Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Hermod: An 8-channel sequencing modular brain for your Eurorack?

11 Oct 2017 in Synths

Squarp Instruments are teasing a new module that could well be the Eurorack equivalent of their Pyramid hardware sequencer. Hermod appears to have 8 channels of CV/Gate sequencing more details to come.

Apogee finally releases Windows drivers for its (old) audio interfaces

11 Oct 2017 in Studio

What do you do if you have a warehouse full of USB audio interfaces that your Thunderbolt-equipped Mac users are no longer interested in? Release Windows drivers! Thanks Apogee, you make us feel special.

Joranalogue Audio Design Test 3, Mix 3 and Switch 4

Three new Eurorack modules from Joranalogue Audio Design

10 Oct 2017 in Synths

Joranalogue have released three new modules. The Mix 3 mixer, the Switch 4 performance signal switcher and router, and the Test 3 simple and obvious module tester.

Livestock Electronics Bang, MIR and Felix

Livestock Electronics release their first three Eurorack modules

10 Oct 2017 in Synths

From new modular makes Livestock Electronics we get a Bang wavetable oscillator, MIR quad VCA, mixer, logic and distortion, and the Felix buffered mult. And this is just the beginning.

Dreadbox Hades: The DIY Kit that lets you roll your own

09 Oct 2017 in Synths

Fancy building yourself an evil little bass synthesizer? Dreadbox have re-released the Hades as a complete DIY kit in a cardboard case for a very attractive price. Go get your soldering iron.

SynthFest UK 2017: show report

09 Oct 2017 in Synths

Sheffield hosted the second UK SynthFest on the 7th October presented by Sound On Sound magazine. I walked the floor, played with all manner of synths and noise machines and met the people who made them.

Grow your own soundscapes in the Folktek Resonant Garden

09 Oct 2017 in Synths

The culmination of 10 years of cultivating vibrational interfaces the Resonant Garden pollinates manipulated strings through Alter DSP effects engines to seed beats, glitches and ethereal soundscapes.

Erica Synths spectral analysing Black Dual VCF is now available

06 Oct 2017 in Synths

First seen at Superbooth the Black Dual VCF with fabulous 16 band spectral analyser LED strip is now available from Erica Synths. Dark, growly filtering x 2.

Vixen: a mixer for Korg Volcas gets Kickstarted and open for preorders

05 Oct 2017 in Synths

Vixen is an 8 channel mixer designed for mixing and powering up to 8 Korg Volcas. A great idea, great features at a keen $219 preorder price point in a weird coloured case.

Mutable Instruments discontinue Clouds Texture Synthesizer module

04 Oct 2017 in Synths

The Mutable Instruments carnage continues with the announcement that Clouds, the granular texture synthesizer module found in everyone's Eurorack is discontinued.

Mutable Instruments Clouds and Braids as free Max4Live devices

04 Oct 2017 in Synths

Timo Rozendal has released Mutated Texturizer and Mutated Macro Oscillator, free Max4Live versions of Mutable Instruments' Clouds and Braids Eurorack modules.

Microsoft kills Groove Music Pass and pushes users to Spotify

03 Oct 2017 in Other

In a deepening partnership between Microsoft and Spotify, Groove Music ceases it's Music Pass streaming surface and invites users to take their music catalogue to Spotify Premium.

Genos: Yamaha’s next generation digital workstation keyboard

02 Oct 2017 in Synths

Be a musical magician at any party with this ultimate automatic music making machine from Yamaha. Genos will inspire and intensify your musical creation and performance.

SynthFest UK will have a Roland Boutique D-05 to play with

02 Oct 2017 in Synths

Roland have announced that they have chosen SynthFest UK show for the first UK outing of the new Boutique D-05 Linear synthesizer. It's this Saturday 7th October in Sheffield.

ROLI releases a “next generation” Lightpad: Welcome to Block M

29 Sep 2017 in Studio

The new Light Block M features added sensitivity, undulating tactile feedback and a deeper and thicker fingerable surface. Erm... this is a musical product right?

Expert Sleepers General CV module brings GM sounds to Eurorack

28 Sep 2017 in Synths

Has General MIDI really been the thing missing from my modular setup? With General CV you can now have Orch Hits, Voice Oh's, Alto Sax and Ocarina patched, CV controlled and modulated.

Cakewalk tease Momentum: multi platform musical capture cloud?

28 Sep 2017 in Studio

Momentum is a new music capture platform being developed by Cakewalk for all devices, DAWs and operating systems. Could it be a cloud based phone app with a companion plug-in?

Softube launches Buchla 259e Twisted Waveform Generator for Modular

27 Sep 2017 in Synths

The Buchla 259e is the first officially licensed Buchla software emulation. It's called the Twisted Waveform Generator and there's plenty of sonic abuse in here that makes it worthy of the name.

TheoryBoard: colourful scale and chord generating MIDI controller

27 Sep 2017 in Synths

A very dull name for an awesome looking chord and scale generator. TheoryBoard is a MIDI controller that can generate every known chord to every known scale and let you play melodies without missing a note.

Circuit 1.6 brings panning, FX muting, pad dimming and micro steps

27 Sep 2017 in Synths

Novation grant more wishes with the Circuit 1.6 update including the long-awaited ability to pan, mute effects, put in some micro steps and dim the lights.

Leak! Make Noise derive Contour and Dynamix modules out of the 0-Coast

26 Sep 2017 in Synths

Everyone loves the 0-Coast semi-modular synthesizer from Make Noise and now it seems they've pulled out a couple of sections to create the Contour and Dynamix Eurorack modules. Now with official video!

Wired Heart: lovable 6 oscillator digital touch synthesizer

26 Sep 2017 in Synths

Wired Heart is a very affordable digital synthesizer with touch sensor control and light sensitivity. Just another weird maker of noise or is it lovable enough to stay in your hands for more than a minute?

DoubleDrummer: 12-voice drum synth and sample player

23 Sep 2017 in Synths

Audiothingies have revealed their forthcoming DoubleDrummer drum synthesizer and sample player. 6 synthesized drum sounds alongside sampled kits in a neat desktop box.

uClouds packs Mutable Instruments Texture synth into 8HP

23 Sep 2017 in Synths

uClouds or Micro Clouds takes Mutable Instruments classic texture synthesizer module and squeezes it down to a more space efficient size while retaining all the functionality.