Behringer Odyssey synthesizer sets sail for music shops

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We had our first proper look at Behringer’s take on the classic ARP Odyssey at NAMM in January. And then no news for months until suddenly it’s in a box and on its way to your local store. Apparently Thomann has air-freighted a bunch to make them available as soon as possible. Uli apologises on […]

Dreadbox Erebus V3 80s-tastic special edition

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We first saw the Erebus V3 at Superbooth last year and now Dreadbox has released a special edition version to match (presumably) the fabulous 1980s stylings of the Hypnosis multi-effects unit. It does look rather awesome. Erebus V3 Special Edition Other than the paint the job this special edition is identical to the regular Erebus […]

Superbooth 2019: Dreadbox NYX V2 resurrects the Goddess of night

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We saw a sneak peek at the newly resurrected NYX V2 yesterday but now Dreadbox has spilled the beans and I can tell you all about it. NYX V2 Nyx V2 is a duophonic analogue paraphonic synthesizer. That means it can pull off two notes but it all runs through a single filter and envelope […]

TherapKid: offspring of SID chiptune sound generation and Twisted Electrons

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TherapSID is Twisted Electrons big take on fully controllable SID sound generation. TherapKid is born from that coupling and offers an affordable duo-phonic synthesizer in a compact package. TherapKid TherapKid takes the best bits from generations of SID noise making chips. It takes the gritty distorted filter from the original 6581 and combines it with […]

Nave Polymorph analog synthesizer built from Polivoks schematics

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Nave Electronics has been talking about their new Polymorph synthesizer since the summer but nobody seemed to notice. Thankfully we’re starting to catch up and they’ve released a new demo in the run-up to the release in February. Polymorph The name (I’m assuming) is a nod to the Polivoks schematics that the VCF, VCA and […]