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The Best Affordable Synthesizers For Every Budget
18 Nov 2022 · It can be tough shopping for a new synthesizer when you’re on a budget. However, there are plenty of surprisingly affordable synths out there.
Modal Electronics COBALT8 V2 firmware update
30 Sep 2022 · Modal pumps some new features into the COBALT8 virtual analogue synthesizer, including Vintage tone, free-running oscillators, new filters and effects
Modal ARGON8 V3 update brings vintage character, new filters and FX
09 Sep 2022 · Modal has released a huge firmware update for the ARGON8, including vintage imperfections, four new filter types and 15 new effects for free.
Modal Filton: Dual analogue transistor ladder filter
07 Sep 2022 · Modal Electronics' first Eurorack module, Filton, pulls the filter circuits from the 002 synthesizer and morphs through the modes.
Midweek Modular: Percussive voices, power sources and starvation
07 Sep 2022 · This week we've seen some beautiful new modules to elevate your modular and one that's determined to starve your system to destruction.
Are Modal Electronics teasing a new synth or is it modular?
06 Sep 2022 · An Instagram post from synthesizer makers Modal Electronics suggests that it might be about to release either a new synth or something in Eurorack?
The best wavetable synthesizers 2022
08 Apr 2022 · Wavetable synthesis has made a huge comeback and the selection of synths is wider than ever. Here’s our list of the best wavetable synthesizers in 2022.
Modal Electronics COBALT5S: Ultra-portable 5-voice virtual analogue synthesizer
01 Mar 2022 · Made from the same stuff as the COBALT8 but compact and portable. With 40 complex algorithms and 8 oscillators per voice, COBALT5S could be the synth to take everywhere.
Modal Electronics updates ARGON8 range to V2.4
21 Jul 2021 · A new firmware update for the ARGON8 range of wavetable synthesizers also brings volume 2 of Modal Electronics ARGON Factory Library.
COBALT8 Firmware update 1.1 brings 6 new algorithms
16 Jun 2021 · 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 2021 · 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.