Birdcord cables can power your pedals and synths from USB powerbanks

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Travelling musicians have lots of conveniences these days, from portable rigs all the way to stuff like the Birdcords cables – charging cables that let you power devices of up to 18-Volt DC power through USB power banks. So, boom! If there’s no power outlet where you practice or perform, your USB power bank and […]

NAMM 2019: Gamechanger Audio Motor Piano prototype polysynth

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Gamechanger Audio, those guys that put a plasma tube in a guitar pedal, then a Eurorack module (via Erica Synths) and then a rack unit also happen to be working on a huge polysynth called the Motor Piano. Didn’t see that coming. Motor Piano Instead of using VCOs they are using DC electro motors as […]

NAMM 2019: Verbos Electronics debut Mini Horse and Control Voltage Processor

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What the heck is a Mini Horse? Well apparently it’s a rather nifty touch activated voltage controller and combined with the Control Voltage Processor Verbos are bring a lot of CV to your Eurorack. Mini Horse It’s a strange name but it’s a very intuitive device. It’s a 42HP 12 keyed voltage controller. Each key […]

KOMA Strom Mobile: Power your gear with USB power banks

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USB power banks are very handy for charging your phone but with KOMA Strom Mobile you can repurpose them to power your synths, drum machines and sequencers.  KOMA Strom Mobile They are made, of course, for the KOMA Field Kit but there’s no reason why they couldn’t run any other devices that take 9v or […]

Window Transform Function WTF Oscillator morphs waveforms in unique ways

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New in on Kickstarter is the misleadingly named WTF Oscillator. WTF, in this case, stands for Window Transform Function and it’s a method of morphing between two waveforms that we’ve not seen before. Paula Maddox from Dove Audio (previously from Modal Electronics) has fashioned the technology into a Eurorack and Moog Unit module and are […]

ES-8 Bitwig Edition rebrands the Expert Sleepers USB interface for Eurorack

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Bitwig Studio is one of the few DAWs that have integrated devices and plug-ins designed to run CV out to Eurorack. The problem is that getting the CV into and out of the computer can be troublesome without the right hardware. The Expert Sleepers ES-8 USB audio interface is precisely the right hardware and Bitwig […]