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IK Multimedia pumps the Syntronik Collection up to 33 synths with over 5,500 presets combining 4 layers of synths per patch of iconic and ultra-rare vintage synthesizers.
Slimmer pickings for synthesizers amongst the deals but here are a few that caught my eye and some software synth downloads you shouldn't miss.
Thomann has €6,000 worth of hardware and software synths to give away including gear from Korg, Moog, Native Instruments, SOMA Labs and more!
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New updates to The Pill Stereo make it a thumpingly good live performance effect for ducking synths with drum machines, microphones and other sources.
Grab great Halloween deals on effects, synths, sound packs and more - or download free plug-ins and content for your next production.
Why buy books for your children that talk about the mundane or the fantastical when they can be about the things we really care about.
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Knobcon 9 hosted all sorts of synths, modules and devices we hadn't seen before. With the help of JAde Wii's camera work, let's see what we missed!
A new coffee table book by Mike Metlay and the people behind Patch & Tweak gives us a beautifully presented insight into vintage synthesizers.
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We all have our favourite go-to software synthesizers but what are the new breakthrough synths of this year? Here are 5 for your consideration.
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A welcome update to what's become a classic collection of historic Korg synthesizers in software form adding the miniKORG 700S, Prophecy and Triton Extreme.
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Noise Engineering is developing VST, AU and AAX plugins and offering beta versions for free to anyone who signs up to their Customer Portal! Yes please!
Between virtual analog to physical modeling, or simply high-quality emulations of legendary sound generators - you can choose from everything!
SoundForce has updated their SFC-Mini hardware controller designed to give hands-on control over software Minimoogs such as the Arturia Mini V.
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Mateo Mena is an "Electronic Luthier" whose work includes modular electronics, bioluminescent sound and light patterns and artisan sequences.
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The remarkable and award-winning documentary by Lisa Rovner, Sisters with Transistors celebrates the women pioneers of electronic music and technology.
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"Revolutionary" new synth? A solid update, more like. Arturia's Pigments 3 adds Harmonic and Utility engines, Wavetables, a Jupiter-8 filter and new FX.
Fabulously tactile upgrade rings for your knobs which glow under UV light and offer a one-finger turning action. These are radioactive!
Google call it "A brief history of electronic music" and it is packed with music, technology, history with a massively diverse and international approach. Nothing brief about it!
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Google Arts & Culture presents AR Synth a collection of 5 classic music machines scanned into an AR environment for you to play with in your browser.
Symphony is a comprehensive and fully customisable touch-screen MIDI Controller that can run and process MIDI through any software or hardware MIDI device.
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Not content with their 2600 clone Behringer rolls out the more nuanced 2600 Blue Marvin and Gray Meanie versions of the classic ARP synthesizer. UPDATE: Preorders are open!
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Virtual versions of three of Noise Engineerings most alarming Eurorack modules: Basimilus Iteritas, Cursus Vereor and Desmodus and VST versions will come soon!
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Korg has released a preview video of the forthcoming Gadget VR which takes their cool iOS synths and beatboxes into the virtual realm. Grab a helmet and let's go!
Ronaldo is a graphic designer and maquette (model) maker who produces exquisitely hand-made models of classic synthesizers. We asked him to tell us about it.
