A little modular synth porn flic demonstrating the polyphonic “switch on time” feature of the Moon Modular M563:
People asking: “What is SWITCH ON TIME”? at the M563 trigger sequencer.
With SOT you can define and optimize the width of your trigger/gate output signal.There are more creative possibilities: e.g. the SOT function manipulates the envelope generator times, […]

Ahhh. Times were simpler in the 70’s, when you could snap a picture of Santa next to his Moog and expect to sell some cheesy electronic music records.
If you know anything about this photo or the record it must have accompanied, let me know in the comments.
Image via dreamchimney

I actually like a little dialog or plot to go along with the synth action…..

Image: marinavann
Jacob does some strange things with his synths….
Is that what you’re supposed to do with a Synthesizers.com modular synthesizer?

Velvet Acid Christ’s Bryan Erickson has published a nice interview with Wowa Cwejman, the creator of Cwejman Synthesizers.
Cwejman developed a large line of synth modules in Eurorack format
Here are a few highlights:
BE: Did you make your systems and modules to cover all the analog ground from the strange sci-fi sound fx to bread and butter […]

Modular synthesist Bakis Sirros sends word via the forum of new demo clips for the Analogue Systems RS370 Polyphonic Harmonic Generator, a 6-voice polyphonic harmonic generator and wavetable synthesizer.
You can preview some of the sound clips below. More demo clips are available at the Big City Music site.
RS370 Features:

6-voice polyphonic harmonic generator and wavetable […]

 

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Velvet Acid Christ’s Bryan Erickson has published a nice interview with Scott Jaeger, the guy behind The Harvestman’s digital synth modules.
The Harvestman has introduced some of the most interesting and innovative new synth modules in recent memory, including the TymeSefari loop sampler/delay and the Malgorithm voltage-controlled bit-crusher.
Here are a few highlights:
BE: What got you interested […]

Elby Designs has introduced a new line of Eurorack format synth modules, based on Ken Stone’s Catgirl synth designs.
The range will consist of completely re-designed PCB’s adapted for the smaller format of the EuroRack system. We will be offering both fully-assembled modules as well as Component and Hardware Kits.
In addition to the CGS modules we […]

The Moon Modular 563 is a Moog modular format trigger sequencer. Four rows of toggles control eight steps of four trigger voices.
Per YuSynth:
This Moon Modular 563 module is apparently the commercial version of a module that was custom-made for Gert Jalass. For Xmas 2006, Gert Jalass sent me a Xmas card showing his sequencer unit […]

Stretta got his hands on the new Tiptop Audio Z5000, a modular analog CV-friendly DSP effects processor, and says “Go buy one”:
What the world needs is a Eurorack-format DSP with CV control. Along comes the Tiptop Audio Z5000. First of all, it is in stock, you can buy it now. None of this, announce, wait […]

This demo, via Future Retro Synths, showcases the new XS Synthesizer, a semi-modular analog synth, being controlled by the FR Revolution.

This colorful video features sound artist Charles Cohen improvising on a 1970’s Buchla Music Easel.
This extremely rare instrument is one of Don Buchla’s 200 series. Buchla (a pioneer of audio synthesis) only manufactured 14 of these units. The entire film was edited from an hour-long set of free improvisation, with audio was taken directly from […]

Peter Grenader has announced 15 new modules for the Plan B modular synth line.  Details at the site.

Synthesizers.com has introduced a free new Windows app designed to help you design modular synths using the company’s modules:
SynthInvent is a free program that allows you to experiment with synthesizer system configurations by simply dragging and dropping modules into cabinets. Systems can be saved and shared, exported to a spreadsheet, or made into a web […]

Tiptop Audio has introduced the Z5000 voltage controlled digital signal processor.
I’ve been talking for a couple months about how Eurorack is where the modular action is now at - and this may push me over the edge……
Description
The z5000 is an analog-controlled digital module with a powerful dsp engine running 16 fft algorithms of 24-bit digital […]