Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

ADDAC Swell Physics: Cast yourself adrift on a sea of modulation

18 Jan 2024 in Synths

The Swell Physics ADDAC508 simulates the movement of the ocean to generate voltage that follows the bobbing of tethered buoys. Intrigued? Read on.

Korg KingKORG Neo: Behemoth VA Synth returns in compact form

18 Jan 2024 in Synths

The rather underwhelming VA synthesizer has returned to terrorise us in a smaller format. Can the KingKORG Neo restore our faith in VA?

Midweek Modular: SideBands, Proximity and Bluetooth

17 Jan 2024 in Synths

This week in Midweek Modular we find FM in the SideBander, wave our hands at AIRLECTRON and pump wireless audio into our Eurorack.

Deal: Behringer SWING controller now priced at €65!

17 Jan 2024 in Studio, Deals

Behringer rearranges the SWING controller to look a little bit less like the Arturia KeyStep and announces that it's now priced at €65.

Dtronics DT-303: Acid Distortion in Three Flavours

13 Jan 2024 in Synths

The TB-303 on its own is never quite enough. Dtronics can blast it with 3 types of novel distortion from the DT-303 Acid Sound distortion box.

Bastl Instruments Neo Trinity: Enter the Matrix of Modulation

11 Jan 2024 in Synths

Take the red pill and dive into the rabbit hole of Neo Trinity's six channels of LFOs, Envelopes, recordable triggers and automatable modulation.

Midweek Modular: DXG bongs, Prizma complexities and pulling on Strings

10 Jan 2024 in Synths

In Midweek Modular this week we're bonging with the DXG, sequencing with the Prizma MkII and pulling strings of modulation out of our Eurorack.

Outersect Modeler: Trippy Acoustic Modelling born at Burning Man

08 Jan 2024 in Synths

Outersect Modeler emerged from classical musician and coder Rob Rayle's experience at the Burning Man festival. Was it the drugs or something more transcendental?

Midweek Modular: Tape scrubbing, Cooking sequences and DJ drops

03 Jan 2024 in Synths

This week we make loops with the uTape Scrubber, create 12-tracks of sequencing with Cuisine and play with the Stereo FX and DJ VCF from Erica Synths.

Best Eurorack of 2023: Granular, mixing, sustaining, morphing and more

03 Jan 2024 in Synths

The best Eurorack of 2023 ranges from the Brinta to the Endless, the Nano Mixer to the Tiptop ART and the wave morphing Acronym oscillator.

Midweek Modular: Major Tom, Wonky Snares and Psychosis

20 Dec 2023 in Synths

Midweek Modular takes us into percussion sequencing space with Major Tom, finds the perfect Snare in AE Modular and that it all ends in Psychosis.

Teenage Engineering OP-1 field – New updates just in

15 Dec 2023 in Synths

The Teenage Engineering OP-1 field gets a healthy update to OS version 1.5 and introduces a couple of new goodies including a bit crusher.

Midweek Modular: DIY Hats, Nibbles and Daisy Seeds

13 Dec 2023 in Synths

This week in Midweek Modular we learn how to build a HiHat module, try to fathom bit accumulation, and plug a Daisy Seed into an FX Boy.

Midweek Modular: Auto mixing, precision adding and metallic percussion

06 Dec 2023 in Synths

This week's Midweek Modular discovers that Nano will let you automate your mixes, Befaco helps you transpose, and SSF has 2 channels of clangs.

Midweek Modular: Harmonics, Cross-Fades and Vintage Sequencing

29 Nov 2023 in Synths

This week's Midweek Modular finds us modulating harmonic oscillators, cross-fading like a DJ and vintage sequencing like the old days.

Midweek Modular: Modular for beginners, Toads and Quantizing

22 Nov 2023 in Synths

This week in Midweek Modular, we discovered My First Modular, The Toad 12-Stage Phaser and the coolest and most compact quantizer I've ever seen.

SOMA Labs Metaconformer: MIDI Merge, Thru, Split, Translate & Combine

20 Nov 2023 in Synths

Metaconformer is a MIDI processor to organise your MIDI hardware. It can split keyboards, translate notes to CC and combine monosynths into polysynths