Synthesis Technology E950 ‘Speak & Spell’ VCO Sneak Preview

Synthesist Robert Rich has been testing the new Synthesis Technology E950 Circuit Bent VCO – a new design that’s inspired by the Speak & Spell. The E950 is a 10hp DSP-based VCO that combines the “smooth morphing” of Synthesis Technology’s E350 Morphing Terrarium with fully licensed “Speak & Spell” technology from Texas Instruments. Rich put together… Read More Synthesis Technology E950 ‘Speak & Spell’ VCO Sneak Preview

Ninstruments SP-12/Drumulator Drum Module (Sneak Preview)

Ninstrument has introduced a new Eurorack drum synth module, the SP-12/Drumulator. The SP-12/Drumulatori is a 10 HP Euro module, based on the DSP Synthesizers DSP-D8 drum chip. Here’s what Ninstrument’s Chris Blarsky has to say about the new module: “Seeing this made me long for the older 80’s drum machines and I knew it would also be nice… Read More Ninstruments SP-12/Drumulator Drum Module (Sneak Preview)

STG Soundlabs Mankato Filter Review

The Mankato Filter is a four-pole lowpass filter, designed by Thomas Henry. It offers positive and negative outputs at every pole, giving you slopes of 6 dB/oct, 12 dB/oct, 18 dB/oct, and 24 dB/oct simultaneously. And the negative slope outputs let you use the Mankato as a quadrature sine oscillator, with 8 available phases.