Pro Tools Expert's Review of the Arturia MiniBrute

"Russ gets his hands on the Arturia analogue synth and takes it for a spin.

See and hear what he thinks of this little baby."

Here's a lengthy review of the new MiniBrute.

Moog updates Animoog

Moog has updated the Animoog with some nice new features, like better MIDI controlling.  Read on below for more info.

"The latest version of Animoog is here with exciting updates as well as new features. Integrating this incredible synthesizer into your performance and production environment just got easier.

New Features Include:

The recording time in Animoog has now doubled to accommodate extended looping and jam time.

Most of Animoog’s controls and features can now be mapped to MIDI CC numbers. Just tap and turn!

Animoog presets are now organized neatly into categories.

Lightwaves - Spirit Gun EP

Coming August 25th is Lightwaves' debut EP, which you can hear all of above.  It's got a few of his well known tracks with a couple newer ones thrown in the mix as well.  I'm a huge fan of "All The Way Down" for its classic synth pop melody and great chorus.  The newest track "Endless Highway" shines through as another great jam.  This EP is really a fantastic piece of work, and I'm glad we're getting it before summer's end.

Be sure to grab it August 25th!

Harts - All Too Real (Diamond Cut Remix)

It's been too darn long since we've heard some Diamond Cut.  Here's DC's new remix of Harts' track "All Too Real".  We've got some incredible synth warmth happening on this track, and it's a total dance floor banger.  I wouldn't expect anything less from Diamond Cut, who's been a favorite of mine since our interview last year.

Queen of Hearts - Only Love (Extended Version) (Ben Howard cover)

Here's a new cover from Queen of Hearts.  The original is "Only Love" by Ben Howard, and QoH has created a beautiful club synth landscape for our ears.  Some info courtesy of their SoundCloud:

"In this the Jubilee year, we can’t get enough of Queens. Good news then that Queen of Hearts has announced she will be releasing an EP of new material in September.

Ahead of that she has a treat for us in the form of a dreamy electronica cover of Ben Howard’s beautiful Only Love.

Queen of Hearts will also be doing dates around the UK including London Live in Hyde Park, Manchester Pride and Vogue Fashion Night Out in London.

CATCH QUEEN OF HEARTS LIVE

Saturday August 11
London Live
Hyde Park, London

Saturday August 25
Manchester Pride
Manchester

Thursday September 6
Vogue Fashion Night Out
London

'Only Love' produced by John Myers"

Electric Youth - "The Best Thing"

Here's a cool "song of the day" courtesy of Electric Youth.  I heard this song performed live only a couple of weeks ago, and it translates to the studio quite well.  Even cooler-- the band is working with Vince Clarke, a real hero of synthesizer music.

"We've released our new single 'The Best Thing' Today!

We worked on it with the amazing Vince Clarke (founder of our fav groups Depeche Mode, Yaz & Erasure) and plan to work further with him on our debut album once we come off tour."

Bonus: if you're unfamiliar with Vince Clarke, here's a classic look at Vince in the studio in 1985 (or 1987, if one of the comments is correct).

   

She's the Queen prep "Talk to Me" Single

She's the Queen have announced their new single "Talk to Me".

From the band:

"We are insanely proud to announce that our Talk To Me single will be released via electronic rumors on the 24th September, with reMixes from Lightwaves, digitalfoxglove, ODahl and Silenx. Not to mention our amazing music vid director Aaron Alexis :)
Here's the cover!!!"

Be on the lookout for this on the 24th of September!