Pittsburgh Modular announce their third new thing so far this year after the Microvolt and Sequencer. It's called Primary Oscillator and features cascading analog waveform sculpting. Nice!
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.
Crackly old Hammond Novachord gets the Rack Extension treatment for Reason as the Champagne Supernova. Perfect for that old sci-fi home movie you're working on.
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A complete modular synthesizer with 9 generators, 12-voices, 500 waveforms and a wonderfully playful illuminated surface of interactivity - if you're a believer in synthesis then checkout FaithState.
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Fresh out of Japan is this fun looking Gadget Synth containing 5 different sorts of synthesis, a 3 octave push button keyboard and a GameBoy style screen.
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Waveform, formally known as Tracktion, is heading towards a brand new version and Tracktion Corp has opened it up for public beta testing if you are a registered user.
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From new modular makes Livestock Electronics we get a Bang wavetable oscillator, MIR quad VCA, mixer, logic and distortion, and the Felix buffered mult. And this is just the beginning.
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The Buchla 259e is the first officially licensed Buchla software emulation. It's called the Twisted Waveform Generator and there's plenty of sonic abuse in here that makes it worthy of the name.
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1010music release a complete polyphonic wavetable synthesizer voice for Eurorack. Synthbox shares the same touch-screen hardware as the Fxbox and Bitbox and can also share the firmware.
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Is The Hog Shed Monster some kind of mystic steam punk creature strapped to the underbelly of a Harley Davidson? Or a hunk of wood with a sonar controlled 4-voice wavetable synth inside?
uniCYCLE is an analog oscillator with 6 waveforms and PWM. quadroPOL is a polarising VCA with hidden depths as a ring modulator, attenuator, inverter and CV source. Pure understated Vermona quality.
Audio Damage brings us a new and updated version of the classic additive software synthesizer you've never heard of. Dust off your Apple II and let's get digital with Phosphor 2.
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Invasors brings the feel and sound of analog hardware into the Kontakt software interface giving an enjoyably tweakable and inviting sound making experience.
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The Pete Fowler Atmegatron is a limited edition run of the Atmegatron 8-bit hackable chiptune synthesizer with artwork by Super Furry Animals album cover designer Pete Fowler.
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The Primatone is a hand-made, wooden, interactive polyphonic digital synthesizer from Synthfarm that brings a rustic approach to music making and interactivity.
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Behind the neon lies the fiercely digital serrated edge of Waverazor, a future synthesizer for torturing innocent waveforms.
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Waveform is the latest evolution of Tracktion Corporation's DAW. With a new mixing console, multiple platform support and uncommonly creative tools it's worth a look.
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Is Freak the result of an unholy coupling of digital oscillators? Actually, no, it's really quite sensible and serious sounding in a good way.
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An 8 waveform, 8 output morphing LFO from the blackest depths of Erica Synths, the Octasource is one scary module.
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Soulsby are poised to release their first Eurorack module. The Oscitron is an 8-bit oscillator based on the Atmegatron with 32 wavetables and input sampling.
The 1983 French made RCF Polykobol II is resurrected once again by XILS-lab. The PolyKB III is packed with morphing and modulating features. Let's hope they've got it right this time.
Mystified by the FM Wave XR7 virtual synthesizer. G-Sonique should consider writing a manual or perhaps creating a demo video? Good presets though.
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Being both awesomely and hideously intense is Vengeance VPS Avenger the last synth you'll ever need?
Korg's 1990 Wavestation advanced vector synthesis keyboard is now available as iWavestation for iOS and at last it's easy to program.
