Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Teenage Engineering OP-1 field – New updates just in

15 Dec 2023 in Synths

The Teenage Engineering OP-1 field gets a healthy update to OS version 1.5 and introduces a couple of new goodies including a bit crusher.

Midweek Modular: DIY Hats, Nibbles and Daisy Seeds

13 Dec 2023 in Synths

This week in Midweek Modular we learn how to build a HiHat module, try to fathom bit accumulation, and plug a Daisy Seed into an FX Boy.

Midweek Modular: Auto mixing, precision adding and metallic percussion

06 Dec 2023 in Synths

This week's Midweek Modular discovers that Nano will let you automate your mixes, Befaco helps you transpose, and SSF has 2 channels of clangs.

Midweek Modular: Harmonics, Cross-Fades and Vintage Sequencing

29 Nov 2023 in Synths

This week's Midweek Modular finds us modulating harmonic oscillators, cross-fading like a DJ and vintage sequencing like the old days.

Midweek Modular: Modular for beginners, Toads and Quantizing

22 Nov 2023 in Synths

This week in Midweek Modular, we discovered My First Modular, The Toad 12-Stage Phaser and the coolest and most compact quantizer I've ever seen.

SOMA Labs Metaconformer: MIDI Merge, Thru, Split, Translate & Combine

20 Nov 2023 in Synths

Metaconformer is a MIDI processor to organise your MIDI hardware. It can split keyboards, translate notes to CC and combine monosynths into polysynths

Midweek Modular: Gnat filters, Tube Distortion and posh Patch cables

15 Nov 2023 in Synths

This week we saw a massive Gnat-based filter from Frequency Central, a Vacuum Tube Distortion from Stoel and Joranalogue do patch cables properly.

Doepfer A-100 Basic System 3: The perfect Eurorack for beginners?

09 Nov 2023 in Synths

Doepfer's long-running A-100 Basic System gets redesigned and modernised for its 3rd iteration. Packed with all you need to start a Eurorack journey.

Midweek Modular: Randomness, sampling and more cowbell

08 Nov 2023 in Synths

This week ST Modular gets deep into randomness, Sebsongs Modular does sampling the easy way and Nonlinearcircuits gives us more cowbell.

Xaoc Devices Batumi II: Updated Quad LFO powerhouse

06 Nov 2023 in Synths

The classic 4-channel LFO module gets some major improvements to bring us the Batumi II and Poti II expander for all your modulation needs.

Midweek Modular: øchd expanders, NextTuesday melodies and a Roland 120

01 Nov 2023 in Synths

DivKid massively expands the Ochd LFO, This is Not Rocket Science takes us to NextTuesday and AMSynths recreates an unreleased System 100m module.

ROLI Seaboard Block M: The mini squishy MPE controller is back

01 Nov 2023 in Synths

ROLI has reinvented the Seaboard Block MPE controller by giving it MIDI. The enigmatically named Block M is the squishiest controller on the market.

Midweek Modular: Harmonic Looping, Warp Core and Voice Recording

25 Oct 2023 in Synths

This week we discovered four channels of overdubbing in Torus, CZ-flavoured synthesis in Warp Core and the simplest of samplers in Voice-rec-3.

Lambda Synthetics PolyPulse Algorithmic Groovebox: Now on Kickstarter

25 Oct 2023 in Synths

PolyPulse is a live performance workstation with unconventional algorithmic and polyrhythmic sequencing of FM and additive synthesis and sampling.

Noise Engineering Alia Platform: Basimilus is back!

24 Oct 2023 in Synths

Basimilus Iteritas is back on the new Alia platform, with easier controls, added extras and a future of alt firmware and hot-swappable overlays.

Gamechanger Audio Plasma Voice: Prepare for High Voltage Discharge

24 Oct 2023 in Synths

The Superbooth prototype becomes a dazzling reality in the Plasma Voice, a strange and complex hybrid sound generator from Gamechanger Audio.

Midweek Modular: Asteroids, Mindphaser and ALM goes virtual

18 Oct 2023 in Synths

This week we finally get to enjoy the Hexinverter Mindphase, mine Asteroids for snare sounds and throw a lot of Busy Circuits at VCV Rack.

Midweek Modular: SkaldOne, Arbhar 2, Sovage and The Singularity

11 Oct 2023 in Synths

This week Skald Modular looked hot at Synthfest, Arbhar gets an upgrade, Sovage has new modules and Error instruments pull us into The Singularity.

Qu-Bit Mojave: Granular sandstorms pulled from vast swathes of desert

10 Oct 2023 in Synths

Mojave is a swirl of live granular processing with a sound design palette that places each microscopic grain into a compositional context.

Waldorf Iridium Core: 12-Voice compact synth with screen-led focus

10 Oct 2023 in Synths

Waldorf pulls the power of Iridium into a smaller form. Iridium Core loses the knob control and focuses on the core parameters and display navigation.

1010music nanobox tangerine: juicy sampling in the palm of your hand

10 Oct 2023 in Synths

Nanobox tangerine is a compact, old-school-inspired sampler. 24 voices of multi-sampled, velocity-layered samples and instant sampling satisfaction.

The Best Modular Synthesisers of Summer 2023

06 Oct 2023 in Synths

It's time to choose the best modular synthesisers of summer 2023! Modular is the very definition of unending possibility. Here's my top 5 picks!

Blue Marble Synthesizer: Synths in space!

04 Oct 2023 in Synths

It's a blue marble in space, generating data to control synthesizers. It can only work in zero gravity, so Physical Synthesis wants to get it launched