Mario Maggi, creator of the original Elka Synthex, has introduced the Synthex 2 synthesizer, above. “The Synthex 2 is not a clone of the original,” notes Maggi, “but a totally new design using the latest technologies.”
Patch Touch: for Oberheim Matrix is a patch editor for the Oberheim Matrix-1000, Matrix-6 and Matrix-6r synthesizers. Patch Touch gives you touch-based control over all of the voice parameters on these Matrix synths. Make a change on the screen, and the change is instantly sent to the synthesizer. Patch Touch has been designed to provide access to as… Read More Patch Touch iPad Editor For Oberheim Matrix Synthesizers
Folktek has introduced the Conduit sensitive polyphonic touch drone synthesizer+delay+filter+cv keyboard. The company is producing the initial run via an IndieGoGo project and offering the Conduit at a reduced price to backers. Heres a video demo:
This video, via Ralph Baumgartl, takes a look at the incredible synth studio of musician/producer Bernd-Michael Land. The discussion is in German, but much of it needs no translation.
In the latest installment of Moog Music’s Category 5 interview series, Matt Sharp talks about the people and instruments (hint: they’re synthesizers) that have inspired his band, The Rentals.
Audiothingies has released a new firmware version for its P6 – a DIY polyphonic synth kit. The P6 offers 2 oscillators, 1 sub-oscillator, an 8-mode resonant filter, 3 envelopes and 3 LFOs per voice. Performance options include an integrated chorder and arp pattern sequencer. Here’s a video intro to the P6 running Firmware 2:
Moog Music owner & CEO Mike Adams has announced an employee ownership plan…… Read More Moog Music Announces Employee Ownership Plans
Today, Moog Music announced the official discontinuation of the Minimoog Voyager Rack Mount Edition (Voyager RME) analog synthesizer. Moog Music calls the Minimoog Voyager “Bob Moog’s modern day re-imagining of the Minimoog Model D, the most iconic analog synthesizer of all time.” Introduced in 2005, the 5U-format Minimoog Voyager RME has figured in the music… Read More Moog Discontinues Rack-Mount Minimoog Voyager, Releases Robert Rich EP
In this video, Mark Nicholson of Eyepatch Entertainment offers a sort of ‘Switched-On Bach Smackdown’ – comparing 12 synthesizers in arrangements of Bach’s Scherzo BWV844, inspired by the classic ‘Switched-On’ arrangements of Wendy Carlos. List of synths in order of appearance:
Hal Leonard has published a new edition of Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming. And we’ve got three copies to give away! Author Jim Aikin has been writing about electronic music gear for 30+ years, in Keyboard, Electronic Musician and other magazines. His new book takes a deep look at the fundamentals of synthesis and synthesizer programming.
