Stylophone’s DS-2, the first in its compact portable modular (CPM) range. Following the launch of its affordable theremin, parent company Dubreq has unveiled the CPM DS-2, an all-in-one portable modular analogue drone synth that eschews toy-like simplicity and offers something far more serious instead.
Highlights include two analogue oscillators, two analogue sub-oscillators and two analogue 3320 filters. There’s a meaty LFO section with 14 waveforms, two wave selectors, seven routing switches and five depth attenuverters, while the CPM DS-2 sports a total of 12 modular patch points.
Effects include eight vintage reverb algorithms and a vintage delay with modulation, and the effects mixer has an aux input for external sounds.
All of which adds up to a synth that’s said to be suitable for rhythmic movement, endless soundscapes and cosmic exploration.
In keeping with Stylophone tradition, you get a built-in speaker, and there are also two stereo outputs. There’s a battery power option, and Eurorack compatibility means that, as well as being used standalone, the CPM DS-2 can also be integrated into a larger modular system.
Features:
2 analog 3340 oscillators
2 analog sub oscillators
2 analog 3320 filters
14 analog LFO waveforms
2 LFO wave selectors
7 LFO routing switches
5 LFO depth attenuverters
12 modular patch points
8 vintage AL3201 reverb algorithms
1 vintage PT2399 delay with modulation
1 effects mixer with aux input
2 stereo outputs
1 built-in speaker
6 AA battery compartment
Eurorack compatible
You can sign up for pre-order alerts on the Stylophone website, and the price of the CPM DS-2 has been set at $259/£209/€239.
Algoriddim has announced plans to bring djay – its multiplatform DJ app – to Apple Vision Pro.
Vision Pro is the Apple’s “spatial computer”. It’s designed to expand on the possibilities of previous virtual reality headsets by extending it into augmented reality, where a three-dimensional interface is automatically integrated into your surroundings, and controllable using your eyes, hands and voice.
“When we heard about Apple Vision Pro,” says Algoriddim CEO Karim Morsy, “it felt like djay was this beast that wanted to be unleashed.”
Algoriddim is completely redesigning djay for Apple’s Vision Pro interface.
“The first chunk of designing for Apple Vision Pro was going back to the drawing board and saying, ‘OK, maybe this made sense 10 years ago with a computer and mouse, but why do we need it now? Why should people have to push a button to match tempos — shouldn’t that be seamless?’ There was so much we could abstract away.”
Details on pricing and availability of djay for visionOS are to be announced.
Akai Pro promises “a new era in sampling” as it brings stem separation to its MPC platform.
Akai Pro has announced that it is bringing MPC Stems ‘unmixing’ technology to the MPC.
“With MPC Stems, Akai Pro opens Pandora’s box, seamlessly integrating stems separation into the Iconic MPC workflow.
This innovation not only delivers superior sound quality but also enhances the speed of the sampling process, ushering producers and beat makers into a new era of sampling creativity.”
The preview video above indicates that the MPC Stems feature enables you to crack open a mixed sample or song and separate the vocals, bass, drums and one ‘other’ track. These stems are then assigned to a pad and you can adjust their respective levels.
It will also be possible to assign sample slices to different pads and isolate specific parts of the original track, so you can then ‘play’ the separated stems to create something entirely new.
Find out more and sign up to be notified when MPC Stems launches (some time in March, we’re told) on the Akai Pro website.
