On the last day of Superbooth 2019, MFB has unveiled the prototype of the SYNTH 8 polyphonic analog synthesizer. With 3 VCOs and 2 filters per voice, we can expect some thick and lush sounds!
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Behringer release and short and sweet video of what appears to be a working UB-Xa. We only get a couple of notes so I guess they are treating us mean to keep us keen.
Polyphenom 2 ups the ante on its predecessor with 200 wavetables, harmonic randomisation, a new filter and lots and lots of luscious sounds and textures.
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Fantastic new synthesizer coming from Novation which mashes together the Peak and the SL MkIII controller keyboard into one marvellously polyphonic synthesizer. Novation has reached the Summit!
A few hours after it emerged that Yamaha was gauging interest in the potential reissue of the classic CS-80 synthesizer Behringer teases that they were thinking the exact same thing. AND IT'S TRUE!
Yamaha's R&D department casually asks some Yamaha insiders whether they'd like an authentic CS-80 reissue or perhaps an evolved super synth, you know, if they were to build one...
Based on the Elka Synthex the Xerxes polysynth from Black Corporation is going to be available for preorder at Superbooth in May. Check out these sound demos.
The image is only a 3D render but it shows the ambitious plans of Argentina based GS Music to make a 12-voice analogue synthesizer planned for September.
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We finally get to see the Black Corporation Xerxes in action which was largely overlooked at NAMM. Based on the Elka Synthex 1980's analogue polysynth.
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The Motor Piano is a synthesizer that uses regular DC motors spinning optical disks as voltage controlled oscillators. 3 spinning motors are used per voice for up to 12 voices in this fascinating synthesizer.
Uli Behringer has been feeding the internet with day-by-day images of their Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer clone under construction. Today he published some photos of the finished hardware - and it looks great!
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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.
There's a bunch of description and specifications for the new 8 and 16 voice polyphonic Moog One synthesizer that appears to be in stock at Sweetwater, but no real images. What's going on?
The next synthesizer being revitalised by Black Corporation is the Elka Synthex which will become the rack-mounted Xerxes 8-voice analogue polyphonic synthesizer.
40 years since the release of the Prophet-5 Polysynth Dave Smith Instruments returns to the name Sequential and everything is right with the world.
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An unsubstantiated email posted on a forum spills the beans on the spec of what could be a huge polyphonic synthesizer from Moog, probably called the Moog One. Is it real? Hopefully Moog can set us straight.
