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Mooer has announced two new micro preamps that extend Mooer's ever-expanding line-up of modestly priced digital preamp sims- can you guess which amp models these two are based on?
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ALM Busycircuits shows the prototypes of a number of modules including a sampler, a digital wavetable oscillator, a headphone amp and the Quaid Megaslope 5-stage envelope, LFO and step sequencer.
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.
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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.
Medusa is a hybrid synthesizer combining analogue and digital oscillators, up to 6 paraphonic voices plus an expressive 64 pad grid of sequencing and modulation programming. Now with video!
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The DuoSpaze packs 2 synthesizers and 2 samplers into a multi-timbral, touchscreen groovebox with filters, effects and a matrix of modulation. There's a lot going on.
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It's great for those traditional instrument sounds, looping weirdness and Prophet style synthesis running through analog filters. The Prophet X isn't for everyone but if you want Kontakt in hardware then this ...
Those retro-loving Danes at TC are bringing us an intriguing new package, the TC2290-DT, that translates the old 2290 digital delay rack unit into 2018-speak with a plug-in and desktop controller.
British made 8 part multi-timbral 128 voice 1280 oscillator hardware synthesizer Valkyrie is ready to swoop into Musikmesse on a blazing path of glory. Sounds a lot better than it looks!
A very technically accomplished synth for its time, the ESQ-1 has a very lush, distinct sound that you can find on many synth-pop and industrial records from that era. The Ensoniq is a true treasure!
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This little 15W amplifier packs in an insane amount of effects, amp models and cabinet simulations, yet seems simple to use and easy integrate into your guitar set up.
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The Strymon Interstellar Space Machine Magneto is officially released so let's bask in the sheer wonder of its evolving soundscapes, endless verbs, tape and time slips, sampling and shifting.
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The spiritual successor of Braids has arrived. Meet Plaits, the newly designed macro-oscillator with 8 melodic and 8 percussive models, no screen, simple controls and CV for everything. Every rack should have ...
The Sonorous Ord "RAYY" is a game-changing digitally controlled analog synth with a 3D dual-layered architecture looking for funding on Kickstarter. Except it doesn't exist yet - would you back a concept?
Analog-obsessed plug-in developer Acustica Audio has a new release! Geared towards mastering engineers, Azure is an exact digital recreation of a hand-made passive tube equalizer.
This golden age of synthesizers shows no sign of slowing down and NAMM 2018 had plenty to enthral the enthusiasts. Here are the 3 synths that really made me go all modulated.
