2HP Slice: Beat repeat and glitch engine in the tiniest space
12 Oct 2022 in Synths
2HP Slice packs the functionality into the smallest of modules. It will give you stutters, glitches and seamless repeats in just 2HP.
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FutureRetro comes back to life under new management
11 Oct 2022 in Synths
In July we reported that FutureRetro had closed down after 25 years of synth-making. Now, they are back with a new team, new products and new optimism
Erica Synths EDU DIY Wavefolder: Time for unusual timbres
11 Oct 2022 in Synths
The final module in the Erica Synths and Moritz Klein EDU DIY modular Eurorack series is here, and it's a very cool little Wavefolder.
1010music Nanobox Razzmatazz: Gooves, beats and juicy crisps
10 Oct 2022 in Synths
It's shocking pink and rocking your beat-making world with planet-sized beats in the adorably small and portable Nanobox Razzmatazz.
4MS SCM Plus: Upgrading time, the Shuffling Clock Multiplier evolves
10 Oct 2022 in Synths
4MS has combined the SCM with the SCM Breakout to give us a highly precise and rhythmically thrilling SCM Plus -it's a lot more awesome than you think
Breaking news: East Coast and West Coast synthesis is a lie!
10 Oct 2022 in Synths
According to a series of videos by synthesizer historian Marc Doty the East Coast and West Coast paradigm is a myth that should be rejected.
Modbap HUE: Colourise your audio for big, bold and delicious vibes
07 Oct 2022 in Synths
HUE, from Modbap, is a chain of 5 effects to colour, saturate, compress, distort and texturise your Eurorack bleeps and bloops for lush lofi tones.
“Inspire The Music: 50 Years of Roland History” a new book from Bjooks
07 Oct 2022 in Synths
Now available! To celebrate 50 years of inspiration and innovation from Roland Bjooks has released a massive 400-page tome of Roland's fabulousness.
Moog releases powered Eurorack cases in 60 and 104 HP
06 Oct 2022 in Synths
As if in response to my moans about the Mother-32 and Mavis not being able to sit next to each other in a Moog 104HP Eurorack case, well, now they can
Review: Cherry Audio Sines – wobbly waves and folded timbres
06 Oct 2022 in Synths
Sines is a polyphonic software synth that combines stacks of sine waves with folded tones, additive and FM synthesis and puts everything on the page.
Midweek Modular: Balanced connections, rioting VCAs and snappy decays
05 Oct 2022 in Synths
This week Tiptop releases the latest Buchla formula-based module, ADDAC gives Eurorack some XLR, we have VCAs with special powers and a Dual Decay.
Sampleson Alienize: Sci-Fi cinematics and textures from mouse gestures
05 Oct 2022 in Synths
Drag your mouse across a creepy scene of Alienize infiltration to generate tones, drones, textures and melodies fir for a Sci-Fi movie.
Sistema: The AI driven software synth that charges for patches
04 Oct 2022 in Synths
Guk.ai has released Sistema, the world's first AI-powered software synth. It will generate fascinating textures and soundscapes if you have the cash.
Bastl Instruments Softpop SP2 gets an oscillator upgrade
03 Oct 2022 in Synths
The Softpop SP2 synth is getting an upgrade to add a digital VCO that comes with a raft of extra waveforms, features and a truckload of stability.
Love Hulten’s CHD-4: Soundscapes from ECGs for Heartchild Foundation
30 Sep 2022 in Synths
The CHD-4 drum machine is a collaboration between Love Hulten and Teenage Engineering. It will be auctioned to support the Swedish Heartchild Foundation.
Modal Electronics COBALT8 V2 firmware update
30 Sep 2022 in Synths
Modal pumps some new features into the COBALT8 virtual analogue synthesizer, including Vintage tone, free-running oscillators, new filters and effects
Elektron brings Song Mode to Digitakt, Syntakt and Digitone
29 Sep 2022 in Synths
At last, you can craft yourself a 3-minute pop song without ever leaving your favourite Elektron groove machine with the new Song Mode update.
Midweek Modular: Cue mixing, Roland envelopes and stereo filters
28 Sep 2022 in Synths
This week's Midweek Modular sees a take on a Roland ADSR and VCA, a route to internal listening and a new standard in stereo filtering from Doepfer.
Qu-Bit Electronix Nautilus: sub-nautical sonar delay
27 Sep 2022 in Synths
Nautilus is a complex delay network module inspired by the pings of sonar used in the navigation and exploration of sub-nautical environments.
Modular release bonanza from After Later Audio with 7 new modules
26 Sep 2022 in Synths
After Later Audio lets you build your own complex oscillator with the COCO series and tackles some Mutable Instrument legends with the MIC Line.
Noise Engineering Bundle 2: Complex, experimental and shape shifting
25 Sep 2022 in Synths
Noise Engineering has some new software interpolations of some fabulous hardware modules. Bundle 2 takes on Mani Iteritas, Loquelic Vereor and Imitor.
Befaco PONY VCO: Compact wave folding analogue oscillator
24 Sep 2022 in Synths
Befaco has a neat little new oscillator. It's called the Pony VCO, and it features wave folding, Thru-Zero FM, innovative tuning and a built-in VCA.
Twisted Electrons TherapSID MKIII: This time, bring your own chips
23 Sep 2022 in Synths
Twisted Electrons has produced the 3rd and final version of the TherapSID 8-bit synth and has gotten around the chip shortage by not including any.
Moog Model 10: Legendary cabinet modular back in production
22 Sep 2022 in Synths
Moog is reissuing the Model 10 modular. It's a faithful recreation of the 1971 original modular synthesizer in a single Tolex-covered cabinet. Wow!