Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Ellistronics Panic Voice Data-Distort Oscillator screams into life

10 Jul 2018 in Synths

Chewed out of the brain of a deranged digital distortion field the Panic Voice Data-Distort Oscillator will destroy your love of music and the lives of your children.

Elektron Overbridge 2.0 closed beta sign-up – it might actually exist!

09 Jul 2018 in Synths

Elektron has announced that a beta version of Overbridge 2.0 does exist and they are inviting Elektron users to sign-up for the closed beta testing. Exciting times!

VeeSeeVSTRack: VCV Rack virtual Eurorack gets a VST plug-in version

09 Jul 2018 in Synths

Third party developer bsp804 has come up with a version of VCV Rack virtual Eurorack software that can run as VST plug-in within your favourite DAW. It's a work in progress but you can try it out yourself.

SKULPT – a huge 4-voice 32-oscillator minisynth from Modal Electronics

07 Jul 2018 in Synths

SKULPT is a great name for a fat little futuristically designed polyphonic synthesizer. 4 voices and 32 oscillators of virtual analogue synthesis that'll run on batteries. Hitting Kickstarter next week.

Build your own Oberheim OB-X rack synth via this Kickstarter stretch goal

06 Jul 2018 in Synths

Abstrakt Instruments have been raising funds for Oberheim OB-X parts on Kickstarter. Now they've revealed a stretch goal that will put together a who OB-X rack kit - if they can reach that goal in the next 36 ...

Analogue Solutions new sequencer gets a name – Generator

05 Jul 2018 in Synths

We saw the prototype at Superbooth but now Analogue Solutions have named it and told us it's coming very soon. Generator is a 3 channel CV step sequencer and gate sequencer and the leaked images look awesome.

Elektron turns up the Analog Heat to MkII

05 Jul 2018 in Studio

Some tweaks, a new screen and it has an audio interface built in. Is the Analog Heat MkII a serious vindaloo of an upgrade or just a safe and reliable chicken korma with an onion salad and popadoms?

New synth from Modal Electronics poised for release

05 Jul 2018 in Synths

A teaser video from Modal Electronics appears to give us a blurred view and sonic potential of something called Skulpt. I'm hoping for a 70 quid CRAFTPoly to go with my CRAFTRhythm and CRAFTSynth.

Doepfer Dark Energy III monosynth throbs into availability

04 Jul 2018 in Synths

Like a power source forged in the heart of an exploding sun the new and improved Dark Energy III oozes with analogue synthesizer action and opens itself up to a cool bit of modding.

Worried about new US tariffs on synthesizer components? Read this.

03 Jul 2018 in Synths

Moog sent the synthesizer community into panic with warnings of 25% price hikes and moving manufacturing outside the US due to new tariffs. Now other synth makers are questioning those claims.

RolandCloud 5.5 brings AAX support for Pro Tools

03 Jul 2018 in Synths

Finally all you Pro Tools users can get access to the wealth of instruments and classic synthesizer emulations from the RolandCloud as they introduce support for AAX.

Tendrils are about to infest your Eurorack

02 Jul 2018 in Synths

Declutter your Eurorack with Tendrils that snake around your modular system. The right-angle plugs are great for semi-permanent connections and low clearance cases as well as bring some badly needed clarity.

Will new US import taxes push Moog manufacturing to leave USA?

30 Jun 2018 in Synths

President Trumps 25% import tax on circuit boards and components could seriously damage American synth manufacturing. Moog is suggesting they should move overseas. It's time to write to your congressman.

Roland System-8 gets new FM oscillators and filters in meaty 1.2 update

29 Jun 2018 in Synths

Roland has added two FM variations to the oscillators on the System-8 featuring 2 operator and 5 operator waveforms. It also gets filters from the Jupiter-8 and Juno-106 amongst other bits and bobs.

A briefcase full of Volcas? Squeeze up to 4 Korg Volcas in this hard-shell case

28 Jun 2018 in Synths

A very useful case that will protect up to 4 Korg Volca boxes plus their adapters and cables. The top comes all the way off so you could easily play with them inside the case. Might save them from beer spills.

Leak! Nektar to announce Panorama T4 and T6 MIDI controllers

28 Jun 2018 in Studio

New mid-range controller keyboards from Nektar get leaked on a French music store website. The Panorama T4 and T6 appear to have all the DAW integration facilities we like at an attractive price point.

Is Moog about to announce a polysynth called the Moog One?

27 Jun 2018 in Synths

An unsubstantiated email posted on a forum spills the beans on the spec of what could be a huge polyphonic synthesizer from Moog, probably called the Moog One. Is it real? Hopefully Moog can set us straight.

The Sleight of Hand is a magical CV signal footswitch for modular

26 Jun 2018 in Synths

When you've got your hands full of knobs how do you switch modulation or sequences without taking your fingers off the sweet spot? The Sleight of Hand is a passive CV signal footswitch that'll do the job ...

StarCruncher: Monophonic distorted realm explorer accidental minisynth

25 Jun 2018 in Synths

A new form of distorted synthesis discovered after a lab coding accident that has been likened to crashing data streams together is both painful and breathtaking. StarCruncher is somehow terrible and awesome.

Dreadbox splashes down with Drips V2 Eurorack drum synthesizer

25 Jun 2018 in Synths

Drips V2 is a cool drum and percussion synthesizer in a 21hp Eurorack module. "Drips" aptly describes the amount of development in this barely tweaked, hardly changed, module - oh look a grey front panel.

Malekko releases Quad LFO Generator with surpise built in 16-step sequencer

22 Jun 2018 in Synths

We first saw the Quad LFO at NAMM but didn't realise that you could record 16 steps of parameter automation. You can also distort the waveforms, change the phase and attenuate the output. It's full of ...

Arturia sex up controllers with sensitive, delicate and high impact KeyLab MkII

21 Jun 2018 in Studio

The Pro-Feel key-bed is robust and yet sensitive, delicate and nuanced for high-impact play - are Arturia describing the new KeyLab MkII controller keyboards or a new range of condoms?

Treadstone for Eurorack: a full analogue voice and modulation for your rack

20 Jun 2018 in Synths

Analogue Solutions small but epic Treadstone monosynth has been refitted into the Eurorack format. You get a proper synth voice with filter, envelope, LFO, sequencer and delay. Shame they didn't paint the ...

Behringer, Midifan and the MUSIC Tribe City factory strike: Uli takes to Facebook

20 Jun 2018 in Studio

Uli posts a response to the heat generated by recent reports of a strike at his MUSIC Tribe City factory and the legal action taken against a Chinese news site for using words like "shameless" and "copycat".