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Befaco's bonkers cartridge-based FX Boy hot swappable effects module is officially released and comes with seven cartridges from very cool places.
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Arturia introduce the MicroFreak Stellar Edition along side new firmware introducing sample import & playback, 3 new granular engines and more!
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Superbooth was huge, fun and full of vigorous patching. Here are a handful of Eurorack modular products that stood out for me this year.
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Superbooth is the place to be for synthesisers and electronic music! Gearnews editor Bob Malkowski gives his picks of The Best of Superbooth 2023.
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Gamechanger pulls their plasma tube circuit into the Eurorack space to explore the possibility of electrically discharged waveforms.
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The Jam Sandwich is a 4 x 4 grid sequencer with clickable LED encoders. It's designed for the visually impaired but could be a filling we all need.
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Alter Audio's time travelling live audio resequencer, or Timetosser, is being ported to Eurorack and things could get awesome & hilarious very fast.
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Cosmos bakes a universe of functionality into a completely mysterious front panel that invites exploration and possibly complete madness.
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Flame has an 8-channel polyphonic drum and percussion synthesizer called FIRE. I wonder how long Flame has held onto that product name?
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Gliss is a simple and delightfully interactive strip of touch-based Eurorack control that could be ridiculously useful in your Eurorack.
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Eowave was showing a bunch of new modules under the name "Space" including the Tempéte Magnétique filter, Richochet quad VCA and Supamix mixer.
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Triggerpad is a trigger sequencer that uses an 8x8 MIDI grid controller to create the patterns. Plug a Launchpad or APC straight in, and off you go.
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PolyPulse is a live performance workstation with unconventional algorithmic and polyrhythmic sequencing of FM and additive synthesis and sampling.
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SilverMachines has a new batch of the Orgon Systems Enigiser replica, the R-Enigiser and a new semi-modular synth with an innovative CV bus system.
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The Sonicware LIVEN range is further bolstered by Texture Lab, another unique and interesting tabletop device with granular sampling and FX.
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Morphor successfully kickstarted the AP-1 plucked module last year. This time we have Ensemble, an analogue eight-voice BBD Chorus.
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Bopp & Steve connects your fingers to floating bits in space, patches the virtual into reality, and deconstructs audio paths. What is it all about?
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Tiptop Audio ART is a completely new polyphonic signal format for Eurorack synthesizer systems and an exciting range of 9 total modules.
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The Tasty Chips GR-1 gets a delicious upgrade to the GR-MEGA with an expanded sound engine, multitimbrality, sequencing and effects.
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Monolab 1210 from Superlative is probably the most stylish little synthesizer I've ever seen. It's beautifully laid out with a deeply confident ease.
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The Mayer EMI Vibes is a powerful new virtual analogue synth with the same X-VA engine as the MD900 in a compact and more affordable format.
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On the Modal booth was a prototype of a new experimental synthesizer called Carbon8 which uses phase distortion synthesis. Is this the new Casio CZ?
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Riding out of the night comes a glowing sequenced filter bank of animated resonations. Night Rider is here; Hasselhoff not included.
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Roucha Legio is Noise Engineerings' first dedicated filter, and it's a 12dB/Oct stereo multimode filter with wavefolding and a gateable bypass.