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Expressive E has introduced Myth Expressive Suite, a collection of 300 custom MPE presets, designed for Dawesome’s Myth software synthesizer.

Here’s what they have to say about it:

“Crafted by our expert MPE sound designers, this suite brings together over 10 years of MPE sound design expertise, harnessing Myth’s V2 resynthesis engine, multi-engine capabilities, and deep modulation tools to create unique, sampling-inspired sounds.”

These presets are optimized for Osmose, but they also work seamlessly with any MPE controller.

The official video demo:

The Suite includes:

• Myth (by Dawesome)
• 3 Sound Banks:
  • Lofi Swirl
  • Hybrid Instruments
  • Mutated

Myth Expressive Suite is available now:

• Special offer for customers until April 6th – Get Myth + 300 FREE MPE presets for only $/€107 instead of $/€179 (40% off).
• Already own Myth? Get the 300 MPE presets separately at a special price until April 6th – 3 individual 100-preset packs $/€17.99 per pack (instead of $/€29.99)

Visit the Expressive E site for details.

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Pioneering synthesist and composer Michael Stearns and composer/developer Christian Halten have released a new album, Sounds Searching for People, that is available now via Bandcamp.

The music is the result of a three-year collaboration between Stearns, who is based in Santa Fe, and Halten, who is based in Berlin.
Stearns is best known for his ambient electronic albums, like Planetary Unfolding, and his soundtracks to Ron Fricke’s 70MM movies Chronos, Baraka and Samsara. His work includes 22 IMAX films, 17 studio albums, and music for Avatar and Titanic.

Halten has worked as film composer, including collaborations with Hans Zimmer, is the developer of the sampling software SampleRobot, and has done sound design for Applied Acoustics Systems, Korg, Steinberg and Waldorf.

“In 2021, Julius Horsthuis asked me to create music for his 3D fractal production Beyond Chaos at the Experimenta Dome in Germany,” explains Stearns. “Between 2021 and 2024, I traveled to Germany a number of times to work with Julius in the dome. On each trip, Christian and I would use the opportunity to get together in hotel rooms to record our album. Christian would arrive on a train from Berlin laden with equipment, guitars, synthesizers… whatever he could carry. I would pack instruments and processors from my Santa Fe studio into an extra suitcase. Inside hotel rooms in Frankfurt, Cologne, and Ludwigsburg a wonderful musical collaboration unfolded.”

“Sounds Searching for People is about instruments, music and sounds talking to a musician directly and speaking through the musician with their own personality,” says Stearns. “The musician becomes the conduit through which the sounds and music are expressed, brought to life in the world of sound we inhabit.”

You can preview the album below:
Sounds Searching for People is available now via Bandcamp.

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Synthesist Starsky Carr – in his latest video – reviews the Behringer RD-78, a new drum machine that basically pairs the sequencing interface from their RD-8 and pairs it with the the sounds of the Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm drum machine.

Carr describes the RD-78 as ‘superbly cheesy’:

“The Behringer RD-78 is their take on the classic *Roland CompuRyhtm CR-78. The CR78 was famous for having user patterns, you could actually save your own!

You’ve heard it on loads of tracks, and as it was originally designed as an organ accompaniment – like all the OG drum machines – its got some wonderfully cheesy rhythms – who doesn’t love a Beguine, Foxtrot, Tango or Mambo?”

The sounds may be cheesy, and the preset rhythms, too. But, as Carr notes, the weirdness and cheesiness of the sounds can be a fun alternative to the 808/909 style sounds that are ubiquitous these days.

Watch the video and share your thoughts on the Behringer RD-78 in the comments!

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