It's a mad week for modular with Superbooth kicking off tomorrow. Here are some things to look out for from the booths of FEZ-Berlin.
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Joranalogue has a split-phase bucket brigade delay line and a voltage-controlled variable router to show us that will be available after the summer.
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Pathways is modulation, manipulation, feedback, creative routing and weird synthesis. All in a good looking desktop box with room to patch and tweak.
The Befaco AC/DC module can connect CV and audio to your DAW for some rockin' recording and modulation while pulling presets from the OWL platform.
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Available in both standalone and Eurorack formats Imaginary Friend is a complex and modular experimental synthesizer which is, of course, bonkers.
SoundForce will have an updated prototype of the SFC-8 MIDI controller for virtual Jupiter-8 plugins, the compact uDCO and the S-LD LinnDrum module.
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While Qu-Bit is not at Superbooth but is releasing the long-awaited Aurora Spectral Reverb which sounds like voltage-controlled whale song.
AtoVproject has a fascinating Dual Harmonic Oscillator DHO to bring to Superbooth along with a novel VCA inspired by Class-D amplification technology.
The MidSide+ module is an extension to the idea of WORNG's LRMSMSLR and comes with an expanded feature set. It also has something to give away.
Leaf Audio has a bunch of new stuff to show at Superbooth including Microphonic Soundbox Mk3, Microphonic Playground, mULTIple, Dronesynth and cases.
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The Oberheim OB-X8 has arrived and it combines the voice architecture of the OB-X, OB-Xa and OB-8 into one classic looking synthesizer. Is it everything we hoped for?
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Arturia has upgraded the V Collection premium suite of virtual instruments to version 9. It pulls in 4 new instruments and updates many others.
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XAOC has 5 modules on the way with awesome names and a wide range of functions. From oscillating to frequency shifting and the Leibniz Binary System.
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We got our hands on the only Cre8audio East Beast synthesizer in existence before release and here's my full, exclusive review and demo video.
Cre8audio emerge from the woods with a funky little synthesizer. East Beast is fully analogue, full of beans and likes to growl at the moon - grrrr.
A simpler release from Modbap that takes on the role of stereo mixing. Transit has gain control, muting a useful ducking input, and a headphone output