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Boss has given its new OC-5 octave pedal some impressive specs, with enhanced, vintage-voiced monophonic modes, as well as modern day polyphonic octave modes.
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Taking some pointers from the shape of their Poly D Behringer reveals their take on the classic Korg MonoPoly 4-note polyphonic and paraphonically articulated synthesizer and it looks great.
We all like multiple voices; the pads, the stabs and the textures as tones and timbres cascade and interweave. Which polyphonic synthesizers that went on sale in 2019 are your favourites?
SYNTH PRO is one solid looking, no-nonsense, ordered and structured synthesizer. It's got a nicely symmetrical layout, clear and spacious and ready to do some serious 8-voice polyphonic work.
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In a world of Internet and instant access to information, you would think guitarists would be enlightened. Actually it turns out we will believe any old rubbish!
Electro Harmonix ' 80s Attack Decay is a bit of a cult classic and now in 2019 it is back and with a vengeance, Mike Matthews does it again!
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You can now design, program and build your own modules for personal use and explore polyphonic modules within the 1.1.1 update for Cherry Audio's Voltage Modular
The Behringer Pro-1 based upon the Sequential Circuits Pro-One monosynth is good to go! It's been signed off and is heading for mass production. No news on availability but the price has been pegged at $299.
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At last we get the real images and the detail we've been lacking on this extraordinary polyphonic analog synthesizer from Moog Music. The Moog One is here, let's bask in its dreamy fatness.
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The 12 x 16 red LED button matrix is the centrepiece of this chunky hardware MIDI sequencer. 12 tracks of either mono, poly or percussion sequencing with plenty of room for performance and pattern triggering.
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A teaser video from Modal Electronics appears to give us a blurred view and sonic potential of something called Skulpt. I'm hoping for a 70 quid CRAFTPoly to go with my CRAFTRhythm and CRAFTSynth.
The Oceans 11 reverb pedal from Electro Harmonix packs in a lot of reverbs yet squeezes in some hidden parameters in, too. This thing looks like it could give you all the virtual space you need.
Was 2017 a classic year for synthesizers? Which synths captured the imagination, the sonic excitement and hands-on controllability that make for an awesome creative sound machine? Here are my thoughts on that.
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A OB-X Neo 2 x 8 voice synthesizer module fades in from the gloom. Not quite clear enough to tell if it's a render, a plug-in or hardware. Is it from Tom Oberheim or is Behringer behind it?
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Take an understated polyphonic virtual synthesizer, throw all its presets into a 3D spherical space and let them morph into one another. That's SyndtSphere, and it's free - check it out.
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A new update to the Modal Electronics CRAFTsynth introduces a Poly mode where you can chain them together to create a full-on polyphonic synthesizer. Or maybe get a Roland SH-01a for the same price?
The Polyend Poly is a Eurorack MIDI-to-CV converter with 8 voices, 4 outputs and 3 modes of operation and MPE support making it quite a remarkably creative utility module.
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The anticipation up to the Dreadbox Abyss April release is starting to build. Check out these fabulous new images but how much would you pay for 4 notes of analog synth?
Need something to control both MIDI and CV gear, with a bit of conversion, arpeggiating and MIDI manipulation? The 512 Touch Keyboard could be just the thing.
