Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Superbooth 23: Modal Electronics Carbon8 Experimental Synthesizer

11 May 2023 in Synths

On the Modal booth was a prototype of a new experimental synthesizer called Carbon8 which uses phase distortion synthesis. Is this the new Casio CZ?

Superbooth 23: RYK Modular Night Rider Quad Sequential Resonator

11 May 2023 in Synths

Riding out of the night comes a glowing sequenced filter bank of animated resonations. Night Rider is here; Hasselhoff not included.

Superbooth 23: Noise Engineering Roucha Legio stereo wavefolding filter

11 May 2023 in Synths

Roucha Legio is Noise Engineerings' first dedicated filter, and it's a 12dB/Oct stereo multimode filter with wavefolding and a gateable bypass.

Superbooth 23: Erica Synths Black Stereo Reverb, Delay 2 and DJ VCF

11 May 2023 in Synths

Running on new Erica Synths DSP hardware, we have the Black Stereo Reverb and Black Stereo Delay 2. And we have a funky DJ-style filter.

Superbooth 23: Erica Synths Steampipe Physical Modelling Synthesizer

11 May 2023 in Synths

Steampipe is a gorgeous-looking desktop machine that generates, reverberates and saturates up to 8 voices of physically modelled sounds.

Superbooth 23: Make Noise Spectraphon dual Spectral Oscillator

11 May 2023 in Synths

Pulling on real-time spectral analysis and resynthesis Spectraphon creates new sounds from existing sounds. Inspired by the Buchla 296 and 259.

Superbooth 23: Joranalogue Routing, Dimming and Biasing

10 May 2023 in Synths

Joranalogue has announced the ROUTE 4 latching signal router, DIM 2 lamp dimmer (what?) and the BIAS 2 signal interface and voltage convertor.

Superbooth 23: Bastl Instruments Basil Flexible Stereo Space Delay

10 May 2023 in Synths

Basil is more than a Pizza garnish, it's a creative explosion of flavour that will invigorate, modulate and pull you forwards and backwards in time.

Midweek Modular: What to see at Superbooth 23

10 May 2023 in Synths

Superbooth 23 kicks off tomorrow, and the place is teeming with modular makers setting up for the show. Here's what I'm looking forward to seeing the most. Midweek Modular - Superbooth preview It's been an ...

Superbooth 23: Shakmat Modular Clocks, Gates, Hi-Hats and Kicks

10 May 2023 in Synths

New modules from Shakmat Modular, including the Archer's Rig Hi-Hat, Battering Ram Kick Drum, Clock O'Pawn Mk2 Clock Generator and Centaur's Gates.

Superbooth 23: Error Instruments Punk Resonator and Error System 0.3

09 May 2023 in Synths

Looking for crunchy sounds? The Punk Resonator could be for you. Wish to embrace the madness? Then check out Error System 0.3 for the full experience.

Black Corporation EXPANDER MK2 tabletop effects processor

09 May 2023 in Synths

The Expander Mk2 is a stunning modular console of vintage audio effects processing that borrows from legendary places and delivers epic sounds.

Superbooth 23: DPW Design – the MOG returns plus M1 Mix limiting mixer

09 May 2023 in Synths

The chips are back, and so the MOG D-2 4-band distortion returns. Meanwhile, DPW Design has released a new mixer with soft-knee limiting.

Superbooth 23: VoicAs DuoRover stereo overdrive and in/out modules

09 May 2023 in Synths

The VoicAs DuoRover doubles up on the Rover to give us stereo diode overdrive, while PreAMP and LineOut do what you'd expect with fabulous metering.

Superbooth 23: Schlappi Engineering Dual Vector Foil and Nibbler

09 May 2023 in Synths

Two new modules from Schlappi Engineering where we have the Dual Vector Foil Swiss army knife of comparators and a CMOS-based 4-bit accumulator.

Superbooth 23: Sebsongs Modular POLYSEQ polyphonic step sequencing

09 May 2023 in Synths

POLYSEQ is a flexible polyphonic step sequencer with 64 steps and 8 memory slots. It has some clever polyphonic routing for cool independent outcomes.