This video, via synthesist Alba Ecstasy, is a hands-on demo of the Mutable Instruments Braids Eurorack ‘macro oscillator module. The Braids module is described as ‘a voltage-controlled monophonic digital sound source’. According to the developer, ‘Most of the timbres it generates are so complex that approaching them with a classic analog modular setup would require a… Read More Mutable Instruments Braids Hands-On Demo
Keith Emerson, the synth god of a generation, has died at age 71.
Reader “jd-xa knight” shared this set of audio demos for the Roland JD-XA Hybrid Synthesizer, featuring original presets.
Composer Ty Unwin, who’s best known for his extensive credits composing for television documentaries and series, recently took delivery of one of the new Moog System 55 modular synthesizers. In this video, Unwin shares his thoughts on his new synth, the role for 5U modular synths in electronic music studios and why there’s a place for the… Read More Composer Ty Unwin On His Moog Modular System 55
Korg has officially announced the Volca FM synthesizer – a three-voice digital FM synthesizer that they say reproduces the sound of ‘a classic FM synthesizer’ (aka the Yamaha DX 7) and provides compatibility with it, as well. Here’s their official intro:
TAG/TRAUM has announced plans for the first feature-length documentary about Edgar Froese & Tangerine Dream. The film promises to include rare footage of Tangerine Dream; interviews with famous artists and collaborators, including Michael Mann, Volker Schloendorff, Brian May, Paul Brickman, Jean-Michel Jarre and Jim Rakete; and both current and former members of the band. The… Read More Tangerine Dream Documentary Announced
In this video, synthesist Caleb Condit demos the STG Soundlabs Voltage Controlled Switch – a new design that’s currently in prototype stage. Here’s what he has to say about the demo:
Electronic music label DiN has released a new album by Ian Boddy, Tone Science. According to the label, Tone Science could be his most experimental album to date. Here’s what they have to say about the new album: Boddy…has always been fascinated by the random qualities of natural phenomena such as streams, waves, the leaves on a tree… Read More Ian Boddy – Tone Science
Developer Taylor Holliday let us know that his software modular synthesizer, Audulus, has been updated to version 3.1, and it’s now available for both Linux and Windows. Mac & iOS versions of Audulus 3 were already available. Audulus is a minimalist modular software synthesizer and effects processor. With Audulus, users can build synthesizers, design new… Read More Audulus 3.1 Brings Support For Linux & Windows
The Rampage is the Befaco version of an old invention: the Serge/Buchla ramp generator. “We took the idea of a ‘patch programmable’ function generator/processor, put two units in the same module and tried to expand them with new funky functions and ways to combine them: Slope detectors, analogue logic functions and a few extra outputs to add… Read More Befaco Intros Rampage Ramp Generator
