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Dino Park digs up some old CreamWare DSP synths and puts them in a DIY kit
04 Apr 2019 · MakeProAudio is resurrecting the CreamWare virtual synthesizers with a single SHARC DSP inside a neat little box that you build yourself. Dino Park is surprisingly affordable and open-ended.
Softube captures the Buchla 296e Spectral Processor for Modular
03 Apr 2019 · 16 bands of complex spectral analysis that offers filtering, EQ, vocoding and transformative resynthesis. Buchla 296e is one of the most complex and expensive hardware modules. Get it in Softube Modular.
4MS legendarily overdue Spherical Wavetable Navigator gets a release date
03 Apr 2019 · Just when you thought it had disappeared into myth and legend it pops up again with a release date and some demo clips. This could be the year of the Spherical Wavetable Navigator.
Soundforce SFC-1 controller turns U-He Repro-1 VSTi into a hardware synth
03 Apr 2019 · SFC-1 is a beautifully realised hardware controller for the U-He Repro-1 software emulation of the Sequential Pro-One. Is that a better hardware experience than the forthcoming Behringer Pro-1?
MeeBlip return with the geodo raw and digital, dirty and analog mini-synth
02 Apr 2019 · Geode is a fierce and furious dual digital oscillator synthesizer with a 70's analog stompbox filter and bags of modulation. It's compact, good value and leaves it all out on the front panel.
Kurzweil sneak an FM engine into their new PC4 production station
02 Apr 2019 · Kurzweil mixes the Forte into their PC range of production workstations and comes up with the PC4 with loads of sample library, 1000's of presets, virtual analogue and now 6-operator FM built in.
Nord Grand: huge weighted Kawai hammer action piano with a vintage vibe
02 Apr 2019 · In a stunning change of direction Clavia produce the gorgeous looking Nord Grand which could easily become a cool piece of furniture as well as an awesome piano and sample synth.
Expert Sleepers Little Mikey: plug your mic and guitar into your little Eurorack
01 Apr 2019 · Little Mikey will bring your voice, instrument or guitars into your Eurorack for whatever weird and twisted moments of deep and modulated sound design you can think of.
1010Music Blackbox: Compact touchscreen desktop sampler
01 Apr 2019 · They say Blackbox is a next-gen sampling studio that'll sample in anything you want to throw at it and then slice, sync and build things from one-shots, loops and sequences through to full songs.
Free Virtual Nothingizer plug-in helps you get past your creative block
01 Apr 2019 · Our German-language sister site has just picked up on a new creative workflow plug-in for musicians, beatmakers and producers battling with creative block – the Virtual Nothingizer.
Analogue Solutions reveal Impulse Command stereo dynamite synthesizer
30 Mar 2019 · Impulse Command is a ferociously dynamic stereo synthesizer that's built like a battleship console and doubles up on oscillators, envelopes, filters and sequencers - it's explosive!
Future Sound Systems finds a naked groove with the Portland percussion synth
29 Mar 2019 · Portland is a stripped down percussion synthesizer using resonators, noise and plenty of shaping for its 4 channels of drums. The huge patch bay makes it quite at home amongst all your other gear.
Noise Engineering opens pre-orders on 3 new modules
28 Mar 2019 · Sinc Bucina, Terci Ruina, and Cursus Iteritas Percido are being released April 18th and Noise Engineering has started taken orders. What are these things? We'll try to explain.
Panharmonium Mutating Spectral Resynthesizer = mind blown
28 Mar 2019 · Rossum Electro-Music boggle our minds with the Panharmonium. Plug in some audio and it extracts the spectrum and runs it through up to 33 oscillators. But we don't know what it sounds like yet.
Via – same hardware, multiple Eurorack modules
26 Mar 2019 · Starling is releasing "Via" for running multiple module firmware on a single hardware module. With different faceplates and open source software they could become any module you could ever want.
Analogue Solutions are teasing a new synthesizer
25 Mar 2019 · A tiny teaser from Analogue Solutions hints at some kind of new synthesizer on the way with a red case and purple circuit boards. Here's what we know so far.
Win a vintage Minimoog signed by Stevie Wonder
25 Mar 2019 · The Bob Moog Foundation is at it again with their ridiculously awesome raffles. This year a $25 ticket could snag you a vintage era Minimoog Model D signed by the legend that is Stevie Wonder.
MISO: Mix Invert Scale Offset – a multipurpose utility module from TipTop Audio
22 Mar 2019 · MISO is one of those modules that you don't know you need but very quickly becomes useful in any situation. Perfect for deliberate or accidental sound sculpting.
Nanoloop: Gamepad style sequencer/synthesizer zaps onto Kickstarter
20 Mar 2019 · Nanoloop has escaped from the GameBoy and iOS to evolve into its own hardware. With a casual gamepad interface and 4x4 matrix sequencer it's a very cool 4 channel device to play with your thumbs
Moogfest 2019: The Engineers Pass could have you building a Moog Vocoder
20 Mar 2019 · The workshop ticket at this years Moogfest appears to offer the chance to build an unreleased Moog Vocoder in the same size and shape as the previous Subharmonicon and DFAM.
EuroTile: a mini case for Eurorack modular in 1U format
19 Mar 2019 · Syinsi are bringing a new case to Kickstarter for their 1U analog Eurorack modules. It can take 12 1U tiles and be configured as a fully analog monosynth or versatile modular utility box.
Native Instruments reveals details about the Massive X software synth
15 Mar 2019 · In what is surely one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of a software synth ever, Native Instruments is finally telling us more about what the upcoming Massive X will be capable of.