Teenage Engineering cancels orders on 170 modular synth and 16 sequencer

Citing a problem with manufacturing Teenage Engineering has elected to cancel and refund all pre-orders on the 170 Modular Synth and 16 Keyboard Sequencer.

zenAud.io brings ALK2 Arranged Live Looping sequencer to Windows

ALK2 takes the concept of the looper pedal into the arrangement space of the DAW and let's you pre-arrange your live looping experience. And now Windows users get to have a go.

Chiptune HapiNES L and 8-bit Acid8 MKIII from Twisted Electrons

The HapiNES and Acid8 mini synthesizers get an update with a smart new case and MIDI connectivity. The rest is kind of underwhelming from the usually very progressive Twisted Electrons.

Paramount Synth floats a futuristic looking analog polysynth on Indiegogo

Straight out of the futuristic vision of the 1980s comes a synth based on CEM 3340 VCOs and 4-voice poly. But with no prototype and no demos can Paramount Synth capture the imagination of Indiegogo investors?

AI Synthesis AI006 will get your stomp boxes into your Eurorack

Love using guitar stompboxes to effect the signals in your Eurorack? Then you need the AI006 to sort out your levels and drastically improve the signal going through the loop.

Roland registers the look of the TR-808 and TB-303 as trademarks

Roland pulls their finger out and registers the design and layout of the iconic TR-808 and TB-303 as trademarks in Germany. How will this affect Behringer and other clone manufacturers?

Softube Modular gets slapped and excited with Mutable Instruments Rings

Softube Modular acquires another official Mutable Instruments module. Rings is a popular physical modelling Eurorack module that's helped define the sound of Eurorack over the past 3 years.

Soma Dvina: strings vibrating in magnetic fields electro-acoustic instrument

Soma Laboratories has come up with the simplest of classical stringed instruments where vibrations are captured with magnets, transformed, pre-amped, delayed and distorted in completely haunting ways.

NAMM 2019: Black Corporation Xerxes seen in action

We finally get to see the Black Corporation Xerxes in action which was largely overlooked at NAMM. Based on the Elka Synthex 1980's analogue polysynth.

NAMM 2019: STG Soundlabs .VCO, Radiophonic 1 Eurorack system and Boatrocker

STG Soundlabs introduce us to a new oscillator, put a power supply and some modules into a discarded Moog Mother-32 case and call it the Radiophonic 1 monosynth.

NAMM 2019: Mind Music Labs ELK and Rack Extensions revisited

Music Mind Labs demonstrated a Propellerhead Rack Extension running in a prototype Eurorack module on their ELK Music OS. I try to work out what it all means.

Rabid Elephant is working on a Eurorack sequencer

News from Rabid Elephant the makers of the always-sold-out-just-before-you-hit-the-buy-button Natural Gate that they are working on a fun and inspiring Eurorack sequencer.

NAMM 2019: Gamechanger Audio Motor Piano prototype polysynth

The Motor Piano is a synthesizer that uses regular DC motors spinning optical disks as voltage controlled oscillators. 3 spinning motors are used per voice for up to 12 voices in this fascinating synthesizer.

NAMM 2019: Behringer’s last surprise is the Crave semi-modular analog synthesizer

Behringer rounds off the NAMM weekend with a spectacular semi-modular monosynth called Crave that's fat, groovy, with a cool sequencer and loads of patch points for only $199 - Behringer wins.

NAMM 2019: Dreadbox Komorebi is a Chorus/Flanger pedal from guitar to Eurorack

Komorebi is a Japanese word which eloquently captures the effect of sunlight streaming through the leaves of the trees. Komorebi is a fascinating Chorus/Flanger pedal designed for much more than guitar.

NAMM 2019: Dreadbox Hypnosis Time Effects Processor blows our mind

Set your flux capacitor to 1985 and get the Hoff round for a session with the time shifting neon effects of the Dreadbox Hypnosis Time Effects Processor.