Future Retro recently announced its Vector hybrid synth is back in production after an enforced break due to COVID restrictions. The Vector is a unique hybrid synth with a flexible architecture that allows many different forms of synthesis to be realized. The Vectra utilizes digital oscillators, ring modulators, noise sources, vector mixer, […]
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Italian synth manufacture Crumar has announced it will be relaunching a modern version of the classic Spirit synth, forty years after it was first released in the early 1980s. In fairness, the idea is not new and the company is not the original, however there have been movements on the […]
Viper Synths has announced the availability of its ROBOTRON MIDI controller module, which it tags as “modern power, vintage feel”. On the face of it, a modern MIDI controller has nothing whatsoever to do with analog synths but the vintage aesthetic is there for those who want something which looks […]
Behringer has announced its TD-3-MO-BK analog bass synthesiser with VCO, MIDI-controllable VCF and sub-harmonics oscillator. Not the most catchy name for a product which is seeking to emulate the Roland TB-303 but there we go. Behringer thinks this could become one of your favourite synths, thanks to its pure analog […]
Behringer has recently launched its KOBOL EXPANDER Eurorack-compatible analog semi-modular synth with 2 VCOs featuring seven variable waveshapes and unique “KOBOL” VCF. The company claims it is faithful to the original product it is based on. Features Its main features at a glance: Specifications Synthesizer Architecture Number of voices Monophonic […]
Behringer has announced its CHAOS analog random sampler module for Eurorack, designed produce intricate melodies, complex beats and soundscapes thanks to its random sampling. The user can control clock speeds, trigger and CV probability, scale length, ambient washes and grooves. There are two sections. The t section generates gates at […]
Neutral Labs has announced the successor to its ELMYRA platform, the ELMYRA 2. This is a four-voice digital/analog hybrid drone synthesiser and platform for microtonal sonic exploration. It comes as either a Eurorack module or semi-modular desktop synth. It features 31 modulation targets, four polymetric sequencers, delay, additional per-voice effects, […]
IK Multimedia has recently launched its paraphonic dual filter analog synthesiser, the UNO Synth PRO X. Features At a glance features include: Specifications Sound generation Performance tools Complete controls Ready for travel Dimensions Package includes Available for €499.99. Product page
Roland has launched its GAIA 2 synthesiser, an advanced instrument featuring wavetable and virtual analog engines, intuitive sound design workflow, expressive hands-on controls, model expansion support, and more. The newly developed hybrid sound engine and friendly panel layout is designed to make learning synthesis and exploring sound design easy and […]
Space Brain Circuits has released a small batch of its first publicly available instrument, the DarkSky-4 stereophonic analog polysynth, selling on Etsy and looking really interesting, as well as picking up some decent user reviews. Currently it is limited edition simply because it’s handmade in small batches and is currently […]
Behringer has announced the launch of its JT-4000 MICRO, a portable four-voice hybrid synthesiser with two analog modelling oscillators per voice, analog filter and arpeggiator. The emphasis is on portability and programmability, and claims to be a faithful reproduction of the JP-8k sound engine with a supersaw waveform. In addition […]
Peru-based AtomoSynth has teased its social media followers with some basic information about the second version of its Eurorack Tottem drum synthesiser. The new Tottem features four independent, all-analog percussion synth voices, two of which featuring full percussion synth with triangle and square wave oscillator, an envelope for the “sweep” […]
Behringer has just launched its “tribute” to the classic Moog analog audio gear with the BODE Frequency Shifter 1630 in Eurorack format. Claiming to be an authentic recreation of the famous ’70s module, it features state-of-the-art circuitry including a voltage-controlled beat frequency quadrature oscillator. It can accurately shift the entire […]
Erica Synth has announced the fruit of its collaboration with electronic music pioneer Richie Hawtin, in the shape of the Bullfrog synth which has been designed to appeal to, and educate, a younger audience, as well as being accessible and usable by professional musicians. Features include an analog VCO with […]
PWM has announced that a new synth is to launch in the summer, and it comes with a bittersweet backstory. The Mantis, based on the legendary WASP synth, was a collaboration between Chris Huggett and Paul Whittington, founder of PWM. Chris passed away in 2020 after battling cancer, but he […]
Behringer announces the availability of the EDGE analog semi-modular percussion synthesiser featuring two oscillators, multi-mode filter, dual 8-step sequencer and 16-voice poly chain. Touted as the perfect companion to the CRAVE, it claims to be a powerful and flexible drum & bass machine packed with features and functions. Behringer has […]
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 […]
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 […]
