AudioKit Pro has released King of Bass, a new iPhone/iPad bass synth, Sub 808 bass, and Kick-maker for standalone as well as an AUv3 plugin in iPad hosts like Logic for iPad.
Features:
2000+ samples and custom waveforms from a platinum producer
Step Sequencer
Traditional Synth Engine (including Pulse Width Modulation)
2 LFOs: Multiple waveforms + Re-trigger + modulate other LFOs by LFO
Almost all parameters can be LFO Destinations
Bass Distortion and chain w/ Bass Boost
2 Layers
Filter made for low end
Full ADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release for each layer)
On board recording – easily make kicks, baselines and more without any other gear or apps
Oneshot LFOs
“Kick it!” function to turn any patch into a custom kick
Immediately hailed as one of the greatest headline sets that the festival has ever seen, Elton John’s Glastonbury performance delighted audiences both at Worthy Farm and in living rooms across the UK. In fact, so inspired were fans by his appearance that Casio Music UK is reporting a Rocket Man-fuelled uptick in sales of its pianos and keyboards in the following days.
In the week after the festival (June 26 to July 3) Casio Music says that sales of its digital pianos and keyboards more than doubled in comparison to the same period last year – they were up a whopping 133%. Traffic to its website was up by 70%, and Google searches for ‘pianos/keyboards for beginners’ increased by 20%.
It’s been suggested that the crowd for Elton’s Glastonbury performance was the largest ever seen, and the BBC’s combined audience figures across BBC One and iPlayer confirmed that the still-standing-songsmith had the biggest overnight audience for any Glastonbury headliner.
Here’s what Neil Evans, Head of EMI at Casio, said:
“To see an icon such as Sir Elton play out his final ever UK performance at Glastonbury was a special moment, yet to see how many people tuned in and have been inspired to play the piano is even more remarkable.
“Sir Elton is a piano-playing legend and off the back of his performance, we’ve seen increased interest in a range of our pianos and keyboards, especially for beginners. Who knows, his Glastonbury show may have just inspired a new generation of Sir Elton Johns.”
Piano sales have been buoyant for a while now, with lockdown, YouTube tutorials and social media all helping to bring the instrument back into favour. Show’s such as Channel 4’s The Piano, which saw members of the public unknowingly having their skills judged as they played public pianos at train stations, have also helped.
Elton John’s trip to Glastonbury was one of the final stops on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour, which concluded in Stockholm this weekend. Closing the show, he thanked fans and told them that they would remain in his “head, heart and soul”.
Attendees are invited to take part in a 60-minute Q&A with machìna about her music practice and learn how she translates her productions into a stage show. Moderator Craig Schuftan will interview machìna and field audience questions, which can be submitted live via the chat function on the site.
What Ableton says about the artist and her Loop Session:
When machìna abandoned her promising K-pop career to pursue idiosyncratic, emotional electronic music, she held on to many of the lessons she learned from the industry she left behind. Her music practice today combines the creative freedom of an underground artist with the dazzling stage presence of a pop star. Attendees will gain insights into machìna’s best-of-both- worlds approach and how it allows her to turn her art into a show, without compromising her vision.
The live stream starts Saturday, July 22 at 6pm Berlin/Germany (UTC+2). After the stream, attendees can join the Loop Cafe – a group chat on Discord where music makers can discuss what they’ve learned from the session and through their own music practice.
