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Music and technology nonprofit We Make Noise (WMN) has kicked off an end of year campaign with the goal of raising $50,000 by December 31, 2024 to expand its program offerings in the coming year.

We Make Noise focuses its collective impact on challenging barriers to women and underrepresented communities in the music industry, and in any field where they are left on the margins. The organization blends music creation, technology training, community building, and workforce development to instill the mindset and abilities needed for success in the music industry and beyond.

Working for over a decade to “harness the power of music and technology to advance global gender equity,” We Make Noise has grown its presence to operate in over 55 cities, across 6 continents.

In 2024, We Make Noise hosted 3 “WMN Sessions” (songwriting and production camps), produced 2 festivals in Boston and Istanbul, facilitated over 20 online workshops on their brand-new HUB, and expanded globally with 3 new chapters in Santiago, Chile; Austin, Texas; and Auckland, New Zealand.

In 2025, WMN is planning to expand offerings even more, with new international locations and different types of communities, and with an expanded HUB for reaching people regardless of physical location.

For more information about We Make Noise and in its year-end fundraising campaign, visit the We Make Noise website.

Lfo.store has introduced NK Bundle, a collection of 300 original patches for the Waldorf Blofeld keyboard & desktop synths, along with the recently introduced Waldorf Blofeld Plugin.

The collection features sounds in the following categories:

• Deep Soundscapes
• Sparkling Arpeggios
• Cinematic Sequences
• Lushiest Pads
• Massive Strings
• Analog Basses
• Analog Leads & Solo’s
• Edge Plucks
• Rhythmic Grooves

The official preview video:

The NK Bundle is available now for €21.

Synthesist Craig Padilla shared this live space music performance, featuring the sound of the ARP Solina String Ensemble.

The Solina is a classic string synthesizer, originally introduced 1974, but based on the string section of the Eminent 310 from 1972. The Eminent 310 is the string sound of Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygene.

This performance is part of Padilla’s 2024 space music album Solina. The album was improvised live using an ARP String-Ensemble SE-IV synth, with Source Audio Lunar and Collider effects pedals, running through a Solid State Logic BiG SiX mixer, with an Elogoxa ElotTronix XL delay / echo plug-in.

Since the Padilla’s album uses the ARP Solina as its sole sound source, the album is an excellent showcase for the synthesizer.

Solina is available via Bandcamp, and Amazon site. You can preview the album below: