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Year: 2016

PERC Lets You Make Beats With Balls

At Superbooth 16, startup company Polyend was making the debut of their new PERC MIDI percussion robotics system. We talked with founder Piotr Raczynski, who gave us a sneak preview of the new system:

April 3, 2016April 3, 201622 Comments

Nik Nowak & Florian Schneider At Superbooth 16

At Superbooth 16, SchneidersLaden founder & SuperBooth creator Herr Schneider led this discussion with Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider & Nik Nowak. 

April 2, 20166 Comments

Ploytec PL2 Synthesizer Overview At Superbooth 16

Superbooth 16: Heres a quick demo by Markus Medau of the Ploytec PL2 synthesizer. The PL2 is tiny synth that combines digital synthesis with an analog low-pass filter. 

April 2, 2016April 7, 20163 Comments

Eowave Ribbon Synthesizer At Superbooth 16

Superbooth 16: This video, via Ask.Audio, captures a hands-on demo with the Eowave Ribbon synthesizer.

April 2, 20163 Comments

The Modor NF-1 Synthesizer At Superbooth 16

At Superbooth 16, Cuckoo talked with Marcel Belmans, creator of the Modor NF-1 synthesizer. 

April 2, 2016April 2, 201611 Comments

Bastl Instruments Intros Three New Modules At Superbooth 16

At Superbooth 16 in Berlin, Bastl Instruments introduced three additions to their modular lineup: Dynamo, Tromsø and Hendrikson. In addition, they introduced two new complete modular systems, both focused on signal processing: Bob and Bobek, and an upgrade to their flagship modular system Rumburack 2.0. Here are the details:

April 1, 2016April 1, 20165 Comments

Radikal Eurorack Modules At Superbooth 16

At Superbooth 16, we talked with synth designer Jörg Schaaf of Radikal Technologies, who showed us two of his new Eurorack module designs. 

April 1, 20167 Comments

Jean-Michel Jarre – Making Electronic Music Is Liking Cooking, Sex, Magic

In a new interview, Jean-Michel Jarre shares his thought on how making music is like cooking, sex & magic, and fields a few strange questions along the way. 

April 1, 201612 Comments

Berlin School Sequencing At Superbooth 16

At Superbooth 16, Gert Jalass of Moon Modular was demonstrating his large format modules with a little Berlin School style improvisation.

April 1, 20168 Comments

WMD Aperture Bandpass Filter Module Now Shipping

Module-maker WMD’s newest Eurorack module, Aperture, is now shipping. The Aperture is a bandpass filter with variable bandwidth and what the module creator calls “a slew of awesome features” that give the user a high degree of control over the sound they create. Independent tactile and CV controls over the resonance on both sides of… Read More WMD Aperture Bandpass Filter Module Now Shipping

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