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We first saw the RYM2612 back in 2016 when it was first released as a Rack Extension for Propellerhead Reason. Inphonik is now very pleased to be releasing it in VST, AU and AAX formats to hopefully reach a wider audience. RYM2612 It’s based on the Yamaha YM2612 FM synthesizer chip that formed the sound […]
The new synth maker Kodamo has unveiled a prototype of its Essence FM synthesizer at SynthFest France. It’s a 300-voice, 6-operator FM synth that has some very interesting features like waveform drawing, graphical envelopes, and MPE support. Kodamo is a new company that was founded in France in 2019. The Essence FM is its first […]
FM synthesis tends to remain a complex mystery for the most part and yet we all enjoy messing about with it. The Quad Operator brings the most useful parameters to the surface in an attempt to open up the magic of FM to exploratory fingers. Quad Operator The module looks clean, complex and largely unlabelled […]
It’s for real, it’s a little weird and they are calling it the Digitone Keys. It will unlock your sweet dreams while challenging your ideas of workflow and instrument design. Digitone Keys It’s certainly striking to look at. Maybe we have to leave it at that and let you make up your own mind about […]
It’s only 6 months since the release of the original Polyphenom but OceanSwift believes it’s time for a whole new version. Although you’d be forgiven for not being able to spot the differences. I guess version 2 is about being a little bit more phenomenal, a tad more powerful and a smidgeon more advanced. Polyphenom […]
We’ve seen snippets and clips of The Division Department’s forthcoming o1/IV drum machine but now they’ve released the full details so that we can better talk about it. 01/IV So, is it “zero-one-eye-vee” or “oh-one-four”? Who knows, but as this is a 4-channel analogue drum synthesizer then I’m going to go with the latter. The […]
It’s an unusual configuration for a Eurorack oscillator but SoundForce has gone all in on the sliders with their DCO Digitally Controller Oscillator based upon the architecture of the Juno-60/106. SoundForce DCO It’s a slightly uninspired name as a DCO is a thing rather than a product. A digitally controlled oscillator is not a digital […]
AIR Music Technology has teamed up with Akai Professional and Alesis to produce a meaty software drum synthesizer. Drum Synth 500 has 500 drum sounds, 500 drum samples, 500 MIDI drum loops and 50 kits. Let’s check it out. Drum Synth 500 You get 8 channels of drums in a fully programmable 500 series modular […]
We first saw the Stereo Dipole briefly around NAMM when Andrew Morelli of Steady State Fate posted some pictures on Instagram apparently in response to the buzz around the Make Noise QPAS. He suggested we wait for his module to come out before taking on a new interesting and complex filter module. Well, it’s just […]
Nanoloop has been a Gameboy cartridge and an iOS app and now it’s making its way into its own chunk of hardware. It’s a small, handheld device with gamepad style buttons, 5 LED digits and an 8×4 bi-colour LED matrix. I’m tempted to say it’s an OP-1 killer but it’s probably more comparable to something […]