Galaxy Audio TQ6: a pair of full-range active speakers for USD 200

For USD 100 apiece, the TQ6 looks like a solid portable PA option, assuming 30W is enough for your needs. The battery life is, allegedly, 15 hours plus.

Superbooth 2018: Behringer have brought along their TR-808 clone

Behringer gives us a sneak peak at their TR-808 Rhythm Composer clone called the RD-808. It's still being developed but is only a few months from production but is looking pretty fabulous.

Superbooth 2018: U-He CVilization Polymorphic CV mangling tool

Urs Heckman reveals the story behind CVilization the still very much under development utility module that packs an awful lot of functionality into 10hp using a simple but effective colour coded interface.

Superbooth 2018: Soulsby announces ATX Atmultitron synthesizer

Updated: Soulsby Synthesizers reveal the new Atmegatron II and Atmultitron synthesizer. They kick off a range of "ATX" synthesizers in many different cross compatible formats based on the Atmegatron core.

Superbooth 2018: Bastl takes on polyphonic MIDI-to-CV with 1983

With 1983 Bastl wants to offer polyphonic MIDI-to-CV "from the future". Creative voice allocation and automatic tuning make this a very interesting and useful way to get polyphony into your rack.

Superbooth 2018: Black Corporation Kimiji polyphonic synth open for preorders

The Kimiji 8 voice polyphonic analogue synthesizer is on show at Superbooth and Black Corporation have just opened the shop for preorders on this slightly mysterious synth.

Superbooth 2018: Bastl Instruments Timber – dual waveform lumberjack

Timber offers wave driving and wave folding circuits that can be mixed and blended together with each other or the original signal. It takes a simple waveform and produces multiple harmonics and fabulous ...

Superbooth 2018: TINRS announce Edgecutter for seriously smoochy envelopes

This Is Not Rocket Science attempt to put the pizazz and romance back into ADSR with Edgecutter. A key feature is the row of LEDs which give a visual indication of where the envelope is at.

Superbooth 2018: Twisted Electrons debuts cool hapiNES and uAcid8 minisynths

Twisted Electrons try to beat Teenage Engineering at their own game with these cool minisynths. HapiNES is all about chiptune and uAcid8 has your acid bass covered.

FreePlay LIVE, HOME, and GO: portable PA & Bluetooth speakers from Mackie

Taking design and technological cues from the manufacturer's concert systems, the FreePlay series comprises the FreePlay LIVE, HOME, and GO for small live gigs, room audio and portable audio.

Superbooth 2018: Dreadbox Medusa synthesis and sequencing with Polyend

Medusa is a hybrid synthesizer combining analogue and digital oscillators, up to 6 paraphonic voices plus an expressive 64 pad grid of sequencing and modulation programming. Now with video!

Neutrik announces NA2-IO-DLINE rugged analog-Dante interface

Neutrik announced a new Dante interface meant to facilitate incorporating analog devices into Dante Audio over IP networks: The NA2-IO-DLINE is a cable-based unit with two analog ins and outs.

Will Epiphone’s Jason Hook M-4 Explorer Signature knock you out?

The cool new Epiphone Jason Hook M-4 Explorer Signature model has been announced for the Five Finger Death Punch guitarist and it looks pretty sweet, but will it knock you out?

EarthQuaker Devices Pyramids stereo flanger: Eight Flangers in one!

EarthQuaker Devices have just released a very versatile DSP based boutique flanger that packs in a variety of very desirable flanging effects into one pedal.

Tokyo Tube EQ plug-in available for Acustica’s Nebula 4 Player

Developer London Acoustics has introduced a plug-in for Acoustica Audio's free Acqua N4 host; the Tokyo Tube EQ is based on a rare parametric tube equalizer by an Italian manufacturer.

Make Noise Morphagene MG155 firmware update brings 9 new options

A new MG155 firmware update for the Morphagene brings lots of user-definable options and alternative behaviours. Including volt/octave Vari-speed, recording/playback modes, Gene smoothing and organisation.

Studio Electronics releases the Roland SE-02 Editor for standalone patch editing

Users of the Roland/Studio Electronics SE-02 will be pleased to hear that there's a software SE-02 Editor to access all the expanded parameters, manage user banks, blend patches and randomise everything.

Superbooth 2018: Joranalogue’s Filter 8 Multimode Filter/8-Phase Oscillator

Filter 8 offers 8 outputs at 45-degree phase shifts, push the resonance up to 4 octaves of self-oscillation with 1volt/oct tracking or LFO modulating. Plus the Select 2 CV Processor and Add 2 and Link 2 CV ...

Superbooth 2018: QD – Quad Drum Voice Eurorack module from vpme.de

QD gives 4 channels of sample or modelled drum sounds with shaping controls, metering, internal mixing, muting and panning. Ideal companion to the Euclidean Circles or any other trigger sequencer.

Superbooth 2018: Hexinverter Mindphaser Thru-Zero Phase Modulation oscillator

Mindphaser is a complex TZ-PM oscillator that deals with carriers and modulators, routing through waveshapers and Thru-Zero Phase Modulation with brain-melting and mind phasing results.

Gotharman’s DuoSpaze 4 part multi-timbral synthesizer/sampler and FX box

The DuoSpaze packs 2 synthesizers and 2 samplers into a multi-timbral, touchscreen groovebox with filters, effects and a matrix of modulation. There's a lot going on.

Superbooth 2018: Dave Smith reveals full details of Sequential Prophet X

It's great for those traditional instrument sounds, looping weirdness and Prophet style synthesis running through analog filters. The Prophet X isn't for everyone but if you want Kontakt in hardware then this ...

New waveshaping distortion: After the Temper comes Creative Intent’s Tantrum

Building on the phase distortion algorithm from Temper, Tantrum is loaded with two distortion stages. First comes a waveshaping stage with five shapes, second comes a phase modulation distortion.

Superbooth 2018: Xaoc Zadar 1973 Quadruple Envelope Generator

Zadar uses deformable vector shapes to generate hundreds of different and manipulable envelopes across 4 channels of CV modulation goodness. This is no ADSR.