Intellijel gives an envelope special powers, AMSynths models Moog, Erica Synths has a Kick to build, and Noise Engineering is brewing something cool.
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We review Intellijel Cascadia - a semi-modular sound design power house. East Coast meets West Coast, patching meets playing. What did we think?
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Can envelopes be extraordinary or are they just utilities? SERRA offers some interesting possibilities within our old friend the ADSR.
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Raiju combines a complex digital oscillator, an ADSR envelope and an analogue lowpass gate to produce thunderbolts and lightning in percussive form.
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Get on your disco pants and head down to the Function Junction where you can dance with envelopes, flirt with functions and drink shots with LFOs.
It's taken IO Instruments a while to get the Kalyke Dual Function Generator to the shops but this multi-functional modulation machine is available now
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First announced two years ago Rachael is an analogue companion to the Deckard's Voice offering Ring Modulation, an envelope, LFO and VCO.
Wavefonix has released the first glimpse of their forthcoming Poly-8 range of polyphonic Eurorack modules with the massive Poly-8 VCO and there's much more to come.
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ReBach Musical Electronics CATCH is a series of low-cost Eurorack modules released over the last couple of months that may have floated under your radar and are now releasing DIY kits.
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Built on an ARM micro-controller the SoundForce Dual ADSR module is very smooth, CV controlled, individually loopable and reflects their Juno obsession.
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Based on the Deep Impact synth pedal, the new pandaMidi Future Impact V3 pushes the design even further, adding bags of features to help you get some deep, deep bass synth tones.
UNION is what happens when a couple of virtual analogue oscillators get it on and have a bunch of wavetable kids while under the influence of a load of effects - and it's only £5.99
To go along with the Deckard's Voice Eurorack module Black Corporation has now announced Rachael, a suitably multi-faceted ring modulating, VCO, LFO, ADSR module that very much has a life of its own.
Expect to see Shepard: a 6-channel performance step-sequencer, Ellis: an 8-output CV controller and Leap: an ADSR and LFO at the forthcoming Superbooth.
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Rob Spencer has a plan to bring down the price of Eurorack using modern manufacturing techniques and simple designs. Could the Equinox Synth be the entry into modular you've been waiting for?
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If you need to plug a MIDI controller into an analogue synthesizer then Kenton have you covered. The Pro Solo Mk3 in a stunningly similar silver box with more CV outputs, envelope and drum triggering.
A sampled emulation of the ever-popular ARP Solina Strings from Sono Elements. SolinStrings captures the sound and feel of the original and offers a simple, unfussy interface without any bells or whistles.
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If you find Eurorack too daunting then how about a range of modular synth modules in guitar pedal boxes? Patch them by themselves or to expand your semi-modular. Introducing Hungry Robot Modular
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The Microvolt 3900 was one of the stars of this years NAMM show. A perfectly formed semi-modular with 39 patch points and a creative approach to synthesis with wavefolding, filtering and a dynamic VCA.
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The Shrolca takes the Mutable Instruments Shruthi mono MIDI synthesizer and puts it in a Volca sized box and adds a touch keyboard for good measure. It's not exactly innovative but it looks cool.
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.
Stages offers 6 programmable segments of CV modulation that can combine into envelopes, loop into LFOs and step into sequences. Mutable Instruments continue to define the modular story.
Inspired by the timeless sounds of German electro-pioneers Kraftwerk, LoopLords created and released Kraft Sounds. This is a rompler that features 84 sounds emulating the band's synth-driven style.
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The long-awaited Manther monosynth and sequencer is almost ready to go and we get our first look at a finished version. Is it everything we hoped it would be?