Roger Linn Designs has released the AdrenaLinn III, the successor to Linn’s Adrenalinn II, which featured guitar effects beat-synced to an on-board drum machine. Adrenalinn II owners can buy an upgrade kit to take their machine to III status. “AdrenaLinn III provides a guitar modeler, plus a wide variety of unique modulation and delay effects,”… Read More Roger Linn Intros AdrenaLinn III Effects Box
A car accident has taken the life of Daniel Hansson, one of the founders of Elektron, creator of the Machinedrum and Monomachine synthesizer. Hansson died August 19th. In a statement at the site, the Elektron team says that “Daniel’s strict determination, innovation and unsurpassed eye for detail resulted in instruments that have already reached cult… Read More Car Accident Takes Life Of Elektron Founder
Here’s a video from the Robotmakers that features some hardcore robot-patching modular synth action: According to the Robotmakers, “”Building a Robot” is the result of a long evolutionary process that resulted in successive generations of forms, some of which we call music. Natural selection and repeated lethal mutations winnowed the results. We are left with… Read More Robots Play Modular Synthesizers
Start saving your money – Dave Smith Instruments has announced that it’s now shipping the new Prophet 08 monster analog synth. The Prophet ’08 is an eight-voice synthesizer with a 100% analog signal path. While the Prophet ’08’s overall sonic character will be familiar to anyone who knows Dave’s work from the ’70s and ’80s,… Read More Dave Smith Instruments Shipping Prophet 8 Monster Synth
Check out the sweet synth setup that the Chemical Brothers use to create their quirky synthtronica. They’ve got a page devoted to their synth gear at their site. We spotted a Doepfer modular, a Roland System 100, a Future-Retro Revolution, and a couple of EMS synths. Did we miss anything?
B.B. King’s Blues Club in New York City will once again open its doors to Moogfest, the annual festival commemorating and celebrating the groundbreaking achievements of maverick inventor Robert Moog and his namesake synthesizer. Scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 22, the fourth annual Moogfest promises to, once again, be a synthesizer fan’s dream.… Read More Moogfest 2007 Announced
Need more teasing about the upcoming Prophet 8 synth? Here’s a bit of video temptation: via Sonic State
Here’s something worth talking about – Dave Smith, one of the pioneers of synths, has announced his latest project – an 8-voice update on the Sequential Circuits Prophet V. Here’s what has been announced: The rumors are true. (Well, most of ’em, anyway.) Dave has emerged from his underground lair (the Dave Cave?) with a… Read More Dave Smith Announces Prophet 8 Uber-Synth
Jordan Hochenbaum sends word about his Cafe Press site, Gear Addict, that sells synth and audio related shirts and accessories. “We started because we had a hard time finding cool swag, and after talking with some people on forums, figured, why not just make our own stuff,” says Hochenbaum. Designs include old modular synths and… Read More Gear Addict Offers Synth T-Shirts
The Tangible Sequencer is a simple musical instrument. There are 8 colored boxes each with a large triangular play button that lights up in time with music. Press play on any box and it will play a sound. Put boxes next to each other and they become aware of one another. The boxes take turns… Read More The Tangible Sequencer
