Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Joué add regular MIDI Out to their MPE controller with re-Connect

08 Mar 2019 in Studio

Joué has discovered that there's a world of fabulous MIDI hardware outside the computer that could do with their particular brand of expressive control. The re-connect cable gives it a useful MIDI Out

Plankton SPICE modular distortion/saturation unit hits Kickstarter

07 Mar 2019 in Synths

SPICE is a desktop and Eurorack compatible saturator unit capable of a huge array of sounds and colours. It can produce anything from subtle tube warmth to extreme fuzz distortion - sounds like fun!

Raw Army Cases upcycled into limited edition Eurorack cases

07 Mar 2019 in Synths

GinkoSynthese and Error Instruments have come across one hundred 40-year-old army cases and are turning them into fabulous looking portable Eurorack cases.

The HEX-01 Eurorack cable hanger will tidy up over 300 patch cables

06 Mar 2019 in Synths

Recently launched on Kickstarter the HEX-01 from Eurodesk-Z could be the ultimate in patch cable tidying solutions. It fits on a mic stand and can hold over 300 cables.

MIDI 2.0: Great leap forward or too little, too late?

05 Mar 2019 in Studio

The MIDI Manufacturers Association got together at NAMM to continue the pursuit of MIDI 2.0 and we started wondering: Does anyone have a MIDI 2.0 shaped hole in their studios?

Cwejman announces Bass Lead and Drum Generator BLD-2

04 Mar 2019 in Synths

A new version of the Cwejman Bass Lead and Drum Generator is upon us but you won't be cool enough to get one We'll just have to watch the BLD-2 being used by other more worthy synthesizer artists.

SP-2400 sampler drum machine revealed to be from Isla Instruments

04 Mar 2019 in Synths

Isla Instruments step up to take responsibility for the SP-2400 renders that set the internet alight over the last few days. It's real and in development and here's what they have to say about it.

Roland finally re-releases the TB-303 Bass Line – on Roland Cloud

03 Mar 2019 in Synths

Roland has taken on the 3rd March as 303 day to reclaim the beloved TB-303 Bass Line synth and released an authentically modelled software version of the analogue classic - dammit!

Need polyphony in your rack? Doepfer polyphonic Eurorack modules now available

01 Mar 2019 in Synths

Doepfer has been talking about their polyphonic modules for about a year but now they are available so you can start running and processing chords through your Eurorack.

Leak: Nektar about to debut SE25 and SE49 compact controller keyboards

01 Mar 2019 in Studio

Nektar want to make sure they have a MIDI controller keyboard for every possible occasion and are about to release the SE25 and SE49 entry-level controllers for the budget and simplicity conscious.

Rare Waves Hydronium: semi-modular analog acid synth for desktop or Eurorack

01 Mar 2019 in Synths

The Hydronium is a complete semi-modular synthesizer available in tabletop or Eurorack versions assembled or as a kit. It's not trying to be a TB-303 but it sounds like one in the best possible way.

More on the SP-2400 sampler – and not from Behringer

28 Feb 2019 in Synths

Assumptions about Behringer being behind the rendered image of something called an SP-2400 seem misplaced as producer Ken Flux Pierce releases more images and a tiny bit more information.

Teenage Engineering OP-Z gets a hardware upgrade with the oplab MIDI/CV module

27 Feb 2019 in Synths

The little yellow oplab accessory for the OP-Z brings CV, trigger, gate, Pocket Operator sync and MIDI In/Out making it so versatile you've got to wonder why it didn't have it in the first place?

Reed200: a spectral modelled 200A Wurlitzer

27 Feb 2019 in Synths

Sampleson uses spectral analysis and modelling to faithfully recreate the Wurlitzer 200a in only 30MB of sine wave samples. The Reed200 is refreshingly simple and delightfully full of character.

MidiWrist app: Turn your Apple Watch into the most cramped MIDI controller ever

27 Feb 2019 in Studio

MidiWrist is a new app that can turn your Apple Watch into a MIDI controller - but will the teeny surface area of the watch reduce its usability for musicians?

SP-2400: Is Behringer developing an Emu sampler clone?

27 Feb 2019 in Synths

An unexplained and unsourced 3D render of what could be a sampler based on the Emu SP-1200. The SP-2400 image doesn't come with many facts but all eyes turn to Behringer for an explanation.

Resynator: 70’s pitch tracking synthesizer rediscovered in a new documentary

25 Feb 2019 in Synths

Alison Tavel, the daughter of the late Don Tavel the inventor of the Resynator, is on a mission to resurrect her dad's pitch-tracking synthesizer through a documentary looking for Kickstarter funding

SampleTank 4 with up to 8000 sounds and 250GB of samples available now

22 Feb 2019 in Synths

Whatever sound you can possibly imagine can probably be found amongst the 8000 presets of SampleTank 4. IK Multimedia's behemoth sample-based software workstation is available now.

ETHER: another weird object from Soma Labs – it captures electromagnetic waves

21 Feb 2019 in Synths

Vlad from Soma Laboratory produces some of the most wonderfully weird and fascinating devices. ETHER is an anti-radio that picks up the electromagnetic waves around you and turns them into a soundscape.

Igniter vehicle sound design: spaceships, sports cars, trucks and texture

20 Feb 2019 in Synths

Craft your own plane, train, rocket, bike, alien, chopper and automobile engine sounds with Igniter, a fascinating granular sampling and synthesizer sound design machine.

Teenage Engineering open up about the OP-1 price hike

19 Feb 2019 in Synths

First the OP-1 was dead, then it was on eBay at vastly inflated prices, then it was alive again and now it's back with a 50% price hike - what's that all about?

4MS new modules let you plug in your headphones and Listen to your Eurorack

19 Feb 2019 in Synths

4MS has released the Listen range of modules which feature an expandable mixer that outputs modular and line audio signals and an I/O module that has a dual headphone output for you and a friend.

Rob Papen brings Rack Extension Vecto 4-oscillator vector synthesizer to VST

19 Feb 2019 in Synths

Rob says that they received so many requests to expand the reach of Vecto, their 4 oscillator vector synthesis based synthesizer, to other plug-in formats that he felt it rude not to.

Mellotronics Streetlytron Pro pulls decent Mellotron sounds out of your iPhone

18 Feb 2019 in Synths

If you have the room for authentically sampled Mellotron tapes on your iOS device then Mellotronics Streetlytron Pro will serve you up some classically trippy tape-based sounds.