Let’s see how many people I can trigger with this opening sentence: Arturia’s KeyStep Pro is the best hardware synth sequencer in the history of the world— change my mind. To be honest, I’m not here to rile up anyone; rather, I’m here to provide
Have you ever wanted a synthesizer plugin that’s capable of producing sounds using every type of synthesis that’s ever existed? Well, I’m pretty sure that doesn’t exist just yet, however Arturia’s newest iteration of Pigments comes pretty darn close as they announce version 3 of
Whilst Arturia is still a relative newcomer to the audio interface market, their range of Audiofuse products have been getting a lot of attention for their impressive sound quality, feature set and overall value for money. A big drawcard is also the comprehensive ‘Audiofuse Creative
It’s the pilgrimage that every music gear-head loves, the NAMM Winter Show. Every year in January, the world gets to see a heap of hot new products and announcements all from Los Angeles, USA. So, you’d be excused if you were confused by NAMM this year, it went completely virtual and the name
Another interesting collaboration announcement for Eurorack synth company Noise Engineering. Having recently collaborated with Arturia on the MicroFreak, Noise Engineering have now partnered with Avid offering 3 new AAX plug-ins based on 3 of their popular Eurorack modules. Known for the unique, aggressive, and otherworldly
Arturia and LA based modular synth aficionados Noise Engineering, have teamed up to work on the latest firmware update for Arturia’s quirky hybrid synth the MicroFreak. The new firmware update offers 3 new oscillator modes, a unison mode, more factory presets plus some workflow improvements.
Yes it’s been a year most of us would rather forget. Amongst the rollercoaster that has been 2020, there has been a number of amazing music gear releases that have kept the creative juices flowing for those that have been in lock-down and isolated. Noisegate’s
Christmas has absolutely come early this year (well, for me at least) with Arturia announcing a new version of the V Collection software bundle which is jam-packed with 28 software emulations of legendary synths and keyboard instruments. V Collection 8 adds 4 new instruments which
The Arturia KeyStep 37 was released earlier this year with some really excellent new features, expanding the functionality of the already very popular KeyStep base model. Something I’ve personally really been enjoying is the wonderfully simple-but-powerful chord and strum feature, so here’s a little tutorial
Having been released on November 12, macOS Big Sur is now the current major macOS available. Apple will no doubt induce you to hit that update button, however, if you rely on your Mac for music production it will worth holding off for a little