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Musikmesse 2018: Nord Piano 4 – this time it’s personal
11 Apr 2018 · We thought the Nord Piano 3 was the pinnacle of all red pianos, but just two years later the virtually hammered machine returns as the Nord Piano 4. It's red, it's seamless, it has crossfades and filters.
Musikmesse 2018: CHRT analog monophonic valve synthesizer designed for blowing
11 Apr 2018 · A gloriously shiny valve based monophonic synthesizer designed for a wind controller to produce a uniquely expressive and electronic sound. The tubes are used at every stage to create the sound.
Tracktion BioTek 2 public beta oozes out of the undergrowth
10 Apr 2018 · Tracktion has released the public beta of BioTek 2. It's a new evolution of their organic/mechanic hybrid virtual synthesizer and brings new oscillators and presets by Richard Devine.
Polyphonic Solina strings in your Eurorack? Meet StringTheory
10 Apr 2018 · Make Synths Not War has created the StringTheory module that brings 4-voice Solina Strings into your Eurorack. It's played by MIDI, not CV which won't suit everyone but makes it very good value.
New modules for old: Befaco introduce a module exchange upgrade policy
08 Apr 2018 · Got an old Befaco module and you'd really like to upgrade to the newer version? Well now Befaco will exchange your old module for a 50% discount off the price of the new one - that's pretty cool.
Audiophile Circuits League cooks up a 70’s style System 1 Stereo Synth
07 Apr 2018 · Take 10 of Audiophile Circuits League gloriously old-school looking modules and double up on channels to create the ACL System 1 Stereo Synth that will debut at Superbooth 2018.
Magus Modular Synthesizer Toolkit – any synthesizer you want in a patchable box
07 Apr 2018 · Rebel Technology Magus can be any synth or sound processor you could ever need. Just load the algorithm from a library of hundreds or create your own and then patch it any way you please.
Exodus Digital Valkyrie multi-timbral synthesizer to debut at Musikmesse 2018
07 Apr 2018 · British made 8 part multi-timbral 128 voice 1280 oscillator hardware synthesizer Valkyrie is ready to swoop into Musikmesse on a blazing path of glory. Sounds a lot better than it looks!
U-He to reveal their first Eurorack module at Superbooth 2018
06 Apr 2018 · Super software instrument makers U-He have teased a foray into Eurorack with an image of part of their first hardware module. Can U-He cross from software to hardware and make it work? We'll find out at ...
PA3 Derailer: metal bars and springs colide in physical modelling virtual synth
04 Apr 2018 · Derailer uses finite-difference time-domain numerical modelling to bring together metal bars to strike or bow and springs to carry sympathetic vibrations between them in deliciously haunting ways.
60 Knobs & 60 Jacks: the ultimate CV/MIDI controller?
03 Apr 2018 · Million Machine March has taken the Bastl 60 Knobs and added 60 Jacks for patching control voltage directly into your DAW or other MIDI device. Is this the CV/MIDI hub we've been waiting for?
First look at Black Corporation KIJIMI 8 voice analogue synthesizer
02 Apr 2018 · A handful of details emerge on Instagram of Black Corporations new analogue 8-voice synthesizer called KIJIMI due to be revealed at Superbooth in May and it's looking good.
Moog and ROLI to launch Memorymoog and Seaboard ‘frankensynth’!
01 Apr 2018 · We've just received an image of a new synth apparently being built by ROLI and Moog, looking like a hybrid of the Memorymoog and the ROLI Seaboard! So, how much would you pay for this thing?
Mutable Instruments rolls out Marbles – the Random Sampler that’s not a sampler
30 Mar 2018 · Marbles is all about randomness and nothing about sampling. Multiple methods of random voltage and gate generation through 7 outputs based on simulating the poor timing of musicians. This is going to be fun!
5 new classic synthesizers in IK Multimedia’s Syntronik Deluxe
29 Mar 2018 · Just when you think your collection of virtual emulations of classic vintage synthesizers was complete IK Multimedia reckon you need 5 more to make it the Syntronik Deluxe bundle.
The Cosmopolitan – a Casio CZ Phase Distortion oscillator for Eurorack
28 Mar 2018 · We all secretly yearn for a Casio CZ synthesizer, well pour yourself a Cosmopolitan and you can have a dual Phase Distortion oscillator right in your rack ready to relive those 80's sounds.
Does this image reveal a new Mutable module called Stages or is it Marbles?
28 Mar 2018 · In there somewhere is the name "Stages - Segment Generator". Could this be the next module from Mutable Instruments? What do you think it might be? Update: new Instagram video of something called Marbles?
Are these Bivalvia Synthesis boxes the cutest synthesizers you have ever seen?
27 Mar 2018 · Beautiful little boxes of sound from artist and electronic designer Love Hultén. Based on an Axoloti core and can be programmed for any sort of synthesis and effects. You must have at least one of each.
Moog on your iPad with Minimoog Model D App
26 Mar 2018 · Can't afford a Behringer Model D? Don't worry, now you can have an authentic Moog Model D on your iPad for a fiver. Comes with 4 note poly, effects, MIDI and MPE support, loop recording and a load of presets.
Red Light District (RLD) Eurorack sequencer
25 Mar 2018 · Head over to the seedier side of modular with the Red Light District (RLD) serving all your most forbidden sequencing needs and desires with 32 steps feeding 12 notes in every possible position.
Put some metal in your Eurorack with the WMD Mantic Conceptual FLEX
23 Mar 2018 · Stop making ambient bleepy nonsense and strap on some serious destruction in the shape of the PLL based Mantic Conceptual FLEX. Unpredictable, untamable and completely mental, just what your Eurorack needs.
The Abstract Data ADE-33 Event Boss is taking over your Eurorack
22 Mar 2018 · Whatever you put into the ADE-33 Event Boss will come out in patterns, rhythms and unexpected variations. It deals in variables, multiples, probables, logic, phase, gates and triggers and wants to be in charge.