New Modular Video Game Synthesizer, The Ming Mecca

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Special Stage Systems has introduced Ming Mecca, a new Eurorack modular system described as a ‘voltage-controlled videogame console’.

Here’s what they have to say about the new Euro video synthesizer:

With the heart of a video synthesizer and the brain of a videogame console, Ming Mecca is the first of its kind: an ontological toy, a videogame easel, and a love letter to all things retrofuture. Designed for use in Eurorack format synthesizers but built to meet the demands of even the most seasoned micro-galactic interlopers, Ming Mecca modules will take your rig where no rig has gone before.

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Audulus Updated With New Patch Browser

Developer Taylor Holliday has released a new version of Audulus, his modular software synth for iOS and Mac OS X. Continue reading

Reel To Reel Tape Delay

This user demo, via darshonaut, looks at how to use a reel to reel tape machine as a tape delay with a modular synthesizer:

I wanted to turn my Reel to Reel Tape Machine (Revox A77 MK III) into a Tape Delay, but since I don’t use a traditional mixing desk with Aux In/Out , I had to come up with a patch for my Curetronic modular synthesizer.

The Electro-Music emSynth Promises To Make Modular Synthesizers Small & Cheap

emsynthemSynth, the electro-music synthesizer, is a compact miniature modular synthesizer system designed for ‘anyone with an interest in low cost modular synthesizers’.

By low cost – they plan to sell the modules for about $15 each.

Here’s the official description for the emSynth modules:

Traditional modular synthesizers are large, wall-sized investments in sound. They are composed of racks containing modules that cost $300 or more each. emSynth replaces these racks with breadboards holding tiny modules that cost about $15 each. This is made possible by several choices including open electronics and breadboard connectorization, plus the advancements in electronics miniaturization in the past 40 years. Of course, the circuits are simplified – and many are digital as well, adding to the unique quality of emSynth’s sounds. You can build an emSynthesizer and reconfigure it at will for under 1/20th the cost of traditional big iron synthesizers. With that you get portability and flexibility also.

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If Hitchcock Hired Raymond Scott To Score A Dream Sequence….

Saturday Synth Porn: If Alfred Hitchcock hired Raymond Scott to score a dream sequence…..it might sound something like this.

In this video, Kip Kubin demonstrates patching his ARP 2600 synthesizer.