Mac and Music News
Jan 16 - 08:12 PM | Virtual Instrument > Arturia |
Combining the power of analog synthesis, physical modelling and samples, through the intuitive workflow of a hardware drum machine, Spark is a highly creative beat production center.
Main Features
- 480 Instruments / 30 Kits : o Vintage drum machines : Analog recreations in the spirit of the TR-808, TR-909,
Simmons SDS-V, and Eprom based LinnDrum, Drumtraks, DMX, and more.
- Electronic kits covering the most popular modern music styles : Dub, House, Techno, Hip Hop, RnB... as well as experimental fields thanks to the physical modelling engine.
- Acoustic drum kits subtly mixing physical modelling and samples for high audio realism.
- 16 track mixer with 9 high quality effects : compressor, reverb, bit crusher, multiband EQ, chorus, delay, distortion, phaser, plate reverb
- Song Mode with up to 64 patterns by song
- Shuffle and Shift modes to humanize grooves
- 16 key – 64 step sequencer
- 8 velocity sensitive pads
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Jan 16 - 06:01 PM | Music Hardware > Avid |
Some features
- 512 single-sound patches and 256 layered patches
- 49-key, full-size, synth-action keyboard
- 3 osc per voice
- Resonant multimode filter features 12dB/octave (2-pole) and 24dB/octave (4-pole)
- Vyzex software editor included
- USB MIDI and Audio interface
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Jan 14 - 05:35 PM | Music Hardware > Alesis |
The PerformancePad Pro contains the sequencing engine from Alesis' best-selling drum machines. This three-part sequencer enables you to program drum, percussion, and accompaniment parts for creating complete tracks or playing along with loops.
The PerformancePad Pro also contains powerful Alesis studio effects including Reverb, EQ and Compression for customizing sounds to perfection.
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Jan 14 - 03:22 PM | Music Hardware > Roland |
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Jan 14 - 10:08 AM | Virtual Instrument > Spectrasonics |
The update also includes many features that have been requested by users since Omnisphere's release back in 2009 including the new 5-Column Browser view and support for polyphonic aftertouch. The new version also integrates a significant update to the factory patch library, taking advantage of all the new sound design capabilities and bringing the total number of included sounds to a whopping 8,000!. Avalaible around February 15th
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