Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

STG Soundlabs: MU Oscillator and Eurorack .VCO now available

12 Oct 2020 in Synths

STG Soundlabs has been working on these relaxation core oscillators for a couple of years and has them ready to ship in differently styled MU and Eurorack formats.

Modbap Modular Per4mer: button bashing effects module

12 Oct 2020 in Synths

Per4mer is a 4-channel effects module designed for live jamming and performance and inspired by the sorts of button mashing effects you find on DJ equipment - sounds like fun!

Novation and Aphex Twin speculation builds – could it be an AFX Station?

09 Oct 2020 in Synths

More images, teases and a possible box-shot add to the speculation around Novation's forthcoming collaboration with Aphex Twin's Richard D. James.

China Impression: Impressive collection of authentic Chinese instruments

09 Oct 2020 in Synths

Filling up a whopping 310GB of sample space China Impression samples over 60 individual instruments for a comprehensive collection of Chinese instruments.

Erica Synths Black VCO2 pulls in sawtooth waveshaping and modulation LFOs

09 Oct 2020 in Synths

The VCO2 builds on the classic sound of this analogue oscillator by bringing in a sawtooth waveshaper and internal modulation over the shaping and pulse width modulation.

Mutable Instruments slims down the Veils and hints at larger things to come

08 Oct 2020 in Synths

Veils is a classic Quad VCA that appears in almost everyone's rack. Mutable Instruments has slimmed it down to 10HP to "make room for large(r) releases and gives hope to rumours of the mythical Clouds 2.

808303.studio: A free online TR-808 and TB-303 machine? That’s the rest of your day gone.

08 Oct 2020 in Synths

808303.studio is a web-based music creation platform built on the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer and TB-303 Bassline developed by Yuri Suzuki and Roland. It's an 808 and a 303 - now go and play!

Castor & Pollux: Juno inspired heteropaternal superfecundation twin oscillators from Winterbloom

08 Oct 2020 in Synths

A mythologically heavy module featuring two Juno inspired digitally controlled analogue oscillators with an open-source firmware and ancient symbols dressed in an intriguing starfield of possibility.

4MS Percussion Interface and Expander translates sound into CV

07 Oct 2020 in Synths

The Percussion Interface and Expander can generate gates and envelopes from any audio source but particularly suited to plugging in acoustic drums and percussive sounds to control your Eurorack from your drum ...

Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes to premier at BFI London Film Festival

06 Oct 2020 in Synths

A sumptuously cinematic psycho-acoustic exploration of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire who conceived the Doctor Who theme and electrified the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the 1960s.

Native Instruments Super 8 flies solo

06 Oct 2020 in Synths

Super 8, Native Instruments vintage polysynth inspired 8-voice soft-synth has been released from its Reaktor shackles and can now run as a standalone VST3 plugin synthesizer.

Phonica Records hints at Aphex Twin and Novation collaboration

06 Oct 2020 in Synths

A display up in the window of London independent record store Phonica Records suggests that Aphex Twin and Novation have something going on for the 20th October.

Frequency Central High Towers clock machine and forthcoming Logic Bomb and Reset Simulation

05 Oct 2020 in Synths

Frequency Central releases the High Towers clock machine offering division, logic, sequencing and other clock based utilities while I accidentally leak the Logic Bomb and Reset Simulation.

Fenestra: A Global Initiative to Support Visually Impaired Musicians

05 Oct 2020 in Tech

Fenestra aims to unite electronic music instrument manufacturers to highlight the issues faced by the visually impaired and blind in terms of using and enjoying synthesizers.

SynthSpace: Virtual Reality modular synthesis that’s better than the real thing?

02 Oct 2020 in Synths

Strap on your VR goggles, it's going to be an awesome ride with this latest highly evolved version of SynthSpace which is heading for release in December.

Sequential renews the legend of the Prophet-5 and adds the Prophet-10

01 Oct 2020 in Synths

What?!? Sequential is bringing back the Prophet-5? And wait, there's a Prophet-10? What in holy analog synthesizer heaven is going on? (That was our genuine reaction).

Enforphin.es Running Order: 2-track trigger sequencer with super powers

01 Oct 2020 in Synths

Running Order offers 2 tracks of trigger sequencing and clock generation with rolling repeats, tuplets and Euclidean rhythms in a compact 6HP Eurorack module.

ElectroTechnique TSynth: Super cheap DIY desktop polyphonic synthesizer

01 Oct 2020 in Synths

ElectroTechnique says that their Teensy based polyphonic synthesizer can be built for under 100 dollars including the PCB, front panel and all the components.

Roland goes all-in on its 606 legacy with the TR-6S, TR-06 and software TR-606

01 Oct 2020 in Synths

Roland delights us with a bit of historical wallowing as they pull out their old TR-606 and gives us two updated hardware versions and an authentic software recreation.

Behringer 2600 is now in production

30 Sep 2020 in Synths

The much anticipated ARP 2600 clone from Behringer is in production and tantalizingly close to being a synthesizer reality that we can all share our opinions on.

LIRA-8 VST Organismic Synthesizer emulates SOMA Labs other-worldly hardware

30 Sep 2020 in Synths

Developer Mike Moreno has created LIRA-8 to emulate the signal flow and sound of SOMA Lab's LYRA-8 drone synthesizer for VST and PureData platforms and it's magnificent.

Softube Model 72 vintage synth time machine – quirks as standard

29 Sep 2020 in Synths

Model 72 is an exquisitely modelled monophonic synthesizer with original quirks included that can also be pulled apart as modules into Softube Modular and Amp Room.

PikoPiko Factory Prophet-Mini: is this adorable synthesizer for real?

28 Sep 2020 in Synths

From Japan and Twitter comes some photos of what appears to be a Prophet-5 squeezed into a smaller form with a 3-octave mini keyboard and a cute front panel. It's called the Prophet-Mini and would you like one?

Pin Electronics MIASMA: Cute analogue synth in a carry case with touch-screen pin matrix

28 Sep 2020 in Synths

From the makers of the Portabella Synthi clone comes MIASMA; a discrete analogue modular synth in a hardshell carry case with an intriguing 10 x 10 touch screen pin matrix.