Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Is Teenage Engineering about to release the OP-2?

31 Aug 2020 in Studio

Teenage Engineering has a huge product announcement to make on the 30th of September. They say they've been working on it for years and it's great for the outdoors. Is it the OP-2 or a hammock?

Virsyn AddStation: Next Generation Additive Synthesis for iOS

27 Aug 2020 in Synths

Virsyn has just revealed their latest software synthesizer for iOS called AddStation. It's based on additive synthesis and combines thousands of sine waves with unique morph sequencing.

Behringer 2500 Eurorack modules now available at preorder for stunning prices

27 Aug 2020 in Synths

The first four Behringer modules based on the ARP 2500 modular synthesizer are now available for preorder for unbelievable pricing considering this is Eurorack and these are 2500 modules.

Doepfer reissue Dark Energy for Eurorack in the A-111-5 Mini Synthesizer Voice

27 Aug 2020 in Synths

The A-111-5 is a modular version of the Doepfer desktop Dark Energy synthesizer and it's back. It brings an entire monosynth into your Eurorack as a single semi-modular module.

MicroFreak goes disco with Vocoder update and special Vocoder Edition version

25 Aug 2020 in Synths

Arturia has added Vocoder functionality to the MicroFreak in the latest update and released the MicroFreak Vocoder Edition with a microphone. But with no audio input how have they done that?

Reason Studios Friktion: Modeled strings for bowing and plucking in Reason

25 Aug 2020 in Synths

Reason Studios has a new physical modelling synthesizer called Friktion which will bring some wonderfully authentic string sounds to Reason by bow, pluck, vibrato and resonating bodies.

Future Sound Systems MTX8: Synthi-style Pin Matrix router for audio and CV

24 Aug 2020 in Studio

The MTX8 is 8 inputs and 8 outputs routed to each other via a classic pin matrix like those found on EMS Synthi. This runs on your desktop, routes audio and CV and is full of FSS flair and distortion.

Arturia MicroFreak gets a Momo software editor and random sound generator

24 Aug 2020 in Synths

Momo works his magic on the Arturia MicroFreak to offer up a VST plugin and standalone editor that reveals all the editable parameters and gives you full integration with your DAW.

MOK Waverazor 2.5 update with added PluginGuru Unify

23 Aug 2020 in Synths

The mad MOK Waverazor experimental virtual synthesizer gets a big chunk of an update plus a library of new patches via the PluginGuru Unify plug-in host platform.

Modular Meets Leeds 2020 Online Edition

22 Aug 2020 in Synths

Modular guru DivKid hosts an online edition of the annual Leeds Modular Meets this Sunday 23rd August where there will be performances, new music, gear and teacakes.

GYRINX VCF: a filter pulled from the heart of the Synton SYRINX

21 Aug 2020 in Synths

GYRINX is a painstakingly realized design informed by the known original topology of incomplete schematics, datasheets, and designs from other synths of the era of the Synton SYRINX.

Learn Sound and Synthesis online with Sarah Belle Reid

21 Aug 2020 in Synths

Sarah Belle Reid is a modular synthesizer musician who plays the trumpet and builds electroacoustic instruments and controllers and is offering an online course called "Learn Sound and Synthesis".

Spherator FM: interplay of harmonic and inharmonic waves in a 4-operator FM VSTi

20 Aug 2020 in Synths

From Syntheway comes Spherator FM which is packed with 4-operators worth of Frequency Modulation for diverse soundscapes, atmospheric textures and clanging noises.

Legendary programmer Hermann Seib joins the Behringer Wave Synthesizer Development Team

19 Aug 2020 in Synths

Hermann Seib has worked with PPG synthesizers for decades building computer interfaces, emulating them in software and helping Wolfgang Palm develop his PPG software instruments.

Quadrivium Orbital Synthesizer uses the moons of Jupiter as modulation sources

19 Aug 2020 in Synths

In fact, it uses the orbital data of 12 moons from 4 different planets to modulate the synthesizer parameters of the forthcoming Quadrivium virtual synth and it can modulate your synths too!

Cosmotronic COSMIX: 8-channel stereo Eurorack mixer with aural enhancing super powers

19 Aug 2020 in Synths

It's good to have your aurals enhanced and the COSMIX does this over 8 channels of stereo mixing with some analogue overdrive and dual-band maximizing.

New generation Korg Volca Sample 2 with more memory, USB and more

19 Aug 2020 in Synths

Korg updates its popular Volca Sample box of sample sequencing to v2 with a load more memory, new sounds, better connectivity and a few workflow tweaks.

New expansion for Roland TR-707 and TR-727 turns it into an 808, 909 and more

18 Aug 2020 in Synths

It's a ROM expansion from HKA Design that adds a bunch of legendary sounds to your TR-707 or TR-727 from the TR-808, TR-909 LinnDrum, LM-1 and Oberheim DMX.

MMXS: Love Hultén’s tribute to the Wintergatan Marble Machine X

18 Aug 2020 in Synths

Love Hultén crafts extraordinary musical instruments which are often works of art in of themselves. With the MMXS he's giving us his take on the amazing Marble Machine X from Wintergatan.

KNoB Technology debuts Dragon-FLY stereo frequency scanner, VCA and VCF

17 Aug 2020 in Synths

From the people who brought us the Muscarin experimental semi-modular comes a dramatic new Eurorack module Dragon-FLY that scans in stereo filters, amplifies while looking gorgeous.

Tracktion Collective Sample/Synth hybrid virtual instrument now available as a plugin

13 Aug 2020 in Synths

Previously only available within Tracktion's Waveform DAW, Collective is a diverse sound source using sampled and synthesized sounds and is now available as a VST, AU and AAX plugin.

Happy Nerding widens their FX AID multi-effects module into the super modulated FX AID XL

13 Aug 2020 in Synths

A bit of space and modulation is always appreciated in Eurorack I think and Happy Nerding has released a larger version of the multi-effects FX AID module to accommodate people just like me.

ORNAMENT-8: wonderfully weird organismic behavioural sequencer from Soma Labs

13 Aug 2020 in Synths

The romantic engineering from Soma Labs occupies a completely different space to the rest of music technology. ORNAMENT-8 is the sequencing extension of their art into our reality - awesome!

Take a virtual tour of the Moogseum with Michelle Moog-Koussa

12 Aug 2020 in Synths

The Bob Moog Foundation is creating a virtual tour of the Moogseum which opened last year in downtown Asheville. Bob's daughter Michelle will be your host for this special online event.