MIND Music Labs showcases seminal ELK MusicOS at SUPERBOOTH19 with prototype products and announcements
Swedish startup MIND Music Labs lets loose by showcasing several super-cool applications of its award-
winning ELK MusicOS — the world’s first ultra-low-latency music operating system developed specifically for audio applications,
ushering in a new era where the power, flexibility, and selection of audio and music software can be run in real time on
embedded hardware with full MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) support — at SUPERBOOTH19 in Berlin, May 9-11…
Further
fulfilling its ambition of creating new ways to bridge the gap between
musicians and technology, changing how to learn, create, record, and
share music,
MIND Music Labs will be demonstrating the potential and flexibility of its seminal ELK MusicOS by
showcasing a number of hardware product prototypes based on
existing VST (Virtual Instrument Technology) and RE (Rack Extension)
releases from world-class developers at SUPERBOOTH19, Europe’s first and
largest trade fair for
electronic musical instruments.
First
stop: media production products provider Steinberg’s stand on owner
Yamaha’s booth (H310). Here the German giant continues its partnership
with MIND Music
Labs in making VST a standard for hardware by showcasing the co-developed ‘Powered by ELK’ Retrologue 2, a proof-of-concept prototype desktop synth running
Retrologue 2,
Steinberg’s VST Virtual Analog Synthesizer — successfully emulating the
warmth and fatness of classic analog synthesizers — on hardware.
However, ELK MusicOS is
not only VST compatible but also runs RE plug-ins from fellow Swedish
company Propellerhead, creators of innovative and affordable music
software. Supporting the Propellerhead partnership, MIND Music Labs will be showcasing a Eurorack format synth module running the RE-compatible Polysix for Reason —
utilising Korg’s proprietary CMT (Component Modeling Technology) to
precisely model the circuitry of an analog polysynth classic from 1982 —
on booth (O504).
Other must-see SUPERBOOTH19 showcases scheduled to take place at MIND Music Labs’
location there include several contrasting conceptual collaborative
projects
with the likes of plug-in developer Stefano D’Angelo, former DSP
engineer at Arturia; Italian music and audio software company Audio
Modeling, creators of the
SWAM (Synchronous Waves Acoustic Modeling) engine; HISE, an open source
framework for sample-based instruments; and Igor Nembrini of Nembrini
Audio, creator
of some of the most revered guitar amp plug-ins under the Brainworx
brand for Universal Audio's UAD (Universal Audio Digital) platform.
Concludes MIND Music Labs CEO Michele Benincaso: “The different hardware prototypes we will be showcasing at SUPERBOOTH19 are all great examples of what ELK
MusicOS is capable of. With ELK MusicOS you add the feel of playing an actual physical instrument — without losing the benefits and qualities of desktop plug-ins. I
am very excited to show everyone at SUPERBOOTH19 what we have been working on.”
- * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * -
Mind Music Labs announces a continuation of its official partnership with music and
media production products provider Steinberg — initially resulting in the German giant’s VST (Virtual Studio
Technology) plug-in format natively supporting the integration of the Swedish startup’s ELK MusicOS, allowing VST-
based plug-ins to run seamlessly in ‘Powered by ELK’ musical instruments and audio processors — by bringing a
brand-new, co-developed desktop synth prototype with full MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) support to
SUPERBOOTH19 in Berlin, May.
“Plug-ins
and software synths have brought amazing power and flexibility to
computer-based recording, but now musicians want to harness all that
power without the computer; there are times when you want to twist real
knobs, rather than wiggle a mouse.” So says MIND Music Labs CEO Michele
Benincaso, before adding: “It’s really exciting to be empowering those users with ELK MusicOS.”
This sentiment is clearly shared by Florian Haack, Senior Marketing Manager at Steinberg: “We immediately saw the potential of ELK MusicOS, and that’s why
we added it to the official VST SDK [Software Development Kit]. The development of the ‘Powered by ELK’ Retrologue 2 hardware prototype has further
strengthened our belief that, with the help of ELK MusicOS, VST can become a standard for not only software, as it is today, but also for hardware.”
Having said that, then, the proof of the pudding is in the tasting. The proof-of-concept ‘Powered by ELK’ Retrologue 2 desktop synth prototype — running
Steinberg’s Retrologue 2 VST Virtual Analog Synthesizer, successfully emulating the warmth and fatness of classic analog synthesizers — will be being
showcased for all to see and hear on Steinberg-owner Yamaha’s booth (H310) at SUPERBOOTH19 in Berlin, May 9-11.
About MIND Music Labs (www.mindmusiclabs.com)
MIND Music Labs is
based in Stockholm, Sweden, and develops technologies enabling a new
generation of connected musical instruments. Its ambition is to create
new ways to bridge the gap between musicians and technology, changing how to learn, create, record, and share music.
© 2019 MIND Music Labs
No comments:
Post a Comment