Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Mutable Instruments Clouds for Softube Modular

Softube Modular officially licenses Clouds from Mutable Instruments

19 Jun 2018 in Synths

This is not a DIY clone or approximation, Softube has an official Mutable Instruments Clouds module for their Modular virtual Eurorack virtual instrument.

Novation Circuit Mono Station 1.2 brings Patch Flip, CV sequencer & synth tweaks

16 Jun 2018 in Synths

Novation's commitment to developing products after release continues with the 1.2 update to Circuit Mono Station. You get a bunch of new features that feel like they should have always been there.

MPG-70 hardware programmer for Roland Super JX and MKS-70 synthesizers

15 Jun 2018 in Synths

Got a Roland Super JX synthesizer or rack-mounted MKS-70 knocking around that you've never been able to program? The MPG-70 can help you with that giving full hardware control over every parameter.

MOD Duo X a universe of effects in a box on your desktop

14 Jun 2018 in Studio

The MOD Duo guitar pedal gets upgraded to the MOD Duo X and placed on the desktop. Apparently, It contains an infinite amount of effects, instruments and MIDI utilities but details are still a bit sketchy.

Elettrorama MFOS Echo Rockit effect synthesizer ready to roll

14 Jun 2018 in Synths

Officially licensed from Music From Outer Space the MFOS Echo Rockit is a dub-infused, space delaying, noise generating synth box with a lot of fun to be found under its knobs and buttons.

Soma Pulsar-23 organismic drum machine review

14 Jun 2018 in Synths

An immense analogue drum machine is being cooked up in Soma Laboratories called the Pulsar-23. It's like plummeting through the beating heart of a planet, while on fire and having your soul modulated. I like ...

Behringer threatens to sue news site for calling it “copycat” and “Shameless”

13 Jun 2018 in Synths

A Chinese music technology news site is being threatened with legal action for calling Behringer's latest recreations of vintage synthesizers "copycat" and "shameless".

Get some vintage 1980’s drums in your rack with RMX from DSP Synthesziers

13 Jun 2018 in Synths

Based on the Oberheim OMX drum machines DSP Synthesizers have worked up a 6 channel vintage 80's drum module with inbuilt mixing, MIDI and USB. That's a lot of drums in 12HP.

Output takes us to the Arcade for a coin-operated loop synthesizer

13 Jun 2018 in Synths

Arcade is subscription based, looks fabulous, sounds awesome and has a wonderfully intuitive synthesizer engine to manipulate loops. You'll get new content every day, forever provided you keep paying your $10.

Gotharman’s Little deFormer 3 granular groovebox ready for preorder

11 Jun 2018 in Synths

More groovebox action from Denmark's Gotharman's Musical Instruments. This time the deFormer 3 includes 16 light-up buttons for easier step sequencing of the multiple synth, sampler, noise and audio tracks.

Arturia reminds us of Spark’s existence with 2.4 update

10 Jun 2018 in Synths

3 years after Arturia introduced Spark 2, their uber-versatile software/hardware drum machine, it crawls up to version 2.4 with some bug fixes and a reminder that it's still good.

Waldorf KYRA: virtual analog FPGA powered hardware synthesizer we’ve seen before

08 Jun 2018 in Synths

Waldorf have picked up the Exodus Valkyrie, the only interesting thing at Musikmesse this year, and turned it into a potentially awesome virtual analog hardware synthesizer called Kyra.

Drops: physics-based percussion instrument realised in virtual reality

07 Jun 2018 in Studio

Grab your Oculus Rift and immerse yourself in a garden of shapes and falling marbles. Drops is a gravity-based musical instrument set in a serene environment for immersive mindfulness and virtual music making.

StepPolyArp Unit: a step sequencing polyphonic arpeggiator for iOS

07 Jun 2018 in Synths

The clue is in the name - StepPolyArp Unit is a step sequencing polyphonic and polyrhythmic arpeggiator for iOS that'll run internally, externally, via plug-in or Audiobus to generate melodies all over the ...

Grayscale Permutation: Turing Machine based random sequencer taking preorders

06 Jun 2018 in Synths

Grayscale has taken the Turing Machine and given it a jolly good upgrade. Individual step outputs and CV inputs take it in all sorts of interesting directions and there are three sizes to choose from.

Modular Synthesis School idea floated on Kickstarter

06 Jun 2018 in Synths

Modular Moon wants to open a Modular Synthesis School in Amsterdam to teach synthesis, sound and DIY modular to new generations of modular fiddlers. Is Kickstarter the best way to raise funds?

Output are teasing a musical revolution that will change the way you make music

06 Jun 2018 in Studio

If you dig around in Output's Instagram Story you'll perhaps catch a glimpse of what could be some kind of controller or hardware synthesizer - or it could just be another bit of furniture.

Pittsburgh Modular Microvolt 3900 desktop semi-modular ready to ship

05 Jun 2018 in Synths

The Microvolt 3900 was one of the stars of this years NAMM show. A perfectly formed semi-modular with 39 patch points and a creative approach to synthesis with wavefolding, filtering and a dynamic VCA.

Novation NovaX VST Editor and Librarian for Nova and Nova II synthesizers

04 Jun 2018 in Synths

Do you have a Nova or Nova II? Then you're going to enjoy the NovaX VST Editor and Librarian which will expose all the parameters, manage your patches and give you automation ecstasy.

What do you get if you cross a Volca with a Shruthi synthesizer? Shrolca.

03 Jun 2018 in Synths

The Shrolca takes the Mutable Instruments Shruthi mono MIDI synthesizer and puts it in a Volca sized box and adds a touch keyboard for good measure. It's not exactly innovative but it looks cool.

Spitfire Audio LABS free library kicks off with Soft Piano and Strings

01 Jun 2018 in Studio, Synths

LABS is a new range of free curated library from sample library crafters Spitfire Audio. You can download the blissfully simple plug-in free today along with a Soft Piano and a 14 piece Strings ensemble.

Wavelicker Thereminator creates gates and triggers from a Theremin

31 May 2018 in Synths

The Thereminator adds more dimensions to a Theremin performance with three positionally controlled triggers or gates to either the pitch or volume antennas. Trigger drums, samples and sequences as you play.

Europa by Reason: Propellerhead release their first VST plug-in

30 May 2018 in Synths

Propellerhead have released their flagship spectral wavetable synthesizer as a VST/AU plug-in. Will Europa by Reason be a unique port to the format or is this the beginning of a new era for Propellerhead?

VCV Rack and Mutable Instruments collaborate on a plug-in preview module

30 May 2018 in Synths

You can now get to preview Mutable Instruments modules inside VCVRack before they release the source code. Audible Instrument Preview currently has Plaits ready for you to try and there will be more to follow.