Superbooth18: Special Rolling Report
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Synthheads everywhere are either making their way to Berlin this week for Superbooth18 or glued to their media feeds: the year’s most exciting event for electronic music creation is almost upon us. Follow all the latest news from Berlin here!
04 May 2018 in Synths
Befaco brought three new modules to the show - Kickall kick drum, Muxlicer expandable sequencer and sequential switch and Burst for throwing out a bunch of probability influenced triggers.
Superbooth 2018: Behringer Odyssey ARP clone turns up unexpectedly
04 May 2018 in Synths
Just when you thought the Pro-One and RD-808 were enough to add to the DeepMind, Model D and Neutron, Behringer whips out an ARP Odyssey clone they are simply calling the Behringer Odyssey.
Superbooth 2018: AJH Synths reveal Wave Swarm and V-Shape modules
03 May 2018 in Synths
Wave Swarm is a dual 6-stage wave animator and the V-Shape tilts waveforms and distorts them in satisfying ways. AJH Synths bring modules of warmth and movement to Superbooth.
Superbooth 2018: Behringer Pro-One Sequential Circuits clone in action
03 May 2018 in Synths
Apparently there are too many preorders on Behringer's other synths to release the Pro-One just yet, so we'll have to wait until things calm down a bit before we get a release date or price.
Superbooth 2018: Endorphin BLCK_NOIR 7-channel hybrid drum generator
03 May 2018 in Synths
Endorphin reveals BLCK_NOIR an awesomely dark 7 channel analogue drum synth that uses digital noise with spectrum animation injected into analog circuits to generate the sounds. Updated with more info and ...
Superbooth 2018: Pittsburgh Modular Electronic Sequencer Designer in action
03 May 2018 in Synths
The fabulous looking Electronic Sequence Designer finally gets fleshed out at Superbooth. 4 channels of CV/Gate plus MIDI and a very versatile and creative user interface that wants to be played with.
Superbooth 2018: Tiptop Audio Z-DSP MKII for Eurorack digital sound processing
03 May 2018 in Synths
Tiptip Audio refresh their Z-DSP Eurorack digital signal processing module with a new front panel, enhanced audio engine and other refinements. Less of an upgrade and more of an update.
Superbooth 2018: Soundforce announces SFC-5 Prophet 5 style MIDI controller
03 May 2018 in Synths
Need to get hands-on with your Repro-5 or Prophet V VSTi? Soundforce have the perfect controller for that situation. The SFC-5 models the controls of the Prophet 5 for that hardware experience in software.
Superbooth 2018: Expert Sleepers FH-2 MIDI-to-CV and more Eurorack module
03 May 2018 in Synths
The Expert Sleepers FH-2 will take your MIDI keyboard, MPE controller, MIDI fader/knob bank or groovebox and convert it all to CV while arpeggiating, clocking, LFOing and step sequencing.
Superbooth 2018: Behringer have brought along their TR-808 clone
03 May 2018 in Synths
Behringer gives us a sneak peak at their TR-808 Rhythm Composer clone called the RD-808. It's still being developed but is only a few months from production but is looking pretty fabulous.
Superbooth 2018: U-He CVilization Polymorphic CV mangling tool
03 May 2018 in Synths
Urs Heckman reveals the story behind CVilization the still very much under development utility module that packs an awful lot of functionality into 10hp using a simple but effective colour coded interface.
Superbooth 2018: Soulsby announces ATX Atmultitron synthesizer
03 May 2018 in Synths
Updated: Soulsby Synthesizers reveal the new Atmegatron II and Atmultitron synthesizer. They kick off a range of "ATX" synthesizers in many different cross compatible formats based on the Atmegatron core.
Superbooth 2018: Bastl takes on polyphonic MIDI-to-CV with 1983
03 May 2018 in Synths
With 1983 Bastl wants to offer polyphonic MIDI-to-CV "from the future". Creative voice allocation and automatic tuning make this a very interesting and useful way to get polyphony into your rack.
Superbooth 2018: Black Corporation Kimiji polyphonic synth open for preorders
03 May 2018 in Synths
The Kimiji 8 voice polyphonic analogue synthesizer is on show at Superbooth and Black Corporation have just opened the shop for preorders on this slightly mysterious synth.
Superbooth 2018: Bastl Instruments Timber – dual waveform lumberjack
03 May 2018 in Synths
Timber offers wave driving and wave folding circuits that can be mixed and blended together with each other or the original signal. It takes a simple waveform and produces multiple harmonics and fabulous ...
Superbooth 2018: TINRS announce Edgecutter for seriously smoochy envelopes
03 May 2018 in Synths
This Is Not Rocket Science attempt to put the pizazz and romance back into ADSR with Edgecutter. A key feature is the row of LEDs which give a visual indication of where the envelope is at.