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Deliciously harsh tones and resonant timbres emerge from this polyphonic box of synthesis from Gotharman's Music Instruments. Zybraz is coming like a character from a 70's Sci-Fi movie.
This week's free plug-ins: a synth with multiple synthesis techniques, a dark and menacing harpsichord and a cool filter. Say hello to MOLOSS, Darksichord and Filta!
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Behringer's TD-3 Analog Bass Line Synthesizer, the inevitable Roland TB-303 clone, is here in red, blue and silver! They are €149 and you could have one before Christmas.
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We knew this was coming. The TD-3 is, of course, a clone of the Roland TB-303 which Behringer were hoping to reveal tomorrow. But the Acid is firmly out of the bag now.
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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Analysing clues left by Behringer in the four teaser videos we think this is all about a successor to their massively successful X32 digital mixer, probably called Wing. Unless it's not.
Native Instruments has released the 1.1 update to Massive X and addressed a couple of cosmetic issues that users have been moaning about and given us a bunch more presets.
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10 months after it was revealed at NAMM the spunky little Crave mono-synth with 3340 oscillator and Moog ladder filter is now available to buy for £137.31
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New in from Peru is the Perceptron semi-modular desktop synthesizer with a spacious layout and characterful analogue sounds coming off a single oscillator and16 in/out patch points
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The PVX-800 from InfraDeep takes on that classic Polivoks grunge and character from the original schematics, adds some extras and is looking pretty tasty in blue or white.
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Superlative has the Space Bee SB01 homage to the SH-101 ready for production and are looking for preorders on Kickstarter for $899 from people interested in "the sound of the past, crafted for the future".
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Elektron has released OS updates for the Analog Rytm and Analog Four. Among other improvements, both machines received a major feature that many had been wishing for: sequencer MIDI out, at last!
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Babylon packs all its parameters into a single page for people who like to see every knob at all times. The 257 waveforms and 2300 presets will keep you so busy you probably won't need to edit them.
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Rare Waves gives us a glimpse of the prototype of the forthcoming Grendal RA-99 analogue synthesizer, the successor to the RA-9 Grenadier plus the 2TAC Sequencer.
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The Analogue Pocket is a little powerhouse of a portable, handheld games machine but it also has Nanoloop which they say is a digital audio workstation, synthesizer and sequencer. Sounds like fun!
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Behringer says they've been working on a "W" for 30 years in the latest tease campaign and offer up the slimmest of clues in a very dark and largely pointless video. What the f could it be?
