Make Noise has introduced the LxD Low Strike Duo – a dual-response, two channel, direct-coupled Low Pass Gate, which utilizes vactrols in order to provide simultaneous control over the Amplitude and Frequency Spectrum of an INput Signal. The LxD is, in essence, a VCFA (Voltage Controlled Filter Amplifier).
Erica Synths let us know that they’ve released a new MIDI To Trigger Euro Module, which lets you use any MIDI sequencer as a Eurorack trigger sequence. The MIDI To Trigger module translates MIDI notes to 10ms trigger signals, which are useful for triggering drum modules, envelope generators and any other event in your Eurorack modular system.… Read More Erica Synths MIDI To Trigger Euro Module Now Available
Moog Music shared this video demo of their new Mother 32 semi-modular analog synthesizer. The Mother 32 synth can be used unpatched as synth module, as a stand-along semi-modular synth, or as a part of a Eurorack modular synth. These demos explore the possibilities of using three Mother 32 synths together and in combination with other… Read More Moog Mother 32 Patch Demos
Dreadbox – maker of the Erebus and Hades synthesizers – has updated their site with information on their Eurorack modular synthesizer line.
Social Entropy has announced that the Engine, a new hardware sequencer for pattern-based music composition and performance – is now available.
Future Retro shared this sneak preview of a new touchplate keyboard that they are working on – the FR-512. It’s a combination MIDI & CV controller, so it should be capable of controlling just about any synth. Details on the FR-512 are still to be announced, but there’s a lot revealed in the image above.
The Mankato Filter is a four-pole lowpass filter, designed by Thomas Henry. It offers positive and negative outputs at every pole, giving you slopes of 6 dB/oct, 12 dB/oct, 18 dB/oct, and 24 dB/oct simultaneously. And the negative slope outputs let you use the Mankato as a quadrature sine oscillator, with 8 available phases.
Studio Electronics is now shipping the Boomstar Modstar Sensei modular synthesizer system. The Sensei is a complete Eurorack modular system, featuring modules evolved from SE’s Boomstar synthesizer line.
Corsynth’s Pablo Penas contacted us to let us know that they have released a new module in MU format, the C101 OTA Lowpass filter MKII. The C101 OTA Lowpass filter MKII is a redesign of their first module, with several improvements and new features. The main changes / improvements are:
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Peter Speer, captures his performance of Constanze M 757 – a modular synth soundscape featuring granular synthesis.
