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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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A splurge of string synths appeared in the 1970's after the success of the Solina Strings. The EKO Stradivarius was one of the more obscure but favoured by Vangelis for its spooky and atmospheric tones.
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It's been a bumper year for semi-modular synthesizers. Completely capable of being awesome in their own right but with a willingness to get patched into something greater. Here's our pick of the best.
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Propellerhead has ported their Dr. Octo Rex loop player over to the Korg Gadget eco-system. It takes all its looping and slicing as well as the synthesis and sound crafting functionality. That's one cool ...
In a recent interview, Erik Norlander indicated there were conversations with IK about building hardware synths while developing Syntronik. The UNO synth is a direct result of that - could there be more on the ...
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Chewed out of the brain of a deranged digital distortion field the Panic Voice Data-Distort Oscillator will destroy your love of music and the lives of your children.
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SKULPT is a great name for a fat little futuristically designed polyphonic synthesizer. 4 voices and 32 oscillators of virtual analogue synthesis that'll run on batteries. Hitting Kickstarter next week.
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Abstrakt Instruments have been raising funds for Oberheim OB-X parts on Kickstarter. Now they've revealed a stretch goal that will put together a who OB-X rack kit - if they can reach that goal in the next 36 ...
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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.
Like a power source forged in the heart of an exploding sun the new and improved Dark Energy III oozes with analogue synthesizer action and opens itself up to a cool bit of modding.
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Finally all you Pro Tools users can get access to the wealth of instruments and classic synthesizer emulations from the RolandCloud as they introduce support for AAX.
Declutter your Eurorack with Tendrils that snake around your modular system. The right-angle plugs are great for semi-permanent connections and low clearance cases as well as bring some badly needed clarity.
President Trumps 25% import tax on circuit boards and components could seriously damage American synth manufacturing. Moog is suggesting they should move overseas. It's time to write to your congressman.
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Roland has added two FM variations to the oscillators on the System-8 featuring 2 operator and 5 operator waveforms. It also gets filters from the Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 amongst other bits and bobs.
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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.
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A new form of distorted synthesis discovered after a lab coding accident that has been likened to crashing data streams together is both painful and breathtaking. StarCruncher is somehow terrible and awesome.
