Idarca Announces Acxel II – A New Version Of The Original Acxel Synthesizer

Idarca, a Canadian concern, has announced the Acxel II, a new take on the original Acxel from the early 90’s. The new resynth utilizes a dynamic architecture parallel processor, patented by Idarca, the RPP. Taking advantage of the RPP, IDARCA aims to introduce a new take on multisynthesis and the multitimbral Modular synthesizer. The Technos Acxel may look similar in operation to a sampler, although its workings were very...

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Drumming, Sampling, Jamming Robot

We know, we know, what’s up with all the music robot action on It’s A Beta World this week? Well, we think it’s pretty cool, and we are FutureMusic fer chrissakes! Anywhoo, Let’s Make Robots is showcasing their new drumming robot, which plays on any object it finds worth playing. The robot then samples itself with the built-in microphone, and then – get this! – plays a new complementary riff,...

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