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Synths
Uli Behringer updates us on the UB-Xa Oberheim OB-Xa clone
28 Nov 2018 · This particular labour of love is still some way off as Behringer engineers knuckle down to try to make some money to fund synthesizer passion projects such as the UB-Xa.
Synthwatch: A synth you wear on your wrist
28 Nov 2018 · New on Kickstarter is the chunkiest, ugliest, most expensive and barely-functional musical wristwatch you could possibly imagine. Synthwatch - what are you all about?
Flow Motion FM Synth combines FM and subtractive synthesis in a very cool GUI
27 Nov 2018 · Waves have a go at making FM synthesis free flowing and easy with Flow Motion FM Synth and bolt in some analog style filtering for good measure. Does it sound as fabulous as it looks?
WaslioFM: easy FM synthesis with neon highlights make for an 80s-tastic plugin
26 Nov 2018 · With its arcade style interface and retro 80's vibe WaslioFM ticks the right nostalgia boxes. But with multiple unison modes and detuning of 8 voices per operator it's futuristic enough to make it fresh and ...
VCV Rack can now host and CV control VST Plugins
25 Nov 2018 · With version 0.6.2 of VCV Rack you can now load up all your VST plugins and virtual instruments as virtual Eurorack modules and control them with CV - genius!
Percussa mSSP: a Super Signal Processor in a sensibly sized Eurorack module
23 Nov 2018 · Percussa has made a much smaller and cheaper version of their Super Signal Processor module. The mSSP has the same engine and the same awesome versatility as a multi-function sound source and processor.
GRANULIZER 2: More grains, more granular, more spectral widening and chaos
23 Nov 2018 · Inertia Sound Systems has redesigned GRANULIZER 2 from the ground up to offer a deeper and yet more accessible granular synthesis experience. With a fresh front end and interactive waveform it's very playable.
TUNNELS: duplicate and route your Eurorack signals to infinite destinations
21 Nov 2018 · Tunnel In your signals through a 3 channel 1 into 2 buffered mult and Tunnel Out of 9 outputs anywhere else in your rack. Tunnels is a beautifully designed smart way to duplicate CV and organise your rack.
Synthmulator: a playable and patchable Eurorack modular in a virtual world
21 Nov 2018 · Dive into a simulated virtual 3D environment pick up some virtual cables and start virtually patching your virtual Eurorack and make some surprisingly good virtual sounds. Enter the Synthmulator.
Haken Audio ContinuuMini Electronic Instrument now on Kickstarter
21 Nov 2018 · A smaller, more portable and perhaps soloist inspired expressive instrument from Haken Audio. The ContinuuMini contains a powerfully dynamic and multi-dimensional sound engine - now on Kickstarter.
Kenton give us more CV with the Pro Solo Mk3 MIDI to CV converter
20 Nov 2018 · If you need to plug a MIDI controller into an analogue synthesizer then Kenton have you covered. The Pro Solo Mk3 in a stunningly similar silver box with more CV outputs, envelope and drum triggering.
Behringer both disappoint and thrill us with an update the on RD-909
20 Nov 2018 · Uli Behringer takes to the internet to tell us that the RD-909 is not coming as soon as we'd like but if we're patient then we're going to love the price.
Dtronics DT-RDX adds knobs to your Yamaha Reface DX
19 Nov 2018 · FM is notoriously annoying to program. Dtronics DT-RDX pulls out 50 FM parameters from the Yamaha Reface DX and puts them under your fingers for immediate, tactile and intuitive knob fiddling.
Prophet 12 LE: Limited Edition is the last of Sequential’s analog/digital hybrid
16 Nov 2018 · This is the last run of 100 Prophet 12s ever to be made. The Prophet 12 LE comes in icy arctic white and a maple body and is a superb hybrid synthesizer - get one while you can.
Birdkids launch RAVEN analog semi-modular synthesizer on Kickstarter
15 Nov 2018 · RAVEN is a synth-voice for Eurorack sporting dual VCO's a VCF and two VCAs. It's simple, elegant,100% analog and looking for pre-orders on Kickstarter.
Lancinantes: a throbbingly painful drone synth plugin from Inear Display
15 Nov 2018 · Lancinantes will sear itself into your consciousness, burn through your brain extinguishing all hope and light, leaving just a deep throbbing sense of dread. It is the sound of your doom.
Shapeshifter: DIY drum machine with expandable hardware
15 Nov 2018 · 4 voices, 16 samples per voice with independent pattern lengths, a low pass filter and a bitcrusher. And then a breadboard on which to develop your own expansions for the Shapeshifter Open Hardware DIY kit.
Rakit Metal Synth: a mad percussive and metallic noise box
13 Nov 2018 · Build your own percussive and noise shaping synth box with a Polivoks inspired filter and bags of personality. The Rakit Metal Synth is an easy build, great value and a load of fun to play with.
fourMative CONTOURS: four single phase envelopes with complex combinations
09 Nov 2018 · fourMatice CONTOURS is a versatile four envelope phase generator that can create interesting curves and low-frequency oscillations that go on for hours.
Coma Reactor: a crunchy delay module that fractures consciousness
09 Nov 2018 · Animal Factory Amplification wants to bring a nasty, fractured delay module to your Eurorack. Coma Reactor will warble, spit and make you seasick in delightfully crunchy ways. Updated with sound demo.
Tasty Chips ECR-1 to bring convolution reverb to Eurorack
08 Nov 2018 · Run your Eurorack through the impulse responses of faraway places or unexpected environments with the ECR-1 convolution reverb module from Tasty Chips.
Rava Yamana: 60 knob MIDI controller for analog-style VST synthesizers
05 Nov 2018 · PsyTrance producer Raphael Huber has designed a 60-knob MIDI box that lays out controls common to many analogue-style VST synths, helping you jump between them yet stay in control.