Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Mictic: the wristband that turns your body into an instrument

31 Jul 2019 in Studio

It's another one of those wearables this time in the shape of a wristband. Mictic will let you play sounds and samples from your phone while you dance about the place.

Need more Cowbell? Erica Synths has you covered.

30 Jul 2019 in Synths

We all need a bit more cowbell in our lives and Erica Synths has a new module that does nothing but cowbell. They've also released a very exciting mult - happy days!

System80 releases Roland inspired 810 synth voice and 820 oscillator

30 Jul 2019 in Synths

System80 love that Roland vibe and have released two new Eurorack modules inspired by the System 100m. The 810 is a three-section subtractive synth voice and the 820 pulls out the VCO on its own.

Mutable Instruments Clouds 2 delayed indefinitely

29 Jul 2019 in Synths

Émilie from Mutable Instruments reveals how all development has stopped on Clouds 2 and other modules while she considers her future in the Eurorack community.

Omsonic Stochastic Inspiration Generator

Stochastic Inspiration Generator will get your probabilistic juices flowing

29 Jul 2019 in Synths

Omsonic has teamed up with dBs Music to produce a wonderfully creative Eurorack module that uses Stochastic random probability distribution to set the likelihood of notes firing through your rack.

Behringer teases a LinnDrum clone in a video recreating Michael Jackson’s Thriller

29 Jul 2019 in Synths

Patrick from Behringer drops a huge hint that Behringer is working on a LinnDrum clone while talking about Michael Jackson's Thriller which, we all know, actually uses the LM-1.

CRUMAR: This Frankenstein doll playing synths will haunt your dreams

28 Jul 2019 in Synths

Like some kind of mash-up between the baby doll from Toy Story, Chucky and a bizarre episode of Dr Who comes an extraordinary minute of synth-pop madness that you can't unsee.

Preorders open on the UDO Super 6 synth as full details emerge

27 Jul 2019 in Synths

More details arrive on the Super 6 synthesizer that impressed us at Superbooth and one store starts taking preorders with expected delivery in early 2020.

Aliens invade Reason with Helium Quad Evolving Synthesizer

26 Jul 2019 in Synths

The Helium Quad Evolving Synthesizer Rack Extension fuses synthesized waveforms with real instrument waveforms to crossbreed hybrid alien/human sounds controlled by a very dark interface.

Noise Engineering gets melodic with three new pitch CV modules

25 Jul 2019 in Synths

Noise Engineering offers up some pitch focused modules with the Vox Digitalis sequencer, Quantus Pax 4-channel CV prescision adder/transposer and Quant Gemi octave switcher.

Behringer Odyssey synthesizer sets sail for music shops

24 Jul 2019 in Synths

No news on the Behringer Odyssey for months and then suddenly it's in a box and on its way to your local store. Here comes the first batch of another classic synthesizer.

Behringer renames the MS-101 the MS-1: Bowing to pressure from Roland?

23 Jul 2019 in Synths

We saw recently how the forthcoming RD-808 has become the RD-8, now the MS-101 has followed to become the MS-1. Has Roland sent the heavies round to Uli Behringer's place?

Joué introduces the Grand Fretboard for all your MIDI fingering needs

22 Jul 2019 in Studio

Joué has produced the not unexpected Grand Fretboard. It transforms their Joué Board MPE/MIDI controller into a squishy guitar fretboard controller for playing licks and chords over a greater range.

Synthmata: free Volca Drum patch editor and kit sharing system

22 Jul 2019 in Synths

Synth YouTuber and musician Oscillatorsink has released an online editor for the Korg Volca Drum digital percussion machine. It reveals all the parameters of this little box and is completely free.

Travel with Tracktion through granular space aboard Delta-V’s Spacecraft

22 Jul 2019 in Synths

Delta-V Audio's SpaceCraft granular synth has been orbiting iOS for about a year but now with the help of Tracktion it's being brought into land on the planet of desktop so we can all have a ride.

Gibson show their soft side by returning the Oberheim name to Tom Oberheim

20 Jul 2019 in Synths

In a gesture of good will Gibson has returned the Oberheim brand and trademark back to the company founder Tom Oberheim who says he's thrilled!

Tangible Waves AE Modular system gets drums

19 Jul 2019 in Synths

Tangible Waves introduces a whole drum kit in a module, an analogue kick drum and clone of the Mutable Instruments Grids to sequence it - all for peanuts in terms of modular money.

Percussa SSP update features multichannel USB audio and CV support

19 Jul 2019 in Synths

A new update to the Percussa SSP will give it multi channel USB audio for routing audio and CV to and from your MacOS or Windows computer. All will be revealed in a live stream.

Casiotone is making music fun again

19 Jul 2019 in Synths

Casiotone is back for a new generation of portable home keyboard bashers with the battery-powered CT-S200, S300 and the light-up LK-S250. Check out that carry handle.

ORBIS: The World Synthesizer from Spitfire and David Fanshawe

18 Jul 2019 in Synths

ORBIS is the latest instrument from sampling supremos Spitfire delving into the extraordinary archive recordings of global sonic explorer David Fanshawe.

Corsynth C111 Multimode Contour Generator (Envelope) for MU Modular

18 Jul 2019 in Synths

The C111 is an impressively useful quad envelope generator combining AD and ASR shapes into complex waveforms with looping and simultaneous individual and combined outputs.

Moogseum to open in August with a “Moogmentum” jamboree

17 Jul 2019 in Synths

The Moogseum grand opening will be in August and features Patrick Moraz, Herb Deutsch, Larry Fast and Lisa Bella Donna with talks, conversations, VIP tours, workshops and live performance.

Sampleson Akoustic Spectral Synthesizer with organic spectral acoustic modelling

17 Jul 2019 in Synths

Akoustic is a wonderfully weird and organic sounds spectral and additive synthesizer that mutates acoustic instruments through spectral modelling and partial manipulation. Subtle, nuanced and strange.

Ableton CV Tools is now available in the Live 10 Suite

17 Jul 2019 in Synths, Studio

Ableton's bridge between the hardware modular world and the Live software environment is now available in the shape of 10 CV Tools which run as devices and can send CV out of a DC Coupled audio interface.