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Portatron Cassette Collective launched!

At Robotic Bean, we’re constantly inspired by the creativity of our community. That’s why we’re so excited to announce the release of the Portatron Cassette Collective, the very first community-created Portapack for the Portatron Tape Synthesizer! Even better, we’ve also launched an official Portatron Discord server, giving you a space to connect, collaborate, and share […]
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Portatron Cassette Collective

Hello Portatron Creators! We have exciting news for all you creative souls: it’s time for the Portatron Cassette Collective! 🎛️✨ We invite you to share your own custom Portatron cassettes. It’s simple – create your unique cassette, upload it, and send us the link. We’ll gather all the submissions and put together a free Portapack, a […]
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Portatron review by Digiphex

A really nice and thorough review of Portatron from Digiphex Electronics, you should check it out! I think he made it sound more “tapey” than anyone!
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Portatron 1.4 released!

Portatron 1.4 released!
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5 new Portapacks!

We’re excited to unveil 5 new Portapacks from our friends at SonalSystem! Each expansion pack is crafted to inspire and enhance your musical creations, offering a wide range of sounds and effects that cater to all your audio needs.
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Free SonalSampler Portapack!

Dive into the world of vintage audio with the newly released SonalSampler, a complimentary demo collection from the SonalSystem‘s Portapack series, specially designed for the Portatron tape instrument plugin. With an array of 14 unique cassette patches and over 50 loop samples, SonalSampler invites you to experience a preview of the rich and diverse sounds […]
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Hand Clap Studio 1.4 released!

We just released Hand Clap Studio 1.4 which has a brand new popup menu with two much requested features: HCS 1.4 is a free update for all HCS owners. Download the new version here!
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New feature: Portapacks!

Today, Friday September 22nd, we release Portapacks, expansion packs for our popular Portatron Tape Synthesizer plugin. Portatron has already made waves in the music production industry for its quirky sound design and creative features. With Portapacks, we offer a variety of complete 4-track cassette patches, and individual samples, that can be conveniently accessed directly in […]
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Track pitch in Portatron 1.3

We have released Portatron 1.3 where you can pitch individual tracks/samples. This makes it easy to tune samples to each other, and also make samples fit together in time. Portatron 1.3 is a free update for all Portatron owners, download it here.
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Portatron on SonicState

Nick and friends over at SonicState talked about Portatron, and were especially impressed with the preset library and samples that it ships with. Check it out!
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Portatron live stream

Last night Doug from The Sound Test Room took Portatron out for a spin, check it out!
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Portatron 1.2 released

We are excited to announce the release of Portatron 1.2! This update brings a number of important fixes and improvements to the plugin, ensuring a smoother experience for all users. We hope you enjoy using Portatron 1.2, and as always, we welcome your feedback and suggestions for future updates. If you have any questions or […]
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Hand Clap Studio 1.3 released

We are happy to announce that Hand Clap Studio 1.3 is released and uploaded to our shop. This update includes three improvements: Native Apple Silicon support on Mac Fix for graphics scaling problems in certain DAWs on Windows Improved online re-activation (no longer case sensitive) So both Windows and Mac users could benefit from downloading […]
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Portatron 1.0.1 released

First of all, thanks for all the feedback on Portatron! We have put a lot of work into it, and it’s so much fun to hear your reactions and suggestions for future updates. We soon learned that sample loading didn’t work properly for some DAWs on Mac. We fixed the issue and released 1.0.1 today. […]
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MIDI Export in HCS

Hand Clap Studio has its own pattern sequencer called Rhythm Xpander. This pretty much has you covered, but once in a while you start off in Rhythm Xpander and later want to do more advanced editing in your host sequencer. To avoid having to redo the pattern, HCS has a MIDI Export feature. Just drag […]
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Accent shortcuts in HCS

Most of the controls in Hand Clap Studio are pretty straight forward: tweak them and you will instantly hear the effect. But there are a couple of features that are not so obvious, so we thought we’d demonstrate them. First of all, there is an Accent switch in the Rhythm Xpander to enter triggers in […]
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Hand Clap Studio now as AAX!

When we released Hand Clap Studio a couple of months ago, we soon got feedback from Pro Tools users that they wanted an AAX version. So we did one! Version 1.0.2 contains the new AAX alongside the previous VST3 and AU plugins. It’s of course a free update for those who already purchased Hand Clap […]
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Musikprodd-podden tests HCS

There is a great podcast in Swedish about music production called Musikprodd-podden. While we were developing Hand Clap Studio, the podcast’s Joakim Jarl (producer for Sigala and many others) made a video on how to make a beat in 30 minutes. Quite many of those minutes were spent recording and editing hand claps, so as […]
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AC-1 to HCS crossgrade

How to crossgrade from AC-1 rack extension to Hand Clap Studio VST/AU.
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Sampling hand claps at Atlantis

How the samples in Hand Clap Studio were recorded at Atlantis Studio.
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Reason 11 announced

Reason 11 has been announced by Propellerhead, and the main feature is that you soon will be able to run Reason as a plugin (currently VST3, but AU soon to follow) in almost any DAW. The Rack plugin can also load Rack Extensions, which means that you will be able to use Robotic Bean devices in Logic, Cubase and Ableton!
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Euclidean Rhythms update

New version fixes an obscure bug.
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Connecting Reason to VCV Rack with Soundflower

A comprehensive tutorial on how to send CV signals between Reason and VCV Rack.
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Sending notes to track in Reason 9

How to get notes from Step and Euclid into a track in Reason’s sequencer.
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Creating a Drum Beat in Euclid

A video tutorial on the basics of how to use Euclid.
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