The softsynth isn't really at all exciting, but Behringer did promise a unified free DAW a few years back and it seems like an obvious first step on fulfilling yet another long-term promise, which bodes well for other long term projects (cough VCS cough). What's actually interesting is that not only...

Yeah the license page still isn't working, I assume they got slammed by license requests and it took down the license generation server and rather than bring it back up immediately they're trying to figure out how to deal with the server load. I am curious to find out if it expects you to set up a n...

Behringer has released their first VST plugin, 'Vintage'. Predictably, it's a vintage synth emulation, but not any specific vintage synth. It's also totally free (with a registration which is, at the moment, down). https://plugins.musictribe.com/behringer/0723-AAD Interface looks pretty good, apprec...

I picked up a JV-880 very cheap last month, some previous owner had put a US-style plug on a 230v unit so if you didn't notice the 230v mark on the rear and plugged it in to the wall, it wouldn't start due to being under-volted. Step up transformers are pretty cheap. I'm going to get on the waiting ...

It does look pretty good, I like that the design harkens back to the rare VX-600 synth from the 80s (and the unreleased X3700 sampler). I'm not a huge fan of having to buy plugins on top of buying the hardware, but I'm kind of old fashioned about that. As far as the price goes, I would be surprised ...

So the new versions appear to use a newer version of the RPi Compute Module that the first versions used, so they bumped up the voices. Frustratingly the Opsix is still monotimbral, so you get 64 voices of the same thing. Racking them is also a bit weird because the outputs are still on the rear, wh...

Also endorsing Firefox + uBlock Origin for daily use. With google clamping down on Chrome Adblock and literally every other browser being built on Chrome, Firefox is the only browser left that will allow useful adblock functionality going forward.

So is this going to be our thread for the 2024 Korg takeover of NAMM? New Opsix mkII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV0yDqnwD3o All 3 of Modwave, Wavestate and Opsix are getting desktop/rack cases along with software updates for MIDI 2.0, including Poly-AT (but notably not on the keybed, only exter...

Stickman0_3 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 6:07 pm It's taking it's time, isn't it?

They announce 'release' when they load up the shipping containers as far as I can tell.

Given what's going on in the Red Sea, it may be a while.

At this point, I would never recommend anyone buy a Juno-106 or an SH-101, because both have far more reliable and far less expensive modern alternatives with better features. I've also never personally clicked with either of them, but if you're after the sound of that period in Roland kit, Behringe...

I have a Donner B1 and it’s hands down the best sequencer on a bass synth I’ve ever played with, just tons of immediate fun. Last week it was on sale thru Amazon for $80.

I don’t know that there are any 5 octave mini key boards at all. Maybe something from the 90s? ASM doesn’t make any 5 octave keyboards, even their full size synths are 4 and 6 octaves. E: I see Korg does one. Since they licensed PolyTouch from ASM for their new controller range I guess it’s possible...

Not weighted as such, but a much better key action due to designing the key bed in-house: Hydrasynth Explorer. The polyphonic aftertouch required them to create a very good keybed and it’s easily the best mini keys I’ve ever played.

I noticed this several years ago, long before COVID caused so many price fluctuations and shipping issues. I also learned that spending more doesn't necessarily get you a better product when it comes to stands, and that A-frame stands with plastic bits are less useful than a used 20 year old generic...

Behringer just sent out an email announcing that the UB-Xa will be sold for $1199. They also announced a partnership with Playing for Change Foundation with a 1:1 match for donations up to $1M for a full year from today. EDIT Confirmation from Sweetwater: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Behr...

This was then going through a MIDI->USB interface I don't know what the interface is, but the chip it uses for the conversion identifies itself as CH 345 P.P.S The thot plickens! I've just discovered on one of the ALSA audio forums, the CH 345 chip is known to be buggy although most problems seem t...

That was £898, more than 10 years ago. Does Imposcar 2 still run on current versions of Windows and current Macs? The problem with hardware VST controllers is that they're boutique and therefore small production run and therefore expensive, and the software will inevitably become unusable on upgrade...

Huh, so that might mean that it actually is an in-house development? It's not like polyphonic aftertouch is a new tech that companies have to figure out how to implement, it's just expensive to develop and test for reliability - nobody wants to run into the problems Ensoniq had.

The most recent Montage series was retired over the summer, but Yamaha appears to still see some life in the workstation market. They have also apparently heard from enough people asking for a new CS-80 to take a stab at it. https://yamahamusicians.com/yamaha-montage-m-specifications-and-pricing/ Ya...

The risk I see with MIDI-2 is that manufacturers and software houses are likely to pair up to effectively create walled gardens simply by not releasing the full details of their protocol, so those outside only get the fallback state of MIDI-1. I was unfortunately the victim of this sort of thing ev...