Win a Moog Voyager XL Signed by Thomas Dolby – Synth Journal
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In the latest Bob Moog Foundation raffle, you can win a very special Moog Voyager XL signed by electronic music luminary Thomas Dolby!
Synth Journal – 5th February 2026
Win a Moog Voyager XL Signed by Thomas Dolby!
Bob Moog Foundation raffles are always great, but this one feels a bit more personal for me! As a huge Thomas Dolby fan, I shall be buying tickets for this one, maybe more than usual! As always, the raffles are a superb way for the Bob Moog Foundation to raise much-needed funds.
This time, the instrument is signed by Thomas Dolby who, despite having his fingers in numerous pies. is still performing live. In fact, I saw him live just last year and he’s currently touring the U.S. and will be back in the U.K. later this year.
The instrument on offer this time is a Moog Voyager XL, originally released in 2010 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Minimoog Model D. This very special version added an analogue patch bay to deliver an even more expansive experience.
Thomas Dolby is a huge fan of the Voyager XL, which he explains in more detail in the video below…
The raffle kicked off at 07:00 ET on Monday and will run until 23:59 on February 23rd, 2026. Tickets are $25 each, five for $100, 12 for $200, and 35 for $500. All proceeds benefit the three hallmark projects of the Bob Moog Foundation: Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the Moogseum, located in downtown Asheville, NC, USA.
The raffle to win a Voyager XL signed by Thomas Dolby is open to everyone internationally, and you can buy your tickets right here! Good luck!
The M0SS Family of Synths is Growing
The UltraPalace M0SS 101 was an exciting little synth project that delivered a newbie-friendly analogue mono synth in a small, handheld box that you could build yourself! Packed into that tiny box was a pretty powerful, dual-oscillator synth with stackable waveforms, LFO, envelope generator and even a built in delay.
Now UltraPalace are back with three more clever little boxes that expand upon the promise of the 101 with yet more handheld, small-buttoned synths that give us a synth inspired the Buchla Easel, a 9 voice polysynth and a 6-Op FM synth!
The M0SS-201 is a West Coast synthesis inspired monosynth that manages to pack in a custom generative random sequencer, a complex oscillator and an eight-stage wavefolder. That’s quite the ambitious concept, right there!
Well, it seems their ambition knows no bounds as the M0SS-309 claims to be a hybrid of some of the classic polysynths from the 70s and 80s. It’s a 9-voice polyphonic synthesiser with dual oscillators, a resonant filter, and two envelope generators per voice. It even manages to cram in a suite of FX!
Finally, the M0SS-416 delivers a classic, 6 Operator FM synth based on the Yamaha DX7. It’s fully compatible with DX7 SysEx, which you can load in via the built-in SD card or via MIDI. Unlike the DX7, it has a much more detailed interface which allows for easier modification of the synth’s parameters.
These three new synths will initially be made available via KickStarter which is expected to launch soon. You can sign up to be notified right here.
Eventide Music Mouse
Just as computers in music were really taking hold, one of the early proponents of their use in musical composition and performance, Laurie Spiegel, came up with an application for Macintosh, Amiga and Atari ST. It was called Music Mouse.
Music Mouse had all the complex music theory stuff baked right in, with these processes being automated, allowing users to concentrate on the performance in real time. Users could create entire pieces with it, as well as improvise.
Remarkably, it continued development right through to Mac OS 9 and remained available until 2021. And now, Eventide have announced that they’re bringing it back, with the involvement of Spiegel herself! Whilst Eventide haven’t shown us it working yet, they claim to have updated it for modern systems without losing what made it special.
There’s also no idea of cost, but it will cost because when you sign up for updates, they mention launch-day discounts. Either way, it will be very interesting to see how Eventide have brought this into the 21st century and to see what people do with it today. It’s a very different world from 1986!
SynTesla Step Sequencer
We all saw Hans Zimmer’s remarkable 12-cabinet modular monster that he debuted at his live shows recently. Built by French 5U manufacturers, SynTesla, it was the stuff of dreams for mega synth heads around the world.
Well, module by module, it seems SynTesla are taking parts of their monster wall of synth and making them available as more manageable (and affordable) pieces. This time it’s the step sequencer. It’s 16 steps, although you can program up to 32 steps by chaining with a second module.
It has a glorious physical presence with big, illuminated numerical displays and can be synced over external clock or MIDI. There’s plenty of CV/Gate connectivity and the first units are expected to be available by the summer of 2026.
if you want to get up close and personal with it, then a trip to SynthFest France is in order, where this module, and possibly more, will debut between the 17th and 19th of April. Hopefully, it will be at Superbooth too! As yet, availability and cost are not available.
GEM and LEM Brands Return
We definitely live in times where old brands and models of the past are being resurrected, for better or for worse. And news in from my fatherland is that GEM and LEM are making a comeback too, under the umbrella of Finnish-owned Generalmusic.
Often overlooked and sadly shunned as being too “home-keyboardy”, GEM instruments had a long list of high profile fans, including the likes of Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson! If those guys didn’t know quality, then who does?
Announced last week at NAMM 2026, two Italians are at the forefront of bringing GEM (and their pro-audio and broadcast brand, LEM) back to the market, and they’ve got quite the pedigree! Fabio De Fazio is an industry veteran who founded and ran Italia’s leading musical instrument retailer, StrumentiMusicalli.net.
He’s joined by Marco Medica, CEO of Audio Effetti, and the pair hope to bring these brands back from the dead and make a go of them! And who knows, we might see some serious synthesis coming back out of Italy once more. Let’s not forget that GEM bought up Elka-Orla, the company that gave us the Synthex! And GEM’s physically modelled pianos were supposed to be some of the very best.
Watch this space!
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