Superbooth 2019: SoundForce introduce their Juno inspired DCO for Eurorack
07 May 2019 in Synths
It's an unusual configuration for a Eurorack oscillator but SoundForce has gone all in on the sliders with their DCO Digitally Controller Oscillator based upon the architecture of the Juno-60/106.
Behringer releases draft of DS-80 synthesizer designs
07 May 2019 in Synths
It's less than a week since Yamaha asked around for interest in reissuing the CS-80 synthesizer and now Behringer has a complete design for their own DS-80 on the table and are asking for input.
Superbooth 2019: 8 Slim Line Eurorack modules from Doepfer
07 May 2019 in Synths
Doepfer expands its Slim Line Series of Eurorack modules with all the bits you need to build a working synthesizer in around 30hp. There's also a full synth voice in only 10hp. Great stuff!
Superbooth 2019: Gibbon Digital Mono 42 case, TK-1 keyboard and MODUL app
07 May 2019 in Synths
Gibbon Digital is bringing an interesting console-style Eurorack case that perfectly fits their TK-1 1U keyboard and their other modules. They also have an iOS step-sequencer on the way.
Superbooth 2019: QD – Quad Drum Voice is a feast of a digital drum module
07 May 2019 in Synths
Building on its reveal last year Vladimir Pantelic brings his QD - Quad Drum Voice digital drum sound source refined and ready for release to this years Superbooth.
Superbooth 2019: Dreadbox NYX V2 resurrects the Goddess of night
07 May 2019 in Synths
With dual oscillators, dual filters, dual modulators the NYX V2 embraces duophonic voices through a paraphonic architecture and a multi-faceted reverb.
Superbooth 2019: Retrologue 2 VSTi becomes a desktop synth via Mind Music Labs
07 May 2019 in Synths
Steinberg and Music Mind Labs have got together to turn virtual instrument Retrologue 2 into a hardware desktop synthesizer via their ELK MusicOS. The prototype will be revealed at Superbooth.
LEAK! Novation Summit 16-voice polyphonic synthesizer to hit Superbooth 2019?
07 May 2019 in Synths
Fantastic new synthesizer coming from Novation which mashes together the Peak and the SL MkIII controller keyboard into one marvellously polyphonic synthesizer. Novation has reached the Summit!
Superbooth19: Special Rolling Report, all the hottest synth news in one place
07 May 2019 in Synths
No doubt: Superbooth 2019 will be one of the year's hottest synth events anywhere - catch up with all the latest news and rumours from the FEZ Centre in Berlin.
Mad Professor Supreme, a dual overdrive pedal designed with Matt Schofield
07 May 2019 in Guitar
New Mad professor signature Matt Schofield dual overdrive pedal, with two sides, each suited towards either your guitar's bridge or neck pickups. Perfect for a single channel amp?
Superbooth 2019: Finegear Arkive_Effects, an analog FX box with a modular twist
07 May 2019 in Studio
Finegear will reveal the Arkive_Effects at Superbooth 2019. It's a box with seven analog effects, including a spring reverb, delay, phaser, and saturation.
Has Buddy Holly’s 1954 Fender Stratocaster been found in Australia?
06 May 2019 in Guitar
A documentary claims that Buddy Holly's lost 1954 Fender Stratocaster has been found in Australia. Is it Holly's original Strat? Watch the film here and decide for yourself...
Superbooth 2019: Dreadbox give us a sneak preview of the NYX V2
06 May 2019 in Synths
Keeping the dual nature of the original NYX the NYX V2 expands and deepens the possibilities and the patching into other modular gear. Check out this preliminary video.
Erica Synths Fusion VCO V2 is dark and full of terrors
06 May 2019 in Synths
A riotous new oscillator from Erica Synths bakes in tube driven crunch and detunable thickness with an unusual amount of deep and dark sound blending that'll scare the pants off you.
Behringer muscles in on Yamaha’s CS-80 action
06 May 2019 in Synths
A few hours after it emerged that Yamaha was gauging interest in the potential reissue of the classic CS-80 synthesizer Behringer teases that they were thinking the exact same thing. AND IT'S TRUE!
Superbooth 2019: Autumn Soundboxes, handmade electro-acoustic boxes of noise
05 May 2019 in Studio
A range of electro-acoustic noise boxes made by Berlin-based 10cars that look like they were found in an abandoned 1970s school room. The unseasonably named Autumn Soundboxes will be at Superbooth.
CV Tape Player – a CV speed controlled cassette player in your Eurorack
05 May 2019 in Synths
The CV Tape Player lets you play cassettes in your Eurorack while controlling the speed with CV. What does that sound like? Pretty awesome in a drunken, spooky, warbling kind of way.
Can you smash Yngwie’s “unbreakable” guitar? It’s up for auction!
04 May 2019 in Guitar
Yngwie couldn't break it - but now you can have a go! The Sandvik "Unbreakable" guitar is up for auction on Reverb, so you could own your very own 3D printed titanium Super-Axe of the Gods!
Pittsburgh Modular gets wild with the Voltage Research Laboratory
03 May 2019 in Synths
Pittsburgh Modular has a custom Eurorack synthesizer designed for sound design and experimentation to reveal at Superbooth. The Voltage Reseach Laboratory could get very interesting.
Ernie Ball Music Man Dustin Kensrue StingRay lets you run pickups to separate outputs
03 May 2019 in Guitar
The new Ernie Ball Music Man Artist Series StingRay for Thrice’s Dustin Kensrue has some unique output options accessible via a single switch combined with a stereo TRS jack output.
IK Multimedia is bringing a new synthesizer to Superbooth
03 May 2019 in Synths
The tease machine leading up to Superbooth has started and IK Multimedia are dropping clues to a new device they are bringing to the show. Knobs seem to be the focus, which is nice.
Behringer asks if we’d like a Solina String Ensemble
02 May 2019 in Synths
Uli Behringer would like to gauge interest in reviving the ARP Solina String Ensemble Analog Synthesizer. They'd add in a phase shifter, have it Eurorack friendly and make it terribly affordable.
Manson Guitar Works freshens up MA EVO and MA Classic for 2019
02 May 2019 in Guitar
Manson Guitar Works has announced an update to its MA range, now divided into the EVO and Classic models, with better electronics components and and new pickups.
