The organizers of the Brooklyn Synth and Pedal Expo have announced the second London, UK edition of this event, coming up March 16 and 17, 2024.
Free to the public, the London Synth and Pedal Expo is a “strictly-in-the-headphones” event featuring:
A gear expo – where musicians can try pedals and interact with builders
A pop-up market – where exhibitors can sell their products to attendees
Workshops and clinics
Gear giveaways and other promotions
After a crowded one-day launch in 2023, the London Synth & Pedal Expo expands to a full weekend this year, in a larger venue in Hackney Wick, offering gear lovers an opportunity to check out and try the latest devices by big and small builders belonging to two increasingly cross-pollinating niches.
The expo will also feature an educational component with workshops and clinics, and “an assortment of media partners and influencers.”
Launched in 2018 in Brooklyn, NY, the Synth & Pedal Expo is a dynamic and compact gear exhibition in a pop-up format, specifically tailored for the vibrant, city-based music communities shaping the most lively scenes in North America and Europe. The event was born from an NYC music blog covering local emerging bands called The Deli as a way to entertain the community of musicians it served.
SampleScience has introduced Mellow Harmonics, a new virtual instrument for macOS and Windows, inspired by the sound of the Mellotron + string synthesizers of the 1970s.
What they say about it:
“Mellow Harmonics is more than just a virtual instrument – it’s a time machine.
Crafted with a unique blend of FM synthesis and tape processing, Mellow Harmonics offers a rich palette of sounds – from flutes and horns to vocals, strings, saxophones, and organs.
Each sound carries a distinctive Lofi character, perfect for genres that require smooth, vintage sounds that blend seamlessly into a mix.
Whether you’re a professional music producer looking for that authentic retro sound or a hobbyist wanting to explore the sonic landscapes of the past, Mellow Harmonics is your perfect companion.
Its versatile sounds are ideal for creating everything from dreamy pop ballads and indie rock anthems to lo-fi hip-hop beats and vintage soundscapes.”
Developer Igor Vasiliev has introduced Stellarvox, a hybrid reverb app for iOS + macOS that he says is “ideal to creating immersive ambience of deep spaces.”
What he say about it:
“Stellarvox constructs a model of a vast resonant sound spaces, with choice of geometry, dimensions and tonal structure of the space, along with a unique feature that dynamically changes the timbre of reflections over the reverberation time. The second algorithmic reverb allows you to prolong and blur reflections, adding extra dimensions to the sound space.
This application is great for ambient projects, it can create mesmerizing atmosphere from single infrequent sounds of various instruments, or giving a beautiful and deep backgrounds to sharp sequences in electronics, as well as for any experimental projects that require unusual, deep and rich sound ambience.”
Stellarvox is a Universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad, as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). Stellarvox works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, with supports Audiobus host app. On MacOS, Stellarvox can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins.
