Category Archives: Piano and Keyboard

Modal Electronics Announces COBALT8 Firmware Update v1.1

Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News Modal Electronics, a leading global synthesiser manufacturer, has just confirmed the immediate release of a new firmware update v1.1 of their critically acclaimed COBALT Series extended virtual analogue synthesisers. Featuring six new algorithms for their unique waveform architecture, alongside a number of user-requested workflow enhancements, the … Continue reading Modal Electronics Announces COBALT8 Firmware Update v1.1

Modal Electronics Announces Monster Machine

Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News Modal Electronics, a leading global synthesiser manufacturer, has just announced an all-new sound library for the feature packed Argon Series synthesisers – Monster Machine. Harnessing the raw power of the ARGON Series’ supercharged wavetable synth engine, and injecting a heavy dose of inspiration from horror and … Continue reading Modal Electronics Announces Monster Machine

f.’em From Tracktion Announced

Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News Tracktion Corporation is delighted to introduce f.’em. With eight  synchronizable wave oscillators, two sample operators and a deep modulation matrix, it is one of the most powerful and versatile FM synths ever made. F’em allows for sounds associated with iconic synths such as the mighty Access … Continue reading f.’em From Tracktion Announced

Scale degrees: how to master the formula for any scale

Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips A scale in music theory is a sequence of notes played in ascending or descending order with a specific interval structure. There are many scales in music. Some are extremely common and fundamental, like the major scale or minor scale. Others are more obscure and only called … Continue reading Scale degrees: how to master the formula for any scale

IK Multimedia launches SampleTron 2

Pianos – Keyboard and Synths – Music Instrument News IK Multimedia releases SampleTron 2, the rebirth of analog tape-based sampling. SampleTron 2 combines the powerful sound engine of IK’s award-winning SampleTank 4 with IK’s industry-leading tape modeling technology to recreate the distinctive, ultra-vibey sounds of tape-based samplers from the ’60s and ’70s, along with quirky … Continue reading IK Multimedia launches SampleTron 2