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Electric Western - a new company making an all-tube synth - has moved to New Mexico:
They haven’t updated their site much during the move, but here’s an update on the upcoming Phantastron:
All the parts for the Phantastron release in October are in stock or on the way. I also have some spiffy mods, videos and [...]

Threadless has announced a new contest, and the winner will get a Thingamagoop synth.
Here’s the story:
Our doorbell here at Threadless broke, so the tech awesome dudes hacked together a magnificent replacement for it out of this super mega awesome noise making synthesizer robot!
Our friends at Bleep Labs sent us a Thingamagoop, and he’s doing a [...]

It looks like the latest synth from Dave Smith Instruments is going to be a Mopho.
There’s no official word on this from Dave Smith yet, but this is too good to miss.
Here are the rumored specs:

100% analog signal path
Two oscillators
One classic Curtis low-pass filter (switchable 2- or 4-pole)
Analog VCAs
Three envelope generators (ADSR plus [...]

MOTM users and fans of early modular synth music will want to check out Cult of the Individual’s Absolute Truth (iTunes link)
The album, created by Mike Marsh, consists of music made with his MOTM-based synthesizer.
You can preview Absolute Truth in iTunes.

The MFB-KRAFTZWERG is the semi-modular version of MFB’s Synth-II. It trades memory locations and MIDI-control off for 37 patch connectors that allow breaking and modifying the internal routing.
Put single KRAFTZWERG components under analog sequencer control or let the whole unit interact with your existing modular-synthesizer-system.
Description:
MFB-KRAFTZWERG works as a stand-alone synthesizer without the need to patch [...]

Atomo Labs has introduced the Mochika2 Sequencer Synth - now featuring Midi synchronization..
Description:
This synth features:

one square and saw waveform VCO (voltage controled oscillator) with a huge pitch range, from subsonic to ultrasonic sound
One square and triangle waveform LFO (low frequency oscillator), that modulates the VCO for the vibrato effect creating old school arcade Atari-like [...]

Nice Switched-On style arrangement of Bach’s Bist Du Bei Mir (Abide by Me), realized with an analog synthesizer (ARP 2600).

Synthesist Bakis Sirros sends word that a couple of new Serge Modular synth modules have been announced:
The Dual ADSR m-odule (includes two Extended ADSR modules, a Dual Comparator, and a Dual Transient Gen.) Price is 1600 USD
The Wave Processor m-odule (includes Ring Modulator module, Triple Waveshaper module, Wavemultipliers module, Xfader module, Mixer module). Price is [...]