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The dust has now settled on Superbooth, so we can return to wandering the internet looking for interesting bits of modular to have a look at.
This week Tiptop releases the latest Buchla formula-based module, ADDAC gives Eurorack some XLR, we have VCAs with special powers and a Dual Decay.
Rast Sound Transformer lets you turn your audio signals into something completely different using a set of four modulated resonators.
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Featuring dual analog synth oscillators, each with its own level, decay and octave switching. The Synthotron Ii from Red Witch will have you tweaking for days!
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Handbuilt in the USA the Jupiter J3DX is the 10th-anniversary edition of the mad little space born mini Jupiter synth from Chamber of Sounds coming in July
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We found the demo sounds for the new Slö Multi Texture Reverb hugely inspiring, with dreamy, swirling ambiences that might be best suited for prog or experimental players. Worth checking out.
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The Keeley Synth-1Â is a signal-triggered synth wave generator, the DDR is a Delay, Drive and Reverb, the Fuzz Bender is a three transistor hybrid-fuzz and the Eccos is a vintage tape flanged delay!
fourMatice CONTOURS is a versatile four envelope phase generator that can create interesting curves and low-frequency oscillations that go on for hours.
DSP Synthesizers move into analog modelling with their DR55 Drum Module clone of the Roland Dr Rhythm. 4 sounds, 4 triggers, 4 accents and two controls each for a bit of virtual analog rhythmic healing.
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The 5U Moog Modular community is about to get into the awesomeness of Noise Engineerings digital drum voices. The large format modular modules appear as Basimilus Iteritas Magnus and Manis Iteritas Magnus
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Drips V2 is a cool drum and percussion synthesizer in a 21hp Eurorack module. "Drips" aptly describes the amount of development in this barely tweaked, hardly changed, module - oh look a grey front panel.
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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.
Taking advantage of physical modeling, the PA1 lets you choose among 6 simulated materials like Gold and Titanium. What's more, the left and right channel pickup positions can be changed across the plate.
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Fracture is an extraordinary module of bursting noise, percussive shakes, claps and rhythmic applause from the generation of particle clouds from micro samples.
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Natural Gate takes the Low Pass Gate and creates something uniquely earthy and inspiring. Your plucks and strikes will have never sounded so organic before.
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It's 808 day and Roland finally announce the TR-08, the Boutique reissue of the classic TR-808 Rhythm Composer we've all been waiting for. All those lovely knobs and buttons are all a bit tiny in this format ...
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Qu-Bit release Contour, their looping, chaining Quad Envelope generator.
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A "studio-grade" compressor in pedal format, the PressuRizer is designed to retain your guitar's attack, and offers a couple of other handy little features.
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Here's the real official information on the DrumBrute, Arturia's kicking new analogue drum machine that makes ladies dance.
Russian synthesizer makers AVP have released a very small run of their new MAD-5 analogue MIDI drum machine - get it while it's hot.