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Equinox Synth: cheap as chips Eurorack project on the way
11 Mar 2019 in Synths
Rob Spencer has a plan to bring down the price of Eurorack using modern manufacturing techniques and simple designs. Could the Equinox Synth be the entry into modular you've been waiting for?
Edit and control your Behringer DeepMind 12 from your DAW
11 Mar 2019 in Synths
Momo Müller has pulled out the insides of Behringer's DeepMind 12 and presented them as a VST editor and controller so that you can dig deep and save all tweaks with your project.
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?