Synths
SynthBooth: Fabulously curated synthesizer festival starts tonight
16 Oct 2020 · In the best produced virtual online synthesizer show yet SynthBooth has a fabulous roster of speakers, panels, performers and an Exhibition floor where you can chat to manufacturers.
Darklands: A Soundscape Synthesizer for our current Dystopia
16 Oct 2020 · If you're not feeling depressed enough then you can inject some added creepiness and despair with Darklands Dystopian Soundscape synthesizer from Puremagnetik - it's what we need right now.
Klavee: a spectrally modelled reed plucked and very rare electric piano
14 Oct 2020 · Modelled on a very rare example of a functional Klaviphon built in the Czech Republic in the 1960s that generated sound by plucking reeds with wooden hammers.
Mutable Instruments Stages gets an extended sequencer firmware
14 Oct 2020 · Stages, the Segment Generator 6-stage envelope, LFO and 4-step sequencer machine, has a firmware update to make it more usable as a standalone sequencer. Also, Marbles has a secret mode.
Modal Electronics teases a new blue synthesizer
13 Oct 2020 · As part of virtual Synthfest 2020 Modal Electronics released a little video showing glimpses of their history and finished with a gorgeous shot of a mysterious blue synthesizer.
Softube Modular assimilates Statement Lead, Monoment Bass and Parallels
13 Oct 2020 · Softube's Modular simulation software has gathered "modular ready" versions of their most recent software virtual instruments taking it to broader destinations.
Syntaxis micromodular: build your own breadboard modular synth
13 Oct 2020 · With a breadboard and a range of Syntaxis micromodular modules you can build your own modular synthesizer for a fraction of the price of Eurorack.
u-he releases introduction to CVilization video and we are none the wiser
13 Oct 2020 · The long-awaited CVilization module from software synth specialists u-he is a glorious display of colour and possibility but what does it do?
Prepare for BATTLE: Ginkosynthese DJ style mixer for Eurorack
13 Oct 2020 · BATTLE is a 2 channel mixer inspired by DJ battle mixers from the Hip-Hop scene but designed for creative patching within a Eurorack system. Also, check out the PHONO preamp.
Raffle: Did you win Eurorack DIY kits by North Coast Synthesis and Patching Panda?
13 Oct 2020 · Gearnews and Exploding Shed are giving away a bundle of two awesome Eurorack DIY modules! Here's your chance to win the North Coast Synthesis Leapfrog VCF and Patching Panda Punch!
STG Soundlabs: MU Oscillator and Eurorack .VCO now available
12 Oct 2020 · STG Soundlabs has been working on these relaxation core oscillators for a couple of years and has them ready to ship in differently styled MU and Eurorack formats.
Modbap Modular Per4mer: button bashing effects module
12 Oct 2020 · Per4mer is a 4-channel effects module designed for live jamming and performance and inspired by the sorts of button mashing effects you find on DJ equipment - sounds like fun!
SUPERBOOTH21 – with the SOOPERGrail show for guitarists and bassists – announced!
10 Oct 2020 · The SUPERBOOTH team in Berlin has just announced that its upcoming SUPERBOOTH21 event will be paired with SOOPERGrail, an exhibition for guitar brands and luthiers.
Novation and Aphex Twin speculation builds – could it be an AFX Station?
09 Oct 2020 · More images, teases and a possible box-shot add to the speculation around Novation's forthcoming collaboration with Aphex Twin's Richard D. James.
China Impression: Impressive collection of authentic Chinese instruments
09 Oct 2020 · Filling up a whopping 310GB of sample space China Impression samples over 60 individual instruments for a comprehensive collection of Chinese instruments.
Erica Synths Black VCO2 pulls in sawtooth waveshaping and modulation LFOs
09 Oct 2020 · The VCO2 builds on the classic sound of this analogue oscillator by bringing in a sawtooth waveshaper and internal modulation over the shaping and pulse width modulation.
Mutable Instruments slims down the Veils and hints at larger things to come
08 Oct 2020 · Veils is a classic Quad VCA that appears in almost everyone's rack. Mutable Instruments has slimmed it down to 10HP to "make room for large(r) releases and gives hope to rumours of the mythical Clouds 2.
808303.studio: A free online TR-808 and TB-303 machine? That’s the rest of your day gone.
08 Oct 2020 · 808303.studio is a web-based music creation platform built on the Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer and TB-303 Bassline developed by Yuri Suzuki and Roland. It's an 808 and a 303 - now go and play!
Castor & Pollux: Juno inspired heteropaternal superfecundation twin oscillators from Winterbloom
08 Oct 2020 · A mythologically heavy module featuring two Juno inspired digitally controlled analogue oscillators with an open-source firmware and ancient symbols dressed in an intriguing starfield of possibility.
4MS Percussion Interface and Expander translates sound into CV
07 Oct 2020 · The Percussion Interface and Expander can generate gates and envelopes from any audio source but particularly suited to plugging in acoustic drums and percussive sounds to control your Eurorack from your drum ...
Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and Legendary Tapes to premier at BFI London Film Festival
06 Oct 2020 · A sumptuously cinematic psycho-acoustic exploration of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire who conceived the Doctor Who theme and electrified the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the 1960s.
Native Instruments Super 8 flies solo
06 Oct 2020 · Super 8, Native Instruments vintage polysynth inspired 8-voice soft-synth has been released from its Reaktor shackles and can now run as a standalone VST3 plugin synthesizer.