Apple M1/Big Sur compatibility
24/02/21 10:21 Filed in: software updates
All current Expert Sleepers plug-ins are supported and working on macOS 11 Big Sur, natively on Intel macs and under Rosetta on M1 macs.
We have started on native M1 builds. However the main limiting factor here is the lack of availability of a version of the PACE (iLok) tools with support for M1 builds. We anticipate that by the time the PACE tools are available, we will be ready with the native M1 plug-ins and will be able to release updates fairly swiftly.
We have started on native M1 builds. However the main limiting factor here is the lack of availability of a version of the PACE (iLok) tools with support for M1 builds. We anticipate that by the time the PACE tools are available, we will be ready with the native M1 plug-ins and will be able to release updates fairly swiftly.
Charity Auction in support of Help Musicians
08/02/21 20:02
The year 2020 was a strange and challenging one for many. For Expert Sleepers, it was a year of two milestones. Firstly, it marked 10 years of making Eurorack modules - our first hardware product, the ES-1, was launched in 2010. Secondly, the lifetime sales of the disting mk4 module hit 10,000 units. We're proud of both of these achievements and very grateful to our customers for helping us get there.
So, partly in celebration of these milestones, and wanting to help those for who 2020 was not such a great year, we've created a very special limited edition of five disting mk4s, and we're auctioning them off for charity.
The special edition disting, pictured left, has a solid sterling silver front panel, hallmarked as such by the Edinburgh Assay Office. That's 1½ ounces of precious metal! The panels are diamond etched with the usual panel graphic and a special 'mk4' logo.
All proceeds will be donated to Help Musicians' Coronavirus Hardship Fund. In their words, Help Musicians are "an independent charity which aims to make a meaningful difference to the lives of musicians, offering a wide spectrum of support which includes: Health & Welfare services, Creative development funding, ground-breaking research, a mental health helpline for the entire music industry and an incredibly popular hearing health scheme which aims to prevent hearing problems that would otherwise bring musicians’ careers to an untimely end."
There are five special edition modules available and the auctions are now open. Here are the links:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393133720829
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393133721986
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393133723742
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393133729577
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393133735111
Please help us support this very worthy cause!
Efkts - Yeesan : new album release
01/02/21 12:22 Filed in: music
The third release on the Expert Sleepers label, Yeesan is an ambient album in the classic Eno tradition - no drones, but a static yet ever-changing texture of interweaving patterns.
Efkts makes great use of the General CV module on this album.
Cassette version available in a limited edition of 100.
Available now exclusively from Bandcamp.
Efkts makes great use of the General CV module on this album.
Cassette version available in a limited edition of 100.
Available now exclusively from Bandcamp.
disting mk4 firmware v4.18 released
28/01/21 12:34 Filed in: hardware updates
Version 4.18 of the disting mk4 firmware is now released. This update contains numerous small feature enhancements and a couple of bug fixes.
Download the new firmware from here.
Download the new firmware from here.
Music Hackspace Interview
06/01/21 09:45 Filed in: interviews
In November 2020 Expert Sleepers' Andrew Ostler spoke to Jean-Baptiste Thiebaut from the Music Hackspace about, well, all kinds of stuff. The video below is a distillation of the best bits.