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Livestock Electronics has been building quirky, green and interesting Eurorack modules since their Superbooth debut in 2017. For this year’s Superbooth they have three new modules to show: Shepherd, Ellis and Leap. Shepherd Shepherd is a 6-channel performance step sequencer that’s designed to adapt to your changing needs. Each channel has 4 outputs that can […]
Rob Spencer, formally of GMSN, has been developing a new Eurorack project that is nearly ready to be unleashed on the planet. It’s called Equinox Synth and is a range of affordable Eurorack modules designed to encourage more people to enter the modular rabbit hole. Low-cost Eurorack? In a video introducing the range, Rob talks […]
In a stunning update to the Mk2 Kenton pull out all the stops for an eclectic take on the art and design of MIDI to CV conversion. No, just kidding, Kenton makes dull looking silver boxes that do incredibly useful things incredibly well. The Pro Solo Mk3 doesn’t look very exciting but it’s undoubtedly the […]
There’s a bunch of love out there for the Solina Strings. It seems to have been recreated, emulated and virtualised a lot recently and the latest people to have a go are Sono Elements with their SolinStrings VST and AU instrument. SolinStrings It has that familiar, warm, wheezing sort of accordion-like sound of something string-like […]
Hungry Robot Pedals are a guitar stompbox company who are exploring the world of modular synthesis but in a guitar pedal style. They are calling the product line Hungry Robot Modular and this is a quite brilliant idea. Hungry Robot Modular We’ve seen desktop modular before in the shape of effects boxes from companies like […]
One of the more interesting devices to come out of NAMM this year is the Microvolt 3900 from Pittsburgh. It’s quite a different vibe from the stalwarts of American Eurorack and is beautiful, smooth and sounds fabulous. They are now coming off the production line and will be shortly arriving into the sticky hands of […]
The Shruthi is an open source synthesizer designed by Mutable Instruments and released as a kit about 6 years ago. It remains a popular DIY project for synthesizer enthusiasts. Enthusiasts such as Joshua Watson and Ian Briscoe who have put a Shrolca project onto Kickstarter in the hopes of improving upon the Shruthi by adding a […]
After much speculation, sightings and teasing images Mutable Instruments finally give us Stages. It’s labelled as a “Segment Generator” but as we know with Mutable modules these tend to be a little bit cryptic. So what does it do? Stages It’s a device of multiple modulations. It can be an envelope, LFO, sequencer, or any […]
Inspired by the timeless sounds of German electro-pioneers Kraftwerk, LoopLords created and released Kraft Sounds. This is a rompler that features 84 multi-sampled, specially designed sounds emulating the band’s synth-driven style. Kraft Sounds is fairly elaborate for a sample-based rompler with a respectable set of sound-shaping controls. It contains the following: ADSR amplitude controls LFO […]