News Round-Up: 14/4/17

Sonic Origins with The Haxan Cloak. Novation Circuit upgraded again. Roland release more synth software.

Behind the Cloak. Learn about the musical roots and “primal perception” compositional techniques of The Haxan Cloak in this new video from Moog. Watch it in full above.

Back to the future. Roland have released a new D-70-inspired soft synth, Anthology 1990, that “will propel you back into the fuzzy warmth of deeply sampled synth sounds from a couple of decades ago” and promises beefy bass, luscious layered voices and breathy flutes. Learn more here.

InNovation. With the arrival of Components Standalone, Novation Circuit users can now access all the features of the Components software without the need to be online. Other improvements on navigation, display and the addition of a trash folder have also been announced, as you can see in the video above.

Studio discount. Secretsundaze are offering 20% off the list price for any booking of their studio. Bookings can include dry hire, hire with an engineer or any of the training programs. To take advantage of this offer, make a booking by getting in touch here and use the code ‘SSStudio20’.

XXX. accSone have announced version 6 of their granular synth plugin crusher-X. With new features including a processor that generates 10 independent reverbs and a reworked sweep processor plus a new UI, it is quite the update. More here.

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