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Ahead of Superbooth 2025, being held May 8-10 at the FEZ-Berlin, Larix Elektro has announced two new modules, Time & Canon. In addition, they plan to preview a new Eurorack synth voice, Origami.

The Time module can convert a trigger signal (any signal) into a gate signal, with CV control of the time. It’s also a clock generator, a ramp generator, and even a clock divider with the Shift-R extension.

The full demo:

The Canon module is designed for creating musical canon, or ’rounds’, using gate and CV. In a nutshell, Canon can delay gate and CV signals so that you can have multiple voices playing the same melody, but at delayed intervals.

They’ve shared a preview via Instagram:

 

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Details are to come on the Canon module.

In addition to the Time and Canon modules, Larix will be previewing Origami, a Eurorack synth voice, based around a VCO with triangle waveform folding.

The official preview:

Details on the modules are still to come at the Larix Elektro site.

Full Bucket Music has introduced Fury-68, a free software synthesizer that emulates the KORG Poly-61 polyphonic synthesizer from 1982.

Features:

• Emulation of the original hardware
• Extended polyphony and Unison mode
• Increased parameter resolution
• Optional enhancement parameters (VCA envelope generator etc.)
• Additional Phaser, Chorus and Ensemble section
• Alternative parameter panel with preset browser
• Resizable user interface (not “N” version!)
• Supports MTS-ESP by ODDSound dynamic micro-tuning
• MIDI Learn – all parameters can be controlled by MIDI CC
• Plug-in supports Windows and macOS (32 bit and 64 bit)

Video demo via cra zik:

Fury-68 Audio Demo:

The demo was done with Fury-68 (18 instances) and DrumTraqs (1 instance).

Fury-68 is available now as a free download.

Steinberg has Dorico 6, a major upgrade to its notation and composition software for iPad, Mac & Windows.

Dorico 6 adds a new Proofreading panel, Cutaways, enhanced chord symbol support, OpenType features, new sound and more.

“We like to say that working in Dorico is like having an intelligent assistant by your side,” said Product Marketing Manager for Dorico Daniel Spreadbury. “With Dorico 6, that assistant is even smarter, allowing you to have greater confidence that the parts you put on the stand will be played with fewer questions and mistakes, closing the gap between your musical intention and the players’ performance.”

New in Dorico 6:

• Proofreading: Dorico automatically checks your score as you edit, highlighting issues that could raise questions in rehearsal and recording sessions in the new Proofreading panel.
• Cutaways: Create cutaway scores that match the finest published works of Ligeti, Berio, and Stravinsky in a single click.
• Chord symbols: Show multiple rows of chord symbols, with optional extender lines. Create your own custom chord symbols, and easily override every aspect of their appearance.
• Cycle playback: Loop any section of your score during playback, and hear your edits live in the next cycle.
• Fill view: Fill view makes maximum use of your available display, flexibly flowing as many systems of music as possible into the width and height of the window.
• System-attached items: Exercise complete control over where tempos, rehearsal marks, repeats, and large time signatures appear.
• OpenType features: Access enhanced typographical control with full support for OpenType glyph positioning and glyph substitution features.
• Flow heading overrides: Flow headings provide automatic titles before each new song, movement or piece in your project: now you can control exactly how they appear on every page in every layout.
• Marching Percussion Basics: All the essential sounds you need for marching snares, cymbals, tenors, and bass drums, in partnership with Tapspace, makers of Virtual Drumline.
• User settings import and export: Easily move all your customizations to Dorico from one computer to another with import and export of all your user settings.
• Condensing: All instruments held by players can now be condensed, instead of only the first, making it easy to handle players who double.
• More new features: Further enhancements can be found throughout the application, including improvements to MusicXML import and export, more flexible staff labels, easier editing for instrument names and front matter, interface refinements, and many more.

Dorico Pro 6 is available now for €579 and $579. Dorico Elements 6 is available for €99.99 and $99.99. Dorico SE 6 is available for free download from the Steinberg website, and Dorico for iPad is available for free download from the App Store.