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Cherry Audio Revives Rare Gleeman Pentaphonic As A Modern Soft Synth

Cherry Audio has recreated the ultra-rare 1981 Gleeman Pentaphonic as a software synthesizer, while expanding its original architecture with up to 16 voices, aftertouch, sequencing, modulation and effects.… Read More Cherry Audio Revives Rare Gleeman Pentaphonic As A Modern Soft Synth

October 7, 202610 Comments

Suzanne Ciani On Buchla Instruments & More

Ciani discusses her history with Buchla instruments, working in quad, living long enough to have audience catch up with her work and more.… Read More Suzanne Ciani On Buchla Instruments & More

October 7, 20262 Comments

Arturia AstroLab 2.0 Adds Sound Editing, New Instruments & Performance Improvements

Arturia’s free AstroLab 2.0 firmware update adds a new Sound Edit system, more than 60 new sounds and a range of performance and workflow improvements.… Read More Arturia AstroLab 2.0 Adds Sound Editing, New Instruments & Performance Improvements

October 7, 20262 Comments

Unofficial Firmware Brings Outbox 8 Support To Elektron OctraTrack

Synthesist and developer Stephen McLeod demonstrates how he got the new Elektron Outbox 8 to work with the unsupported OctaTrack.… Read More Unofficial Firmware Brings Outbox 8 Support To Elektron OctraTrack

October 7, 2026October 7, 202610 Comments

Google Wants You To Vibe Code Audio Plugins

Google wants you to vibe code audio applications.… Read More Google Wants You To Vibe Code Audio Plugins

October 7, 202610 Comments

UDO DMNO ON Offers 8-Voice Hybrid Synthesis In An Expandable Desktop Format

UDO Audio’s DMNO ON puts the company’s 8-voice, 2-part hybrid synthesis architecture into a compact desktop instrument with expandable hands-on control.… Read More UDO DMNO ON Offers 8-Voice Hybrid Synthesis In An Expandable Desktop Format

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Free Experimental Modal Synthesizer, BLOT

BLOT is played by shaping matter instead of turning knobs: the geometry of a lump on screen is the patch.… Read More Free Experimental Modal Synthesizer, BLOT

October 6, 2026October 5, 20262 Comments

Hermetic Modular Capicola Brings Real-Time Time Stretching To Eurorack

Hermetic Modular’s Capicola is a 12HP Eurorack module that uses a keyframe-based approach to stretch, pitch-shift, slice and distort stereo audio in real time.… Read More Hermetic Modular Capicola Brings Real-Time Time Stretching To Eurorack

October 6, 2026October 5, 20261 Comment

The Modular Synthesizers Of Don Buchla

In his latest video, German synthesist Hainbach takes a look at The Modular Synthesizers of Don Buchla, including the System 100, 200 & 200e systems. … Read More The Modular Synthesizers Of Don Buchla

October 5, 20263 Comments

Miltone 4EXP (Oberheim Four Voice Clone) Hands-On Demo

The 4EXP is “done to a very high standard, as either a stand alone synthesizer or as an expander to turn an original Four Voice into an Eight Voice.”… Read More Miltone 4EXP (Oberheim Four Voice Clone) Hands-On Demo

October 5, 20264 Comments

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