The Persephone, the ribbon analogue monosynth from Eowave is now available in a desktop or a suitcase form. It mixes both an all analogue synth with one oscillator, one filter and LFO modulation, and a CV/MIDI ribbon controller. The VCO has a 10 octaves range, and issues waveforms ranging continuously from triangle to sinus. The filter is a 12 dB Low pass. On the controller side, you have a ribbon (1,2,5,10 octaves selectable) sensible to position and pressure and an expression key controlled by an optic sensor. The four play modes offer each a different hierarchy of control between the pitch, the velocity, filter modulation and the LFO. The Persephone has CV out and MIDI In/Out.

Express yourself! Desktop version EUR 660. Suitcase version EUR 860.

A recent internal MIT newspaper, reveals that one of its audio Labs in cooperation with Fraunhofer international has just developed a system which allows to produce a "negative delay". It's still a sensible industrial secret but nevertheless the Einstein relativity theory doesn't seem to be refuted. No more details for the moment. This negative delay seems to reach 0,333 s with 20 kHz. What an amazing perspective to finally reduce and compensate latency generated by our audio interfaces....

Futur industrial developments are evocated in this great article ...

It may the first of April… but some rumors were tickling in my ears lately and now the Waldorf website has just been updated. After 2 years in the void and darkness, Waldorf, one of the most innovative and respected names in the synth business is back. Stefan Stenzel, Frank Schneider, Michael von Garnier and Wilfried Eckl are reviving the wavetable masters. Welcome back the red button synths!

ReNOVAtor, the Algorithmix solution to clean live recording of unwanted ring tones, professional coughers and other dainties is at last available for OS X. It work in 80 bit internally, handling up to 384 kHz sampling rate, uses multiple automated tools beside your hears, multiple resynthesis and interpolation methods…

Mac G5 1,8 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 1440x960 pixels resolution, ProTools HD, Mix, LE 6.0 or above for OSX, iLok USB hardware dongle is required. Price EUR 2490

Elysia presented at the Musikmesse a high end compressor the Alpha. Build from the beginning to end with top component, innovative solutions, and sound integrity and quality in mind. It goes from a luscious power supply, an all discrete circuit design, to a specific MS job for the compression: the stereo is split into its middle and side informations unlike post compressor (they mostly use a stereo link). It leads to unprecedented fidelity and some rare features like compressing adequately drums in the middle while keeping stereo information intact… interesting!