More on the SP-2400 sampler – and not from Behringer

Assumptions about Behringer being behind the rendered image of something called an SP-2400 seem misplaced as producer Ken Flux Pierce releases more images and a tiny bit more information.

Teenage Engineering OP-Z gets a hardware upgrade with the oplab MIDI/CV module

The little yellow oplab accessory for the OP-Z brings CV, trigger, gate, Pocket Operator sync and MIDI In/Out making it so versatile you've got to wonder why it didn't have it in the first place?

Reed200: a spectral modelled 200A Wurlitzer

Sampleson uses spectral analysis and modelling to faithfully recreate the Wurlitzer 200a in only 30MB of sine wave samples. The Reed200 is refreshingly simple and delightfully full of character.

MidiWrist app: Turn your Apple Watch into the most cramped MIDI controller ever

MidiWrist is a new app that can turn your Apple Watch into a MIDI controller - but will the teeny surface area of the watch reduce its usability for musicians?

SP-2400: Is Behringer developing an Emu sampler clone?

An unexplained and unsourced 3D render of what could be a sampler based on the Emu SP-1200. The SP-2400 image doesn't come with many facts but all eyes turn to Behringer for an explanation.

Resynator: 70’s pitch tracking synthesizer rediscovered in a new documentary

Alison Tavel, the daughter of the late Don Tavel the inventor of the Resynator, is on a mission to resurrect her dad's pitch-tracking synthesizer through a documentary looking for Kickstarter funding

SampleTank 4 with up to 8000 sounds and 250GB of samples available now

Whatever sound you can possibly imagine can probably be found amongst the 8000 presets of SampleTank 4. IK Multimedia's behemoth sample-based software workstation is available now.

ETHER: another weird object from Soma Labs – it captures electromagnetic waves

Vlad from Soma Laboratory produces some of the most wonderfully weird and fascinating devices. ETHER is an anti-radio that picks up the electromagnetic waves around you and turns them into a soundscape.

Igniter vehicle sound design: spaceships, sports cars, trucks and texture

Craft your own plane, train, rocket, bike, alien, chopper and automobile engine sounds with Igniter, a fascinating granular sampling and synthesizer sound design machine.

Teenage Engineering open up about the OP-1 price hike

First the OP-1 was dead, then it was on eBay at vastly inflated prices, then it was alive again and now it's back with a 50% price hike - what's that all about?

4MS new modules let you plug in your headphones and Listen to your Eurorack

4MS has released the Listen range of modules which feature an expandable mixer that outputs modular and line audio signals and an I/O module that has a dual headphone output for you and a friend.

Rob Papen brings Rack Extension Vecto 4-oscillator vector synthesizer to VST

Rob says that they received so many requests to expand the reach of Vecto, their 4 oscillator vector synthesis based synthesizer, to other plug-in formats that he felt it rude not to. 

Mellotronics Streetlytron Pro pulls decent Mellotron sounds out of your iPhone

If you have the room for authentically sampled Mellotron tapes on your iOS device then Mellotronics Streetlytron Pro will serve you up some classically trippy tape-based sounds.

12-voice analogue polysynth coming soon from GS Music

The image is only a 3D render but it shows the ambitious plans of Argentina based GS Music to make a 12-voice analogue synthesizer planned for September.

Verv: Sunbaked Tape Loop Synthesizer with added degradation, wow and flutter

Verv is a string machine based on tape loops that have been left in the sun, on the dashboard of a car, in the desert, for the summer. It's wobbly wonderland of degraded sounds.

Mutes: the first Eurorack module from modular guru DivKid

Mutes is a 4-channel performance muting module with momentary and latched mutes based on vactrols for smooth, clickless action. Perfect for switching audio and CV creatively through your rack.