Robin Vincent, Author at gearnews.com

AI Synthesis AI006 will get your stomp boxes into your Eurorack

07 Feb 2019 in Synths

Love using guitar stompboxes to effect the signals in your Eurorack? Then you need the AI006 to sort out your levels and drastically improve the signal going through the loop.

Roland registers the look of the TR-808 and TB-303 as trademarks

07 Feb 2019 in Synths

Roland pulls their finger out and registers the design and layout of the iconic TR-808 and TB-303 as trademarks in Germany. How will this affect Behringer and other clone manufacturers?

Softube Modular Mutable Instruments Rings

Softube Modular gets slapped and excited with Mutable Instruments Rings

06 Feb 2019 in Synths

Softube Modular acquires another official Mutable Instruments module. Rings is a popular physical modelling Eurorack module that's helped define the sound of Eurorack over the past 3 years.

Soma Dvina: strings vibrating in magnetic fields electro-acoustic instrument

05 Feb 2019 in Studio

Soma Laboratories has come up with the simplest of classical stringed instruments where vibrations are captured with magnets, transformed, pre-amped, delayed and distorted in completely haunting ways.

NAMM 2019: Black Corporation Xerxes seen in action

01 Feb 2019 in Synths

We finally get to see the Black Corporation Xerxes in action which was largely overlooked at NAMM. Based on the Elka Synthex 1980's analogue polysynth.

NAMM 2019: STG Soundlabs .VCO, Radiophonic 1 Eurorack system and Boatrocker

31 Jan 2019 in Synths

STG Soundlabs introduce us to a new oscillator, put a power supply and some modules into a discarded Moog Mother-32 case and call it the Radiophonic 1 monosynth.

NAMM 2019: Mind Music Labs ELK and Rack Extensions revisited

30 Jan 2019 in Synths, Studio

Music Mind Labs demonstrated a Propellerhead Rack Extension running in a prototype Eurorack module on their ELK Music OS. I try to work out what it all means.

Rabid Elephant is working on a Eurorack sequencer

29 Jan 2019 in Synths

News from Rabid Elephant the makers of the always-sold-out-just-before-you-hit-the-buy-button Natural Gate that they are working on a fun and inspiring Eurorack sequencer.

NAMM 2019: Gamechanger Audio Motor Piano prototype polysynth

28 Jan 2019 in Synths

The Motor Piano is a synthesizer that uses regular DC motors spinning optical disks as voltage controlled oscillators. 3 spinning motors are used per voice for up to 12 voices in this fascinating synthesizer.

NAMM 2019: Behringer’s last surprise is the Crave semi-modular analog synthesizer

27 Jan 2019 in Synths

Behringer rounds off the NAMM weekend with a spectacular semi-modular monosynth called Crave that's fat, groovy, with a cool sequencer and loads of patch points for only $199 - Behringer wins.

NAMM 2019: Dreadbox Komorebi is a Chorus/Flanger pedal from guitar to Eurorack

27 Jan 2019 in Studio, Guitar, Synths

Komorebi is a Japanese word which eloquently captures the effect of sunlight streaming through the leaves of the trees. Komorebi is a fascinating Chorus/Flanger pedal designed for much more than guitar.

NAMM 2019: Dreadbox Hypnosis Time Effects Processor blows our mind

27 Jan 2019 in Studio

Set your flux capacitor to 1985 and get the Hoff round for a session with the time shifting neon effects of the Dreadbox Hypnosis Time Effects Processor.

NAMM 2019: MOK to stuff Waverazor fighting and screaming into a Eurorack module

27 Jan 2019 in Synths

MOK has extracted the dual oscillators from their furious Waverazor soft synth and forced it into a 1010Music Eurorack digital module complete with 22 CV patch points of torture. Updated with video!

NAMM 2019: Dexibell introduces VIVO S7 PRO and S3 PRO stage pianos

26 Jan 2019 in Synths

New Vivo S7 Pro and S3 Pro high-end professional stage pianos hand made in Italy with unlimited polyphony sampled and model sounds and seamless preset switching.

NAMM 2019: Casio redesigns their Privia Digital Pianos with the PX-S1000 and PX-S3000

26 Jan 2019 in Synths

Casio revitalises its line of Privia portable pianos with the PX-S1000 and PX-S3000 giving glorious piano tones, speakers in a compact and very sleek new look.

NAMM 2019: MOTU Digital Performer 10 gets into clips and lots of instruments

25 Jan 2019 in Studio

Somehow MOTU have managed to give us a Clip launching performance mode that offers something different and interesting - plus a ton of new content and other workflow and UI enhancements.

NAMM 2019: Arturia cross a MicroBrute with Mutable Plaits and get MicroFreak

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Arturia has borrowed some Mutable Instruments algorithms and given birth to a wonderful hybrid synthesizer they are calling the MicroFreak (adorable). Now with no-talking sound demo video!

NAMM 2019: Tracktion Waveform 10 brings Actions, Macros, Groups and a lot of plugins

25 Jan 2019 in Studio

Tracktion implements a lot of workflow enhancements to Waveform 10 to make it super speedy to navigate and edit. They've improved the multisampler, have got into floating windows and have 62 new plugins.

NAMM 2019: Buchla introduce Red Panel affordable Eurorack product line

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Buchla swallows up Catalyst Audio to come up with Red Panel range of Eurorack series 100 modules to bring that Buchla sound to a wider audience. Now with a sound demo!

NAMM 2019: FLAME MÄANDER 4-voice desktop synthesizer and filter bank

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Flame Maander looks like an impressive desktop synthesizer featuring 4-voice wavetable synthesis, a sequencer and a fabulous 12 band analog filter bank. UPDATED WITH VIDEO!

NAMM 2019: Behringer demonstrate their Pro-1 analogue monosynth

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Behringer gives their first demonstration of the Pro-1, their tribute to the Sequential Circuits Pro-One monophonic analogue synthesizer.

NAMM 2019: Behringer demonstrate the ODYSSEY

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

Behringer's ODYSSEY hasn't made it onto their website yet but they've released a video introducing the synth and talking about the new features.

NAMM 2019: Waldorf shows off KYRA the revamped Valkyrie virtual analog synthesizer

25 Jan 2019 in Synths

The look, styling, workflow and display has changed but the internal engine is very much the Valkyrie but as "KYRA" Waldorf is going to make this astonishing synthesizer a reality

NAMM 2019: Verbos Electronics debut Mini Horse and Control Voltage Processor

24 Jan 2019 in Synths

What the heck is a Mini Horse? Well apparently it's a rather nifty touch activated voltage controller and combined with the Control Voltage Processor Verbos are bringing a lot of CV to your Eurorack.