Is this blank panel the return of the E-Mu modular synthesizer? The image was shared by Rossum Electro-Music – a new company, ‘Driven by the creative and technological vision of electronic music pioneer Dave Rossum’, who founded E-Mu Systems in 1970.
Thonk has announced licensed Serge Eurorack modules, by Random*Source, will be available as DIY projects. The designs translate the original Serge circuits into Eurorack format. A range of modules is being produced in collaboration with, and under license from, Serge Tcherepnin himself. The first module to be released is a Panel/PCB set of the Serge Extended Variable Resonance Filter (VCFQ), right.… Read More Serge Modular Now Available As DIY Eurorack Modules
This video, via RolandChannel, features Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes sharing some background on his history of using Roland synths, and on his current use of the JD-Xa on tour.
Kilpatrick Audio – creator of the Phenol synthesizer – shared this sneak preview of their upcoming Carbon Sequencer and Performance System.
ZAQ Audio has announced that the Zaquencer – custom firmware for the Behringer BCR2000 that turns it into a multi-channel step sequencer – has been updated. The Zaquencer is a custom firmware for the Behringer BCR2000 that will turn it into a standalone MIDI step sequencer. Developer Christian Stöcklmeier explains that the Zaquencer is not a preset… Read More Zaquencer Multichannel Step Sequencer Updated
Critter & Guitari shared some updated information on their new Organelle synthesizer. The Organelle offers a similar interface to some of Critter & Guitari’s other instruments, but it features a powerful sound engine that runs Pure Data patches.
The Kickstarter project to fund production of the Arpeggio portable arpeggiator, sequencer & synth has reached its $85,000 funding target, with several days to go.
DIN Sync today announced the RE-303 synthesizer – a new project to create a DIY Roland TB-303 replica. There have been dozens of takes on a modernized 303 and 303 clones. These are typically adapted for efficient modern production and widely available modern parts. The RE-303, on the other hand, is designed to replicate the original… Read More Din Sync Announces Hardcore Roland TB-303 Replica – The RE-303 Bassline Synthesizer
Electronic instrument designer Skot Wiedmann recently shared a video, below, that demonstrates a new synth design, the Hyve Touch Synthesizer:
The Electronic Production and Design Department of Berklee is hosting the 2015 Everything ARP Symposium Saturday, November 7, 2015, starting at 10:00 a.m. Panelists for the event will be founder Alan R. Pearlman and former ARP employees, industry representatives, scholars, musicians, and producers.
