Who are Sound Iron? Soundiron is a recent addition to the growing list of MIDI Association companies. They joined after attending a webinar with developers that was focused on the Orchestral Articulation Profile which will use the new Attribute Types and Attribute Data of MIDI 2.0 to embed sample articulations right i...
Mark of the Unicorn's newest version of Performer adds MPE support, Articulation Maps, and Per Note Controls It seems like MOTU has been paying close attention to developments in the MIDI Association around MIDI 2.0. Their newest version of Performer adds a ton of new MIDI features. MPE and Per Note CC Support First, Per...
MIDI Association Member Hotone's new Ampero Control is deceptively simple, but extremely powerful At first glance, the Ampero Control looks like it is just 4 simple footswitches, but it is really so much more. Let's take a look at the complete feature set and then dig into details of each feature. Compact, smart 4-foots...
Exclusive interviews with the embodme team from their offices in Paris It's always exciting to see something new. On a recent trip to Paris, we got a chance to visit one of the newest members of the MIDI Association, embodme and meet their whole development team that had just finished up and shipped the first units of their Erae Touch MI...
MIDI Association Member Antares Audio Technology releases vocoder modeling technology Antares new release integrates the sound of vintage vocoders with their renown Autotune technology. Of course, MIDI control is integral using a vocoder. This advanced vocoder plug-in includes models of all the classic vocoders you know...
MIDI Association Member Nektar Releases IMPACT LX MINI Nektar has introduced the Impact LX Mini, a new mobile USB MIDI Controller Keyboard that offers 2 independent Arpeggiator/Repeat engines, LED drum pads, a joystick, foot-switch socket and a 25-note mini-keyboard with velocity. Impact LX Mini makes the power of Nektar's Impact LX range...
MIDI Association Member Apple Releases Logic Pro 10.7 Apple released Logic Pro 10.7 with spatial audio as the star, but there are also a lot of other new features. New in Logic Pro 10.7 New features and enhancements Mixer now supports spatial audio tools for Dolby Atmos:Expanded pan controls.13 plug-ins expanded for 7.1.2 chan...
MIDI 2.0 Universal MIDI Packet (UMP) The Universal MIDI Packet (UMP) is a fundamental aspect of MIDI 2.0, which allows programs to negotiate and communicate with MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 products. Florian Bomers joins us again to lead 3 workshops across November and December to explore this in detail. Florian runs his own company...
MIDI Association corporate member Spectrasonics has introduced a new brand and new experiences for Omnisphere. Omnisphere has been a huge part of many producer's and musician's sonic arsenal for years since it was introduced in 2009. Now Spectrasonics has developed a brand new way of interfacing with Omnisphere call Sonic...
MIDI Association member Bitwig announced Studio 4.1 with an emphasis on new ways to create and process notes What if notes did more than trigger your sounds? As musical signals that dance and curve, notes just do more in Bitwig Studio, both on the timeline and in performance. Version 4.1 is here, adding eight new note effects. So with 20+ FX ...
