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The Morphos from Norand has a new spin on the complex oscillator by building in contextual and tactile multi-level morphological modulations.
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Endorphin.es has two interesting new Eurorack modules: Total Recall will remember voltages and Two of Cups offers 8 banks of samples in two voices.
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The XODES PV44 lets you dial-in 4 lots of 4 voltages for squirting into your rack for instant patch changes and modulation not unlike the AFX Mode on the Novation AFX Station.
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The Typhon is a quirky combination of analog synthesis, sequencing and digital effects in a very cool collaboration between Dreadbox and Sinevibes.
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Red Panda has just announced Context V2, an update to its venerable reverb pedal that adds stereo, MIDI/USB, three new algorithms, preset footswitch, a Shift function to access more parameters...
Mooer has just launched two new budget guitar combo amps, the SD30 and SD75. Both models pack in the features and use the company's preamp pedals as a basis for their amp tones.
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Eurorack modular continues to generate interesting pathways into sound and synthesis and is becoming more accessible all the time. Here's our choice of modules that stood out this year.
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Boss has just unveiled its most powerful guitar and bass synthesizer system to date, the SY-1000. Yup, it packs in a lot of features and has an epic-looking blue frame. But is it simply too expensive?
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Will the new Collider Delay + Reverb pedal take the market by storm? It certainly has enough power and functionality to take on the demands of pro musicians with its dual DSP setup.
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Can Zeus from Argentina based GS Music be the god of all analog polysynths? Will we ever see it closer to home? And what could you do with a 12-voice multitimbral analog polyphonic synthesizer?
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In a bumper update to FL Studio 20 Image Line introduces a nicely designed source of sounds called FLEX. Simple controls, big sounds and completely free to existing owners.
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Craig Anderton's new Amazing Multiband Helix Presets pack gives your Line 6 Helix access to true multiband distortion for more dynamic, open and wider sound.
Our second bargain of the day! The Elektron Analog Drive pedal has been reduced from an RRP of EUR 395 to an astonishing EUR 89 on Thomann's website. The perfect time to buy an analogue programmable drive ...
Polyend Preset with record up to 30 seconds worth of voltage for output over 9 channels per preset. You can feed in sequences, patterns, modulations and have them all recalled at the touch of a button.
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The new Gem Box III from Joyo manages to pack in a staggering array of features into a pedalboard format for a low price. But can it match its competitors in sound and build quality?
Kim Bjorn and Chris Meyer's Patch & Tweak book has given birth to an online Patch & Tweak Editor where you can layout and save your patches using the system of symbols introduced in the book.
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Whatever sound you can possibly imagine can probably be found amongst the 8000 presets of SampleTank 4. IK Multimedia's behemoth sample-based software workstation is available now.
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Big, fat, dirty bass synth tones? Yes, please! Check out the brand new Electro Harmonix Bass Mono Synth pedal in all its glory - and it looks like it will have an attractive price, too.
Inspired by the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 version 2 of Messiah improves and expands on almost everything and comes with a ton of presets, new filters, new effects and MPE support.
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Go to the website, design your dream MIDI controller using knobs, buttons and faders on a 4 x 4 grid and hit the order button. That's the plan and they are taking preorders on Kickstarter to make it happen.
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Designed with Erik Norlander (Alesis Andromeda) this little monosynth really does impress with its sound and capabilities. UNO is now available to own and it'll be interesting to see what people do with it.
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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.
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The Walrus has updated the Luminary pedal to V2 - this polyphonic quad octave generator has plenty of tweak-ability and options available, with an expression pedal input.
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MAZE is a 4 x 4 matrix of audio and CV routing with saveable patches that you can morph between and select via CV. Live muting and preset switching make for a very performance orientated patching machine.