Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Yamaha | SEQTRAK OS v2.0 update - w/ AI Overdub?
video upload by Yamaha Synths Official
The descriptive overdub sounds like AI to me. If anyone knows otherwise, feel free to comment. Thought it was interesting if so. This might be the first video from a synth manufacturer to feature an AI vocal description.
"SEQTRAK OS v2.0 brings new creative flexibility and faster workflows for music makers.
This update introduces new Track Types, expanded global controls, and improved app backup functionality to help you capture ideas, customise your setup, and stay focused on creativity.
Key features include:
New Track Types: Convert Drum Tracks into AWM2 Synth Tracks or combine multiple Drum Tracks into a single Drumkit Track.
Expanded BARLENGTH control: Now available on Drum Tracks for consistent phrase editing across your project.
Enhanced ALL knob functions: Make quick global adjustments to Volume, BPM, Swing, Scale, and more.
SEQTRAK APP v2.0: Improved backup and sound management for safer, more portable workflows.
SEQTRAK OS v2.0 is designed to keep your creative process fast, flexible, and performance-ready.
Download OS v2.0: https://yamaha.io/40aOqGn
Explore the Seqtrak here: https://www.yamaha.com/2/seqtrak"
KORG Polysix Acidlab Miami & Ashun Sound Machines Hydrasynth Explorer - Hardware Synth Session
video upload by Samuel Smoky Purple
"Session
Ashun Sound Machines Hydrasynth Explorer - Chase Bliss MOOD MKII
KORG Polysix - YAMAHA SPX990
Acidlab Miami
Fors Pluck - Ego - Romb
Ableton Live
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Samuel Smoky Purple"
https://samuel-smoky-purple.bandcamp.com
Sarah Belle Reid plays the Buchla Touché
video upload by Sarah Belle Reid
"An improvisation on the Touché, at the Buchla Archives in Vancouver, BC. The Touché is an extremely rare 8-voice bi-timbral digital instrument designed by Don Buchla in 1980, with software (FOIL) by David Rosenboom.
If you're curious to learn more about the history of this instrument and how it works technically, join me next week (Jan. 20th) for the premiere of an in-depth video walkthrough of the Touché (here on my YT channel).
Join me on Patreon!
patreon.com/sarahbellereid
Sarah Belle Reid is a Canadian performer-composer, active in the fields of electroacoustic trumpet performance, intermedia arts, music technology, and improvisation.
www.sarahbellereid.com"
ARPf returns to the West Coast!
via The Alan R Pearlman Foundation
ARPf returns to the West Coast!
Yep - we're headed back to California for NAMM - and more! Here's the scoop:
Events
Thursday January 22:
Registration opens for our NAMM giveaway!
Friday January 23:
Anthony Marinelli at our booth
Blue Meanie All Day: See the rarest ARP there is! Nicknamed the "Blue Marvin" after ARP's CFO, Marvin Cohen, due to its bright blue metal case and unique features - while the actual name was "Blue Marvin," the nickname "Blue Meanie" stuck! Only about 25 were made in 1971, making them highly sought after.
ARP 2600: Drew Schlesinger demonstrates patches using the 2600 software included in the Korg Collection VST
Saturday January 24
Artists at our booth - TBA
Giveaways at 4:00pm:
Poster signed by Martin Gore
Soul of the Machine CDs
And one lucky person will win the full Korg Collection 6:
Magical sounds, authentically re-created by KORG.
The ultimate synthesizer suite for the ages.
The KORG Collection is a suite of software synthesizers that methodically and accurately recreates the authentic sound and behavior of legendary KORG synthesizers for the present day and beyond. The KORG Collection project began with analogue synths such as the MS-20, Polysix and Mono/Poly, and has steadily evolved to include digital synths such as the world’s most popular synth, the legendary microKORG, the workstation classics M1 and TRITON, and physical modeling synthesis from the renowned Prophecy. The KORG Collection even includes the ARP ODYSSEY and ARP 2600, both revived for the 21st century by KORG.
In 2025, KORG added three legendary instruments to the KORG Collection – each an icon of its era, celebrated for their distinctive presence and heard over decades in countless classic tracks. The TRINITY, PS-3300 and SGX-2.
As if NAMM weren't enough all on its own - there's Buchla & Friends on Sunday, January 24.
Buchla & Friends is January’s biggest two-day collection of hands-on synths on the West Coast! If you love creative sound, you need to be here. With a pre-party on Thursday, afterparty on Saturday, and two days of exploring all the greatest gear, Buchla & Friends is an essential start to the new year.
They're gathering over 90 synth makers in one awesome Downtown Los Angeles location so you can learn, listen, and live the latest in electronic music sound production. This hands-on, headphones-only gathering gives you a chance to hear the best sounds science has ever created. From additive to subtractive, analog to digital, keyboards to breath, audio to visual, modular to full-size polyphonic, eurorack to Serge to Buchla, you’ll meet synth makers and synth enthusiasts alike.
Register on eventbrite: https://bnf26.eventbrite.com
NAMMSALE!
We're celebrating NAMM with a sale - up to 15% off everything in the shop!
Stylophone Theremin: Quirky, weird, fun synth with touch & movement!
video upload by CatSynth TV
"We have a bit of fun and quirky Stylophone Theremin. While not a true theremin, it's fun and easy to play pitches via its antenna and independent slider control. Combined with modulation, vibrato, and delay, it can be used for all manner of strange, experimental, crunchy, funny, retro sci-fi, and other types of sounds. Even our cats have had fun with it!
To find out more, please visit https://stylophone.com/
00:00 Introduction
00:10 About the Stylophone Theremin
00:42 Antenna calibration
02:01 Playing the antenna sound generator
04:45 Playing the slide sound generator
07:46 Mixing both sound generators
09:49 Cross modulation
13:54 Delay
17:19 Conclusion
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Introducing PlayAUDIO2U: The Ultimate Live Performance AUDIO & MIDI Interface from iConnectivity
video upload by iConnectivity
Check with dealers on the right for availability.
Press releae follows:
CALGARY, Alberta – January 13, 2025 – iConnectivity today announces the highly anticipated follow-up to the industry-standard PlayAUDIO1U, the new PlayAUDIO2U. Building on a reputation of made-to-tour live performance solutions, the PlayAUDIO2U sets a new benchmark for professional touring rigs with a powerful 24 balanced XLR output configuration and four pristine, ultra-low noise microphone preamps. The PlayAUDIO2U interface maintains and improves upon iConnectivity's famous redundancy failover protection for touring musicians, production companies, and any live event where failure is not an option.
The PlayAUDIO2U introduces not only an expanded output count of 24 panel-reinforced XLR outs but also integrates versatile new concepts into iConnectivity's PlayAUDIO range. Four pristine, studio-quality inputs are perfect for injecting vocals, guitars, synths, and other instruments for live processing—all while enjoying iConnectivity's famous redundancy protection.
iConnectivity has always been known for robust MIDI integration. The PlayAUDIO2U is the first of iConnectivity's interfaces to feature built-in MIDI control via integrated control buttons on the front panel of the interface, allowing convenient, hands-on control of your performance.
The physical build of the PlayAUDIO2U might be its most revolutionary innovation, combining extensive inputs, outputs, and extreme MIDI connectivity into one rugged 2U rackable enclosure. All I/O ports are specially reinforced to withstand the rigors of daily touring—designed to be plugged directly into stage boxes and house sound systems every day. You can say goodbye to complex, fragile setups. Now building a reliable touring rig is as simple as installing a single PlayAUDIO2U in a rack.
Eplex7 DSP Releases Psylead SX4 Plugin Synthesizer
video uploads by Eplex7 DSP
Press release follows:
Eplex7 DSP releases Psylead SX4 plugin synthesizer
Stop sounding like everyone else – create your own original sonic dimension.
A new, Unique type of Sound. A sound that Cuts through your Mix.
If you want your track to have a true 3D space, you need different types of synthesizers for different colors and sound character.
Maybe you're thinking now... Why do I need another synth?
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