Qu-Bit has introduced Mojave, a live granular processor designed for creating “beautifully crafted sonic landscapes.”
The core of Mojave’s sound design palette is a set of melodic and rhythmic controls that they say presents each grain in a compositional context. You can generate clock-synced granular arpeggios, or envelope your sound in rich harmonic swirls with the turn of a knob.
Mojave can process modular signals or audio from the onboard microphone.
Features:
Live granular processor and stochastic event generator
Onboard high quality MEMS microphone
Configurable Dune CV/Gate output
Firmware updates & alternate firmware via the USB Drive
Based on the Daisy platform
The official guide to getting started with the Qu-Bit Mojave:
We are long enough in the music technology tooth to remember when multisampled drum kit plugins such as BFD cost an arm and a leg, so we find it slightly amazing to be telling you that you can now have a version of the software for nothing. How times change.
Derived from the full version of BFD 3, this includes a 5.2GB of drum kits that were recorded in a professional setting. There are 340 MIDI grooves, too, all ready to be dragged into your DAW’s timeline. These are categorised by the likes of genre, tempo and leading hand, which should make finding the beats you’re looking for that little bit easier.
There’s also a built-in mixer – while beginners can simply load up one of the kit-specific presets, those who want more control over their sound can adjust it in a variety of ways. Various routing options, meanwhile, enable you to process your sounds with your existing plugins.
BFD Player can be downloaded for free and used without restriction, but if you want more kits, grooves and mix setups, you can get them via purchasing the dedicated expansion packs. Two of these – London 70s and Dark Mahogany – are already available, priced at $30/£30 each, and more are on the way.
BFD was originally developed by FXpansion, and the first version was released way back in 2003. The software was acquired by ROLI in 2016, and then sold to InMusic – its current owner – in 2020.
You can download BFD Player now. It runs on PC and Mac, both standalone and as a VST/AU/AAX plugin.
Arturia has introduced the MiniLab 3 Alpine White Special Edition – an all-white version of the portable control keyboard.
This redesigned version of our keyboard controller bestseller comes with Analog Lab Intro, Ableton Live Lite, Native Instruments “The Gentleman”, UVI Model D, a 2-month subscription to Loopcloud, and 40 free lessons on Melodics.
Features:
Premium Keybed quality
25 high quality note velocity-sensitive slim keyboard
Pads & controls
2 banks of 8 velocity & pressure sensitive pads with RGB backlighting
8 rotary encoders
4 sliders
2 capacitive touch sensors for pitch bend and modulation wheel
Display control
Mini display & clickable browsing knob
Real-time feedback on tweaks and controls
Smart features
Built-in arpeggiator
Chord mode
Hold function
Octave up and down buttons
Semitone transpose
Software integration
Seamless integration with Arturia software instruments, including Analog Lab: select sounds, browse presets and smart-assigned controls
1 DAW preset for automatic integration with any major DAWs
DAW Transport Control with MCU protocol for every other DAWs
Up to 5 user presets for a totally customizable experience
Connectivity
USB-C connects to computers and iPad
MIDI 5-pin DIN output for connection to external instruments, gear
Control input for pedal: sustain, expression, or footswitch
USB powered
The Alpine White Arturia MiniLab 3 is available now to preorder for $149 and will begin shipping October 19.
