Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

DinSync reveals JP-ONE Jupiter 6 inspired prototype ahead of Superbooth

09 Apr 2019 in Synths

3D renders and photos of PCBs have started to emerge of DinSyncs next replica project called JP-ONE. Scheduled for a big reveal at Superbooth we've scraped together a few details of what to expect.

QB: a cuboid spinning Eurorack case from outer space

09 Apr 2019 in Synths

Stunning revolving "QB" cuboid Eurorack case curated by Romanian electronic and film music composer Silent Strike is the best thing you'll see in Eurorack today.

bx_oberhausen is Brainworx emulation of an Oberheim classic

09 Apr 2019 in Synths

Brainworx and Plug-in Alliance promised us some software synths at NAMM earlier in the year. The first one to emerge is a rather brilliant recreation of the classic Oberheim SEM.

Broken Tape: a simulation of unexpected tape breakage

09 Apr 2019 in Synths

What happens when your Walkman decides to chew up and mangle your favourite cassette. Broken Tape will simulate the horror of unintended tape noise, delay and bit-crushed feedback.

TherapKid: offspring of SID chiptune sound generation and Twisted Electrons

09 Apr 2019 in Synths

A compact box of digitally realised SID goodness combining two classic chiptune filters, 2 voices and monophonic, duophonic, chord and drone modes. Coming in May.

Stereo Dipole Quad Multi-Mode VCF is more filter than you can handle

09 Apr 2019 in Synths

The Stereo Dipole from SSF offers four resonant peaks through two filter sections of multi-mode harmonic tampering in series, parallel or everything all at once.

Light up your rack with Lightstorm Eurorack LED control module and glowing case

08 Apr 2019 in Synths

Eurorack performance could get a whole load more disco with this CV controllable lighting Lightstorm module and complete Lightstorm Eurorack case on Kickstarter now.

System80 reveal a desktop version of their 880 Eurorack 808 style drum machine

06 Apr 2019 in Synths

Just as the System80 880 Eurorack drum machine starts shipping they reveal that they are working on a desktop version and a trigger and transport expansion for the original.

Enter the laboratory of a 1950’s electronic studio with Berna 2.0

05 Apr 2019 in Synths

Berna 2.0 attempts to emulate the exciting 1950's world of laboratory oscillators, filters, modulators, tape recorders and mixers with a fabulous amount of realism and historical accuracy.

Dino Park digs up some old CreamWare DSP synths and puts them in a DIY kit

04 Apr 2019 in Synths

MakeProAudio is resurrecting the CreamWare virtual synthesizers with a single SHARC DSP inside a neat little box that you build yourself. Dino Park is surprisingly affordable and open-ended.

Softube captures the Buchla 296e Spectral Processor for Modular

03 Apr 2019 in Synths

16 bands of complex spectral analysis that offers filtering, EQ, vocoding and transformative resynthesis. Buchla 296e is one of the most complex and expensive hardware modules. Get it in Softube Modular.

4MS legendarily overdue Spherical Wavetable Navigator gets a release date

03 Apr 2019 in Synths

Just when you thought it had disappeared into myth and legend it pops up again with a release date and some demo clips. This could be the year of the Spherical Wavetable Navigator.

Soundforce SFC-1 controller turns U-He Repro-1 VSTi into a hardware synth

03 Apr 2019 in Synths

SFC-1 is a beautifully realised hardware controller for the U-He Repro-1 software emulation of the Sequential Pro-One. Is that a better hardware experience than the forthcoming Behringer Pro-1?

MeeBlip return with the geodo raw and digital, dirty and analog mini-synth

02 Apr 2019 in Synths

Geode is a fierce and furious dual digital oscillator synthesizer with a 70's analog stompbox filter and bags of modulation. It's compact, good value and leaves it all out on the front panel.

Kurzweil sneak an FM engine into their new PC4 production station

02 Apr 2019 in Synths

Kurzweil mixes the Forte into their PC range of production workstations and comes up with the PC4 with loads of sample library, 1000's of presets, virtual analogue and now 6-operator FM built in.

Nord Grand: huge weighted Kawai hammer action piano with a vintage vibe

02 Apr 2019 in Synths

In a stunning change of direction Clavia produce the gorgeous looking Nord Grand which could easily become a cool piece of furniture as well as an awesome piano and sample synth.

Expert Sleepers Little Mikey: plug your mic and guitar into your little Eurorack

01 Apr 2019 in Synths

Little Mikey will bring your voice, instrument or guitars into your Eurorack for whatever weird and twisted moments of deep and modulated sound design you can think of.

1010Music Blackbox: Compact touchscreen desktop sampler

01 Apr 2019 in Synths

They say Blackbox is a next-gen sampling studio that'll sample in anything you want to throw at it and then slice, sync and build things from one-shots, loops and sequences through to full songs.

Analogue Solutions reveal Impulse Command stereo dynamite synthesizer

30 Mar 2019 in Synths

Impulse Command is a ferociously dynamic stereo synthesizer that's built like a battleship console and doubles up on oscillators, envelopes, filters and sequencers - it's explosive!

Future Sound Systems finds a naked groove with the Portland percussion synth

29 Mar 2019 in Synths

Portland is a stripped down percussion synthesizer using resonators, noise and plenty of shaping for its 4 channels of drums. The huge patch bay makes it quite at home amongst all your other gear.

Noise Engineering opens pre-orders on 3 new modules

28 Mar 2019 in Synths

Sinc Bucina, Terci Ruina, and Cursus Iteritas Percido are being released April 18th and Noise Engineering has started taken orders. What are these things? We'll try to explain.

Panharmonium Mutating Spectral Resynthesizer = mind blown

28 Mar 2019 in Synths

Rossum Electro-Music boggle our minds with the Panharmonium. Plug in some audio and it extracts the spectrum and runs it through up to 33 oscillators. But we don't know what it sounds like yet.

Via – same hardware, multiple Eurorack modules

26 Mar 2019 in Synths

Starling is releasing "Via" for running multiple module firmware on a single hardware module. With different faceplates and open source software they could become any module you could ever want.

Analogue Solutions are teasing a new synthesizer

25 Mar 2019 in Synths

A tiny teaser from Analogue Solutions hints at some kind of new synthesizer on the way with a red case and purple circuit boards. Here's what we know so far.