Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Korg announces i3 Workstation and EK-50 L Entertainment Keyboard

09 Jan 2020 in Synths

Drawing on decades of sound design and workstation experience Korg offers the i3 Music Workstation for augmented music creation and the EK-50 L for fully automatic accompaniment and new dance sounds.

Audio Damage Continua is a luscious morphing virtual analog polysynth

08 Jan 2020 in Synths

Audio Damage says they want to buck the trend of "Robocop" wavetable synths and bring us something warm, deep and lovely to get excited about. It's called Continua and it's a virtual analog polysynth.

Tenderfoot Quad Quantizer will make your modular musical

08 Jan 2020 in Synths

Tenderfoot has released a very affordable Quad Quantizer module for Eurorack that offers 4 channels of musical output, transposition and an innovative sample and hold feature.

Korg SV-2 Stage Vintage Piano brings more sounds, more polyphony and speakers

08 Jan 2020 in Synths

Korg has officially announced the new and improved SV-2 Stage Vintage Piano. It retains the awesome looks of the SV-1 but piles on the sounds, the polyphony. The SV-2S comes with integrated speakers.

Roland A-88MKII MIDI Controller could be the first to support MIDI 2.0

07 Jan 2020 in Synths

Roland has announced a new version of their slim but fully weighted A-88 MIDI controller. The A-88MKII comes with some useful expressive control but most remarkable is that it supports MIDI 2.0

Korg Wavestate Wave Sequencing Synthesizer official release

07 Jan 2020 in Synths

With a dash of nostalgia, a pinch of evolution and a huge chunk of new content Korg works its magic on the Wavestation to give us Wavestate; a fabulously dynamic digital synth that never sits still.

Leak! Korg is launching the Wavestate synthesizer tomorrow

06 Jan 2020 in Synths

According to photos of the latest edition of Future Music Magazine the synthesizer Korg is planning to release tomorrow is called Wavestate and it's the spiritual successor to the 1990 Wavestation.

Look Mum No Computer pulls the FM guts out of a Sega Megadrive

06 Jan 2020 in Synths

Sam Battle from Look Mum No Computer has pulled the FM engine out of a Sega Megadrive and turned it into a fabulously accessible FM synthesizer with analogue control

Drawing A Blank: Making spare space in your Eurorack look awesome

06 Jan 2020 in Synths

Got a hole in your Eurorack that you're not sure how to fill? Why not blank it with some awesome PCB art from Drawing A Blank by Markt Modular?

Korg SV-2 Stage Vintage Piano leaked online!

05 Jan 2020 in Synths

Has the Korg SV-2, a sequel to their SV-1 Stage Vintage Piano, just been leaked by an online store? If so, it will have more sounds, more polyphony, splits, layers and better effects...

Behringer TD-3 : new colours for the New Year

05 Jan 2020 in Synths

To celebrate the New Year Behringer has come up with two new colours for the TD-3 their TB-303 Bass Line clone. You can have it in black or a limited edition acid yellow complete with smiley face.

Korg pulls their second tease of 2020 from a flight case – could it be the ARP 2600?

03 Jan 2020 in Synths

Korg has already teased us about something happening on the 7th January and now we've also got to put the 10th in our diaries for what looks like another synthesizer or perhaps an ARP 2600?

TA Programming Studio MIDI and CV Interface

Studio MIDI and CV Interface offers complete Synthesizer control

03 Jan 2020 in Studio

TA Programming Studio MIDI and CV Interface claims to offer a full control system for your synthesizers. How does it do that? Through MIDI, CV, USB, MPE and some clever tuning and control software.

First look at the finished SP-2400 from Isla Instruments

03 Jan 2020 in Synths

The SP-2400 is the "Spiritual successor" to the E-Mu SP-1200 sampling drum machine. Isla Instruments are almost ready to ship and have posted a video tour of the finished prototype.

WoodStepper sequencer, synthesizer, sampler and effects plugin

31 Dec 2019 in Synths

From the oddly named Woodman's Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio comes the WoodStepper sequencer, synth, sampling and effects plugin that pretty much does everything.

Studio Electronics Midimini V30 updates their rack mountable Minimoog inspired monosynth

31 Dec 2019 in Synths

The Midimini V30 gives the Studio Electronics take on the rackable Minimoog an overhaul with a smooth new look, some choice Boomstar features and lots of patch points.

Korg teases a new synthesizer for the New Year

28 Dec 2019 in Synths

We just saw the arrival of the virtual Kortg Triton and we've heard rumours of an ARP 2600 reproduction but it looks like Korg has something else ready to roll out in the New Year.

Korg Triton joins the Korg Collection of software instruments

27 Dec 2019 in Synths

The iconic sounds of the naughties join the Korg Collection of virtual instruments in the shape of an authentically reproduced Triton workstation and sampler

Best Monophonic Synthesizers 2019 Top 5 monosynths

Best Monophonic Synthesizers 2019: The Top 5 monosynths

26 Dec 2019 in Synths

What a bumper year for monosynths! We've pulled together the ones that have brought us the most joy, excitement and action over the last 12 months. The best 5 best monophonic synthesizers 2019 were...

Navigator: polyphonic analog synthesizer from Blind Monk Instruments

23 Dec 2019 in Synths

Navigator is an unusual looking polyphonic analog synthesizer. Bucking the current knob-heavy trend It has only a handful of knobs, a screen and a 70's sci-fi look about it. Is it all about menus?

Korg Germany arrives in Berlin to build instruments with Tatsuya Takahashi

19 Dec 2019 in Synths

Korg has created a new subsidiary in Berlin called Korg Germany with a remit to develop instruments, partnerships and collaborations headed by awesome synth designer Tatsuya Takahashi.

ochd: 8 drifting modulation LFOs from DivKid and Instruo

18 Dec 2019 in Synths

DivKid (Ben Wilson) has released his second Eurorack module in collaboration with Instruo. It's called "ochd" and pronounced "oct" and is an octuplet of drifting analogue LFOs in a 4HP module.

Behringer is not done for the year and tells us to “fasten our seat belts”

18 Dec 2019 in Synths, Studio

Behringer has decided to release an all-electric Tesla clone. Called the Model B it's based on the Tesla Model S but cheaper and has patch points and a modulation grip. Well, it could be couldn't it?

Moog Subsequent 25 leaked in Polish product catalogue

18 Dec 2019 in Synths

Polish music retailer Audiostacja.pl has an entry in their new printed catalogue for a Moog Subsequent 25 which looks a lot like the Sub Phatty but with some Subsequent 37 features.