Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Polyend Tracker Artist Editions: more than limited edition funky paint jobs

06 Apr 2021 in Synths

I originally thought these were just custom paint jobs to liven up the serious look of the Polyend Tracker but actually, there's something quite cool going on.

Dirtywave M8: Handheld synthesizer, sampler and tracker open for preorders

06 Apr 2021 in Synths

The Dirtywave M8 Tracker is an exciting looking handheld music-making machine that's ready to go. Preorders are open now!

Erica Synths Black System III: Performing modular with the lights off

05 Apr 2021 in Synths

Emerging out of the darkness is the third version of the Erica Synths Black performance rig. Pulling in modules old and new to form a superb box of sounds and exploration.

Edisyn: Synth Patch Editor covers over 60 synthesizers for free

05 Apr 2021 in Synths

Edisyn is Open Source and free to download and offers software MIDI control over a large range of synths with dozens of templates and room to build your own.

Polyeight: Behringer teases an enhanced Korg Polysix clone

03 Apr 2021 in Synths

A little bit too close to April Fools day Behringer has revealed a prototype of the Polyeight based on the Korg Polysix with a couple of extra voices.

Vermona DRM1 MKIV: the analog drum synth for the discerning electro-percussionist

31 Mar 2021 in Synths

The DRM1 gets a new update continuing the tradition of its legendary grasp of analogue electronic drum and percussion sounds.

Moog Sound Studio: magical all-in-one synth package

30 Mar 2021 in Synths

Choose from a Mother-32 and DFAM or Subharmonicon and DFAM as a cool synth studio package with a 2-tier stand, cables, artwork and a little mixer.

Pocket Beatbox: Coolest portable multisampler on the planet

30 Mar 2021 in Synths

Here's a fabulous device, a box of beats, a slab of rhythms and samples that you tap and play and enjoy and take with you that's both simple and complex designed by Koka.

Dreadbox brings its new stompbox effects into focus

27 Mar 2021 in Synths, Guitar

These fabulously colourful stompboxes are revealed as the intriguingly named Kinematic, Lethargy, Darkness and RainDrops.

Synthetic Sound Labs overdrive Soviet tubes for the Tube VCA Model 2530

26 Mar 2021 in Synths

The deliciously warm Tube VCA / Timbral Gate from Synthetic Sound Labs is what happens when you blend Soviet-era tubes with modern analog technology.

Weston Precision Audio gives us a Kick, Bass and DR-110

25 Mar 2021 in Synths

Two new modules from Weston Precision Audio; the B2 Kick Drum/Bass synthesizer and the AD110 analog drum module inspired by a certain Dr Rhythm.

Vega: Stochastic Sequencing from outer space

25 Mar 2021 in Synths

Pantala Labs Vega is a probabilistic Eurorack Stochastic Sequencer spinning in a circle of illuminated possibilities.

Gleetchlab 2021: Digital Audio Glitch Station

25 Mar 2021 in Synths, Studio

Gleetchlab 2021 is like something out of a fever dream. Design for glitch-based live performance by Giorgio Sancristoforo this is a DAW of madness.

MMXX T-APE: Bit mangled synth in a cassette based form factor

23 Mar 2021 in Synths

How brilliant is this? It's a bonkers "bytebeat" noise machine built in the form of a cassette. They are calling it MMXX T-APE and who cares if the sound has nothing to do with magnetic tape?

Recodrum: Arthur Joly’s finest drum machine

23 Mar 2021 in Synths

Brazillian synth maker Arthur Joly says that he has finally forged the Recodrum that he's always dreamed of. The finest hand-built, analog drum machine you'll ever find.

New stomp box effects from Dreadbox?

22 Mar 2021 in Synths

The Dreadbox website has some a row of blurred stompbox effects in the style of their Komoreibi Chorus pedal. New effects incoming!

Analogue Solutions LEIPZIG V3: Original angry sound, new happy features

22 Mar 2021 in Synths

Analogue Solutions has entirely redesigned its Leipzig analogue synth. Keeping the classic angry synth sound while improving the reliability and adding some useful features.

Hyperion: Multi-layer Modular engine from Tracktion

22 Mar 2021 in Synths

Hyperion offers up to 10 layers of complex polyphonic modular synthesis with macro control and intermingling modulation and audio signal paths.

Love Hulten MonteSynth: A beautifully modded Minilogue

20 Mar 2021 in Synths

Love Hulten is an artist and maker of beautiful things. He's worked a number of Korg Miniologues into fabulous cases and this is the finest yet.

Russian synthesizers for your consideration

20 Mar 2021 in Synths

There's a healthy amount of synthesizer development and manufacturing going on in Russia and here are the ones you should keep an eye on.

SineSynth: Additive and FM Synthesizer for Reason

19 Mar 2021 in Synths

Take 16 sine waves and 16 ratios and go to town creating Additive and Frequency Modulated tones in SineSynth from Ekssperimental Sounds.

Ruina Versio: Stereo distortion, wavefolding, shifting, saturating and added DOOM

18 Mar 2021 in Synths

Noise Engineering ask the question: how many different types of distortion can we fit on a single module? Ruina Versio is the answer.

Mimosa 8: Two fat tubes and a fist full of attitude

17 Mar 2021 in Synths

Bizarre Jezabel releases the raucous Mimosa 8 tube-driven waveshaper and saturation module for Eurorack - it will eat you alive.

Voltage Modular gets a SEM emulation and polyphony

16 Mar 2021 in Synths

Cherry Audio has pulled a SEM out of their Eight-Voice emulation and dropped it into their Voltage Modular Eurorack environment in both mono and polyphonic versions.