The Open Synth Platform
We are very proud to introduce you the new Zynthian Suitcase!
It’s been designed with lightness & robustness in mind. It fits perfectly the v2 & v3 aluminum cases and it’s built with Oxford 600D Polyester and high density EVA foam.
Continue reading How do you transport your zynthian?
I’m really proud to present the new Kit V3, a big step forward for the Zynthian project because of several reasons:
Continue reading New Zynthian Kit V3We have a dream. We want to empower musicians with upgradable and easy-to-maintain machines that can be used on stage and studio. Open machines that can be used for “normal” tasks, as playing and composing, but also can be extended and hacked for going beyond that, for exploring new spaces.
Yesssssssssss!! The new Raspberry Pi 4 is here and it brings us more CPU power and more memory, and this is definitely good for Zynthian Project. Audio synthesis and processing are hungry tasks 😉
But i don’t like everything on the new RBPi-4…
Continue reading The new Raspberry Pi 4
WARNING: HifiBerry as recently changed the specification for the DAC+ADC. It seems that the balanced input is not working as expected and it’s been removed from the specs. The new HifiBerry DAC+ADC PRO includes a true balanced input among many other improvements.
We are very proud to present the Zynthian Kit V2+, the new official flagship, featuring the amazing Hifiberry DAC+ADC as soundcard.
As you may note, the “ADC” (Analog/Digital Converter) in the soundcard’s name announces the difference: the new official kit now has audio input and yes, this makes a big difference!
Continue reading New Zynthian Kit V2+: Audio Input is here!
Some software synths are really amazing. Anyway, to be honest: i prefer hardware instruments.
A few months ago, we started the integration of a new engine in zynthian. This time it was something special as it was the first zynthian engine integrated by somebody else (Mr. Holger Wirtz, aka @C0d3man) and it wasn’t a free software engine, but a commercial product, with a privative license. Somebody could think that this is not well aligned with the spirit of zynthian project, so … why to do it?
Continue reading Zynthian + Pianoteq: A dream come true
Great news, @zynthianers!
I’ve been working in a new engine that allows to launch LV2-plugins as standalone layers. For doing that, i’ve used (and extended!) Jalv, from David Robillard, one of the creators of LV2 plugin specification. In his words:
“Jalv is a simple but fully featured LV2 host for Jack. It runs LV2 plugins and exposes their ports as Jack ports, essentially making any LV2 plugin function as a Jack application.”
Continue reading New Engine “Jalv”: LV2 plugins as standalone layers
Summer is a relaxed period and i love to dedicate some time to mind-expanding tasks. Integrating Aeolus, a “pipe organ emulator that should be good enough to make an organist enjoy playing it”, has been a very pleasant task and have given to me the oportunity of learning a little bit about these amazing machines that Pipe Organs are and its history. And of course, it’s a very good add for Zynthian 😉
Continue reading New Engine: Aeolus, a Pipe Organ Emulator
Finally, the long-time-awaited Pure Data zynthian’s engine is here!
The new engine will allow to run any standard patch for “pd vanilla”. No “pd extended” support as it’s completely deprecated.
Continue reading New Engine: Pure Data
The first batch of aluminum cases for “v2 Kits” is sold out and a new one is available in the Zynthian Shop. I call this case “v2.1”, but in fact it’s the new official v2 aluminum case. This new “v2.1” case has some improvements …
Continue reading New Aluminum Case v2.1: MIDI IN/THRU/OUT + Activity LEDs
