Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Nermal: Destruction and distortion from Neutral Labs

14 May 2021 in Synths

From Neutral Labs who gave us the Elmyra drone synth comes a chewy distortion module for Eurorack with added bite, scratch, nibble and Ouch!

Up your 1U game with Mosaic Eurorack tiles

13 May 2021 in Synths

Mosaic 1U tiles are colourfully designed with white or black front panels and 18 modules to choose from featuring far more than the usual utilities.

VoidModular HexAR: 6 mixed and looped AR envelope generators

13 May 2021 in Synths

HexAR is a densely packed 6-channel AR envelope generator that loops when unoccupied and mixes into strange and interesting LFOs.

Express MPE – presets for MPE synths for any MPE controller

12 May 2021 in Synths

From Sensel the makers of the Morph MPE touch controller comes express MPE, free presets designed for a range of MPE software and hardware synths. NEW UPDATE!

Lunacy Audio CUBE: Another new way of making music

12 May 2021 in Synths

We love a bit of innovation and Lunacy Audio does it with their proprietary 3D sample engine that visualises and modulates samples in 3D space.

New details emerge on the Novation Circuit Rhythm

12 May 2021 in Synths

Novation has been a bit cagey about their new Circuit Rhythm due out in the summer but more details have appeared on a Dutch webstore - let's dig in.

TubeOhm Jeannie mini DIY Polysynth under development

11 May 2021 in Synths

We get first our look at Jeannie, a Teensy based 8-voice wavetable synthesizer designed as a DIY kit and coming along like a storm.

NakedBoards CV-8: Plug your USB controller directly into your modular

10 May 2021 in Synths

The Nakedboards CV-8 is a USB-to-CV interface for Eurorack that takes MIDI CC data from any USB MIDI controller and converts it to CV.

Ephemere: Dual channel CV and modulation recorder

10 May 2021 in Synths

Capture your modulations with the dual-channel Ephemere signal recorder and play them out with adjusted speed, length and direction.

Welcome back to M185, a sequencer for the Roland System 100M format

10 May 2021 in Synths

RYK Modular has gone full circle to bring a new version of their M185 sequencer back to the Roland System 100m.

Synescope: a turntable of music through art and images

08 May 2021 in Synths

Synescope is a graphic to auditory instrument that interprets colour, contrast and movement on slowing spinning discs into musical tones, and control voltage.

Dimensions: MIDI sequencer based on curvy parametric equations

07 May 2021 in Synths

This strange and beautiful Eurorack module uses the shapes of parametric equations to generate MIDI patterns and doesn't use any CV.

Arturia KeyStep Pro 2.0 Firmware update

06 May 2021 in Synths

Arturia's colourful 4-track polyphonic sequencer and MIDI controller gets a firmware update with oodles of adjustments and added extras.

Music Thing Modular Mini Drive: Incandescent Lamp Overdrive

06 May 2021 in Synths

Everyone's Eurorack deserves the glowing saturation of a Minimoog incandescent lamp overdrive. As luck would have it Music Thing Modular has just released the Mini Drive.

Eurorack emulation VCV Rack V2.0 development update

06 May 2021 in Synths

Andrew Belt of VCV Rack has posted an update on the development of version 2 which includes interesting details on the future of this popular modular platform.

Erica Synths Black Dual ASR EG: Modulatable, loopable envelopes

05 May 2021 in Synths

Cool, sleek and very useful: This pair of Black ASR envelopes has much of the functionality of a Make Noise Maths in a smaller, darker package.

OXI ONE: 8-track MIDI, Bluetooth and CV grid-style hardware sequencer

05 May 2021 in Synths

It's just been released on Indiegogo and smashed the goal in a couple of hours - people have been looking forward to this groovy sequencer!

SyncArp: A Very Tweakable Hardware MIDI arpeggiator

05 May 2021 in Synths

From the makers of Chordmonger comes a desktop hardware arpeggiator with far more control and sophistication than you usually see in keyboard Arps.

Wave Packets: Complex modulations in 4 dimensions

04 May 2021 in Synths

Wave Packets will generate complex envelopes, burst modulations and frequency-dynamic oscillations in a fascinatingly versatile 16HP module.

Syntheway Phasewaver: Polyphonic Phase Distortion direct from the 80s

04 May 2021 in Synths

Phasewaver is a shockingly dated-looking Phase Distortion extravaganza that pulls no punches in its authentic take on classic Casio CZ-101 sounds.

Behringer System 100 Bundle: 2 voice modular system for £500

04 May 2021 in Synths

Thomann has put together a System 100 modular bundle that uses the Roland inspired dual modules to create a 2-voice system. Could be the start into modular you've been waiting for.