Elektron Analog OS 1.22 Features Overview
This video is an overview of the Elektron Analog OS 1.22 for the Analog Four & Analog Keys. Here’s what they have to say about the update:
Category: Synthesizers
Trax Retrowave R-1 MIDI-Controlled Analog Synthesizer Review
The Trax Retrowave R-1 is a MIDI-controlled analog synthesizer module that features true analog oscillators, filter, sample and hold, noise generator and VCA. This video, via reader Sebastian Negulescu, aka Attila The Fun, is ‘a rather long and detailed review/overview of the British Trax Retrowave R-1 analog mono synthesizer’:
‘SkiniBrute’ Turns Arturia MiniBrute Into A Desktop Synthesizer
GMUSynth Woodworks has introduced ‘SkiniBrute‘ – a wood panel conversion kit that turns the Arturia MiniBrute keyboard into a desktop synth module. The SkiniBrute mod holds the synth’s panel at an 11.25° angle, providing clear and easy access to the controls. The case’s side panels are modeled after the original MiniBrute design, including the multidimensional slopes and bevels.
LAB:1 Synthesizer Updated With Low-Pass Filter
Artificial Noise designer Neil Burnby let us know that he’s updated the LAB:1 Synthesizer with a larger, more sturdy case and a Voltage Controlled Low Pass Filter. “The new low pass filter is an interesting one,” says Burnby. “When the resonance is cranked to max, it’s designed to drive the filter hard, causing a nice fuzzy saturation.”
OP·A – A Multitimbral FM Synthesizer Shield for Arduino
Developer Frédéric Meslin has announced a Kickstarter project to develop the OP-A, a multi-timbral FM synthesizer Arduino Shield. The Arduino is popular open-hardware microprocessor platform. A Shield is essentially a PCB that plugs into an Arduino and gives it new features. The OP·A is an FM synthesizer shield for Arduino, that Meslin says is “great… Read More OP·A – A Multitimbral FM Synthesizer Shield for Arduino
Synthrotek West Coast Noise System Sound Demo
Synthrotek shared this sound demo of their new West Coast Noise System – an all-in-one Eurorack modular system, inspired by classic ‘West Coast Synthesis’. “The amount of insanity you can create from so few modules is incredible,” according to Synthrotek. “It’s analog drums, 8 bit crunch and noise married to a sequencer.”
The Trippy Spaceman Music Of Meteor Musik, ‘U-F-FOE’
‘Kometen Melodien’ band Meteor Music shared their new music video, U-F-FOE:
Teenage Engineering OP-1 Synth Jam
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Alba Ecstasy, demos his patch library for the Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer. “If you think as I did, before putting my hands on a OP-1, that this is an expensive toy, you’re right only about the price,” he notes. “Because OP-1 is nothing but a monster synth inside of a… Read More Teenage Engineering OP-1 Synth Jam
Techno On A Buchla Music Easel
Sunday Synth Jam: This video, via Peter Maas, captures a synth jam, Chicago Love, that explores using the Buchla Music Easel in a context in which it’s rarely heard – old school techno.
Korg Volca Bass & Volca Keys MIDI Secrets
This video, via Todd Smith, demonstrates some Korg Volca Bass ‘MIDI secrets’ – a few hidden MIDI-only settings on the Korg Volca Bass and Korg Volca Keys.
