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COBALT8 Firmware update 1.1 brings 6 new algorithms
16 Jun · Modal Electronics has released an update for the COBALT8 virtual analogue synthesizer adding 6 new algorithms and numerous other workflow enhancements.
Modal SKULPTsynth SE: the same but different
20 Apr · The Modal SKULPT gets a mild update and becomes the SKULPTsynth SE with a slightly different look and some new presets. Is that it?
Best Synthesizers 2020: The Top 10 Hardware Synths by Moog, Behringer, Korg and more
21 Dec 2020 · The Top 10 Hardware Synths 2020! Some awesome musical hardware was released this year, here are our favourites by Korg, Behringer, UDO, Arturia et al.
Modal Electronics announce bigger and smaller COBALT8s
17 Nov 2020 · We all saw this coming: Just like the ARGON8 the COBALT8 has spawned a bigger COBALT8X with 61-keys and a smaller COBALT8M desktop version.
COBALT8: Modal launches a cracker of a virtual analogue synth
29 Oct 2020 · COBALT8 is an 8-voice 64-oscillator sophisticated virtual analogue synthesizer with innovative concepts, complex modulations and morphable filters in a tidy blue synth.
Modal Electronics teases a new blue synthesizer
13 Oct 2020 · As part of virtual Synthfest 2020 Modal Electronics released a little video showing glimpses of their history and finished with a gorgeous shot of a mysterious blue synthesizer.
Modal Skulpt V2.0 Firmware brings MPE support and more
08 Jul 2020 · Modal's compact 4-voice Skulpt virtual-analogue synthesizer gets a firmware upgrade that brings MPE support, Sustain/Arp Latch mode, Global Tuning Setting and MIDI-In Offset.
NAMM 2020: Modal expand the Argon8 range with more keys and a desktop version
13 Jan 2020 · The Argon8 Wavetable Synthesizer from Modal Electronics that was released just a month or two ago is going to be joined by the Argon8X 61 note version and the Argon8M desktop module.
Best polyphonic synthesizers of 2019: The Top 6 new polysynths you can actually buy
11 Dec 2019 · We all like multiple voices; the pads, the stabs and the textures as tones and timbres cascade and interweave. Which polyphonic synthesizers that went on sale in 2019 are your favourites?
Modal introduces ARGON8 polyphonic wavetable synthesizer
23 Nov 2019 · The Argon8 derives much of its heritage and DNA from the Modal 002 hybrid synthesizer and brings that benchmark wavetable sound into a more compact and price-conscious space. Updated video and pricing
Modal CRAFTsynth 2.0 futuristic monophonic wavetable synth that’s not a kit
03 Dec 2018 · Wait a minute this bears absolutely no resemblance to the original CRAFTsynth! CRAFTsynth 2.0 is not a fun little DIY synth it's a serious box of monophonic wavetable goodness so what's with the name?
SKULPT – a huge 4-voice 32-oscillator minisynth from Modal Electronics
07 Jul 2018 · SKULPT is a great name for a fat little futuristically designed polyphonic synthesizer. 4 voices and 32 oscillators of virtual analogue synthesis that'll run on batteries. Hitting Kickstarter next week.
New synth from Modal Electronics poised for release
05 Jul 2018 · A teaser video from Modal Electronics appears to give us a blurred view and sonic potential of something called Skulpt. I'm hoping for a 70 quid CRAFTPoly to go with my CRAFTRhythm and CRAFTSynth.
Modal CRAFTrhythm DIY drum and percussion sampler
09 Sep 2017 · Modal Electronics announce the CRAFTrhythm, an 8-track drum and percussion sampler in the same DIY form as the CRAFTsynth. Good, cheap, fun.