Crosspatch Triggerpad enables You Control Your Modular with a Novation Launchpad

20 May, 2023  No Comment


At Superbooth 2023, developer Mitja Cerkvenik introduced Triggerpad, a new Eurorack trigger/gate sequencer that lets you use a Launchpad to control your modular synthesizer.

Triggerpad is an 8-channel trigger/gate sequencer in Eurorack format. A USB MIDI controller with an 8×8 grid like the Launchpad or APC is used to display and edit the patterns.

This lets you create simple rhythms or complex polyrhythms, retrigger at audio rate, create dynamic percussion with velocity triggers or use longer pulses to create steppy modulations.

Features:

  • 8 channels (start/stop individually)
  • 1 to 64 steps pattern length (per channel)
  • 8 substeps per step (128th notes)
  • 7 levels of velocity of the trigger pulses (0-10V)
  • 250us – 1 step adjustable trigger/gate length
  • Session mode: record patterns quantized to substeps or 16th notes
  • Program sequences in step sequencer mode
  • Global and per channel shuffle
  • Program shuffle patterns: define which steps will be shuffled
  • Switch between patterns instantly or chain up to 64 patterns
  • Set the BPM from 0.5 to 400
  • Set clock divider and clock multiplier on clock input and output
  • No deep menu diving, tailored for live performance
  • Store and recall 64 snapshots of all 64 scenes on USB drives

Details on pricing and availability are to come at the Crosspatch website.

 

Chord Machine Kickstarter Project by Akuto Studio Blows Past Funding Goals

7 May, 2023  No Comment


Akuto Studio recently launched a Kickstarter project to fund production of the Chord Machine MIDI Controller, and it has already blown past its funding goal.

What they say about it:

 

“The Chord Machine is an innovative instrument that offers endless possibilities for playing MIDI notes and combining and tweaking effects, all within a compact and durable device. Designed to accompany you from the start of your musical journey and beyond, the Chord Machine will keep to evolving with new features that you will continue to use and explore in your productions.

As a team, we are committed to push the boundaries of what is possible with the Chord Machine, and we have a LOT of exciting ideas that we are eager to develop. By getting the Chord Machine, you are not only gaining access to its current features but also future updates that will provide even more ways to play and explore your creativity.”

Chord Machine is available to project backers for about $412

*Note: Crowdfunded projects can involve risk. See the project site for details.

Nektar Panorama CST MIDI Controller introduced at 2023 NAMM Show

16 Apr, 2023  No Comment


At The 2023 NAMM Show, Nektar introduced Panorama CST Midi Controlller. With the Panorama CST MIDI controller, Nektar hopes to make music production a lot less about staring at a computer screen.

Relying on your mouse and computer screen for producing your music has never been ideal, but with the Panorama CST controller, Nektar might just be about to bring the fun back to mixing.

Yes, making music on a computer is as frustrating as it is astonishing. You have all that power, all of those tracks and instruments and you are often tweaking it all with a mouse and pointer. Someone once said it is like conducting an orchestra through a letterbox, and if they didn’t, we’ll take the credit.

MIDI controllers have come and gone, of course, but with the Panorama CST, Nektar looks like it has come up with a controller that is as intuitive as it is functional.

It is a channel strip controller, so focusses on the banks of effect you have loaded per channel, but can also navigate around your DAW’s tracks and control many of its features. CST uses automatic colour coding – Panorama mapping – to make its controls that bit more intuitive. Select a compressor, for example, and the ‘red’ colour associated with it will light up on the CST controls that can be used to tweak it.

Another neat feature is CST’s ability to make automation that bit easier, all via a single fader that enables you to switch the read and write automation in and out, and then add further parameter tweaks.

Panorama CST currently has Logic integration – as shown in the video – but Nektar plans to bring the same level of compatibility to all major DAWs, including Bitwig Studio, Ableton Live and more.

Panorama CST price and availability are TBA. You can head on over to Nektar website if you wish, but there’s no info there yet.

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