Archive for October, 2022

Sequential Celebrates 20 Years of making Incredible Synths

From Sequential’s FB page:

October 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of synth pioneer Dave Smith’s return to hardware synthesizers with the introduction of the Dave Smith Evolver synthesizer, a synth that was described as “a wickedly powerful synergy of analog and digital.”

Since the Evolver’s introduction in 2002, the Dave Smith Instruments has evolved into Sequential, and the company has released a steady stream of fantastic instruments, including Tempest, Prophet-6, Prophet Rev2, and the recent collaboration with Tom Oberheim, the OB-X8.

To celebrate the 20 years anniversary, Sequential is hosting Designers talk: OB-X8, and how it came to be – a conversation with the creators of the OB-X8, including Tom Oberheim, the late Dave Smith, Marcus Ryle and Tony Karavidas.

 

The video will premier October 25th at 10am Pacific time. You can view it via the embed below:

New England Synth Fest Coming Saturday, October 29

 

The next New England Synth Fest is coming up this Saturday, October 29, 12pm to 6pm in Burlington, Mass.

 

The free event will take place at the Microsoft Technology Center, 5 Wayside Road in Burlington and will feature six hours of local electronic music and visualization artists, along with lectures, exhibitors, and vendors.

Other highlights include a build-a-Jarmaggedon workshop and a synth petting zoo.

Find out more at the NESF website.

ROLI introduces Granular Foley, Atmospheric Sound Library for Equator2

 

ROLI has introduced Granular Foley, an atmospheric/cinematic soundpack for ROLI Studio and Equator2.

 

This collection features field recordings of natural ambience, machinery and radio chatter — all transformed by Equator2’s granular engine into alien textures, metallic hits, moody tones, and bizarre organic instruments.

30 MPE and 30 Standard MIDI versions of each preset are available.

Granular Foley is available now for $25.