Synesthesia Announces Mandala 2.0 Drum Synthesizer
Synesthesia has updated Mandala to version 2.0, their drum trigger pad and synthesizer. Developed with drummer Danny Carey of Tool, Synesthesia claims the Mandala is the “only electronic drum that truly emulates an acoustic drum.” (Hmmm…I think our TestDrive is the only way to answer that question. —Ed.) It offers percussionists a unique drum pad that knows exactly where it’s hit and how hard. Many...
Ueberschall Releases Analog FX & Urbanic Sample Collections
Ueberschall has released two new sample libraries, Analog FX a collection with over 1.7GB of atmospheres, noises, basslines, leads, sweeps, LFO as well as hundreds synth loops, and Urbanic, a large library of 34 construction kits containing over 2.8 GB of Hip Hop and R&B sounds. The Analog FX library contains a wide variety of styles organized into folders with B.P.M. information and descriptions. The sound library also comes...






