Tech News Roundup: October 2, 2008

Tech News Roundup: October 2, 2008

2 October, 2008 | 9.00AM

• Written by: francispreve
• Filed under: Music News: tech news roundup

From Halloween editions of beloved sound generators to YouTube demos of buzzworthy gear, this week’s highlights are an eclectic mix.

Budding Mopho cultists beware: There are forces at work that could make you late for next month’s rent.

More specifics after the jump.

Mo Mopho

Fiending for more juicy tidbits on Dave Smith’s new Mopho?

Well pop on over to Big City Music’s YouTube page and feast your eyes and ears on their video demo of Mopho’s preset bank.

And keep saying to yourself, “$439.00 really isn’t that expensive, is it?”

Thingamaween

We love Bleeplabs.

We love Bleeplabs so much that their Thingamagoop made it onto last year’s “2007 Technology Top 10” gear chart.

So naturally, we’re stoked to see that they’re now shipping custom Halloween editions of the adorable analog soundmaker (pictured above).

Cute and functional is an irresistible combination. Yes?

Yes.

Native Instruments releases Reaktor Animated Circuits

The team at NI is downright relentless when it comes to releasing new Kore Soundpacks, that’s for sure.

This week’s offering, called Animated Circuits, takes advantage of the almost incomprehensibly deep tools that their Reaktor softsynth delivers.

According to the press release, “the unconventional REAKTOR sound generators ‘Newscool’, ‘Metaphysical Function’, ‘Spacedrone’ and ‘Skrewell’ are utilized to produce deep, constantly fluctuating soundscapes that range from dark to meditative and from moody to abstract.”

Animated Circuits also introduces the new sequencing instrument “Spiral”, the latest creation of REAKTOR master builder Lazyfish, based on a highly unusual and inspirational approach to pattern generation. Spiral uses concentric sequencing lanes and advanced algorithms to create continuously shifting, kaleidoscopic melodies, and can be routed into any sound source that accepts MIDI input.

Deeeeeeeeep.

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