GForce just released a fantastic sounding and endorsed by Sequential Prophet 5 plugin! I was lucky enough to try the beta back in May. Of course I directly tested it with the SFC-5 V2 and it works perfectly without the need of a firmware update.

For the GForce Prophet 5, the generic plugin mode is ideal. If the controller was previously in Arturia mode, make sure that the takeover mode is set to jump before switching plugin modes. Although a MIDI CC preset system is available, there is bug in version 1.0 and the mapped preset file cannot be loaded. GForce was notified. Mapping it manually is an easy task and here is an overview of the result when the SFC-5 V2 interface is almost fully mapped. I recommend mapping the LFO INITIAL AMOUNT to USER 1, VINTAGE to USER 2 and FILTER REV to USER 4. User 3 and User 5 are still available and can mapped to your preferred controls.

Enjoy the controller with this new plugin and congrats to GForce!

To get you started faster and easier with your new controller, a tutorial video has been made by Alexander Ewald. It goes through the basics of setting things up with your plugin.

Just today, Cherry Audio released their brand new Jupiter-8 software emulation, Mercury-8.

Thanks to Robert at Cherry Audio, I got an early license to try it out and prepare a firmware update for the SFC-8 that brings support to the Mercury-8 through a new plugin mode.
You can find more information about this integration in the manual.
Here is the information to update your firmware.

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I got an email from long-time customer Tristan Bres, he sent me the link to his 1 hour long concert. It’s a beautiful performance with synths, Rhodes and fantastic visuals.

Tristan uses many fantastic pieces of gear and is a very hard working talented musician, it’s a great honour to know that there is a little bit of my work in this setup.

Tristan has been a great supporter since 2021, he is using 2 uDCOs and the Dual ADSR. You should check it out:

I am happy to announce that the SoundForce products are now available through DLX music with a webshop for each country:

Sweden:
https://www.dlxmusic.se/varumarken/soundforce

Finland:
https://www.dlxmusic.fi/tuotemerkit/soundforce

Norway:
https://www.dlxmusic.no/varemerker/soundforce

Yesterday the V Collection 11 came out. I personally did the upgrade directly as I need to continuously insure support for my controllers and my users. None of the plugins related to my controllers received significant updates, it’s still the same plugin generation.

The great news is that Arturia did work on some bug fixes updates that bring back the 2-way communication for this latest version. The last version to be compatible was from Dec 2023.
As I was expecting some progress on this since Summer 2024, I directly updated all the plugins and worked on the new XML files.

The update is available for V Collection 10 license holders! For some plugins even V8 or V9 license holders should be able to update to this new plugin version. So no need to purchase the V11 upgrade to get the 2-way communication working on the latest versions.

I created new links on the support page under Mapped Presets. The old XML file is still available to make sure that people with older OS can still use the plugin and controller in the future. In each zip, you will find 2 folders for the new and old versions. Inside of each folder a README for instructions.

Please note, that if everything works for you right now, there is no need to do the update in my opinion. But you are now aware that if you ever reinstall your system, the latest version will be supported with those new files. I will do everything that I can to offer continued support to all the future versions and I hope that future Arturia updates won’t bring any more issues as we experienced in the 2024 updates.

It’s 15 days ago now that I got a few messages at 1 in the morning (local time in the Netherlands) from some friends of SoundForce, telling me that they think they just saw the SFC-8 during the SuperBowl national anthem performance ?

Obviously, I wouldn’t believe it at first. But by some unbelievable strike of magical luck, Jon Batiste performed the national anthem this year and the SFC-8 was standing on his piano on the left side. His wife painted his piano and she took the time and effort to paint the SFC-8 sides in the same pattern as well.

People were speculating on the internet about why is this device, along side a Maschine and a Novation controller, are standing there: https://www.musicradar.com/artists/why-did-jon-batiste-have-a-jupiter-8-plugin-controller-a-maschine-and-an-ableton-live-controller-sitting-on-his-piano-when-he-sang-the-national-anthem-at-the-super-bowl-were-still-not-sure

During the performance, mostly his piano and voice are present and some backing track is adding drums and extra orchestration. Maybe he changed his plans last minute. In any case, what I heard from his tour manager is that Jon Batiste is starting to experiment more with electronic elements.

This is an absolute trip to have a device broadcast to the wide world during such a massive event. People speculated that I sponsored Superbowl to get this feature, which is hilarious for me considering the size of my operation.

The video will not embed so here is the link if you want to see it

I am very happy to present MOD 6, a powerful dual-function Eurorack modulation source.It was designed and developed to compliment the other modules in the juno-themed range of modules: DCO, VCF/VCA 6 and CHORUS 6. It is based on my work with the Dual LFO and Dual ADSR modules, with the goal of merging them together into a powerful dual-function next-level module. It can do a lot!

More info on the product page.

As usual, a high quality and very detailed demo video is available from DivKid:

The module is available right now, in my webshop and at schneiders laden, cicada sound, signal sounds and perfect circuit.