Stylophone’s Mini Original packs a playable metal keyboard, built-in speaker and vibrato effect into a tiny instrument designed to travel on a keyring or bag.… Read More Stylophone Mini Turns The Classic Pocket Synth Into A Keychain
Synthesist and developer Stephen McLeod demonstrates how he got the new Elektron Outbox 8 to work with the unsupported OctaTrack.… Read More Unofficial Firmware Brings Outbox 8 Support To Elektron OctraTrack
UDO Audio’s DMNO ON puts the company’s 8-voice, 2-part hybrid synthesis architecture into a compact desktop instrument with expandable hands-on control.… Read More UDO DMNO ON Offers 8-Voice Hybrid Synthesis In An Expandable Desktop Format
The 4EXP is “done to a very high standard, as either a stand alone synthesizer or as an expander to turn an original Four Voice into an Eight Voice.”… Read More Miltone 4EXP (Oberheim Four Voice Clone) Hands-On Demo
Sound designer Jexus (Sounds-For-Synths) shared this preview of their collection of 300+ custom sounds for the Korg Opsix synthesizer.… Read More New Sounds For The Korg Opsix Synthesizer
The M-Vave FM-1 is a compact FM synthesizer featuring six operators, 32 algorithms, 128 presets, an arpeggiator and a 16-step sequencer.… Read More Alt Firmware Options For The M-Wave FM-1 Pocket Synthesizer
Elektron recently announced that it is banning discussion of specific firmware hacks or mods from its official forum, Elektronauts, because of concerns over protecting its intellectual rights and the potential for ‘bricking’ hardware.… Read More New Forum, Elektronmods, For Unofficial Elektron Firmware Mods
While the Emax II offers improved specs across the board, it dropped the analog filters of the original. … Read More Vintage Synth Review: The E-Mu Emax II Sampling Synthesizer
Elektron may have banned discussion of firmware hacks and mods from its official forum, Elektronauts, but the unofficial mods seem to be just be coming faster. … Read More Unofficial Mods For Elektron Digitakt Adds Metallic Percussion Synth Machine
The event is designed to bring hardware and software makers, musicians and the wider electronic-sound community together.… Read More North American Electronic Sound Expo (NAESE) Coming To Cleveland April 2027
