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DivKid (Ben Wilson) has released his second Eurorack module in collaboration with Instruo. It's called "ochd" and pronounced "oct" and is an octuplet of drifting analogue LFOs in a 4HP module.
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The new Magnetic Effects Electrochop optical tremolo pedal has a total of ten waveforms and can do subtle vintage tremolo to more modern, harder ones as well.
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The new Mattoverse Electronics TremStortion combines a complex analogue tremolo with the option of running it through its own built-in distortion, making it a very interesting boutique mash up of effects.
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The new Whitecap pedal is an 'asynchronous dual tremolo' combining digital and analogue sides that can be run in either series or parallel in a way we've never seen before.
Flower Pedals has reworked its Dandelion tremolo to version V2, adding new features to its lush-sounding analogue circuit. And there's even an update for V1 users for a measly USD 30.
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AnlogFusion is a rather tasty looking polyphonic synthesizer. It fuses two separate synthesizer engines, one analog and one digital making it less of a hybrid and more of a megasynth!
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With eight distinct modulation modes including a 'My Bloody Valentine' setting, plus a rather useful Flexi Switch system to momentarily engage the effect easily when required.
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This new multi-stage phaser is called the Dweller Phase Repeater, and has a time-stretchy, warpy, elastic component to its sound. Not your standard phaser, this, one.
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Boutique module makers Instruó reveal two new analogue oscillators and complex cross modulating one, an ARP 2500 based filter and a CV generating mixer. Most are now available to buy on their updated website.
We all secretly yearn for a Casio CZ synthesizer, well pour yourself a Cosmopolitan and you can have a dual Phase Distortion oscillator right in your rack ready to relive those 80's sounds.
More oscillations, improved circuit design, resettable LFO's and an internal paradise for DIY modders the Dark Energy III breathes new life into their original semi-modular desktop monosynth.
The System80 850 module is a multi-functional utility module for Eurorack with an LFO, Sample & Hold, Noise generator and Slew Limiter in one rather nice looking module.
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A new boutique analogue filter, the Lida Machine has lots of control, some crazy sounds and a reasonable price - this may be the most compelling VCF pedal for guitar we've ever seen.
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The Boris, the second pedal by Rocket Surgeon, adds more fuzz to their line-up; this time it's for your guitar! This Russian-flavoured fuzz circuit looks set to go nuclear.
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Modulated filter section for guitar? If you're searching for some new synth-like sound options, Electro-Harmonix reckon they've come up with just the pedal for you in the form of the Blurst.
A round up of all the fabulous synthesizers and modular on display at the Sheffield SynthFest. The industry is changing, you could feel it in the circuits.
Here's the full skinny on the Roland System-8 Plug-Out expandable synthesizer with ACB technology. It's as awesome as we thought it would be.