AJHSynth has launched the MiniMod Keyz synth as a modular mono synth featuring much acclaimed MiniMod modules, recreating the vintage circuitry and sound of the early Moog Model D in a Eurorack modular format. It can be used as a standalone keyboard synth or expanded further by patching it to […]
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British synth company UDO has been showing off its latest binaural synth, the Super Gemini, at this year’s Superbooth exhibition. It features a 61-key semi-weighted keyboard, a unique ribbon controller, 20 nice, dual layer, binaural synth technology and polyphonic aftertouch. This is an analog/digital hybrid instrument, which means that digital […]
They’re at it again, you can at least admire their persistence… love them or hate them, Behringer is back with a new Eurorack module which claims to authentically reproduce the classic Solina String Ensemble analog synth. The Solina is a classic string ensemble synthesizer that was first introduced by the […]
Behringer has announced its ABACUS Analog Music Computer for Eurorack, modelling it on the Buchla 257 and 281 analog synths, and featuring am array of linear, logarithmic and exponential triggered or continuous functions. It offers a range of creative possibilities for manipulating control voltages and generating modulations. It can generate […]
Waldorf has announced it will no longer be manufacturing the Pulse 2 analog synthesiser, first launched in 1995 and improved and relaunched due to popular demand in 2013. Instruments come and go, and the time has come for Waldorf to concentrate on other projects rather than continue to make this […]
Along with the D1 drum machine shown off at NAMM, Donner has demonstrated its B1 analog bass synthesizer/sequencer. This compact unit features twenty-six rectangular touch keys arranged in a standard keyboard pattern, plus a 3×5 matrix of buttons for controlling various elements of the performance or sequencing, and then a […]
Behringer is one of the bigger names not to be attending this year’s NAMM but it hasn’t stopped them from launching new products, including the latest additions to their popular XENYX line of analog/USB audio mixers. The XENYX 502S and 802S are five and eight input mixers respectively, and come […]
Synth connoisseurs with a geek mentality have been circuit bending electronic instruments and creating custom modifications for some time, but it’s highly unusual for a large manufacturer to offer a synth in kit form. Yet that’s exactly what Korg has done with the launch of a kit form of its […]
Despite the fact it hasn’t been the 1980s now for 25 years, the keytar remains strangely fashionable. Of course it’s had a serious makeover since, with the latest synth technology crammed into its mobile guitar-esque body. Alongside Roland’s AX Synth and Lucina AX-09 comes Korg’s RX-100S Keytar. The original RK-100 […]
Nord has announced its latest analog modelling synthesizer, the Lead A1. Designed to suit a wide variety of musical styles, it claims to have a simpler interface which encourages experimentation and allows faster programming. Key features include: Oscillators: 8 oscillator configuration with Pitch, Detune, Shape, Sync, AM, Noise, Dual Osc, […]
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Built a nifty clone of a Synare analog drum circuit, triggering it with a Hart Dynamics Pro Snare and also featuring the Dusic (Deaf Music Cube) which is visualizing the sound of the synth with sound-reactive LEDs mapped to different frequencies. Finally the audio out is running into a Sommatone […]
The Las Vegas Review Journal has published a really interesting interview with Nick Rhodes, the keyboard/synth player in Duran Duran. Not only do we get a glimpse of some of his influences — including Kraftwerk, Wendy Carlos, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Bjork and Portishead — but an interesting look at […]
Korg has introduced the monotribe Analog Ribbon Station, “bringing responsive realtime control to analog groove-making.” Highlights include: The powerful sound of true analog synthesis 3-part analog drums, using discrete analog circuitry Popular Electribe-style sequencing. Active Step and Flux features for realtime dynamic loop manipulation Advanced multi-function ribbon keyboard; Chromatic, Continuous, […]
I love little instruments like this. OK, so I can’t use it to play much Chopin on, but the GAIA SH-01 is a great portable compositional and sound-generation tool, equally at home in the studio. This three octave beauty offers a huge range of virtual analog synth sounds and a […]
