Watch this unmissable introduction to modular synthesizers by Zoë Blade.

08 Mar 2020 in Synths

Got an hour to spare? Sit down and watch Zoë Blade's informative, watchable and utterly charming modular synthesis 101. Even pros will find some interesting stuff here that they may not have known.

Superbooth 2020: Urs Heckmann to reveal Wiretap – an auto-gating Eurorack module

05 Mar 2020 in Synths

Urs Heckmann from software synthesizer company U-he is booked for a live performance at Superbooth 20. It says that the performance is with Wiretap which we've never heard of before.

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Intellijel squeezes delay, reverb and chorus into the Multi-FX 1U Eurorack module

05 Mar 2020 in Synths

Fancy a bunch of effects in a neat 1U module? Then check out the Intellijel Multi-FX 1U for some carefully crafted and nicely musical effects to take your modular blips to another dimension.

Roland GP-002: the perfect extension for the Boutique JX-03

05 Mar 2020 in Synths

Graphic designer Robert Chrispijn has conceptualised the perfect companion to the Roland Boutique JX-03 by reimagining the PG-200 hardware programmer as the GP 002 virtual extension. Shame it's not real.

Synthractive: no-nonsense subtractive virtual synthesizer

04 Mar 2020 in Synths

When many virtual synths offer untold depths of complex multi-layer hybrid sound design sometimes you need something simple and effective. Synthractive is a stereo subtractive synthesizer that does the job.

Mutable Instruments drops a new firmware for Marbles

03 Mar 2020 in Synths

In a time of chaos when all around you are losing their Marbles a wise woman will remind us that beauty exists in the world of electronic music and it's called the "Super Lock" feature.

Uli Behringer apologizes for Corksniffer video, then deletes post

03 Mar 2020 in Synths

After a huge internet backlash to the misjudged Corksniffer video and personal attack against online journalist Peter Kirn, Uli Behringer takes to Facebook to apologise.

Is this the new Polyend Sampler and Sequencer?

02 Mar 2020 in Synths

In the tiniest of briefest blurred moments at the very end of the latest Polyend teaser video we catch a momentary glimpse of what could perhaps be their new product.

Behringer introduces the KIRN Corksniffer: Vintage sourced cork-knobbed synth

02 Mar 2020 in Synths

Behringer takes a swipe at synth snobs with a video introducing the KIRN Corksniffer. Has the discussion about vintage authenticity got too silly or has Behringer turned nasty? Update: video's been pulled.

Squarp Rample: 4-voice sample machine for endless sound in your Eurorack

02 Mar 2020 in Synths

Squarp Instruments has officially announced Rample. It's a 4-voice Eurorack sample player and effects processor with no duration limit that can playback both sampled audio files and control voltage.

Superbooth makes a statement on the Coronavirus – Relax and make music!

28 Feb 2020 in Synths

With many large events cancelling or postponing in light of the spread of Coronavirus, Superbooth has just made a statement to say that until Berlin is declared unsafe then they are good to go.

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Behringer Poly D or Minimoog? Watch the shoot-out video and vote!

28 Feb 2020 in Synths

Behringer Poly D and Minimoog go head to head in an epic new synth shoot-out video by YouTuber Starsky Carr - how do they compare? Watch the video and vote now in our poll!

MIDI 2.0 Specification is available: Here’s what you need to know

28 Feb 2020 in Synths

After the monumental vote at NAMM to adopt the MIDI 2.0 specification in full, it is officially released to the world as the utopian ideal for electronic music machine communication and control.

Polyend releases another tease: It definitely samples

28 Feb 2020 in Synths

Polyend is ramping up the tease machine with two new videos since they dropped the first one a couple of weeks ago. In this video they appear to directly sample a Fender Rhodes piano; very intriguing.

Ratchet: Eurorack drum brain for deep thinking rhythms from Schottkey Modular

26 Feb 2020 in Synths

Ratchet is the first module from Lia Harmon of Schottkey Modular and it's an impressively deep dive into the nature of beat making and rhythm composing in Eurorack.

Music Fingers: Unleash your fingers and tap out some tunes with these techno thimbles

25 Feb 2020 in Synths

Spanish hopefuls Music Fingers has some wearable instruments in the shape of thimbles designed to get you tapping out tunes and playing along with your fingers.

Boost your NerdSEQ with the More CV 16 Expander

25 Feb 2020 in Synths

The More CV 16 Expander boosts the NerdSEQ tracker's output possibilities with 16 more CV outputs. That's more notes, more modulation and more polyphony in your Eurorack.

Electrosmith Daisy: An open source board that can run a synth, a pedal or a module

25 Feb 2020 in Synths, Guitar

We saw the Electrosmith Daisy at NAMM and now it's ready for some Kickstarter action. Daisy is an embedded platform for music that can be an effects pedal, a Eurorack module or a synth.

Build yourself a DX7 with the XFM2, a 64-voice, 2-part, 6-operator FM synthesizer!

24 Feb 2020 in Synths

The XFM2 is a huge synthesizer in a tiny space that has 4 times the capacity of the previous version. They've upgraded the audio quality, simplified the build and given us all a DX7 kit for $99.

Behringer releases videos on the first System 100 modules

23 Feb 2020 in Synths

The first couple of System 100 modules have appeared on the Behringer website with videos detailing their operation. Looks like Behringer is planning to slowly ramp up the interest towards release.

Behringer System 55 Moog modular clones now available for pre-order

23 Feb 2020 in Synths

A handful of Behringer's System 55 Moog modular clone modules are now available for preorder but with no idea of when they'll arrive.

FLUX: Let’s do the time warp with this Temporal Modulation Rhythm Sequencer

22 Feb 2020 in Synths

FLUX from In Orbit Labs is a time-warping algorithmically based complex rhythm sequencer capable of Temporal Modulation bending to the curves of cosmic orbits.

Squarp Instruments Rample: Eurorack sample player leaks

22 Feb 2020 in Synths

A few details of the Squarp Instruments Rample appeared briefly on their website. They originally teased us with it in December but it could be fully revealed very soon - here's what we know.

Omsonic Stochastic Inspiration Generator coming very soon

17 Feb 2020 in Synths

The fascinatingly named Stochastic Inspiration Generator from Omsonic and dBs Music is ready to take you on a probabilistic journey of melodic discovery and has a new expander to take it 4 tracks.