A new Serge M-odule has been announced – the CV Matrix Mixer M-odule. It includes a CV Matrix Mixer module and two Active Processor modules. The price is $1600 USD. Photos are available in the photos section of the Serge Yahoo! group). via Bakis Sirros
Former Sequential Circuits designer John Bowen has announced that that the first production of his Solaris mega-synth is now planned for late September 2008, with delivery shortly thereafter. Pre-orders for the second series of production are available now, with a $1000/800 EUR deposit, and the $3599/2400 EUR final price. Bowen is best known for his… Read More John Bowen’s Solaris Mega-Synth Available For Order
Surachai‘s video capturing the creating of a ThingamaKIT synth monster.
The Parker Steam Synthesizer is a steampunk-style coal-fired steam synth. (video) The steam synth runs on coal, Esbit Tablets (hexamine), Ethanol or Propane. It requires a pretty constant, hot fire to keep the synth going continuously. The boiler can build up to 40-50psi before the safety valve opens. The pressure delivered to the engine is… Read More The Steampunk Steam-Powered Synthesizer
Chimera has announced that it’s ready to ship the tiny BC8 sub-miniature synthesizer & simple sequencer: Development & production engineering of the bC8 sub-miniature synthesizer (with simple internal sequencer) has now been completed; full product launch will take place on-line this Friday 18th July 2008 at around 1800hrs (GMT) with the first production units leaving the… Read More The BC8 Sub-Miniature Synthesizer & Simple Sequencer Ready To Ship
Moog Music has announced a free update for owners of the Moog Voyager and Little Phatty synths The new Voyager 3.4 Operating System features extensive local control options, new touch surface features and enhanced pot resolution. All the great sonic capability of the Little Phatty Stage Edition is enhanced with the addition of an arpeggiator… Read More Moog Offers OS Upgrades For Voyager And Little Phatty
This month’s Electronic Musician has an interesting profile of Alessandro Cortini, best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails. In the article, Cortini discusses his Buchla 200e modular synthesizer: “It was kind of like buying a car. But this takes me more places than a car. It’s my favorite piece of gear. If I… Read More NIN’s Alessandro Cortini On The Buchla 200e
Jooris Benny has shared some great pictures of an ARP 2500 synthesizer. The ARP 2500 is a synth classic, and it was the first synth I ever used, at the University of Kansas, before I could afford my own! It uses a combination of patch chords and matrix switches to create connections. Each module’s panel… Read More Arp 2500 Synthesizer
Alpha Juno Control is a free, open source Mac OS X patch editor for the Alpha Juno. It will let owners of Roland’s Alpha Juno keyboard control patch parameters via MIDI from their Mac. via Moogulator
Here’s something different – Andrew Benson’s battery-powered wrist synth, aka the Whisper Synth: Here’s another video of the whisper synth in action. I tweaked the circuit a little bit to make the sound a little louder, and am using a 9v battery now with a 7805 regulator to power it. The little lithium coin cells… Read More The Wrist Synth
