Waldorf has released Blofeld for iPad, a port of the hardware synth engine, including AUv3 for use in DAWs like Logic, Garageband, Cubasis, AUM and others.
The Blofeld app can also be used to control your hardware and is compatible with existing Blofeld soundsets.
What Waldorf has to say about Blofeld for iPad:
“The sound generation of the Blofeld plugin delivers the typical fat and rich Waldorf sound character that so many Waldorf users worldwide love when they are playing their Blofeld, Q, Q+, Microwave, Microwave II/XT or even the flagship, the Wave. The secret of its sound is a powerful wavetable engine that enables these intense and expressive sounds.
This unique synthesis system is based on the revolutionary PPG synthesizers of the early 80s. When you hear the Blofeld for the first time, you’ll immediately remember those edgy, assertive or bell-like timbres that have been an integral part of countless worldwide hits since the PPG era.”
Blofeld for iPad is available now, with an intro price of $12.99.
Sound designer Stefan Heinrichs (Limbic Bits) shared this ‘shut up and play’ style demo of the Dreadbox Artemis synthesizer.
The Artemis is a 6-voice desktop polyphonic analog synthesizer, with 2 VCOs with wave shaping, PWM and FM, High and Low Pass VCFs, 4 Sinevibes effects, polyphonic sequencer and 640 presets on board.
“It features that great vintage tone I love so much on other dreadbox devices, largely thanks to its creamy-sounding filters. Both filters offer resonance, and the low-pass filter can be switched between 12dB and 24dB slopes,” notes Heinrichs. “But it doesn’t stop there. Thanks to TZFM and filter FM, it can sound very modern as well, making it great for all sorts of electronic music.”
“Although it offers quite a lot of modulation options, I still found myself wishing for features like key tracking for LFO rate, negative envelope amounts, noise as a modulation source in the menu, or meta-modulations,” he adds. “After reaching out to dreadbox about these features, they told me they are already working on them for a future update and/or will look into them.”
View the video and share your thoughts on the Dreadbox Artemis in the comments!
Moby relaunches Mobygratis sound library which brings 500 new instrumental tracks available for free.
Mobygratis is a free sound library launched by electronic artist Moby all the way back in 2005 with the goal of providing creators of all kinds with high-quality, royalty-free music to use in their projects. The library has since supported over 50,000 indie films and media projects.
This week, Moby announced a relaunch of Mobygratis that brings 500 new tracks to the platform.
The majority of the library’s songs can be downloaded in both MP3, WAV and multitrack formats, making it easier to remix, adapt and customize music to suit any project. The library also now has improved search and filter functionality, so you’re able to filter tracks by genre, mood or BPM to hone in on exactly the vibe you are looking for.
Most of the music in the library can be used in any non-commercial creative project, with the proviso that it cannot be used to promote animal products or right-wing political causes. If you’d like to use the tracks in monetized or commercial projects, you’ll need to apply for a license. Certain tracks marked as restricted may not be modified or used collaboratively.
“You can do whatever you want with it,” Moby says in a video shared to his YouTube channel. “You can remix it, you can edit it, you can add parts to it, you can play clarinet on it, you can use it for social media, for films, for choreography: the idea is complete creative freedom. I don’t want to inhibit whatever you’re going to do with the music here.”
“To be really clear, it’s free. There’s no bait and switch; it’s not like you have to sign up for seven days free and then all of a sudden you have to pay something. Nope. It’s free. One of my goals with Mobygratis is to create as few barriers for use as possible. I want you to just dive in, use the music and we can see, or you can see, what happens.”
The tracks in Mobygratis’ library are almost exclusively instrumental, as Moby says he wants to leave them open to be adapted and reimagined by its users. He also says that at some point in the near future he plans to add another 1000 songs to the platform, so stay tuned for updates.
Visit Mobygratis to browse the library and find out more.
