A is for “Affordable” with the Komplete Kontrol A-Series controller keyboards

06 Sep 2018 in Studio

Looking suspiciously like the original Komplete Kontrol keyboards the new A-Series controllers aim to bring NKS instrument mapping to a keener budget.

Native Instruments pumps up the Komplete Kontrol S88 to MK2

06 Sep 2018 in Studio

Catching up the S49 and S61 the fully-weighted, hammer-action Komplete Kontrol S88 controller keyboard gets the MK2 makeover with dual screens, pitch and mod wheels and the sleek black buttons and lines.

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Native Instruments updates industry standard sampler platform Kontakt 6

06 Sep 2018 in Synths

Kontakt 6 brings new sounds, new effects, a wavetable synthesis engine and the ability to design, build and script your own instruments. Does the upgrade tick enough boxes for your Kontakt wish list?

Native Instruments debuts Komplete 12 and new Collectors Edition

06 Sep 2018 in Synths

Native Instruments create the biggest bundle of instruments and sound library in the world with Komplete 12 Ultimate Collectors Edition. There's a regular version too all featuring Kontakt 6 and Massive X

Kasetta: modular synthesizer based on the Kastle and built into a VHS cassette

06 Sep 2018 in Synths

NonDestructive Design squeezed a Bastl Kastle into a VHS cassette, added some stuff like a keyboard and are moving forward to turn it into Kasetta - a very cool synthesizer.

New series of modular based sample packs kicks off with Mutant

05 Sep 2018 in Synths

Audiotent is kicking off a series of sample packs tackling Eurorack modules with the Mutable Instruments Plaits macro-oscillator. Mutant has 270 loops covering all 16 synthesis modes in handy, sequenced ...

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AE Modular MultiFX module brings 15 effects to “Modular for the masses” system

04 Sep 2018 in Synths

Tangible waves have taken the DSP chip from the TipTop Z-DSP module and dropped it into their low-cost AE Modular system and it sounds great! MultiFX available now.

Audiophile Circuits League takes over Sinfonion complex harmonic CV processor

03 Sep 2018 in Synths

Instruo has passed the Sinifonion torch onto Audiophile Circuits League who will finish and produce the long awaiting complex harmonic processing and sequencing module designed by Mathias Kettner.

Black Corporation reveal Synthex clone Xerxes at Synthposium in Moscow

03 Sep 2018 in Synths

The next synthesizer being revitalised by Black Corporation is the Elka Synthex which will become the rack-mounted Xerxes 8-voice analogue polyphonic synthesizer.

UNO’s official editor released by IK Multimedia

01 Sep 2018 in Synths

With the release of the software editor you can now get fully under the hood of the IK Multimedia UNO synthesizer. You don't have to wish for bigger envelopes or PWM - it's all here on Mac, PC and iOS.

Sequential is back! Dave Smith Instruments takes back the legendary name

01 Sep 2018 in Synths

40 years since the release of the Prophet-5 Polysynth Dave Smith Instruments returns to the name Sequential and everything is right with the world.

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Euclidean Circles V2 dazzles rhythms onto your Eurorack

31 Aug 2018 in Synths

Vladimir Pantelic has released a new version of his awesomely bright and groovy Euclidean Circles. Featuring a new manual step edit mode and an F button that can be anything you want.

Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.5 Hardware Synth Integration finally arrives

29 Aug 2018 in Synths

It's taken them a while to release the 2.5 update we first saw at NAMM but it's been worth the wait. Omnishere 2.5 Hardware Synth Integration is immense and the most extraordinary thing I've seen in a long ...

Reason Compact: Europa Synthesizer in the iOS palm of your hand

29 Aug 2018 in Synths

It's not Reason, not even a compact version - Reason Compact is the excellent Europa synthesizer in an iPhone form factor with smart keyboard and arpeggiator. It's a synth - don't be confused by the name.

Electrix: Led Zeppelin’s Hohner Electra Piano T sampled and free

29 Aug 2018 in Synths

Electrix steals the sound of the Hohner Electra Piano T from Stairway to Heaven, No Quarter and Down by the Seaside and gives a rare opportunity to sample Led Zeppelins sonic character.

Erica Synths Techno System gets a price and release date

28 Aug 2018 in Synths

Erica Synths ultimate banging Techno System is nearly upon us and as they slowly release the individual modules they've just revealed the release date and the price for the full system.

Bob Moog Foundation raffle offers up 3 classic Moog synthesizers

28 Aug 2018 in Synths

The Bob Moog Foundation Trifecta Raffle is giving you the chance to win one of three classic Moog synthesizers for the fabulous cause of supporting the development of the new Moogseum. Tickets $25.

Moog Music announces that Moogerfooger has reached the end of the line

27 Aug 2018 in Synths

After 20 years of making these strange, old-fashioned looking stomp boxes Moog Music has decided to call it a day on the Moogerfooger range of products.

Melu Instruments tease something spectacular in a groovebox styli

24 Aug 2018 in Synths

Freak makers Melu Instruments have started to tease a new desktop device that's "a little bit more than a synth or a sequencer" and could possibly take grooveboxes to a new dimension. What do you think it is?

Mystic Circuits experiment with intersections in the ANA ring modulating module

23 Aug 2018 in Synths

ANA is a 6-in-1 ring modulating utility module that experiments with the intersecting activity of audio and voltage signals. Put something in and get 6 things out that can be as weird as you want to push them.

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Erica Synths release the Techno inspired Dual Drive and Drum Stereo Mixer

23 Aug 2018 in Synths

More modules from the forthcoming Techno System - Dual Drive gives you 2 channels of 3 flavours of distortion and the Drum Stereo Mixer provides a destination for your processed beats.

Cosmosƒ real-time dynamic stochastic synthesis engine reaches Saturn6

22 Aug 2018 in Synths

Saturn6 introduces "The Object" so rather than sculpting the concrete sonic material, you record your gestures targeting all parameters which construct the sound object. No, I have no idea what that means ...

DRONAR Master Edition gives you 50GB of Gothic Instruments cinematic spookiness

21 Aug 2018 in Synths

Gothic Instruments have bundled together 8 of their most atmospheric DRONAR instruments into a singular, improved and yet familiar interface so you can go to town on creating the most awesome of sonic ...

SolinStrings recreates the always fascinating ARP Solina String Ensemble

21 Aug 2018 in Synths

A sampled emulation of the ever-popular ARP Solina Strings from Sono Elements. SolinStrings captures the sound and feel of the original and offers a simple, unfussy interface without any bells or whistles.