Iconic Instruments has introduced Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine, a new virtual instrument for Mac & Windows, made in collaboration with UK Producer/Engineer Steve Levine.
Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine is an emulation of Levine’s drum machine and signal path. It also features a full-featured sequencer, and a full mixing environment, with channel and mix bus effects chains, which include Drive, Compressor/Limiter, Transient Control and 4-band British-style EQ, all modeled from gear that Levine used in the 1980’s.
There are channel and mix bus send effects, which are emulations of Steve’s most-used 80’s-era digital delay and reverb units. Each channel and effect can be bused within your DAW to a unique output, so that you have the option of printing or mixing in your DAW, rather than within the Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine. And finally, the Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine comes with 20 Mix and Pattern presets to use as a starting point for your tracks.
The official tutorial:
Levine’s Machines – Drum Machine is available now with an intro price of $79 (normally $99).
Suonobuono shared this in-depth hands-on demo of their upcoming Polyvera synthesizer, a hybrid synth design.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
“Polyvera is Suonobuono’s first synthesizer. It is not a copy of old gear, but a modern homage to the iconic wavetable synths and samplers of the early 80s. It combines the characteristic digital artifacts of that era with true analog multimode filters for added warmth and versatility.”
Topics covered:
00:00 Intro
00:36 Summary overview
02:14 Alias models and wavetable oscillator
04:28 Bassline example
05:40 Sampler oscillator
06:11 Wavetable + sampler example 1
06:50 Wavetable + sampler example 2
08:19 Analog pad example
09:29 Filters sweeps
11:50 Filter FM
12:50 80s stack example
13:19 Drone example
15:04 Electro sequence with analog distortion
16:27 Modulations
16:54 Osc sync and mod-envelope
17:08 Osc FM and mod-envelope
17:47 Effects, performance, voicing
18:27 Chord mode
18:45 Sample recording and user wavetables/samples
Details on pricing and availability are still to be announced.
Here’s an in-depth look at the Casio MT-70, a ‘forgotten gem’ electronic keyboard/synthesizer from the early ’80s.…
The latest video from David Hilowitz takes an in-depth look at the Casio MT-70, a ‘forgotten gem’ electronic keyboard/synthesizer from 1982.
It’s not a classic, but it’s still an interesting keyboard and Hilowitz demonstrates how you can use it to create interesting soundscapes. If you like what you hear, though, Hilowitz has made a Casio MT-70 sound library available via Patreon.
Watch the video and share your thoughts in the comment
