellerhead Reason that came out in back in the days was a lot less powerful than the current versi

Nanoloop for iPhone (App Store link) combines sequencer, synthesizer and sampler in one package to bring vintage 8-bit Gameboy music goodnesss to the iPhone and iPod touch. The app builds on Nanoloop for the Gameboy, but features a new software synth and features not possible on the Gameboy. Features: Six channels, each can be synth or sampler Fast and easy to use stepsequencer Synthesizer with en

This video demonstrates how you can do basic vocoding using Photoshop and Photosounder (an application for Windows & Mac that translates sounds to images and vice-versa): The carrier signal (a saw wave) and the modulator (HAL 9000’s voice) are turned into images using Photosounder. Then in Photoshop, the voice is vertically blurred as to fuse the different harmonics together, then it’s pasted on t