The Eowave Persephone is a ribbon-controlled analog instrument that recalls the first electric keyboards from the 1950s. Its ribbon virtual keyboard allows the kinds of glissando a Theremin or les Ondes Martenot would allow. The Persephone sound, created by a 100 % analog oscillator, is also inspired from these instruments and oscillates from human voices… Read More Eowave Persephone Ribbon-Controlled Electronic Instrument
Algorithmic Arts has freeware Modular Synth Layout generators for Windows that provide modular synth enthusiasts another way to dream big. According to the site, “These programs are for the modular synthesizer enthusiast, to help you dream the big dreams. They make it easy and quick to try out different module layouts by simple point and… Read More Free Synth Layout Generators Let You Dream Big
A new German synth, the RozzBox, appears to be on the way. Full details are not available at the site yet, but it looks like pricing will start at 560 euros. The synth will have four oscillators, plus noise external input and ring modulation. Two digital filters, a high pass/low pass filter and a 24dB/octave… Read More New German Synth Sighted
Ray Wilson’s Music From Outer Space site has added a new synth DIY project, the Weird Sound Generator. As Wilson describes it, “Whether you need weird sounds for a movie, performance art, neighbor annoyance, or you just like making weird sounds in the woods this circuit is for you. You could put this on a… Read More Music From Outer Space Weird Sound Generator.
Moog Music has introduced the Bass MuRF, a new version of the award winning MuRF voiced specifically for bass instruments. New to the Bass MuRF is a shelving filter on the lowest band, with a cutoff frequency of 110 Hz. This means that all very low frequency content passes through the Bass MuRF’s filter section… Read More Moog Reveals Bass MuRF
Kreativ Sounds has released Analog BASStard 1.5. This update almost doubles the material found in the first version and now ABt comes in 3 versions: a) Analog BASStard Reason Refill and is for reason users only. This new 1.5 version features: – 24bit/44KHz 85 multisamples, 50 analog FXs; – 256 NNXT presets, 290 NN19 presets,… Read More BASStard Released
NAMM 2005: Moog has announced a rack version of the Minimoog Voyager, the Rack Mount Edition (RME). The package contains all the features of the Voyager plus switchable audio out (-2dBm unbalanced or +4dBm balanced 600 Ohms). It also includes the Electric Blue back lit panel introduced with the Anniversary Edition Voyager. Missing are the… Read More Moog Music Minimoog Voyager Rack Mount Edition
Future-Retro has announced that The Revolution, an innovative new analog synthesizer, is now in production. The Revolution is Future-Retro’s latest “concept synthesizer”. Future-Retro is best known for its killer 777 synthesizer. According to FR’s Jered Flickinger, The Revolution provides “an intuitive interface which we feel most accurately represents the principles of time and music. From… Read More Future Retro Revolution
Dave Smith Instruments has announced the Evolver keyboard, a 4-voice synthesizer based on the Poly Evolver rack. The keyboard has 4 voices, each a complete Evolver identical to the mono Evolver and Poly Evolver rack. For additional polyphony, Poly Evolvers can be chained via poly MIDI output. The keyboard provides 512 Programs, 384 Combos, 78… Read More Evolver Polyphonic Analog/Digital Keyboard Announced
Macbeth Studio Systems has introduced the latest in its line of modern analog synthesizers, the M5 Analogue Synthesizer. The M5 combines features found on several synth classics, including the Minimoog and the Roland SH-101. It’s patchable, but has internal default routings that also lets it be used without any patch cords. Features: 3 Voltage Controlled… Read More Macbeth Studio Systems M5 Analogue Synthesizer
