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Today, Elektron introduced a limited run of special edition Digitakt, Digitone, and Syntakt machines.

The e25 Remix Editions are hand-built in stainless steel, individually numbered and bearing laser-etched logos. The box, too, is unique in its design and build, containing e25 poster versions, and a multiple decade-covering/greatest hits sticker sheet. And the e-shaped cherry on top is a special Remix Edition cassette tape, featuring an hour of original and eclectic music from the Elektron Team.

The faceplates have been brushed to give them their own unique finish, with no two units identical in appearance, while the logo and limited-edition number on the front panel are laser-etched. Each box is adorned with silver foil highlights, created with vintage machinery in the very capable hands of local printers.

What they have to say about the e25 devices:

“This is a time hack to disorientate, reorientate, and deliver you to bliss. In recognition of a quarter century of Elektron existence, and to celebrate everyone who has bleeped, blooped, thumped, sliced, and got lost in any other kind of audio exhilaration with the company over the years. These silver-faced units, spread across the Digi Trinity, are inspired by yesteryear, and hell-bent on pulling sounds through the veil of possibility and into reality.

Introducing a ripple of both past and present. The e25 Remix Edition is a limited run of silver-faced Digitakt, Digitone, and Syntakt machines; a time hack to disorientate, reorientate, and deliver you to bliss. Inspired by yesteryear, these boxes are hell-bent on pulling your sounds through the veil of possibility and into reality. In recognition of a quarter century of Elektron existence, and to celebrate everyone we’ve met along the way, we have included a number of special additions to accompany this extra-special edition.”

The e25 Remix Edition devices are available now with the following pricing:

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• Elektron Syntakt e25 Remix Edition – $1,149.00
• Elektron Digitakt e25 Remix Edition – $999.00
• Elektron Digitone e25 Remix Edition – $999.00

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Doepfer – creator of the Eurorack modular synthesizer standard – today announced the availability of the Basic System 3, an all-in-one Eurorack modular system.

The Basic System 3 includes noise generators, oscillators, filters, amplifiers, envelopes, signal processing modules and more.

What they say about it:

“The new basic system from Doepfer is a return to Dieter Doepfer’s original vision of analogue modular synthesis. Modules can be connected via front panel audio and CV connectors and used in infinite combinations. The Basic System 3 is an easily accessible and well-structured system that can be used by enthusiasts and beginners alike.”

The following modules are included in the basic system 3:

1x A-108 6/12/24/48dB Low Pass Filter

2x A-110-1 Standard VCO

1x A-118 Noise / Random

1x A-121-2 Multimode Filter

1x A-131 VCA exponential

1x A-132-3 Dual linear/exponential VCA

1x A-137-1 Wave Multiplier I

1x A-138j Inverting/Interrupting Mixer (Janus Mixer)

1x A-138b Mixer logarithm.

1x A-138s Mini Stereo Mixer

1x A-140 ADSR Envelope Generator

1x A-140-2 Dual Mini-ADSR

1x A-147-4 Dual VCLFO

1x A-151 Quad Sequential Switch

1x A-160-2 Clock Divider II

1x A-171-2 VC Slew Processor / Generator

2x A-180-2 Multiples 1

1x A-184-1 Ring Modulator/S+H/T+H/Slew Limiter

5x Blind Panel 4HP

Details are available at the Doepfer website.

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Hit’n’Mix says the new version of its RipX software is the world’s “first AI DAW”. It’s latest evolution is geared towards those working with samples from AI music generators like Stable Audio and MusicLM.

Till now, Hit’n’Mix’s RipX software has been advertised as an audio editor and stem separation tool packaged in three different versions. Today, Hit’n’Mix has scrapped its previous iterations and announced that RipX is to be relaunched as a fully-fledged DAW.

RipX DAW takes the advanced stem separation and audio editing capabilities of its predecessors and places these in what Hit’n’Mix is calling an “AI DAW” that it says is the “first of its kind to provide a truly holistic approach to cutting-edge AI music production processes”.

What does this mean, exactly? Well, RipX’s stem separation is powered by machine learning, but this is nothing new – that was also the case with the software’s previous iterations, and other DAWs like FL Studio also offer AI-based stem separation. To justify the “AI DAW” tag, Hit’n’Mix are positioning RipX as a DAW that’s uniquely prepared to assist those working with samples produced by AI music generators like Stable Audio and MusicLM.

This is thanks to RipX’s nifty ability to treat audio and MIDI as the same thing, making it easier for them to edit and manipulate samples, including those generated by AI. Whereas DAWs like Logic and Ableton will delineate between audio and MIDI data, RipX converts both of these formats into the proprietary Rip Audio format using its advanced stem separation capabilities, letting you manipulate audio files in the same way you might edit MIDI parts.

Load in the audio file of a mixed track containing multiple instruments, for example, and this will be split into separate parts that can then be individually tweaked and edited on a note-by-note basis as if they were separate MIDI instruments. Individual timbres within mixed audio files can even be swapped out and replaced with new instruments or processed individually via RipX’s built-in effects.

Where it was previously packaged in three tiers, DeepAudio, DeepRemix and DeepCreate, RipX will now be offered in two versions, RipX DAW a standard version price at $69 and a more full-featured version, RipX DAW PRO, price at $138 (Black Friday Sale 30% OFF till 7 December 2023).  PRO offers enhanced more advanced audio manipulation tools, a Harmonic Editor plugin and the ability to use the RipScript scripting language for building your own audio tools. Find out more about RipX DAW on Hit’n’Mix website.

RipX DAW new versions benefit from a host of additional workflow tweaks and new features listed in full below:

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• Computer Keyboard recording input
• Step Time entry
• Quick Panel for commonly used and favourite effects, plus Search box for effects and sounds
• Chorus, Saturation and Flanger effects with improved Compression
• Integrated AI Music Generator access
• Improved sound replacement
• Click layer for audible beat alignment
• Highly functional note/percussion groups with snap-to original beat markers
• One click effect and sound application
• Automatic panel expanding to show currently applied effects
• Automation lane selectors to show what effects and sounds are applied where and to what layers
• Significantly faster ripping
• PRO version: EQ Panel and DeEsser
• Many recording and playback improvements, including automatic grouping of new recordings for easy editing and fast application of effects with automation
• Sound, Loop and Rip Layer auditioning plus click and drag insertion
• A multitude of user interface and editing tweaks for a more intuitive and smoother experience