MIDI 2.0 Specification is available: Here’s what you need to know

28 Feb 2020 in Synths

After the monumental vote at NAMM to adopt the MIDI 2.0 specification in full, it is officially released to the world as the utopian ideal for electronic music machine communication and control.

Polyend releases another tease: It definitely samples

28 Feb 2020 in Synths

Polyend is ramping up the tease machine with two new videos since they dropped the first one a couple of weeks ago. In this video they appear to directly sample a Fender Rhodes piano; very intriguing.

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Ratchet: Eurorack drum brain for deep thinking rhythms from Schottkey Modular

26 Feb 2020 in Synths

Ratchet is the first module from Lia Harmon of Schottkey Modular and it's an impressively deep dive into the nature of beat making and rhythm composing in Eurorack.

Music Fingers: Unleash your fingers and tap out some tunes with these techno thimbles

25 Feb 2020 in Synths

Spanish hopefuls Music Fingers has some wearable instruments in the shape of thimbles designed to get you tapping out tunes and playing along with your fingers.

Boost your NerdSEQ with the More CV 16 Expander

25 Feb 2020 in Synths

The More CV 16 Expander boosts the NerdSEQ tracker's output possibilities with 16 more CV outputs. That's more notes, more modulation and more polyphony in your Eurorack.

Electrosmith Daisy: An open source board that can run a synth, a pedal or a module

25 Feb 2020 in Synths, Guitar

We saw the Electrosmith Daisy at NAMM and now it's ready for some Kickstarter action. Daisy is an embedded platform for music that can be an effects pedal, a Eurorack module or a synth.

Build yourself a DX7 with the XFM2, a 64-voice, 2-part, 6-operator FM synthesizer!

24 Feb 2020 in Synths

The XFM2 is a huge synthesizer in a tiny space that has 4 times the capacity of the previous version. They've upgraded the audio quality, simplified the build and given us all a DX7 kit for $99.

Behringer releases videos on the first System 100 modules

23 Feb 2020 in Synths

The first couple of System 100 modules have appeared on the Behringer website with videos detailing their operation. Looks like Behringer is planning to slowly ramp up the interest towards release.

Behringer System 55 Moog modular clones now available for pre-order

23 Feb 2020 in Synths

A handful of Behringer's System 55 Moog modular clone modules are now available for preorder but with no idea of when they'll arrive.

FLUX: Let’s do the time warp with this Temporal Modulation Rhythm Sequencer

22 Feb 2020 in Synths

FLUX from In Orbit Labs is a time-warping algorithmically based complex rhythm sequencer capable of Temporal Modulation bending to the curves of cosmic orbits.

Squarp Instruments Rample: Eurorack sample player leaks

22 Feb 2020 in Synths

A few details of the Squarp Instruments Rample appeared briefly on their website. They originally teased us with it in December but it could be fully revealed very soon - here's what we know.

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Omsonic Stochastic Inspiration Generator coming very soon

17 Feb 2020 in Synths

The fascinatingly named Stochastic Inspiration Generator from Omsonic and dBs Music is ready to take you on a probabilistic journey of melodic discovery and has a new expander to take it 4 tracks.

Thought-to-CV: hacking muscle-to-prosthetic arm interface to control modular

14 Feb 2020 in Synths

DJ and electronic musician Bertolt Meyer is attempting to interface the electrodes that control his prosthetic arm with his modular synthesizer. In reality, he's now generating CV with his mind.

Black Corporation Deckard’s Dream MK2: the dream evolves

13 Feb 2020 in Synths

Black Corporation has announced Deckard's Dream MK2 in a sleek new desktop format with all the sound of the original CS-80 replicant plus some genetic enhancements.

Soma Labs Quantum Ocean unravels the secret nature of consciousness

13 Feb 2020 in Synths

Soma Labs has turned their attention to the inner spaces of perception and is exploring new states of consciousness. Quantum Ocean embodies electro-shamanistic ritual as a living audio icon of chaos.

Control your acid with the TD-3 Pattern Tool sequence editor

12 Feb 2020 in Synths

Whether you love or hate the authentically annoying TD-3 sequencer there's now an online TD-3 Pattern Tool that will let you create and edit patterns directly on your little box of acid.

Behringer gives us a walk-through of the forthcoming 2600

12 Feb 2020 in Synths

In episode 3 of a series of introductory videos on the 2600, Behringer has asked Patrick to takes us through the machine and gives us a demo of the sound. Grab a coffee and take a look.

Behringer goes all in on the “Modded Out” TD-3 mods

12 Feb 2020 in Synths

After a bit of an argument with the makers of the Devil Fish TB-303 mod Behringer is suggesting they could make a TD-3 that incorporates all the 303 mods that ever existed.

Behringer Eurorack Go case: Full details and sliding nuts

12 Feb 2020 in Synths

Behringer has released the full details of their Eurorack Go case. It can accommodate 280HP of Eurorack modules, has an integrated power supply, sliding nuts, foldable legs and a carry handle.

Devil Fish hits back at Behringer’s proposed “Murdered Out” TD-3

05 Feb 2020 in Synths

Robin Whittle, the creator of the Devil Fish modification for the original TB-303 has hit back at Behringer's plans to incorporate this mod into a special edition TD-3. Update: And Uli responds.

StaffPad makes it to iPad with a huge 2020 update

05 Feb 2020 in Studio

A significant update to StaffPad scoring and hand-writing recognition software takes it to iPad for the first time and can now split parts to other devices over Wi-Fi.

Moog reintroduces its legendary 16 Channel Vocoder

05 Feb 2020 in Synths

It's been 40 years since Moog last manufactured their 16 Channel Vocoder and they've decided the time is right to bring this chunk of vocal filtering magic back to life.

Ummet Ozcan’s Genesis Pro: a phenomenal new virtual hybrid synthesizer for €1

04 Feb 2020 in Synths

Ummet Ozcan has revealed Genesis Pro that combines many forms of synthesis and innovative ideas into what he believes to be the ultimate software synthesizer. And it's yours for a single Euro.

Ampethron Portable: an expandable hardware touch-screen synthesizer from the future

03 Feb 2020 in Synths

Phasenetic Labs are calling it Ampethron Portable and it's a hardware synthesizer built into touch screen interface with expandable algorithms and an Xbox controller. This looks like fun!