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Dial in the crazy with Twisted Electron’s Crazy8 MIDI and CV sequencer
Twisted Electrons new MIDI and CV sequencer, the Crazy8, has a "crazy" button for dialling beyond probability and into improvisation. Someone find us a demo!
Adidas TR-808 sneakers are not real – it’s just for fun!
04 May 2017 in Synths
Those fabulous looking, beat making, volume knob twiddling, Roland TR-808 inspired sneaker, shoe, trainer, boots are completely fake!
Deckard’s Dream has become a reality – Preorder now
03 May 2017 in Synths
Inspired by the Yamaha CS-80 and in celebration of the future-scapes of Vangelis Deckard's Dream is not replicant, it's a living breathing analogue 8 voice polysynth of the gods.
Super Furry limited edition Pete Fowler Atmegatron Synthesizer
03 May 2017 in Synths
The Pete Fowler Atmegatron is a limited edition run of the Atmegatron 8-bit hackable chiptune synthesizer with artwork by Super Furry Animals album cover designer Pete Fowler.
Nasty MSG noise synth with swappable nastiness chip
02 May 2017 in Synths
Designed as an attack on the sensibilities of synthesis the MSG noise generating DIY desktop demon can swap out different synthesis chips for unexpected experimentation and crackles.
Synthfarm hand-makes wooden polyphonic synthesizers
02 May 2017 in Synths
The Primatone is a hand-made, wooden, interactive polyphonic digital synthesizer from Synthfarm that brings a rustic approach to music making and interactivity.
Moog Synthesizer IIIc – the original modular – returns
29 Apr 2017 in Synths
Moog Music are building 25 reissue Moog Synthesizer IIIc modular synths from the original plans, art and circuit boards. It's a work of art, a piece of history and a bloody great synthesizer.
Propellerheads confirms Reason to include VST support
27 Apr 2017 in Studio
Propellerheads just confirmed what many thought would never happen: Reason 9.5 is to get VST plug-in support. We've got a video and all the details.
First listen to the Moog Drum Machine you’ll never own
27 Apr 2017 in Synths
Moogfest is nearly here and there are still spaces in the DIY workshop to build an exclusive DFAM Moog Drum Machine that no one else will ever own. Or just watch the video and weep like the rest of us.
Superbooth 2017 Show Report: Why this is the most exciting music trade show on Earth
26 Apr 2017 in Synths
Here's a round-up of the cool things our resident synth specialist Robin Vincent found at the electronic music technology synth-fest that is Superbooth 2017.
Superbooth 2017: Befaco Hexmixer nails the Eurorack mixer
How do you fit a proper mixer into 3U Eurorack? The Hexmixer and Hexpander from Befaco have solved it in a 6 channel mixer that fits vertically in two rows.
Superbooth 2017: Erica Synths Drum Sequencer Computer
25 Apr 2017 in Synths
Erica Synths reveal a computerised, old-school, keypad driven 16 channel Drum Sequencer that will trigger your whole world. Love that keypad - classic!
Superbooth 2017: Erica Synths Black Dual VCF
24 Apr 2017 in Synths
Erica Synths has a new Black Dual VCF that features two identical filters in series or parallel with a rather nice LED spectrometer.
Get patching with SoloRack’s 37 virtual modular modules
24 Apr 2017 in Synths
SoloRack puts a virtual Eurorack into your DAW with 37 modules to patch together for modular bliss. Is it more modular than Softube's Modular?
Superbooth 2017: Mini Modor, the NF-1m synthesizer
21 Apr 2017 in Synths
Modor have taken their NF-1 digital synthesizer and squeezed it into a much more portable box and called it the NF-1m.
Superbooth 2017: Nerd Seq – it’s a Eurorack Tracker sequencer
21 Apr 2017 in Synths
Get your geek on with Nerd Seq, a hybrid Music Tracker sequencer for Eurorack with sample sequencing and cartridge expansion.
Superbooth 2017: Bastl Thyme robot operated digital tape machine
21 Apr 2017 in Studio
Bastl digitise the tape delay and let you play in the space between "Thyme" based effects (see what they did there?)
Superbooth 2017: 4ms reveal Spherical Wavetable Navigator mothership
20 Apr 2017 in Synths
6 independent wavetable oscillators, with 6 independent wavetable LFO's operating within a sphere of wavetables. I think you need a Spherical Wavetable Navigator.
Superbooth 2017: Rossum Electro-Music Assimil8or Phase Modulation Sampler
20 Apr 2017 in Synths
Prepare yourself as multi-timbral phase modulation sampling hits Eurorack in the shape of Rossum Electro-Music's Assimil8or
Superbooth 2017: Crusher-X granular synthesis reaches level 6
20 Apr 2017 in Synths
Crusher-X granulates audio in elaborate ways for sound designers and guitarists. The new version brings masses of reverb, tuning and modulation.
Superbooth 2017: Music Thing Modular demos 5 new modules
20 Apr 2017 in Synths
Music Thing has a bunch of prototypes on the Thonk stand including the Startup headphone amp, mixer, LFO, a Graphic EQ, Spring Reverb 2, Magnetophon and Chord Organ.
Superbooth 2017: U-He models the Prophet-5 as Repro-5
20 Apr 2017 in Synths
U-He develop their Repro-1 monosynth into the polyphonic Repro-5 with quite stunning results. Apparently inspired by an old Sequential Circuits synthesizer.
Superbooth 2017: What’s Yamaha inventing with the Reface Robot?
20 Apr 2017 in Synths
Yamaha are showing a Reface CS being played and manipulated by a robot interface designed by Anno Labs. Is the Reface Robot science fiction or an exciting new direction?