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It’s all been a bit suspiciously lively this month. The kids have gone back to school, autumn seems to be making it’s mark and we’re a month away from getting a heating system installed in our house. But no matter, what’s been going on in music technology, synthesis, software and hardware? Podcast version: http://moltenmusictechnology.com/podcast/mmm-sept2018.mp3 Erica Synths release their still not quite finished Techno System – Vladimir gives us a new version of the dazzling Euclidean Circles and we all pretend to know what that is – Audiophile Circuits League take on the awesome Sinfonion – Native Instruments release a whole bunch of stuff – Endorphin’sRead More →

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Every month, after the Molten Music Monthly video I aim to do a live stream. It gives us the chance to chat about that months music technology. It works best when people bring questions and opinions to the party and sometimes I make a bit of music. I will endeavour to remember to post those videos here and also release a podcast version for people who like that kind of thing. Podcast: http://moltenmusictechnology.com/podcast/MoltenLive05.mp3Read More →

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Amidst the August Bank Holiday madness I bring you a sand baked and heat stroked Molten Music Monthly. It turns out that playing with your balls can actually be a musical instrument – Tracktion release version 7 for free and secretly make some cool software instruments – Percussa SSP takes on VSTs – Folktek grow more modules in their garden – Aeolin Meditation chill into complex additives – CYPHER 2 and CRUSHER X embrace MPE – Apogee add their voice to tax concerns – Strange Science Instruments try to tell us why – ModulAIR is a slightly dodgy but fun virtual modular and we findRead More →

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It’s the start of the summer holidays and everything is starting to dry up except for the constant stream of cool music technology. We have a magical footswitch that routes CV by Sleight of Hand, Modal surprise us with a weird futurist mini-synth, Analogue Solutions sequencer gets a name, Elektron turn up the heat and Overbridge might exist after all. VCV Rack gets a VST version and Voltage Modular reappears on the scene, WTF finds a new way to morph waveforms, a new cheap Surface goes for it, Tim Exile wants to indoctrinate us into Endlesss, Hungry Robot Modular is jaming Eurorack modules into tabletopRead More →

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Hooray, we’re back. It feels like a lifetime since ive been sat here. Yes, we had an early one because of superbooth last month and so it’s been more like 6 or 7 weeks – but here we are, the end of June and so much has happened. Soma is developing the coolest drum machine ever. There’s a Hard Mod spring reverb synth from Mexico, Ginko serves up a version 2 of Sampleslicer. FL Studio leaps to version 20, Studio One notches up to version 4. Native Instruments give us a good kicking and bit of crushing. Midibot brings probability to your virtual instruments. MutableRead More →

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Kerpow! That was Superbooth 2018. It’s an enormous throbbing mass of electronic noise making machines stuffed into a weird FEZ building in Berlin. There were dozens and dozens of stalls and synth builders demonstrating their stuff, releasing new products, unveiling prototypes and lots of performers tweaking their knobs and banging out those beats. And all of it shared with the public for a few Euros. And more often that not you were getting a demo from the person who designed and built the thing. And everyone is having such a bloody good time. So in this months early May monthly I’m simply going to beRead More →

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This month Mutable roll out Marbles and Stages, Propellerhead give entry level people a reason to make music, The Exodus Digital Valkyrie is the only thing anyone finds at Musikmesse, String Theory gives us Solina Strings in your Eurorack, Steinberg hatches some interfaces with Rupert Neve, there’s a new Mainstage contender called Camelot, Roland sneak out some new System 500 modules, Pittsburgh come up with a fabulous sequencer, Native Instruments NKS reaches v2 and can now handle effects, there’s another ring in the fight for wearable MIDI control, IK Multimedia add another 5 classic synths to their Syntronik range, and Behringer suggest they are goingRead More →