Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

Roland finally re-releases the TB-303 Bass Line – on Roland Cloud

03 Mar 2019 in Synths

Roland has taken on the 3rd March as 303 day to reclaim the beloved TB-303 Bass Line synth and released an authentically modelled software version of the analogue classic - dammit!

Need polyphony in your rack? Doepfer polyphonic Eurorack modules now available

01 Mar 2019 in Synths

Doepfer has been talking about their polyphonic modules for about a year but now they are available so you can start running and processing chords through your Eurorack.

Leak: Nektar about to debut SE25 and SE49 compact controller keyboards

01 Mar 2019 in Studio

Nektar want to make sure they have a MIDI controller keyboard for every possible occasion and are about to release the SE25 and SE49 entry-level controllers for the budget and simplicity conscious.

Rare Waves Hydronium: semi-modular analog acid synth for desktop or Eurorack

01 Mar 2019 in Synths

The Hydronium is a complete semi-modular synthesizer available in tabletop or Eurorack versions assembled or as a kit. It's not trying to be a TB-303 but it sounds like one in the best possible way.

More on the SP-2400 sampler – and not from Behringer

28 Feb 2019 in Synths

Assumptions about Behringer being behind the rendered image of something called an SP-2400 seem misplaced as producer Ken Flux Pierce releases more images and a tiny bit more information.

Teenage Engineering OP-Z gets a hardware upgrade with the oplab MIDI/CV module

27 Feb 2019 in Synths

The little yellow oplab accessory for the OP-Z brings CV, trigger, gate, Pocket Operator sync and MIDI In/Out making it so versatile you've got to wonder why it didn't have it in the first place?

Reed200: a spectral modelled 200A Wurlitzer

27 Feb 2019 in Synths

Sampleson uses spectral analysis and modelling to faithfully recreate the Wurlitzer 200a in only 30MB of sine wave samples. The Reed200 is refreshingly simple and delightfully full of character.

MidiWrist app: Turn your Apple Watch into the most cramped MIDI controller ever

27 Feb 2019 in Studio

MidiWrist is a new app that can turn your Apple Watch into a MIDI controller - but will the teeny surface area of the watch reduce its usability for musicians?

SP-2400: Is Behringer developing an Emu sampler clone?

27 Feb 2019 in Synths

An unexplained and unsourced 3D render of what could be a sampler based on the Emu SP-1200. The SP-2400 image doesn't come with many facts but all eyes turn to Behringer for an explanation.

Resynator: 70’s pitch tracking synthesizer rediscovered in a new documentary

25 Feb 2019 in Synths

Alison Tavel, the daughter of the late Don Tavel the inventor of the Resynator, is on a mission to resurrect her dad's pitch-tracking synthesizer through a documentary looking for Kickstarter funding

SampleTank 4 with up to 8000 sounds and 250GB of samples available now

22 Feb 2019 in Synths

Whatever sound you can possibly imagine can probably be found amongst the 8000 presets of SampleTank 4. IK Multimedia's behemoth sample-based software workstation is available now.

ETHER: another weird object from Soma Labs – it captures electromagnetic waves

21 Feb 2019 in Synths

Vlad from Soma Laboratory produces some of the most wonderfully weird and fascinating devices. ETHER is an anti-radio that picks up the electromagnetic waves around you and turns them into a soundscape.

Igniter vehicle sound design: spaceships, sports cars, trucks and texture

20 Feb 2019 in Synths

Craft your own plane, train, rocket, bike, alien, chopper and automobile engine sounds with Igniter, a fascinating granular sampling and synthesizer sound design machine.

Teenage Engineering open up about the OP-1 price hike

19 Feb 2019 in Synths

First the OP-1 was dead, then it was on eBay at vastly inflated prices, then it was alive again and now it's back with a 50% price hike - what's that all about?

4MS new modules let you plug in your headphones and Listen to your Eurorack

19 Feb 2019 in Synths

4MS has released the Listen range of modules which feature an expandable mixer that outputs modular and line audio signals and an I/O module that has a dual headphone output for you and a friend.

Rob Papen brings Rack Extension Vecto 4-oscillator vector synthesizer to VST

19 Feb 2019 in Synths

Rob says that they received so many requests to expand the reach of Vecto, their 4 oscillator vector synthesis based synthesizer, to other plug-in formats that he felt it rude not to.

Mellotronics Streetlytron Pro pulls decent Mellotron sounds out of your iPhone

18 Feb 2019 in Synths

If you have the room for authentically sampled Mellotron tapes on your iOS device then Mellotronics Streetlytron Pro will serve you up some classically trippy tape-based sounds.

12-voice analogue polysynth coming soon from GS Music

18 Feb 2019 in Synths

The image is only a 3D render but it shows the ambitious plans of Argentina based GS Music to make a 12-voice analogue synthesizer planned for September.

Verv: Sunbaked Tape Loop Synthesizer with added degradation, wow and flutter

15 Feb 2019 in Synths

Verv is a string machine based on tape loops that have been left in the sun, on the dashboard of a car, in the desert, for the summer. It's wobbly wonderland of degraded sounds.

Mutes: the first Eurorack module from modular guru DivKid

15 Feb 2019 in Synths

Mutes is a 4-channel performance muting module with momentary and latched mutes based on vactrols for smooth, clickless action. Perfect for switching audio and CV creatively through your rack.

Teenage Engineering cancels orders on 170 modular synth and 16 sequencer

14 Feb 2019 in Synths

Citing a problem with manufacturing Teenage Engineering has elected to cancel and refund all pre-orders on the 170 Modular Synth and 16 Keyboard Sequencer.

zenAud.io brings ALK2 Arranged Live Looping sequencer to Windows

13 Feb 2019 in Studio

ALK2 takes the concept of the looper pedal into the arrangement space of the DAW and let's you pre-arrange your live looping experience. And now Windows users get to have a go.

Chiptune HapiNES L and 8-bit Acid8 MKIII from Twisted Electrons

12 Feb 2019 in Synths

The HapiNES and Acid8 mini synthesizers get an update with a smart new case and MIDI connectivity. The rest is kind of underwhelming from the usually very progressive Twisted Electrons.

Paramount Synth floats a futuristic looking analog polysynth on Indiegogo

08 Feb 2019 in Synths

Straight out of the futuristic vision of the 1980s comes a synth based on CEM 3340 VCOs and 4-voice poly. But with no prototype and no demos can Paramount Synth capture the imagination of Indiegogo investors?