Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Wein Glas, captures an unusual binaural recording of a quadrophonic synth performance at the German Modular Synth Meet in Fischbach 2016. The Buchla 200e quadrophonic performance was recorded with ‘Harry’, right, a vintage dummy head binaural mic system, created by AKG. Headphones are required to reproduce the binaural effect.
Developer Jan Ostman has introduced the dsp-Host – a 4HP Eurorack ATtiny85 module, designed to let you create custom software synths and run them in your modular synthesizer. The dsp-Host is a 4HP eurorack module built to host the ATtiny45/85 chip. This makes it possible to write DSP applications in the Arduino environment, program a chip… Read More The DSP-Host Is A Eurorack ATtiny45/85 Synth Module
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Jasper, captures a live synth jam for modular synth & Roland Juno 60. Here’s what Jasper has to say about the performance:
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:
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.
At Moogfest 2016, Moog was displaying three new, unannounced Eurorack modules, as part of its Global Synthesizer installation, above. According to our contact at Moog, two of the modules – the Geodesic Sampler and the Geospatial Reverb – are custom builds, specific to the Global Synthesizer. The third module, the Brother From Another Mother, was designed as a project… Read More Moog Brother From Another Mother Eurorack Module
Earlier in the year, we reported that The Lawrence Public Library Is Getting A Monster Modular Synthesizer. Now the custom modular synth, created by Lawrence-based Free State FX, is freely available at the Lawrence Public Library, as part of their Sound + Vision studio. This video, via Jade Guitarmaker, offers a preview of the instrument and what it’s capable of.… Read More Modular Synth Jam At The Lawrence Public Library
The Roland Demora module was originally introduced as the delay effect in Roland’s line of Eurorack effects modules. But the introduction of Roland Aira Modular Customizer changed that. The Modular Customizer is a free app for Android, iOS, Mac & Windows that lets you customize the way Roland’s four Aira Eurorack effects modules work. Here’s a demo that shows the… Read More Using The Roland Demora Euro Module As A Complete Synth Voice
