Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

ACID BEE: Experimental light controlled bassline creator from Error Instruments

10 Apr 2020 in Synths

ACID BEE is a beep and bassline generator that makes experimental sounds when you do nothing and even better sounds when you play with the knobs, hit the buttons and wave at it.

Behringer Eurorack Go 280HP case ready for preorder

09 Apr 2020 in Synths

The super-wide Behringer Eurorack Go case is now available for preorder and includes an internal 5 amp power supply with 32 bus power sockets for £230.

LA67 WFM Oscillator for Eurorack with Kobol inspired continuously variable wave shaping

08 Apr 2020 in Synths

The WFM is a WaveForm Morphing analogue oscillator based in part on the 1970s RSF Kobol synthesizer with its sweepable wave shapes and offers FM and AM and can become complex if you add a another one.

Noise Lab about to release a range of new Eurorack modules

08 Apr 2020 in Synths

Noise Lab out of Stockholm has 6 Eurorack modules ready for release including an Analog VCO, Wave Shaper, Interpolating Scanner, Dual Mode Filter, Envelope and Dual VCA.

Erica Synths Pico Drive: wavefolding overdrive packed into 3HP

08 Apr 2020 in Synths

The latest module in Erica Synth's Pico range is the Pico DRIVE that folds waves into overdrive with 3 knobs, 4 patch sockets and a whole lot of bad attitude.

Slagwerk-101: solenoid driven audiovisual percussive sculpture from Love Hultén

07 Apr 2020 in Synths

Music and art adventurer Love Hultén has created the Slagwerk-101 drum machine sculpture that combines acoustic drums with MIDI-controlled solenoids for a uniquely visual performance.

SoundForce Dual ADSR module loops, smooths and acts like a Juno

07 Apr 2020 in Synths

Built on an ARM micro-controller the SoundForce Dual ADSR module is very smooth, CV controlled, individually loopable and reflects their Juno obsession.

Dave Smith announces new Sequential Synthesizer

06 Apr 2020 in Synths

Dave Smith of Sequential released a video thanking people for their birthday wishes and casually mentions how he's working on a new synthesizer for the summer. What do we think that might be?

Mazetools Mutant fuses music through Tesseract manipulation in hyperspace

03 Apr 2020 in Synths

Mutant is a visually interactive compositional space of cross-platform musical experimentation and transformation - or messing about with sounds in cubes with your mates.

Sixty Four Pixels Noodlebox 4-part CV/Gate and MIDI desktop Serendipity Sequencer

03 Apr 2020 in Synths

The Noodlebox from Sixty Four Pixels offers 4 channels of CV/Gate and MIDI sequencing in a neat desktop box with a huge LED matrix screen that revels in accidental and hopefully happy accidents.

Critter & Guitari EYESY Video Synthesizer makes music for the eyes

02 Apr 2020 in Synths

Boutique electronic instrument makers Critter & Guitari has a new visual box of tricks that will generate fabulously dynamic video projections in response to your music.

Give your Behringer Crave some juicy low end with this DIY Sub-Oscillator project

01 Apr 2020 in Synths

Carmelo Azzarello of Analog Lab has put together a circuit that adds a square wave sub-oscillator to the Behringer Crave for some really beefy tones. Can work on other synths and Eurorack too!

ADDAC System 106 T-Noiseworks snare and hi-hat generator

31 Mar 2020 in Synths

Finishing off their T-Networks series of modules based on vintage drum machine technology the ADDAC106 pumps 4-channels of noise into the circuit for some snare and hi-hat action.

Endlesss: online jamming app released with a whole day of celebrity jams

31 Mar 2020 in Studio

Developer and musical collaboration visionary Tim Exile has released Endlesss his online jamming app for iOS that'll have you making music with friends and musicians all over the world.

Grid from Birdkids is a handheld, wireless, haptic controller for audiovisual apps

30 Mar 2020 in Studio

Birdkids collaborate with Formlabs to introduce Grid, the first in a series of handheld, wireless, haptic controllers for creative audiovisual apps. Now on Kickstarter.

Dual and Quad VCA modules in “Kosmo” Eurorack from Look Mum No Computer

28 Mar 2020 in Synths

Sam Battle of Look Mum No Computer has released his latest VCA modules. The 1181 Dual VCA and 1183/1184 Quad VCA are available as PCB/Panel kits in the overlarge Kosmo Eurorack format.

TABØR: Analogue rhythmic car crash oscillator with a glowing orb of destruction

28 Mar 2020 in Synths

TABØR kicks off like some kind of steam-punk spaceship spluttering into life and pulsing sound and light at you as it screams and thuds its way into orbit. This is going to be epic.

Waldorf Quantum leaps to version 2.0 with FM and more

28 Mar 2020 in Synths

Waldorf's hybrid uber-synth Quantum gets a big 2.0 update including a whole new oscillator that brings in 6-operator FM and blows open many more possibilities.

PER|FORMER open source DIY 8-track Eurorack sequencer

27 Mar 2020 in Synths

PER|FORMER is a stunning looking open source project from Simon Kallweit (AKA Westlicht). It's an 8-track step-sequencer for Eurorack designed for composition and live performance.

Ouroboros Alea: A mysteriously West Coast 2-voice analog semi-modular

26 Mar 2020 in Synths

Ouroboros Electronics has revealed Alea, an intriguingly wooden, unlabelled and banana plug socketed 2-voice analog semi-modular synthesizer.

Starling Via SYNC3, OSC3 and ATSR Eurorack modules emerge from shared hardware platform

25 Mar 2020 in Synths

Starling debuts three new modules in its "Via" family based on the same hardware platform exported from VCV Rack. They're complex, fascinating and full of possibilities if you can fathom them out.

Hypno: trippy voltage controlled visual oscillator for Eurorack or Desktop

24 Mar 2020 in Tech

Hypno is a complete digital video playground in a Eurorack module or little box that can generate seizure-inducing visuals for your modular performances.

FRMS: where granular and FM collide with subtractive

24 Mar 2020 in Synths

Imaginando has released FRMS the consonant free hybrid synthesizer that ties Granular up with FM and shoves it through a Subtractive sound engine.

Neutral Labs Elmyra: sonic weirdness DIY Drone Synth inspired by the Lyra-8

23 Mar 2020 in Synths

Elmyra is a platform for sonic exploration thru the weirdness of drones and implausibility of textures. It's inspired by that Godfather of weirdness the SOMA Labs Lyra-8 and you can build it yourself.