SessionCake: personal modular amp and mixer for jamming

The remarkably named SessionCake is a little personal battery powered amp for guitar, synths or microphone that can be chained together for a jam-tastic time. Perfect for jamming, band practice and synth meets.

Chill out with Oskar Fischinger’s ambient sounds and visuals on today’s Google Doodle

To celebrate what would have been the 117th birthday of filmmaker, animator and artist Oskar Fischinger Google have created a doodle that incorporates his animations with a matrix style step sequencer.

Roland brings back the D-50 Linear Synthesizer as a plug-in

With all the excitement of the SE-02 we missed the sneaky release of a vintage digital classic - the Roland D-50 Linear Arithmetic Synthesizer recreated as a plug-in.

Max for Cats release Pallas an 8 voice semi-modular for Ableton Live

Pallas is uses virtual analogue modelling to build a comprehensive polyphonic semi-modular synthesizer in Max for Live for Ableton Live. Check out the patch bay on this thing!

Could the SE-26 be the next Roland and Studio Electronics synthesizer?

Roland and Studio Electronics kick off a new partnership with the stunning SE-02 Boutique synthesizer. What could be next? how about an ARP 2600 clone - the SE-26?

Roland add the FA-07 76 key workstation to the FA Series

Completely overshadowed by the announcement of the SE-02 analog synthesizer the FA-07 is a new 76 key workstation keyboard for the already existing FA series.

Roland and Studio Electronics announce the SE-02 analog synthesizer

The unexpected collaboration between Roland and analog synth masters Studio Electronics brings us the vintage looking SE-02: a fully analogue monosynth with sequencer, cross modulation and DSP effects

Preview of BigFish Eurorack synth voice from TINRS

This Is Not Rocket Science were previewing their new BigFish at the Ginko Modular Fest. It's a 7 algorithm Eurorack synthesizer voice that, they say, has all their guilty pleasures designed into it.

Erica Synths announce Fusion VCF and VCA version 2

Originally released in 2014, Erica Synths have new versions of their tube infused Fusion Voltage Controlled Filter and Voltage Controlled Amplifier.

Erica Synths Pico Voice: 8 algorithm physical modelling synth voice

Erica Synths pack 8 different styles of synthesis into Pico Voice 3HP Eurorack module. From wavetable to TB303, chords to PWM it's got a lot of sound to play with.

Mr Hyde: chemically induced tabletop analogue filtering

Through the rumbles of analogue transformation, Mr Hyde emerges and filters the living terror out of everything. It's a tabletop analogue filter, the first in a series from Analogue Solutions.

Arminator: Free Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer emulator

Don't have enough cash for a Deckard's Dream? We've got you covered with Arminator, a free Yamaha CS-80 virtual instrument with a Vangelis inspired soundbank by Armin Kujashi.

Groovebox: A beats and synths studio for iOS

Get your groove on with this cool new synth and drum Groovebox for iPad and iPhone from the same team of developers who made Launchpad and Blocs Wave. Groovy.

FabricKeyboard – knit your own MIDI controller

Stretchable, sensor woven, sewn with conductive threads and knitted together with multiple layers of material, could the FabricKeyboard be the future of MIDI controllers?

Roland kill off Propellerhead Rebirth RB-338

Roland get snooty about their intellectual property 21 years after the release of the Propellerhead classic 303, 808 and 909 emulation. And so Rebirth RB-338 is no more.

Folktek Alter 1 and 2: Eurorack sound processing as synthesizer art

Altered states of sonic being become a reality with Folktek's organically cerebral effects processing Eurorack modules. Alter 1 and Alter 2 are awaiting your signals.