Touchscreens? Good, old-fashioned faders, knobs, and pads? Why not just use what suits the job – especially when you can choose both on the cheap? Nay-Seven shares some of his latest work with Usine, the brilliant, modular and touch-centric tool for Windows. It’s a futuristic rig that’s also down-to-earth. Touchscreen monitors can be had for … Continue →
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Synthopia on 1/11/11
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Synthopia on 1/11/11
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Matrixsynth on 1/9/11
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Matrixsynth on 1/11/11
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