Synth Fest 2016, held May 27-28 in Brno, Czech Republic, was a two-day electronic music event, featuring music vendors, workshops and live music performances. This playlist of videos, via Felix of The Tuesday Night Machines, captures his impressions of Synth Fest.
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Kaiboard, captures a hardware synth jam, with lots of old school synth music vibes.
At Superbooth 16, we talked with John from Black Market Modular about some of their new Eurorack modules, including the Colour Palette and the upcoming Zvex effects modules:
Numerical Audio has released RP-1 v1.2, an update that offers some significant new features, along with bug fixes and other improvements. The update brings three new effects algorithms: Tremolo: makes use of the mod section’s LFO to create a tremolo effect which in combination with the regular delay and RP-1’s routing options allows for an entire range… Read More RP-1 Delay v1.2 Update Adds Three New Effects Algorithms
Organizers have announced that Superbooth 17 will take place April 20.-22, 2017. Superbooth 16 was held at Berlin’s Funkhaus – the home of the state radio of the former German Democratic Republic, and one of the most impressive recording studios in the world: This year’s three-day event featured an electronic music gear trade show during the day and electronic music performances late into the… Read More Superbooth 2017 Dates Announced
At Moogfest 2016, Critter & Guitari created a ‘Musical Playground’ for attendees, inside a geodesic dome. The ‘Dome Zone’ was made in collaboration with musicians George Langford of Javelin and Christopher Sean Powell of Man Man & Spaceship Aloha. Here’s a video that C&G’s Chris Kucinski shared that offers a look inside the dome:
At Moogfest 2016, Bastl Instruments introduced the bitRanger, a handheld, patchable analog logic computer designed for sound. In this video, Václav Peloušek & Peter Edwards (Casper Electronics) discuss their new collaboration and introduce the bitRanger handheld modular synthesizer.
This video, via Earmonkey Music, is a demonstration and comparison of filters on Roland’s three Boutique synthesizers: the JU-06, JX-03 & JP-08.
Dutch instrument developers Dato have announced the Dato Duo, a new synthesizer designed to be used by two people at the same time. The Dato DUO combines a synthesizer and sequencer into an electronic instrument that is designed to be used by children and adults alike. While one player plays a melody on the sequencer side, the other creates… Read More New Synthesizer For Two, The Dato Duo
This video, via RetroSound, is an audio demo of the new Dave Smith Instruments OB-6, a collaboration with Tom Oberheim.
