Teenage Engineering, the Swedish tech and design company known for their OP-1, the more recent OP-1 Field and many other brilliant yet expensive products, has introduced its latest music device, the EP-133 K.O. II ‘sampler composer’. It’s not just another synthesizer; it’s a whole new world of music-making packed into…
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Korg KAOSS Replay – A Major Yet Expensive Upgrade
Korg has released a new iteration of the KAOSS Pad called the KAOSS Replay, which features 16 velocity-sensitive sample pads, DJ-style group faders and cue points, plus a built-in audio interface, making it truly standalone. The KAOSS Replay is designed to provide musicians, performers, and producers with signature KAOSS Pad…
Audiomodern Freezr Review: Transforming Audio Sequencing One Freeze at a Time
Audiomodern, the company behind Atom, Riffer, Opacity, and other brilliant virtual instruments and effects, has recently unveiled a new, inspiring tool for musicians and audio producers, Freezr. This innovative sequencing plugin brings a brand new dimension to your audio manipulation toolset, allowing you to ‘freeze’ specific segments of audio in…
Effectrix2 – A Massive Upgrade For Sugar Bytes’ Real-Time Audio Manipulation Tool
I have fond memories of the original Effectrix by Sugar Bytes, as it was probably one of the first plugins we reviewed here on ANR back in 2008 (and also one of my most used plugins for quite some time!). Yesterday the German software company announced the release of a…
Jamahook 2.0 Helps You Find The Right Loops And Beats For Your Song
Jamahook, the AI sound-matching plugin that enables musicians to instantly find loops and beats that fit perfectly into their tracks, just got a major 2.0 update. According to the Swiss company, the Jamahook plugin 2.0 makes it easier to compose, produce and remix music by providing a recommendation machine for…
Loopcloud Meets Digitakt – Seamless Integration, Timestretching + 2 Months FREE!
File this under awesome news! Loopcloud have just announced the exciting combination of Elektron’s signature Digitakt drum machine with the powerful sample library of Loopcloud (if you still don’t know what it, please check out our Loopcloud review), merging the worlds of digital audio workstations with the physical possibilities and…